What do you do for work?

Me, I'm an auto mechanic but I kinda wanna get outta that business because it's more of a hobby than something I wanna do for a job.

What do you do?

I tear people's assholes apart....and bussiness is good.

I am a diet aide at a nursing home

information specialist for DCU... i get yelled at by crazy indian people all day over pennies in finance charges.

Software Engineer writing automation or whatever "better hammer" they need at the moment.

I rip off bands at a sub-par Allston bar.

fuck work

computer technician for the Revere public school system

Database Administrator/Server Tech for an Exchange hosting company.

meat clerk/cutter(soon) stop and shop. Worst job evah.

nigger.

welder/fabricator/machinist

Dispatcher (in training) for AmTrak, and I illustrate on the side.

my buddy makes bank being a C&C machinist. you do have to know alot of math.

Baristo / Coffee Sommelier / Supervisor at 1369 Coffee House.

I also do freelance Graphic Design and Web Design.

Barber in the lil town of Millis. Please come down and let me cut yo hair.

i'm a student approaching the void of employment that is the United States...manual labor here i come!

so glad i'm double majoring in English and Philosophy, that market is HUGE right now.

I play with dogs at a doggie daycare

welder/fab.........unemployed still.....I smoke weed and look for work with my stepdaddy doing forms (concrete foundations). Construction as a whole is a toilet right now.

HAHAHAHA!! Now I don't feel so bad.

I got laid off temporarily back in February. My boss originally told me to call in early April. Then when I got a definitive time, it was the 13th. A couple days ago he called me to push it back to the 20th.

I work for a company that cleans windows and gutters, and does power washing. Mostly residential.

Yeah, no shit. Dude, seriously, why would you that to yourself? Two of the most useless majors in college.

we in the same boat, only im a deli nig moving up to cutter. but they pay us shit at bjs for meat cutting, only 13.50 an hour starting rate

More than I'm making so I'll take that job.

newbury comics warehouse, web dept/shipping

the most brutal job of all; NOOOOTHHIIINNGGG

Rent a Center, 50 hours a week in the grips of corporate stupidity. I am happy to have a job, but between the hours and the amount of shows I do, my sleep is noexistent. Not to mention I haven't had an afternoon or saturday to myself in almost 3 years.

Assistant Underwriter for an Insurance carrier.

fix copiers. Probably getting fired on the 23rd of April cuz my alcoholic bald boss and I went from getting beers and playing guitars at a bar to him having some sort of schizo breakdown and freaking out on me one day about my handwriting. He held a grudge about my "whatever" additude and blew up 3 weeks ago, calling me "an arrogant fucking asshole" over and over again while the owner of the company just sat there and looked dumb. He gave me 30 days to "shape up" but refuses to tell me what he expects of me, just that I need to "shape up".
He has "Brad Day" written on his calendar for the 23rd. Glad I started school a month ago, the Geek Squad is hiring so I hope to have something lined up regardless of his bi-polar bullshit.

i teach SAT classes to 17 year olds

Graphic Design / Sign Fabrication (welding, air brushing etc..)

hairdresser/plumber

I'm the shop manager for Nautilus Tattoo and I work part time at stop and shop in the customer service desk

I'm a painter in an autobody shop
I dig my job and the shop I'm at stays pretty busy

I apply for research studies and participate till I get a check. Business is good, I recently got into an 'effects of alcholol on moral self-regulation' study. Win.

Network engineer for a managed services provider in Beverly.



Which company if you don't mind me asking? PM me if dats bettah.

this is required pretty much for every person living in allston.

are they hiring?

3rd party collections...business is good!

Shutting down a linen supply business May 1st. Trying to get into the apprenticeship program at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. If not, then going through a temp agency until something better comes along.

you will be in my town then.
wade gosslin has an apprenticeship there too.

Audio Visual Engineer, which lately has entailed performing just about everything that goes into making big events with big flashy tvs,computers signs,logos,lights, and sound run smoothly. I have been a free agent in this field for the past 2 years, but i think ill be looking into doing installations and service in simple audio systems regularly for a while till business in freelance AV picks up.

I go to school for photography, or at least that's what my transcript says. All I seem to be doing in drawing and listening to people talk about themselves.

I have a bunch of weddings and portrait sessions this summer. So I guess that's what I do.

I work at a synagogue and the Coolidge Corner Theatre.

I am a bricklayer/ stone mason. I do custom stonework, chimmenys, walls, schools, hotels whatever. I hate my fucking job but it pays well. 16 years now!

i work at a health food store in the vitamin/supplement section.
also attending school to get my masters in acupuncture.

