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I've got a job that's hard to describe even to people that I work with and tends to send them to sleep when I even try 😉 . The job title's even worse so I won't even go into that!
Basically I'm an SAP process specialist, which consists of IT systems support, project work, training, business analysis and development.
Been with the same company for long time mainly cause the company's been good to me and I've genuinely liked working with my colleagues. Unfortunately the organisation has shrunk so much in the last few years that I'm now working remotely from home with occasional trips to meet colleagues in London and overseas.
Love working from home because of the work/life balance and the time it gives me with my family, but hate the isolation. Love the challenge of making a difference to the business but my god it can also be tedious at times too.
The pay's alright but I'd never say no to a rise either!
What do you guys do for work?
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Do you enjoy it?
Some of it
How much do you get paid?
Can't grumble
Talk to me.
Just one more thing...
[i]Anyone whoever worked for a large consultancy will probably share my pain![/i]
Yep, been there and done that. The only difference being they despised me more than me them and they kicked me out. Probably the best thing that ever happened but god knows how many years later and I am still in IT.
I lurk around A&E departments and the like meeting lots of folk who have self harmed or attempted suicide. I only do this part time, so have my fingers in a bit of property, appear to be a joint owner of a bar/ nightclub and I'm the process of setting up a micro-brewery with 2 others.
I love the nursing and the brewing, but the number of hours I have to put in overall wouldn't be great if I wanted to be a family man, or wanted proper sleep for that matter.
I could afford to give up the nursing, and at present the brewery is still costing me money, so I consider myself a very lucky chap.
micro brewery eh smell it? tell us more
Yeah, let STW take your brewery into profit. I presume you have an 'Orange 5' and 'Mincer' beer in the line up?
16 years as a research scientist, worked on the genome sequencing project at the sanger centre, then 10 years in cancer research,now cardiovascual science, contributed to really interesting work that will hopefully benefit people in the future.
Consider myself very lucky that I get to constantly learn new stuff and spend a chunk of my day reading scientific papers which I actually find fascinating. Attend seminars by some very clever people and for the most part the atmosphere is casual and relaxed. the work can be stressfull but I enjoy it.
The salary is a bit above national average, but recent cuts to science and NHS funding mean the usual merrygoround of 1-3 year rolling grants has got an awful lot harder - unemployed for 6mths this year and long term contracts are very hard to come by.
Not to mention loosing 7 yrs of pension contributions when the institute scheme went bust.
Id love to become an archaeologist but being a dad and homeowner thats not gonna cut it.
So im looking at starting teacher training next year in the hope of finding a more stable career.
Im a Registered Nurse and Offshore Medic. I worked the NHS for 10 years - A+E, Coronary Care and management, realised it was shit and thought there must be an easier way to earn a buck. So i went offshore. 7 years later Ive worked all round the world, i earn more money than i ever dreamed possible, and pay no tax as well. So frankly its pretty damn good.I get 6 months a year at home in Blighty with the wife and kids, get to work in Australia which i love, fed, clothed and watered for the other 6 months. I have nigh-on zero stress, able to afford a beautiful house, a nice new Beemer in the drive, all the mantoys i could wish for, 2 great kids, a truly gorgeous better half and a few quid in the bank. Frankly life aint gonna get much better!
I work for a music education charity, and I run my own photography business, and I do some support work for a guy with special needs (and a few other bits and bobs).
Don't earn much at all by STW standards but I don't work full time. No pension/security either but mostly great fun and very rewarding.
smogmonster - am I reading that right, you only spend 6 months a year with your family?
Mechanical Design Engineer - just finished first year of work after uni.
Love it, completely out of my depth but really enjoy the process.
Enough to get me by, but less than market rates. I figure I'm getting better than average training at the moment though, so it's a long term strategy, although will be arguing for a payrise shortly.
Master Production Scheduler for a Hi-Fi company, a bit like playing Sim Factory.
Love the products that we make and thoroughly enjoy the job.
Pay is ok, perks of the job are good, canteen makes me fat but happy 🙂
Teach outdoor ed.
When you're getting paid to go climbing, canoeing, biking, gorge exploring etc, with kids who enjoy it, you can never argue with the pay.
My office is where most people play and, yes, I am quite smug about it
[quote=RichPenny ]Master Production Scheduler for a Hi-Fi company, a bit like playing Sim Factory.
