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990B Luva
1st June 2004, 02:21 PM
Just wondering what everyone here does for a living, i have just got a job (yesterday) working at Woolworthsso jarro i can pay you soon!

Jarro
1st June 2004, 02:25 PM
i have just got a job (yesterday) working at Woolworthsso jarro i can pay you soon!

=D> \:D/ =D>

way to go 990B ..... good work :wink:

I work for QANTAS at the International terminal at Brisbane Airport.

shiftwork :smt019

drunken
1st June 2004, 03:48 PM
I work at a 5 star exclusive hotel in Byron Bay.

Looking for something else if anyone knows of something :wink:

Flowergirl
1st June 2004, 04:30 PM
I work at a 5 star exclusive hotel in Byron Bay.

Looking for something else if anyone knows of something :wink:

If you are a florist by trade I'll give you a job in my flower shop........then i can go and play more golf. But i got to warn you the pay is lousy :? :? and i supposr Byron is a loong way to drive to beautiful downtown Rosebud :wink:

nudgee
1st June 2004, 04:37 PM
Drunken,

Can you do me any deals at this hotel??

I am a professional golf ho and proud of it!!

990B Luva
1st June 2004, 04:43 PM
I am a professional golf ho and proud of it!!
well we all knew that :roll:

AndyP
1st June 2004, 04:57 PM
Electrical Engineering qualification, working as a Test Engineer, on loan from my job as a Systems Engineer for Boeing Australia. :roll:

990B Luva
1st June 2004, 04:59 PM
cut the crap AndyP we know you got FIRED!!

AndyP
1st June 2004, 05:10 PM
cut the crap AndyP we know you got FIRED!!
Not nice! and
Wrong! My contract was not renewed, however I secured another contract within the company that continued on from the last one. :P However, the area where my last contract was has borrowed me, which is why I am in Canberra. :? 8)

terryand
1st June 2004, 05:26 PM
Careful 990, your gettin abit big for your boots there [-X

Terry.

damoocow
1st June 2004, 06:29 PM
I am a Drama teacher [but will teach jnr Dance if my leotards are dry!] - but I really just wanna be a STAR!!!
damoocow

gazgolf1
1st June 2004, 06:34 PM
Team Leader at Australian Air Express. :smt078

damoocow
1st June 2004, 06:38 PM
so gazgolf - what does the team leader do - shout orders at the others?
damoocow

Iain
1st June 2004, 06:41 PM
I'm Traincrew (Guard) with Queensland Rail.

Shiftwork.... :cry:

damoocow
1st June 2004, 06:53 PM
hey Iain - how do you get to be a train driver on the electric suburban line ?- that always looks like a cushy job to me.
damoocow

Courty
1st June 2004, 07:53 PM
Team Leader at Australian Air Express. :smt078

Hey Gaz, my brother-in-law is a supervisor/ manager at Australian Air Express here in Cairns. He is commonly known as 'Lucky' (his real name is hard to pronounce :? ) Ever dealt with him, perchance?

Btw,

I am unemployed for this week. Left my job as Contract Administrator for a Civil Construction Co. to take a job with the Water Division of the Council. I start the new job on Monday...

markTHEblake
1st June 2004, 08:04 PM
I am a mortgage broker - i arrange home loans for people. Does anyone want a loan :-)

Onewood
1st June 2004, 08:14 PM
I am unemployed for this week. Left my job as Contract Administrator for a Civil Construction Co. to take a job with the Water Division of the Council. I start the new job on Monday...

Playing any golf on the week off or are we working around the pool :wink: :D

Nice web page 8)

Choppa
1st June 2004, 08:21 PM
I.T. nerd for Queensland Rail.

Hey Iain, I (along with others) wrote the Train Crew roster system that puts you guys on the trains....small world.

