Are you happy at work?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23640900
Do you stick out something you loathe, for the cash, or would you take a salary drop, for something you liked?
Alt, did anyone watch the meteor thing last night? Any good? Completely forgot about it.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 9:53, 90 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Alt: The programme on about the first British jet plane?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 9:55, Reply)

Yes Hartley.
Saw a bit of the air show, cool Vulcan bomber, and a Spitfire. It made me want to run about with my arms outstretched, pretending to be a plane, like we did in the playground. Do kids do that now?
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 9:59, Reply)

The Sunderland air show is fucking brilliant

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:00, Reply)

This was Blackpool.
I didn't go to the actual show, just saw the planes low-flying over the town and beach.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:02, Reply)

I saw the Red Arrows, a Short flying boat and the Vulcan from Whitley Bay beach

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:04, Reply)

The Vulcan is ace.
Argentina, watch out.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:07, Reply)

Have you read the book on Operation Black Buck?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:15, Reply)

Haven't no.
I'll check a mate, he's a massive paper/Kindle library on military stuff. Any good?
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:22, Reply)

Really interesting how they did it
Something like 17 Vulcans flew just to get one to Port Stanley and back
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

Fucking star trek sci fi wanker.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

haha

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:41, Reply)

we had armed forces day at the end of June
There was a fly past by a Spitfire, Hurricane and a Lancaster Bomber amongst others. they circled my house three time about as low as this Pic.

www.capitalfm.com/eastmids/on-air/news-travel/local-news/armed-forces-day-nottingham/armed-forces-day-nottingham-2013-2/
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:19, Reply)

I think I could take a small salary drop but at the moment costs are high so I'd be loathe to
As of Monday this week I've been in my current job 17 years now so I must either like it or can't be arsed to get a new one

Alt:
Not this year, no. Cloudy
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 9:58, Reply)

be arsed to
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:18, Reply)

ha

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:24, Reply)

I'm less happy after seeing that picture of the wakkkki cunts who work at Killer Infographics
I hope they all realise the futility of their existence, just seconds before they are all crushed to death by a block of frozen urine ejected from an aeroplane.*

*I don't care if this is an urban myth or not. I'd like for someone to arrange it specially.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 9:58, Reply)

They look like some sort of happy-clappy cult.
And what's with the horse's head?
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:06, Reply)

Ask Kroney, he might have one knocking about in the back of his freezer.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:15, Reply)

I need a massive pay rise, but if I leave now I won't get £13k tax free in April.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 9:59, Reply)

apparently we're "influential"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23678581
(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:02, Reply)

Who to?

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:03, Reply)

bbc journos who spend their entire day looking at twitter desperate to find something they can write 200 words about.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:04, Reply)

So, in effect, your b3ta output is you being the sort of lazy cunt who recycles stuff from lazy cunts at the BBC recycling stuff on Twitter?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:31, Reply)

It's the circle of shite

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:36, Reply)

editor of influential internet newsletter B3ta. one of maybe two or three people our researchers have on their books to get a quote from for stories tagged #internet
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:10, Reply)

My granddaddy told me
"If you've got a job, you're a lucky man. If you've got a job you enjoy, keep quiet, because everyone will want it."

I will never work for love, until Winona Ryder makes me her personal knicker inspector, so I work for the money, to do things I actually enjoy.

Alt: My dad reminded me, and then I totally forgot and went to bed.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:00, Reply)

I read that in the voice of Forrest Gump

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:03, Reply)

Stupid is as Dr does

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:06, Reply)

How odd - I wrote it in the voice of Edward Scissorhands.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

I read it in an annoying high pitched whine

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:22, Reply)

But the pink chiffon really does suit you.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:29, Reply)

So, when Winona is an incontinent brain-damaged 50 year old, then

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 12:34, Reply)

Pretty much, yeah
I have the odd shit day, but mostly it's v interesting work, great colleagues, nice offices etc. Any problems I have are endemic to the profession, not my firm. I'd click 9 on that graph thing.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:03, Reply)

I'd happily take a salary cut for a nicer job I reckon.
But I do like the money.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:06, Reply)

What do you do??

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:10, Reply)

Nothing exciting. Manage a distributor for commercial heating spares.
Yawn.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:11, Reply)

That is quite niche

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

Thanks. I'm a specialist. I'm special.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:24, Reply)

YM.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

I hope he has a long shovel

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

Euphemism?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:26, Reply)

Fact
She's been buried for about 6 years
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:29, Reply)

Understood.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:31, Reply)

No.
Yes.
No.
Alt: no. No idea.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:07, Reply)

Ty for the input.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:08, Reply)

No, I'm not, it's dreadful.
I have been sticking out as I didn't have a lot of choice. Now I do and would be happy to take a price drop for something I loved, providing I could move up reasonably quickly. I'm now in a position where I don't need to be quite so risk-averse, but that doesn't mean I'm made of money.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:08, Reply)

Could you do web analysis stuff? I had friends at innocent drinks and asos who were both recruiting fairly recently?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:11, Reply)

Do you have a link to a spec or anything?

