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Property 😥 ...
For a supermarket 😀 !!!
Security contracting - Okish, but really need America to have another big war. Sarah Palin for president!
Freelance management consultancy for small local and regional charities and social enterprises - such as Citizens Advice Bureaux, youth organisations, recycling organisations etc. - the sort of organisations that Big Dave expects to deliver his Big Society [s]vision[/s] b*llox. Contracts and projects have become almost non-existent and those that do exist have even more people putting proposals in.
Also do work for local authorities and primary care trusts, where opportunities have also dried up.
Media (tv and film side) is so hard to get into unless you have connections. And I don't think you make much money unless you're at the top.
MOD-cuts being made everywhere...in the firing line for redundancy on 1st sep.
ir_bandito - MemberMost of my work is related to offshore power: oil/gas/renewables.
There's LOADS of workAnyone want a job? We need people...
Aye!
I have 23 years experience as an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, but every job I've applied for demanded a minimum 2 - 5 years previous experience in the Industry, with all relevant tickets already in place!
Chicken/Egg?!
I work in the Highway Electrical Industry (basically street lighting) and in spite of Government cut backs on road building, I am yet to see a drop in workload.
Been self employed for 20 months now and haven't had a day off through lack of work. My biggest customer is the nationwide leader in it's field and while they have some direct employees, they also rely heavily on sub-contractors. They get a cost effective return from employing me and it shows - the work keeps coming.
Olympic Village and M1 J10-13 next for me - the money is a bit daft too.
I work in a bike shop
We've sold as many bikes in the last 9 months as we did in the previous year
High end and low end bikes are selling well, the mid range stuff is a bit sluggish & road bikes have been slow for us. MTB's & hybrids have been flying out of the door this year
The way things are going it's looking quite good, but I do fear the VAT on the C2W scheme will dent our sales a bit 🙁
cancer research;
redundancies all over the shop,
mostly government/university/nhs/charity funded so the moneys very scarce these days, its gonna be a long time before things pick up
I work in Television.
So long as there's **** watching reality, there's plenty of work!
Landfill. Its slowly dying as we all recycle more and more.
Whilst the company is diversifying into "new technologies" like AD plants and incinerators, all their loyal landfill staff, including myself, look like we'll just be pushed out the door at some point as its clear they won't be diversifying their staff....
Nice eh!
I am in the landfill gas side of things (rather then the construction or filling of landfills) so there will be plenty to do in that sector for many years but it is in slow decline.
Where the hell are all the IT consultants hiding?
I work in charity/creative industries, funding is very tight for all creative sector charities at the mo, not looking good for the future either. Many places have had wide scale redundancies, I had to reapply for my job on half as many hours. Also just started as one of those annoying part time photographers someone referred to above. Early days but there seems to be plenty of work out there. 😉
Broadband has become a utility to many, but the infrastructure is way behind where it should be, and with the Governments promises for a digital britain and massive network expansions (BT, Virgin and Fujitsu) means plenty of work for the next decade or so
[i]Where the hell are all the IT consultants hiding? [/i]
😉 Didn't we ascertain in one of the many 'what do you do for a living?' threads that IT is not the predominant trade for STWers?
Busier than ever.
Oil and gas related.
Flat out, oil and gas.
Broadband has become a utility to many, but the infrastructure is way behind where it should be, and with the Governments promises for a digital britain and massive network expansions (BT, Virgin and Fujitsu) means plenty of work for the next decade or so
Same here, I work on the network upgrade side and have more work and projects to do in the next few years than I know what to do with. It's a busy in this business now.
Public transport seems to be doing OK. People will always want to ride on buses.
Flour milling, very busy as usual but then its such a basic foodstuff.
Margins are tighter than a ducks ar*e though (when I say tight some flours are £30 Tonne loss!!!)
We are recruiting as quite a lot of our staff are reaching retirement.
I'm looking for a multi skilled maintenance engineer at this moment.
Whisky industry doing very well as all the BRIC countries and oil industry folk celebrate their successes and all the other poor sods drown their sorrows!
Social Work - it's still ****ed!
IT - specifically Business Intelligence (oxymoron?) Mad busy for the last 2 years.
Amb Service. Will always be work for us but money is starting to get tight. There's been a lot of issues in the workplace that have just been dealt with using sticking plasters rather than curing the bigger problems. The recent meal break issue is a prime example. Slightly perturbed that 90 day notices of contract termination and potentially being rehired on less money/poorer t&cs are being seriously talked about..
oil and gas is keeping me busy enough
Carework: horrible cuts to already stretched services meaning a shift back to institutionalised practise. This results in treating large groups of very diverse people in a regimented, common denominator sort of way.
I'm studying to get into outdoor adventurous activities and maybe wilderness therapy. The outdoor leisure sector appears to be doing well and there are huge numbers of young people that need something constructive to do.
Interesting to get a feel for the spread of STW occupations as different people reply each time there's a "what do you do?" thread.
The company I work for manufactures machinery for the paper industry. We're doing well thanks to China. UK and US paper industry is knackered.
software working for you guessed it the oil and gas industry. Company is expanding and doing well but management are trying to make cut backs on things like the amount of milk and tea supplied for staff.
Looks like Oil and Gas is the industry to be in
Oil, Gas and Renewables ...but Christ on a bike - it seems impossible to break in to!