Courty
1st June 2004, 08:36 PM
Playing any golf on the week off or are we working around the pool :wink: :D

Nice web page 8)

Working around the pool :roll: :roll: :roll: , but golfing tomorrow :D .
Will have some photos of the pool work on the website later tonight. :smt024

Onewood
1st June 2004, 08:38 PM
Playing any golf on the week off or are we working around the pool :wink: :D

Nice web page 8)

Working around the pool :roll: :roll: :roll: , but golfing tomorrow :D .
Will have some photos of the pool work on the website later tonight. :smt024

:D looking forward to the finished product :wink: :D

Golfgirl
1st June 2004, 08:53 PM
I am a stay at home Mum and housewife....

The pay suxs and the hours are lousy. But when I cook a lovely dinner, I have the adoration of my family.... I guess that makes up for it. :? :roll: :wink: :lol:

jaster
1st June 2004, 09:05 PM
Currently I am acting LSO (Local Area Network Support Officer) for Centrelink Call Centre in Toowoomba. Prior to that I was one of the trained monkeys in sector 7G...I mean on the phone for the call centre working in the Employment and Disability areas. :wink: Yes this means that I got abused by Dole bludgers all day OK :x :P actually it's not that bad and it is good money ;) but it is great to get of the phone after 3 years averaging 35 calls a day....1000 days.....that means I've answered approx 35000 phone calls in that time :shock:

damoocow
1st June 2004, 09:13 PM
hey jaster - my wife used to work in Centrelink families in Bris - my god did she hate that job!!
damoocow

jaster
1st June 2004, 09:16 PM
hey jaster - my wife used to work in Centrelink families in Bris - my god did she hate that job!!
damoocow

Some people hate it with a passion, I actually find it to be great fun...I also read golf books and took calls hidden in a corner for 2 years which helped. Did what I was told and therefore never got hassled!
It was fantastic...come and go as my schedule dictated 8) Fridays off for Golf days......all for nearly 50k per year!!! :P

damoocow
1st June 2004, 09:24 PM
Yeah - it wasn't so much the punters she had a problem with but mainly the team leader - now that has changed she is thinking of going back.
damoocow

Fishman Dan
1st June 2004, 09:30 PM
I run the IT Helpdesk for an animal Pharmaceutical company in Sydney (Parra) - our main products are for cats and dogs - Frontline Plus (for fleas - and ticks in dogs) and Heartgard (heartworm). They are, as i have learned - 'antiparasiticides' (always wanted to use that word). :D We also do cattle, swine, equine, sheep etc products for 'production' animals.

Though if anyone knows of IT work Sth QLD/Nth NSW perhaps drop me a little PM ;)

AndyP
2nd June 2004, 06:31 AM
I.T. nerd for Queensland Rail.

Hey Iain, I (along with others) wrote the Train Crew roster system that puts you guys on the trains....small world.
Brave man, admitting that. Iain, has he done an alright job, or have you been screwed? :wink:

AndyP
2nd June 2004, 06:33 AM
Though if anyone knows of IT work Sth QLD/Nth NSW perhaps drop me a little PM ;)

Does Mrs Fishy know about your keenness to move to Qld? If so, does she want to move as well, if the work is there? Or is the relationship on the rocks already?

clikchic
2nd June 2004, 06:48 AM
I am a stay at home Mum and housewife....


I too am a SAHM, goughy would probably debate housewife.. he he, not much housekeeping gets done I am so bad.. I find it much more fun to sell/shop on ebay, do volunteer work for www.posaa.asn.au and chat to my online friends... Oh and when I really have to I also do the accounts for our Upholstery business. goughy is an upholsterer...

TODAY however I have a job interview for a part time Office Admin in a retirement village...I don't wanna go because I wanna stay home with our girl and it is going to break my heart but we could really use the money right now...sigh... :?

It was nice to be shortlisted tho because it was one of those awful jobs that have Key Selection Criteria... it would be nice if that meant it paid well????? :roll:

Choppa
2nd June 2004, 07:43 AM
I.T. nerd for Queensland Rail.

Hey Iain, I (along with others) wrote the Train Crew roster system that puts you guys on the trains....small world.
Brave man, admitting that. Iain, has he done an alright job, or have you been screwed? :wink:

Oh no make no mistake, we did a crap job! Used it as a test of how not to write a system :?