Love the products that we make and thoroughly enjoy the job.
Pay is ok, perks of the job are good, canteen makes me fat but happy
You should try our Sim Factory stuff then!
Mining consultant
When I am in the office I hate it, when I am out on site I love it.
Not enough for what I have to put up with.
What do you guys do for work?
Another NHS employee: Hand & Wrist surgeon: Fix broken hands and wrists (trauma), treat others that have worn out (elective)
Do you enjoy it?
Love it! Varied, challenging, interesting patients with technically challenging operations and great team to work with.
How much do you get paid?
Can't complain but its been a long (and expensive) road to get here!
Talk to me.
I'm in London during the week, my family are in Suffolk and part of my heart will always be in the Lake District...
the place seems to have it's fair share of mining consultants!
Where in WA longmover, doing more with the east coast offices currently
Graduated in sport and exercise science this summer. Walked straight into a job, now finding said job is massively underpaid as I am being dumped with my managers responsibilities while he moves to Australia. I do enjoy the work, but not the city centre location.
Currently on the look out for a change, possibly TA officer and cyclist is the best combination I can come up with to get more time in the countryside and less time placating rich clients.
Instructional Designerd for a Software company.
i work from home in Northumberland, my boss lives in Detroit. it's all ok
Yes, lots
Cycle industry...been in it for far to long its got all silly !
Ex Exploration Geo.... hunting for work 😀
Currently wrench monkey paid and volunteer, and cookie baker 8)
Pays the bills
R.O.V. Pilot in the oil industry.
Norwegian sector of the North Sea mostly.
Interesting work and brilliant time off.
Get to play with one of [url=
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Grum, yes thats right, i spend a month at home and a month away. When im home i have no daily commute to mess with, no daily work, 9-5 rubbish plus commute. Im not knackered trying to squeeze in an hour each night before the kids go to bed. It genuinely works out a whole lot better. Make no mistake the day i leave is rarely much fun but the build up to me getting home is always brilliant, and we always do allsorts when im home - museums, holidays, days out, weekend breaks, parks, family bike rides, all that stuff.
RichPenny » Master Production Scheduler for a Hi-Fi company, a bit like playing Sim Factory.
Love the products that we make and thoroughly enjoy the job.
Pay is ok, perks of the job are good, canteen makes me fat but happyYou should try our Sim Factory stuff then!
I did raise an eyebrow 🙂 Email me some details please.
@mikewsmith based in Perth at the moment, i haven't had anything to do with the east coast so far. I spent a couple of years in West Africa and really enjoyed that.
I draw stuff using photoshop and illustrator.
Yep, love doing it
Pay varies as I freelance/contract - but usually 300 odd a day.
@Ton - It's just really been 3 friends who decided we wanted to brew some beer, but luckily one of us is a proper brewer. We are just about getting to the stage of having a small range of beers ready for the drinking public, so I'll give full disclosure when we are happy with what we have. We are currently brewing small batches, in some rented space at a diary farm in the Dark Peak, but progress has been slow as we all have other jobs. We haven't really thought about the image or marketing stuff yet, we have just been putting bottles in folks hands and asking what they think of it, it's been a bit of a labour of love to date. One of the trio has just been laid off and we would really like to get things moving so we could make the brewery his proper job. We are about to get a little more grown up about things, as until now we have just been having a load of fun. Given your interest, I'll make sure you are first on the list for some samples of the finished product 😀
@ matt outandabout - I think we have the label for the 'Orange 5'
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Inpatient consultant psychiatrist. Helping to get people back to where they want to be and contrary to popular belief they get there most of the time. Really rewarding, bit dicey at times, great great people but as you may have heard on the news today a bit over crowded.
Pays the bills and for carbon
Get away on Dartmoor trails; quiet, open and great riding
Smogmonster - 6 months at home and pay no tax? Thought it was 90 days max.
I run a genetics company with two labs in the uk and two in the USA, plus 4 other global locations. Currently in Boston 😀
Great job although I do rack up the airmiles.
Pay? It keeps my bike buying habit well funded!
