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Howdy Ho Anthemites 
, i am still shocked at this ) Have been there for like umm one and a half years and absaloutley 
WuV it
....nice 
.......but......wen i hav finished.....just try and stop me!!!! 
.......but......wen i hav finished.....just try and stop me!!!! thats the spirit 
and the pay aint too bad either. 
DAIS... i have to deal with your ppl all the time! Probably not guys from your department. 
), but a nice guy all the same...next time you ring up ask him to put you through to me for a laugh (Sharan Palmer) 
im so lonley here..... are all government workers strange?? am i the only normal one, or is it that trainees get put with the strange ones and if they survive them, get promoted to work with the normal people?? ), but a nice guy all the same...next time you ring up ask him to put you through to me for a laugh (Sharan Palmer) 
Ive always wanted what you chicks think when you get asked "hi how are you" i feel like saying something different like "shit its a killa day out side i bet you hate been here" or "i aint going to ask cause i heard you say it to person before me" but i dont wana get any one in the shit.
I can feel your frustration sometimes when im inline and some snotty nose old lady is crying about something petty. I feel like say get over it and let the chick do her job whats and extra couple mins the pokies are open till late.
Sounds like the upsides are pretty good but.
Harley
I am Strata Manager, now that is fun, all day you get complaints from owners over the phone, then you go to after hours meetings (they have to be later so they can eat dinner and watch the news first, i think they forget that we don't get to eat first) and listen to them carrying on about silly things that they won't do themselves so i have to arrange for someone to do it for them.
Its a big place!!!!
I'm a hairdresser.. its a good job.. but its soooo b*tchy.. I'm surprised @ how rude some of the people in the industry can be.. but.. meh.. I'm looking for a new job anyway.. any ideas
I work at Holden's at Elizabeth as a Metal Finisher. That basically means that I prepare the car 'bodies' prior to them going into the paint shop. I've been there just over 4 years... and with all the shit going on there at the moment I'm considering taking a seperation package.
Not sure what I'd do if I left there, but 3 weeks in Thailand sure sounds tempting at the moment, hey Paul!
Its a big place!!!!marketing coordinator, work for a credit union and a large insurance co.
love it to bits, alot of freedom, creativity, own rules, looking after staff etc but its still working for the man....
also DJ - mainly @ blackcat
im so lonley here..... are all government workers strange?? am i the only normal one, or is it that trainees get put with the strange ones and if they survive them, get promoted to work with the normal people?? yeah saying 'how are you' ten thousand times and getting the same answer of 'yeah im good' can be a little irritating too...! i have a few people say random things which break the ice and thats good!
and, if someones having a spit, its always great when another customer just says enough to put them in their place and shut up because we're not allowed to say anything, but then again, sometimes customers take it too far...
if ppl ask me how i am, my response is usually 'im fabulous!' or 'im really groovy today' because it throws them for a 6, and the more i say i feel that good the better i do feel and the less dragged on the day seems to be... so if you come through my store and you hear me say that, well, then you know who i am!
we had a bloke the other day, hahaha makes me laugh still... a lady was putting up a display for Air Wick Air Freshener, and this bloke for some reason went off at her... anyway he came to right infront of where i was, and he was like... 'FUCK!'... and then he'd do a little turn on the spot and then he'd grumble a bit and then he'd say it again... and then he'd pace and then he'd say it again, and then he got so mad he took out the palm we have at the entrance for the cigarette counter and he threw it across the hall... while im pissing myself laughing at his stupidity, and then he's yellin and goin off his trolly and FAR OUT he was a funny f*ck!!!!! and it was just because she wouldnt give him a free bee or something, mind you that chick had another customer go off at her right after the first bloke, and so she was freakin out the poor thing but from where i was it was hillarious! prolly cos it had nothing to do with me too hahaha!
im so lonley here..... are all government workers strange?? am i the only normal one, or is it that trainees get put with the strange ones and if they survive them, get promoted to work with the normal people?? hey mich, im with DECS.. been there almost 3 years now.... but i see what you mean .. after awhile the people there do turn strange..Ii compare those of us that have been there under 5 years and we are all alright.. the people that have been there going on 10 + years are all NUTS!!!!!
