Ew...Grown Up Job

[grlNIN]

<p>I'm in the process of taking a data entry position for when i go back to school this September. It's a 45 minute drive but pays pretty well and i can set my own days so i'd be able to keep my shitty retail job for extra cash.</p><p>I'm 21 but still feel relatively jaded when it comes to working. I know i have enough experience and a good work ethic but this is surpassing the &quot;job for beer and gas money&quot; mentality that i STILL see alot of my friends holding on to.</p><p>It's either going to be really cool or suck horrible donkey ass.&nbsp;</p>

[reeshy]

Get ready for the heehaw heinie!!!!!!!!!<br />

[FUNKMAN]

bustin your corporate cherry... cool

[TheMojoPin]

<p>Power suits...shoulder pads...Sally Jesse Raphael glasses...</p><p>Rowr.</p>

[Don Stugots]

good luck to you as you enter the cooperate world.&nbsp; keep your friends close and your enemies closer.&nbsp;

[lleeder]

My sister started a similar job a couple of months ago and she can't keep up. I've been telling her for years its time to get a career now shes trying and melting down as we speak.

[Tall_James]

<p><img height="675" src="http://www.alyon.org/generale/theatre/cinema/affiches_cinema/w/wol-wya/working_girl.jpg" width="435" border="0" /></p><p>...though I doubt your boss will look like Harrison Ford</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>data entry </p><p>sounds nice and dirty at the same time...</p>

[angrymissy]

usually they let you listen to ipod or whatever using headphones at data entry jobs, it can be a little tedious but easy $$

[SatCam]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br><p>data entry </p><p>sounds nice and dirty at the same time...</p><p></p>

Just remember to go slow and enter the digits one at a time

[SinA]

<p>45 minutes for data entry.&nbsp; i bet that's worth it.</p><p>maybe there will be a gun shop on your way home.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>SatCam</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p>data entry <p>&nbsp;</p><p>sounds nice and dirty at the same time...</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Just remember to go slow and enter the digits one at a time <p>stroking the keys is a personal favorite...</p>

[MadMatt]

<p><font size="2">Remember: it's just a job.&nbsp; If you don't like it you can always find something else.</font></p><p><font size="2">When I started in the corporate world I nearly burned myself out thinking and acting like every request and deadline could mean the end of the world.&nbsp; Guess what - it doesn't!&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="2">If you were a Doctor in a trauma center you would be dealing with life and death issues.&nbsp; Data entry falls far short of that level.</font></p><p><font size="2">BTW, I'm not trying to discourage you, just pass along my own experience.&nbsp; Now work is just work for me and I'm a lot happier.&nbsp; Not saying you should be a slacker, but know that you work to live, not live to work.</font></p>

[JerryTaker]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>MadMatt</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Remember: it's just a job. If you don't like it you can always find something else.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wow, that gave me the best laugh I've had in weeks....</p><p>Money is GOD. any travel. any hell you have to endure to get it, consider yourself lucky and kiss the boots of anyone who will allow you to slave all day and night for any meager earnings, because being broke is DEATH.<br /></p>

[A.J.]

<p>Little NINey's all growns up!&nbsp; Will this job have benefits?&nbsp; Because that would be good.</p><p>Soon you'll be entering the world of office happy hours and holiday parties.&nbsp; May God have mercy on your soul.</p>

[MadMatt]

<strong>JerryTaker</strong> wrote: <strong>MadMatt</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Remember: it's just a job. If you don't like it you can always find something else.</font></p><p>Wow, that gave me the best laugh I've had in weeks....</p><p>Money is GOD. any travel. any hell you have to endure to get it, consider yourself lucky and kiss the boots of anyone who will allow you to slave all day and night for any meager earnings, because being broke is DEATH.<br /></p><p><font size="2">Although money is certainly important, your physical and mental health is moreso.&nbsp; I had a job that paid really well, but I hated it.&nbsp; The experience nearly drove me completely crazy.</font></p><p><font size="2">I took a 25% pay cut to go to my current job, but I love it and enjoy going to work.&nbsp; I am barely scrapping by, but I <em>am</em> getting by.</font></p><p><font size="2">My point was there are lots of ways to make money, but taking any of them too seriously can cause problems in the end.&nbsp; </font></p><p><font size="2">Of course my whole premise is based on my own experience.</font></p>

[silera]

<p>Nin, I suggest you entice your boss to sexually harass you then you'll be on EASY STREET.</p>

[JustJon]

Hey, I offered to hire you for a $1.50 back in the day....<br />

[grlNIN]

<p>It's gonna be just like Secretary!...Except not by any stretch of the imagination.</p><p>Thanks for the support &amp; advice everyone. I think at this point I'm more excited about getting to buy new work clothes than actually having the job.<br /></p>

[narc]

<strong>grlNIN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>It's gonna be just like Secretary!<br /></p><p>You're going to sit at a desk and soil yourself rather than marry someone other than James Spader? Or are you just going to cut yourself a lot?</p>

[grlNIN]

Both.