( Kroney, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:17, Reply)

www.leightonsopticians.com/
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:19, Reply)

*chuckles*

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

No, but I can ask if they are still looking?
It was looking at sales, analysing purchases online and offline, prob working with the nakers of this world as to what sells well where, I think. It went a bit above my head!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:21, Reply)

Yeah, cool. I wouldn't mind staying in something tech-related.
All that big brother stuff they use to check demographics and stuff is actually pretty cool.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:23, Reply)

Come work with me k-dog!!!!!!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:24, Reply)

He should
Old tarquin and quentin, reunited at last!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:26, Reply)

Joking aside, I actually find marketing quite interesting.

( Kroney, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:27, Reply)

^ this is me.
When my flat is sold, I'll be debt free and in a position to gamble on trying a new job without the fear that if it doesn't work out I won't be able to pay maintenance or rent.

It's almost an exciting prospect - if it wasn't work-related and therefore not even remotely exciting.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:13, Reply)

You'll actually be in a far better position than I am, so go for your life.

( Kroney, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:17, Reply)

It's a possible 2nd chance to try again which, were I able to hold onto myflat, i wouldn't have.
Trying to see positives out of a massive fucking disaster, right here.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:18, Reply)

That's the spirit.
*Ruffles hair*
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

What about it?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjOnC2u6-rg
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:21, Reply)

Even if you didn't have your debt, you'd still be in a job you hated with a flat.
This way, you'll eventually end up with a job you love and a flat. It'll just take some time.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

This is what I have to keep telling myself

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:23, Reply)

or possibly drunk and under a bridge contemplating where it all went wrong
The slow drip of water trickling down the back of your neck as you slide the cold damp rope down towards your shoulders...

A distant beat of "need you tonight" plays in the background as you loosen your belt and get ready to Hutchence your self out of town...

HTH XXX
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:32, Reply)

What would you fancy doing?
I assume something music related?
I could see you as a plumber, tbh.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:18, Reply)

YM ahahahahahahahahahah
Actually I wouldn't like to do anything in the music industry, the people I know who do, fucking hate it. The money's shit as well because someone else will always want your job so they don't need to pay well.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:20, Reply)

See also
Photography, journalism, tv writing, magazine editing... Anything fun!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:22, Reply)

You should come do my job Swipers.
You'd love it, it's wall-to-wall winkies and shit.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:23, Reply)

Feeling better today?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

Shit yeah.
Bacon sarnies, kip and painkillers didn't work. A hair-of-the-dog pint did.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:32, Reply)

Sometimes it's a process of elimination

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:49, Reply)

Photography is fun, and reasonably well paid. Occasionally very well paid. Met some ace people through it too.
Done it part time for 17 years now, it seriously doesn't seem like work. Or at least, work sitting in an office all day, which would fucking kill me.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:26, Reply)

You ever seen an unhappy shepherd?

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:23, Reply)

In fairness I don't recall ever seeing a shepherd, but no.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:24, Reply)

Theirs is a modest life, it's true
but a joyful one
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:29, Reply)

retrain as a shepherd

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:19, Reply)

It's all I've ever dreamt of.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:22, Reply)

It's not baaaaaa'd.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

I'm amazed at the shear cheek of you.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:26, Reply)

They fleece you with tax though

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:27, Reply)

I can't believe I'm laughing at this

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:26, Reply)

Once on a hill, was a lonely goatherd...
You'd get the chance to hang with Nazis too.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:28, Reply)

See? It's win-win!

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:31, Reply)

Yes, I like my job
I would take a pay cut if I had to, depends by how much of course.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:14, Reply)

my job is awful awful awful for no money at all

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:25, Reply)

Aloe Blacc's latest ZZzzzzzzzzz

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:44, Reply)

It's a good job, when it's busy
but all too often it's quiet and there's little to do and I get bored. shouldn't complain really. I'd take less for a more fun job, but I have no idea what that would be, so here I stay.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:53, Reply)

Mine's like that at the moment. It's dull and soul destroying when there isn't enough going on to pass the time happily.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Tue 13 Aug 2013, 10:55, Reply)

yep, this.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 13 Aug 2013, 11:00, Reply)