Geotechnical Pretengineer or Engineering Geologist depending on how clever i'm feeling. Used to be mostly based out of Reading/London but now Perth Australia. Hate the office work, love the site work, even though its often stupidly hot, dusty and miserable. Probably liked doing it in the UK more but am paid about triple out here for nearly the same job. By Perth standards the wage isnt amazing but i'm pretty damn happy with it to be honest.
Always fancied teaching one day, I think if we come back to the UK I might try science teaching. Kids cant be harder than some of the people you find working in the mines!
Practice manager for 3 NHS emergency dental care centres. Were open 8-8 365, it can get stressful, and our patients are often the ones that no one else will/can see in a normal setting, so can exhibit "challenging" behaviours.
Staff are great, my managers less so sometimes.
Pay is good.
I write cycling books [url= http://www.greatbritishbikerides.co.uk ]like this[/url] for peanuts and develop mapping services [url= http://www.nautoguide.com ]like this[/url] for peanuts as well
Controls & Instrumentation Technician here.
Pays ok for the effort involved.
Customer service gubbins on the phones.
Paid well for the industry as a whole but I'm a bit over it and looking for the holy grail of something that pays the same or more but is more fun/challenging.
smell_it, sounds ace that mate, keep me informed on where to buy from once you are selling. 8)
Work in a design workshop making proto, FIT and pre prod samples of clothes designed to have embedded tech or be used in harsh environments.
I answer the phone, talk to customers and suppliers, run around like my hair is on fire chasing stuff, make tea coffee, and send mail and arrange couriers. Occasionally I'm allowed to use my actual design skills that I trained for 🙄
Paid the rotten peanuts they would dare pay any one else
I'm a builder/dogsbody/Brickie/project manager/site manager/Groundworker/ in fact anything to do with projects from 6/7million to a days labour, all run by two of us! It can get quite busy at times 😀
Company does well I do well, company doesn't do well I get a Harrods hamper..
IT Support Manager for a bank. Not overly exciting but I work with a good bunch. Some of our major internal stakeholders are a pita though, treat us like shite.
Well paid for what I do, really can't complain at all.
Work for the government investigating bankrupts and directors of limited companies. Been doing it 4 years ran an engineering company for the 10 years prior to this. Job is not want I was originally told it would be, zero chance of progression and pretty dull tbh. Pay is pretty useless to, good job my wife can fund my bikes !! Only good bit is I get to ride in 12 miles with a shower at the office. Looking for something new.
What do you guys do for work?
Run an unusual bike shop, importing recumbents and folding bikes, building custom frames, stuff like that.
Do you enjoy it?
Very much, I get to play in a workshop with fun tools all day, interspersed with mucking about on fun bikes, and chatting to interesting people. It's a dream job.
How much do you get paid?
Ah, now you've found the slight flaw in my master plan.
Another IT manager here, (no audi, Orange 5, ipad, woodburner etc) Shortest way to describe my job is I bring common sense to a room full of senior people (who have lost touch with reality), techies (who cant interact with humans), vendors (who try to rape us) and customers (who think you can get the moon on a stick, yesterday and for 3 pence...)
Pay is very good, better than it should be in my opinion - but still less than colleagues who do less and lack above common sense...
I'm a Project Manager for a company that designs/builds/supports Chilled Water plant, refrigeration equipment and HVAC Systems on Navy Ships and Submarines.
My current job role is supporting our kit on the RN's batch of 6 new T45 Destroyers, both here in the UK, and while they are on deployed operations. (globally)
I enjoy it most of the time - it is interesting, and I get to do some very cool stuff. (shock testing new kit springs to mind)
The pay is OK - probably about the going rate for the role.
The perks are good though (car/phone/laptop/healthcare) and the rest of my department are fairly good to work with so not currently looking elsewhere.
Oceanographer, working for the Met Office. mainly spend my days looking at data on waves and currents...
can be really interesting, but the civil service bureaucracy is enough to make you go mental.
pay,meh, been on a freeze for 3 years now. would certainly get more in the private sector, but I get to live in Devon. and that's worth loads IMO
I am a PMO (project management office) manager and manage a small team of project support analysts.
Don't ask me what that means, I don't really know other than "I make sure that stuff happens"!
I work for an internet filtering company as support/installation/network engineer.
Not a bad job, lots of IT Managers to deal with, occasionally some useful people that are really nice and working from home is nice too.
Pay isn't great.