Chairperson in the Office of Buttsluts and Malt Liquor Production.

i do propane.

I steal cars legally.

I design video games, best job I've ever had.

And luckily when times are hard, the entertainment industry still does well.

I lathe metal.

I look at computer chips and take shit all day.

I install garage doors and do audio engineering.

lol no.

fuck yeah it is, im a ironworker in local 7 and i been laid off since christmas. I go to the hall anywhere from 1 to 4 times a week depending how drunk i got the night before. No fuckin work....shitty retail job here i come.

Acupuncture rules. I've gone somewhere between 20 and 40 times and I feel a ridiculous high after each time. It's really helped my asthma and some tendinitis I have. Starting sessions up again soon.

good to hear brother. i start my clinical work in the fall...stoked.
first thing i will but when i get my own practice is that rusty cooley 7 string.

I'm a fuckin c/o

I work in the mental health field.

i'm a fucking desk jockey and i hate it.

PM'd

EMT for the state of MA. Love my job, hate my life.

Computer IT

I'm a former Stoppie Meat Clerk. Solid job, honest work... but I'm very glad to be doing something else right now. Stoppie pays it's cutters very well though. A lot better than $13.50 yeeesh.

"Systems Security Specialist" - i.e., "ticket monkey." I'm a contractor, as illustrated by the holes in my teeth and lack of retirement plan.

I get paid to sit around and listen to Cavity, while playing Half Life 2.

multimedia designer for an out-of-home video advertising company. the ads i design are seen in buildings across the US and canada. i enjoy the job.

I'm an account manager for a private dr's coding and consulting company. we have about 30 docs with all sorts of specialties. the cool thing is reading the operative reports and seeing how the patient got hurt and what the docs going to do to fix it. some crazy shit comes through. it pays the bills but isn't a career choice for me. i've been doing this for 6 years now. i've also done some construction/framework/cook/moving company/other shit. i'm psyched this company took me back for the 3rd time. i was jobless for a year and it sucked. i'd rather be doing something more physical but this job has it's quirks. i can come and go as i please, listen to metal, wear anything i want (today i have on an A.C. shirt).

Graphic designer for a failing newspaper group in RI.

Set up and run sound and lights for a wedding/corporate function band on the side.

Speaking of which, to any sound engineers here, what is my best course of action, education wise, to pursue a career in live sound engineering?

I have no idea who I have never seen you.

I'm a clerk for the Albany Public Library, which I loathe more and more everyday. I wear a fucking tie and sit in front of a computer, pretending I'm not yuppie swine.

I also do FOH sound at a club called Valentine's (some of you know it), a couple nights a week.

Occassionally I get a paying recording gig, but not often enough.

Ha, yes you do.

Cook at Red Robin. I started there on April 2nd doing training shifts, then they fired one of their dish guys so I took all his weekend shifts as well and worked like 40 hours in 4 days. It was sweet til I woke up the following Monday with a bum knee and haven't been able to work since. It's ok though, because I was cursed before I was born and these types of things happen to me anytime I do something right with my life. Yaaaay!

IT at a state college - good job, but it's a stepping stone to something entirely different.



Library work is a noble job...if you're a corporate salesman or a bullshit advertiser, then I'd call you a yuppie.

Car inspection sticker dude + mechanic apprentice

i just got my sticker finally. it failed 3 times because a fuse kept blowing and the service engine soon light was on. my buddy cleared the service engine soone light and then i had to drive it for about a week hoping it would not come back on. it finally went a week without going on and it passed.

yea MIL monitors are a pain in the ass. after you reset the check engine light, it takes between 50 and 200 miles for the monitors to come back online so you're able to get a sticker.

Fuck Parsons Vehicheck.

There's some truth to that. I take pride in the fact that what I do helps people in the community, and that I work for a non-for-profit organization, however....

My job consists of the most mindless, boring, robotic, redundant tasks you could possibly imagine. It takes every ounce of my energy to get through the day without dying of exhaustion from boredom. Also, the building I work in is disgusting. To the point that, by the end of the day, I feel physically ill (I have terrible TERRIBLE dust/mold allergies).

And I work in an office with 7 other people, one of which is the most obnoxious, loud and annoying woman in the fucking world. Seriously never shuts the fuck up, and talks at a most unreasonable volume.

ehhh... sorry to rant. Feels good to vent though.

I work for Meditech.

I fix problems.

Our software isn't great, so there are a lot of them.