Swelper - Member
Looks like Oil and Gas is the industry to be in
It's not all well paid though, where I am the pay is shit, you need to be on the coal face to make any money, if you're on the tools it can be cash monies!
Aerospace here too - we have more work than we can possibly cope with and are really struggling to recruit good engineering staff. In fact companies I have been involved with I would describe as being desperate for staff.
I just wish I was on an overtime grade to be honest as I would earn far more money even though I am on a few grades higher!
If you are a mechanical, systems, materials or stress engineer then there are plenty of jobs out there if you look - especially if you live between Bristol and Chester!
Besieged - that's how I feel, along with super-hacked off. I take Kato's point to a degree but this really is a bleak period for our line of work.
I work in Television.So long as there's **** watching reality, there's plenty of work!
not for everyone, during the recession very little drama was commissioned for about a year, i know set designers who did nothing for a whole year as BBC/itv/c4 slashed budgets for new drama or went to eastern europe.
i'm in the photography biz for advertising/design and haven't stopped for a year (was tough for about 8months beforehand) similar for the advertising/tv/drama people i know.
i did lose a major client who went in administration but seem to have filled the gap.
i don't think this will last and expect the beginning of next year to be a bit grim for everybody so am making hay (worked every weekend for 7 weeks so far)
Design and print. While companies around us go belly up, we are taking on staff, investing in new equipment and producing more than ever.
Online editorial/freelance journalism - Not good at all. Rates have been screwed right down and there appears to be an increasing reliance on poorly paid juniors or unpaid interns to get the job done cheaply in-house.
Advertising - which drives editorial - appears to still be flat.
The industry is cyclical though, so I remain optimistic for an improvement in the next year or two.
Healthcare manufacturers. Only problem we have is competition. The more disasters there are, the better we do.
Oil and gas here, subsea construction, busy as fek at the moment and has been for the last 18-24 months, bit of a slack period before that when the barrel price dropped, North sea is up and down more often than a brides nighty, normally end up overseas, Africa, South America, Gulf when it slacks off a bit in the UK sector but now cant get away from the North Sea, bu99er!
Design and advertising - we seem to have weathered the storm ok tbh, no salary reviews in 3 years though, feeling the pinch
Major Sports governing body, busier than ever. Also our corporate/conferencing side is booming (which is the bit we thought would suffer in the recession).
My bags packed for NZ 8)
Made redundant from town planning job two years ago. Now in Probation but more cuts to come, worrying times.
[i]thetabber - Member
Made redundant from town planning job two years ago. Now in Probation but more cuts to come, worrying times.[/i]
On first reading at read that as [b]on probation[/b] 😆
High amount of work in the clothing printing industry, people always need a uniform!
Although I'm off to University soon to do Sustainable Built Environment..ideally a growing sector
I work in Automotive development, which seems to be going very well. Seems that despite the economic slowdown in the UK, the rest of the world keeps on buying Range Rover sports*.
*other stupid cars are available on request
Passenger train companies have never had it so good - pass numbers have gone up and up since fuel prices went silly and fares are ridiculously high. The profits made by the train operating companies are obscene, the industry certainly isn't *ed in as far as the title of this thread pertains, but is certainly '*ed up'. I feel genuinely sorry for the passengers on my trains.
Electricity generation for me, 38 years service next week 😯
I think my industry only really became screwed when they put half the races on SKY
People keep breaking their carbon frames and sending them for repair
In general however people who know about composites ,can't grow em fast enough I've been torn between full time frame building ,development of other folks stuff or sticking with the slot cars.
I'm an odd one. Just moving from diesel automotive to power but it's all really metallurgy / materials engineering where everybody seems to be retiring and loads of employers across different industries are after good people.
Diesel kit is flying out of the door and numbers seem to be going ever upwards, new nuclear build and increased renewables should keep me busy for a while hopefully.
Management consulting is doing well at the moment - well anything that isn't related to the public sector at least. I'd say telecoms is doing ok, but cost cutting / increased efficency is the order of the day.
Forklift and MEWP training is doing quite well 🙂
Despite my downfall?? 👿
sand control operations seems busy ..... and we are short staffed of people.
The NHS, I'll be fine, but a some of you will be ****ed.
Shoe repairs, doing well as now supplying other retailers with a repair service and website. Hopefully it will keep on raining.
I spend my life working with offenders, and the most of them are misusing drug. I see no change anytime soon!
I'm not working at the moment. This is a purely philanthropic choice as it gives someone else the opportunity to have the job I'd otherwise be getting paid for.
and the most of them are misusing drug
Am I correct in understanding that your job is to teach these offenders how to use the drug correctly? 😕
Forestry in Scotland is booming.
Timber harvesting has never been busier - prices of timber are buoyed by the weak pound reducing timber imports.
Removing vast swathes of productie commercial forestry to make way for windfarms.
Planting enormous native woodland shruberies that will never be productive.
All with the attendant red tape, meaning we are constantly short of good staff........
Social worker in mental health, mainly working with the elderly. We have already lost some bodies to vr/er but this hasn't saved enough so compulsory redundancies look likely. The fact I can section folk will keep me pretty safe. But we only just starting to see how the other changes are starting to impact on the people we work with, I would advise we all start saving to pay for the help we will need should we become infirmed or elderly.
Sports performance - I have good work, diverse clients, some nice side projects, and interesting opportunities overseas. No complaints.
Prison Service here, proper F***ed.
Not very.
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