Fishman Dan
2nd June 2004, 08:25 AM
Though if anyone knows of IT work Sth QLD/Nth NSW perhaps drop me a little PM ;)

Does Mrs Fishy know about your keenness to move to Qld? If so, does she want to move as well, if the work is there? Or is the relationship on the rocks already?

I'm the city boy, born and bred. When we started out i didn't know if we'd last because i need a city to survive.

How times change. It's not happening tomorrow, but i can't wait until we do it. The idea is to move into the Casino/Lismore area (and closer to the in-laws :shock:) - but me being the IT Nerd and Anita a chartered accountant, we need a larger community/city for our (my) line of work. Mind you, i could give up IT support tomorrow for something more enjoyable. I'd consider moving as far north as Brisbane, it's 3 hours away from where we want to end up.

But can you please do something about starting Daylight Savings?!?!

amanda
2nd June 2004, 08:36 AM
An associate lecturer at a uni in Sydney - started out as an auditor/consultant but wanted to do my PhD so an academic job is most flexible.

I teach auditing, designing accounting info systems and auditing info systems.

AndyP
2nd June 2004, 08:42 AM
But can you please do something about starting Daylight Savings?!?!

No, these Queenslanders are set in their ways. :(

Iain
2nd June 2004, 08:45 AM
I.T. nerd for Queensland Rail.

Hey Iain, I (along with others) wrote the Train Crew roster system that puts you guys on the trains....small world.
Some of the jobs are ok, but most of the weekends are crap, when you have to do and Beenleigh - Ferny Grove - Beenleigh Twice in 8hrs! :evil: But then there are the good jobs with A/R for 6hrs!! :twisted:



Brave man, admitting that. Iain, has he done an alright job, or have you been screwed?
No Andy, the roster clerks are the ones that most Traincrew hate... But I won't tell them about Choppa just in case!!


hey Iain - how do you get to be a train driver on the electric suburban line ?- that always looks like a cushy job to me.
Good Luck, first you have to get into QR (Which is hard atm), then apply for a driver job out West (Which won't be coming up for another couple of years with Pacific National Starting next year) stay out west for about 3-5yrs and then hope they advertise for transfers to Citytrain....

Another words -

Don't bother!!!![/b]

senecio
2nd June 2004, 09:29 AM
Research Chemist for a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Absolutely run off our feet at the moment and can't keep up, not such a bad position to be in really. I guess that's what happens when you get generic version of Prozac into the US market.

Ryan

Kee
2nd June 2004, 10:02 AM
My business card says "SAP Basis Administrator". But I haven't met many people ourside this field that know what that means. Basically, I'm just an I.T. Nerd :P .

clikchic
2nd June 2004, 11:05 AM
Currently I am acting LSO (Local Area Network Support Officer) for Centrelink Call Centre in Toowoomba. Prior to that I was one of the trained monkeys in sector 7G...I mean on the phone for the call centre working in the Employment and Disability areas. :wink: Yes this means that I got abused by Dole bludgers all day OK :x :P actually it's not that bad and it is good money ;) but it is great to get of the phone after 3 years averaging 35 calls a day....1000 days.....that means I've answered approx 35000 phone calls in that time :shock:

Hey jaster! I don't suppose they have any part time (preferably 2 days) office admin type jobs going there???

My job interview went REALLY well until right at the end when they mentioned they expected it would go full time in future when I brightly responded :oops: that I was hoping they would consider making it a jobshare position or if it were later on when Jaz is in school I would be happy to go full time... :roll:

They then proceeded to tell me that they expected it would happen within the next 12mths!!! ARRRGGGHH!! Looks like I blew it! Sometimes being brutally honest really is a big fallback! goughy of course piped up when I got home and said that yes, of course I would consider going full time in the FUTURE and leave it at that, because I would, after the kids are at school! LOL Now why didn't I think of that?