[Bulldogcakes]

If this job doesn't work out, you can always apply to be a Mod on RF.net. I hear it pays great, and theres no stress whatsoever. Its like free money. <br />

[patsopinion]

<p>jon is that weekly pay u big spender u?</p><p>U said you were going to keep your retail job.&nbsp; Data entry is 100 times better then retail.&nbsp; No customers, &amp; looking at your hours there will be no politics which is good.&nbsp; </p><p>Only down side is a complete lack of human interaction, and who needs that anyway.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>I mean look at jon, he turned out okay.</p>

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

<p>The ipod thing is important. I wouldn't have survived my first post-college job if it weren't for my Walkman.</p><p>I remember the first job I took before my first &quot;real&quot; job with benefits. I was hired at a tiny ad agency (from an apt in the west 50s) as a cold caller for $6.00/hour. Not bad for 1989. The ad guy (who sorta looked like Kurt Vonnegut) told me my name was too ethnic so I had to go by the name Pat Burke. I HATED cold calling companies. I had a script but I still stammered and hawed. Awful experience.&nbsp;</p>

[spoon]

<strong>grlNIN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I'm in the process of taking a data entry position for when i go back to school this September. It's a 45 minute drive but pays pretty well and i can set my own days so i'd be able to keep my shitty retail job for extra cash.</p><p>I'm 21 but still feel relatively jaded when it comes to working. I know i have enough experience and a good work ethic but this is surpassing the &quot;job for beer and gas money&quot; mentality that i STILL see alot of my friends holding on to.</p><p>It's either going to be really cool or suck horrible donkey ass.&nbsp;</p><p>Wait a minute!&nbsp; I'm still holding on to the &quot;job for beer and gas money&quot; mentality.&nbsp; You bastard!</p>

[spoon]

<strong>SinA</strong> wrote:<br /><p>45 minutes for data entry.&nbsp; i bet that's worth it.</p><p>maybe there will be a gun shop on your way home.</p><p>This kid is really putting out some nice work of late.&nbsp; Fucking classic!</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>Alice S. Fuzzybutt</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The ipod thing is important. I wouldn't have survived my first post-college job if it weren't for my Walkman.</p><p>excuse me Madam, whats a Walkman?</p>

[grlNIN]

Fuzzy's cassingle collection is probably worth thousands, hundreds of thousands!!<br /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[A.J.]

<p>&quot;Don't make fun!&quot;</p><p><img height="240" src="http://www.duffzone.co.uk/framegrabs/1f21/03182002190219.jpg" width="320" border="0" /></p>

[grlNIN]

<p>Ok, so anupdate on the job.</p><p>Basically if i want it i have it but now i've been offered a fulltime position at another company. Monday-Friday, typical 9 to 5 fashion, same pay, about the same commute only they're offering me benfits.</p><p>That job comes with a personal reccomendation but isn't 100% guaranteed to me. I would just need an interview and it would be less data entry and more customer support. The downfall is that it is set hours and i would have to change my school schedule to night classes or just not go at all and that is not something i want to do.<br /></p><p>So, now i have a big decision in front of me and i have to have an answer by tomorrow morning.<br /></p>

[MadMatt]

<strong>Alice S. Fuzzybutt</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The ipod thing is important. I wouldn't have survived my first post-college job if it weren't for my Walkman.</p><p>I remember the first job I took before my first &quot;real&quot; job with benefits. I was hired at a tiny ad agency (from an apt in the west 50s) as a cold caller for $6.00/hour. Not bad for 1989. The ad guy (who sorta looked like Kurt Vonnegut) told me <font color="#0000cc"><strong><u>my name was too ethnic</u></strong></font> so I had to go by the name Pat Burke. I HATED cold calling companies. I had a script but I still stammered and hawed. Awful experience.&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><strong>What ethnicity is &quot;Fuzzybutt&quot; - and how is Pat Burke better?</strong></font></p><font size="3"><font size="1"><strong>grlNIN</strong> wrote:<br /></font><p><font size="1">Ok, so anupdate on the job.</font></p><p><font size="1">Basically if i want it i have it but now i've been offered a fulltime position at another company. Monday-Friday, typical 9 to 5 fashion, same pay, about the same commute only they're offering me benfits.</font></p><p><font size="1">That job comes with a personal reccomendation but isn't 100% guaranteed to me. I would just need an interview and it would be less data entry and more customer support. The downfall is that it is set hours and i would have to change my school schedule to night classes or just not go at all and that is not something i want to do.<br /></font></p><p><font size="1">So, now i have a big decision in front of me and i have to have an answer by tomorrow morning.</font><br /></p></font><p><font size="2">Sorry, posted before seeing your update.</font></p><p><font size="2">How do you stand in terms of benefits now?&nbsp; Are you covered by parents, have limited health care through school, or none?</font></p><p><font size="2">If you have some sort of backup and and don't <em><u>have</u></em> to have benefits, I would stick with the guaranteed data entry job.&nbsp; Customer support can suck out loud, and you really should finish your education if possible.&nbsp; Schedule flexibility is also a big plus.</font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="2">Just my 2 cents. &nbsp;Either way, good luck with your decision - I'm sure everyone on the board will be happy for you no matter what!</font>&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" /></font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by MadMatt on 8-23-06 @ 5:58 PM</span>

[A.J.]

<strong>grlNIN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Ok, so anupdate on the job.</p><p>Basically if i want it i have it but now i've been offered a fulltime position at another company. Monday-Friday, typical 9 to 5 fashion, same pay, about the same commute only they're offering me benfits.</p><p>That job comes with a personal reccomendation but isn't 100% guaranteed to me. I would just need an interview and it would be less data entry and more customer support. The downfall is that it is set hours and i would have to change my school schedule to night classes or just not go at all and that is not something i want to do.<br /></p><p>So, now i have a big decision in front of me and i have to have an answer by tomorrow morning.<br /></p><p>On the one hand you'd be getting benefits --&nbsp;which is huge.&nbsp; On the other hand you'd be doing customer support (which I assume means dealing with people) --&nbsp;which sucks.&nbsp; If you can take night classes and do this job, it may be worth it.</p><p>I don't know which of these jobs is more to your liking or meets your long-term goals.&nbsp; The most important thing is staying in school.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's a tough decision.&nbsp; Good luck.</p>

[grlNIN]

<p>I told the first job that i had recieved a &quot;better offer&quot; from another company so they gave me another day that i could pick for myself.</p><p>The benefits would've been sweet but they came with too much of a cost.&nbsp;</p>