I just applied for a bunch of studio photographer jobs at Target/JCPenny/PictureMe. Somebody shoot me.

Well at least you'll be doing something you like WHILE at target/JCPenny. Better than being a cashier lolol

i cannot speak of what i do for work, because i may get fired.

oOoOoOoOoOoOOh sounds intriguing.

he said fired, not fired at.

lolz. I just installed Remote Workstation while setting up some new tablet for a physician's office.

I am the Internet Sales Manager for Honda Gallery in North Reading

Sounds like a pretty sweet gig.

Yea it is. It pays good but you have to deal with fucking idiots most of the time.

I bet.

Salesrep for a large commercial printing company. It sucks and usually makes me want to kill myself, but I am very good at it and get paid pretty well. Definitely feeling the pain of the recession though.

ha!

pull out a few random files from the folder so I have more job security, please.

I'll remote in later and do it up for you.

You're like the 90th person I know that works at Meditech.

must be a popular place.

our employee retention is not the best.

it probably sucks to work there therefore people quit. amiright?

I don't hate it. It's secure. It's nothing I would brag about to anyone. It's a lot of young people getting their first jobs and moving on. I'll probably take a hike from here sooner than later.

Well no wonder why the retention sucks. If all you hire is college kids then its going to be a revolving door. But hey, whatever pays the bills pays the bills. I remember not too long ago over last summer I didn't even have a job. I'm sure there are alot worse places people could work at than meditech. I wasn't bashing your workplace btw, I was just being curious as to why eomplyee retention sucked.

yeah...it's not bad at all. My supervisor is a great guy and everyone in my group are laid back and helpful. The job is a little repetitive, but I certainly don't have the nightmare some people have with their first professional jobs.

Thats because most professional companies are spitting images of Office Space. Working at any company like that would make me want to kill myself. Yea more and more companies are attemping to make work "fun" or "enjoyable" for its employee in the vain of Google but still those companies are few and far between.

in store technician at Staples

I do this, but @ colleges and there's more classroom technology involved obviously. First I was @ Westfield State College in MA but now I'm @ a private University in NJ. Completely different world than a state college. Not coming in to work for any reason is quietly and subtlely looked down upon. Also, everyone here just tries to get everyone else in trouble by broadcasting stupid mistakes to the whole fucking department. MAN, I need to get a music gig.

sounds like a couple of your classmates need an asswhooping.

oh these are grown ass men and women. i'm not in school anymore i just work at them.

wow and i bet they say the kids they teach are immature....

honestly, no one on college campuses pisses me off more than professors...they're arrogant and ignorant. I get treated like a piece of shit more times than I care to mention by people who I actually HELP. They're too self-important to learn or remember how to operate technology they use everyday to do their jobs.

Yea I'm not surprised professors have that king shit mentality.

I make pretty graphics and print them out nice. I'm also a scapegoat.

I work for a Pre-K - 8 school and don't run into that problem at all really, but I could see college professors feeling entitled and "smarter than thou" because of having doctorates and whatnot

*too busy smelling their own farts

basically...
I have a funny story about this. Back in Westfield, there were renovations happening so a couple classrooms were out of commission. So we set up a mobile cart and screen in a computer lab so there could be multimedia in the classroom for teachers. Basically all they had to do was turn it on the projector and focus it a little bit. This turned out to be too hard and a ton of professors complained. The head of the department said, "well, look at it his way. There are technology people, and there are pen and paper people ya know. These professors are more pen and paper people ya know." So I asked, "what classes are in here?" He responded, "mostly graphic design and audio production."

LULZ

lol @ graphic design professors not knowing how to run a projector.

EL OH EL

You can say that again and you don't fix shit!!!! I HATE YOU MEDITECH!!!!!!!!!!

I am a Medical Lab Assistant and make as much as you wimps complaining about Stop and Shop. Just be happy you are employed and make that much for cutting up dead animals.

*presents testicles to c.DeaD*

lol

when i taught graphic design, i knew the ins and outs of the projectors, printers, and other whatnots.

because you used them to perform your job to the best of your ability...this concept is lost on college professors

i'm still giggling at this.

I'm a tree librarian at The Arnold Arboretum. I catalog the books and help with the website.

Network engineer at a financial data company

Aaand, as of the 1st my job title will be "N/A." WOO FUCKING HOO

I get to go back to work tomorrow! My attendance at shows should be far more increased with the influx of money.

I'm a lawn service technician. Basically I do treatments for people's landscapes. Fertilizers, disease control, weed control, insect control.