I am no good at lying! GRRR

gazgolf1
2nd June 2004, 11:37 AM
Team Leader at Australian Air Express. :smt078

Hey Gaz, my brother-in-law is a supervisor/ manager at Australian Air Express here in Cairns. He is commonly known as 'Lucky' (his real name is hard to pronounce :? ) Ever dealt with him, perchance?

Btw,

I am unemployed for this week. Left my job as Contract Administrator for a Civil Construction Co. to take a job with the Water Division of the Council. I start the new job on Monday...

Courty,
No mate never dealt with Lucky,I'm on the road most of the time so I don't get to talk with the boys up north.
Just get a van full of freight every morning and told "deliver this". :cry:

Jarro
2nd June 2004, 11:37 AM
I am a stay at home Mum and housewife....

The pay suxs and the hours are lousy. But when I cook a lovely dinner, I have the adoration of my family.... I guess that makes up for it. :? :roll: :wink: :lol:

you girls are the backbone of the country Golfgirl :D :smt045 :smt023

Fishman Dan
2nd June 2004, 11:43 AM
I am a stay at home Mum and housewife....

The pay suxs and the hours are lousy. But when I cook a lovely dinner, I have the adoration of my family.... I guess that makes up for it. :? :roll: :wink: :lol:

you girls are the backbone of the country Golfgirl :D :smt045 :smt023

Besides, when we next go to war we need you lot back here to make ammunition, tanks, and other warfare hardware...

Choppa
2nd June 2004, 11:48 AM
My business card says "SAP Basis Administrator". But I haven't met many people ourside this field that know what that means. Basically, I'm just an I.T. Nerd :P .

Kee, I've been in I.T. for nearly 8 years and I.T. Nerd has been the only description that anyone understands.

P.S. Vegas and I know what a "SAP Basis Administrator" is....and you are an I.T. Nerd :D :D

AndyP
2nd June 2004, 12:10 PM
My business card says "SAP Basis Administrator". But I haven't met many people ourside this field that know what that means. Basically, I'm just an I.T. Nerd :P .

Kee, I've been in I.T. for nearly 8 years and I.T. Nerd has been the only description that anyone understands.

P.S. Vegas and I know what a "SAP Basis Administrator" is....and you are an I.T. Nerd :D :D

I know what SAP is, but not a SAP Basis Administrator. :? So I.T. nerd it is. :D

goughy
2nd June 2004, 05:09 PM
I spent a total of about 4 years at uni to become a furniture upholsterer.

Was uni a waste of time. It was a lot of fun! But it's a long way from being a tradie.

Kee
2nd June 2004, 05:13 PM
P.S. Vegas and I know what a "SAP Basis Administrator" is....and you are an I.T. Nerd :D :D

:D :D One and the same. I've been in IT for 8 years also. What more, I also take care of the Unix and Oracle environment SAP runs on. That makes me a huge IT Nerd :P .

Golfgirl
2nd June 2004, 08:55 PM
My job interview went REALLY well until right at the end when they mentioned they expected it would go full time in future when I brightly responded that I was hoping they would consider making it a jobshare position or if it were later on when Jaz is in school I would be happy to go full time...

They then proceeded to tell me that they expected it would happen within the next 12mths!!! ARRRGGGHH!! Looks like I blew it! Sometimes being brutally honest really is a big fallback! goughy of course piped up when I got home and said that yes, of course I would consider going full time in the FUTURE and leave it at that, because I would, after the kids are at school! LOL Now why didn't I think of that?


Well... that sucks.... I can't find part-time work either.... :?

markTHEblake
2nd June 2004, 10:30 PM
P.S. Vegas and I know what a "SAP Basis Administrator" is....and you are an I.T. Nerd :D :D

change that to Rich IT Nerd. SAP Heads are definitely on the right side of the IT poverty line.

shavey
20th June 2004, 08:55 PM
Well, I have only been here for three months and still can't get the smile off my face. I work for Lakelands Golf Club as Sales Executive repsonsible for selling golf to tour operators and hotels.

After working in hotels on the Goldie for 11 years, I have a lot of good friends, sorry, clients, who I now get paid to visit.

It's a fantastic job which I truly love, Monday to Friday, public holidays off, unlimited golf, better pay then hotels etc etc.. it doesn't seem to end..

I suppose I did the hard work to get here so I shouldn't consider myself lucky but really, how can I not..

AndyP
21st June 2004, 07:29 AM
Lucky bugger!

BrisVegas
21st June 2004, 01:01 PM
My business card says "SAP Basis Administrator". But I haven't met many people ourside this field that know what that means. Basically, I'm just an I.T. Nerd :P .

Kee, I've been in I.T. for nearly 8 years and I.T. Nerd has been the only description that anyone understands.

P.S. Vegas and I know what a "SAP Basis Administrator" is....and you are an I.T. Nerd :D :D

"I.T. Nerd"?? Good luck! I keep it even simpler than that with my family. I tell em that I "fix computers". No offense to actual IT guys who fix computers, but that's about as technical as my friends and family can understand.

andylo
21st June 2004, 01:24 PM
No offense to actual IT guys who fix computers, but that's about as technical as my friends and family can understand.

HAHAHAHHAHAHAA :lol:

Maybe I should tell people from now on that "I make computer crash" :)

I am a programmer.... and bugs producer :lol:

Kee
21st June 2004, 01:38 PM
Well, I also tell family and friends i work "with computers". And then I get bombarded with questions about why they have this and that errors, arrgh.

And markTHEblack, the whole thing about SAP people's renumeration is all a myth. Well at least for me anyway. Although, I'm not really complaining...much.

Fishman Dan
21st June 2004, 01:54 PM
Well, I also tell family and friends i work "with computers". And then I get bombarded with questions about why they have this and that errors, arrgh.

Not to mention fridges, toasters, VCR's, light bulbs and car engines...

andylo
21st June 2004, 03:09 PM
Not to mention fridges, toasters, VCR's, light bulbs and car engines...

Aparting from DVD, you should know the basics on how all the above work, right?

I used to pretty proud of myself as a handy"boy" :)... lots of girls (including the hot one) will ask me to go to their home, even room to fix all these things....

Onewood
21st June 2004, 04:28 PM
Not to mention fridges, toasters, VCR's, light bulbs and car engines...

Aparting from DVD, you should know the basics on how all the above work, right?

I used to pretty proud of myself as a handy"boy" :)... lots of girls (including the hot one) will ask me to go to their home, even room to fix all these things....

Andylo, keep it clean please!!! we have some young blokes on here :lol: :lol:

andylo
22nd June 2004, 07:53 AM
Andylo, keep it clean please!!! we have some young blokes on here

Opps :oops: Sorry :lol:

nick
22nd June 2004, 07:49 PM
Not to mention fridges, toasters, VCR's, light bulbs and car engines...

Aparting from DVD, you should know the basics on how all the above work, right?

I used to pretty proud of myself as a handy"boy" :)... lots of girls (including the hot one) will ask me to go to their home, even room to fix all these things....

Andylo, keep it clean please!!! we have some young blokes on here :lol: :lol:

Haha, I beleive I'm the youngest and I'm 15 so you can talk all you want, cause theirs nothing I havnt heard.

Nick

Speirsy11
22nd June 2004, 09:43 PM
I'm a Uni Student, doing my graduate work in Chiropractic at Macquarie University in Sydney.....Only 18 months left, then I'm out to the real world.....scary....

Speirsy11

AndyP
23rd June 2004, 10:54 AM
I'm a Uni Student, doing my graduate work in Chiropractic at Macquarie University in Sydney.....Only 18 months left, then I'm out to the real world.....scary....

For you or the patients? :mrgreen:

Golfgirl
25th June 2004, 08:21 PM
I'm a Uni Student, doing my graduate work in Chiropractic at Macquarie University in Sydney.....Only 18 months left, then I'm out to the real world.....scary....

Speirsy11

Want to use me for practice??? Bet you can't make my back crack anymore than it seems to all on its own.... :shock: :? :( (think I need a new mattress/pillow/sleeping pill prescription... :roll: )