he he he, you're only 2 years away from being just like them!!! I've been in an out of govt for a while now but doing it the smart way and being a contractor so am less likely to become indoctrinated into governmentitist... it takes a very "special" kind of person to stay in govt for the long term!!!
hahaha! im in a electorate office with a unnamed MP (for my Protection!) but my friend works for DAIS... i wanna stay for the money once my traineeship is over.... once in get out of the parliament dept. i would love to work in admin for SAPOL... but they are prob. all strange too!
trust me love they are... in my current job (working on a project) i liaise with allot of govt agency staff... it doesn't matter where they are from, they are all strange... the SAPOL guys are freaks... they amuse themselves by looking at crime scene photos and rating them.. and make regular trips down the the evidence lockers "just to see what's new"...
govt really isn't so bad, no one really expects that much of you (especially compared to private sector) and the longer you are there the less they expect... if i could handle the endless hours of boredom and working with obese god botherer's I'd stay here.. getting a bit old for me now though!
i know!!!! the same applies with me!! Altho as a contractor i also get rather fed up with their "I don't get paid enough, i need more holidays or flex time, they work me so hard", all benefits I don't get.. i don't even get sick leave and am the lowest paid in my team but do the most work... it's just the order of it.. at least if we stay a few more years we'll be able to whinge like them and fob our work off to the "youngun's"
everyone else on here is probably going "those govt workers think they have it so hard... they don't even work" ha ha ha ha.... we can't help being whingers... it's the govt way!
started off as a data-entry clerk/officer entering invoices into works financial system.
moved onwards as an accounts officer, looking after the companys phone accounts (payment, ordering and reallocation of costs to the business)
then moved onwards again as an assistant accountant for a few years.
now im a system analyst looking after the financial system.
from one geek job to another. and all with only an advance diploma of accounting...
looking to make CFO in a few years!
I work in an office (excitment plus)....
is it dangerous? lol
I am a public servant within the defence force, but it could be worse......... at least its not the tax office
My last g/f worked there and she was so worried when people asked what we do and I would say, "I work for the Air Force" and CJ would say to them "I collect the funds to keep him employed" mwah ha ha ha
Just updating the thread
So how many of yous have changed jobs or have considered new professions since last posting here? I'm still at the casino....sigh
Hello anthems people. What I do is play soccer and netball
For a living I work on a computer helpdesk so mainly spend all day emailing my friends and reading forums...
I have a degree in Chemistry if anyone needs someone to blow stuff up! Seriously if anyone knows of any work please let me know.
(Good luck getting a science job in Adelaide).....
nah me still working at sprints... damn this cold weather, its soooooo cold at work
hey
well not sure if i posted b4 or not and i am waaaaaaaaaaaaay to lazy to check! haha
Admin HR officer at the education department
Glenn
Not sure if I've already posted in here, but on the final year of my Retail Management Apprenticeship at Fulham Foodland.
This is my 3rd year there after leaving school.
think i may have posted before but as usual my job has changed. I'm still a govt pleb but now I am program coordinator the Market Access Program, basically I give money (in the form of govt grants) to companies wishing to export their products/services overseas. SA companies only and generally the small to medium businesses that can't get help out of the federal govt. Giving away the govt's money is fun!!
I work at BWS. Alcohologist . lol
work at UniSA doing purchasing...
Don't know if i've written here before, but i'm still working as a receptionist... so pretty much <<insert what serendipity wrote>>
yep... spend most of my day on anthems, MSN and searching for vinyl... and "other" interesting things on the net!
im a full time student atm studyin animal care , i normaly work with polo or race horses ,i love my work
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Hungry Jacks all the way
The best part is i actually get free food, there's 50% of my diet
Switchboard operator @ Optus.
Its great, its actually MY JOB to handball calls to someone else.
Payroll Officer soon to be supervisor for awhile for the Education Department! Bring on the authority! hahahahah
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im a digital printer ie: run large format printers. bit like the dot matrix that is on your desktop but a lot larger, and graphic design for a marketing company in Edwardstown. but im soon to get out of this industry cause it gives me the shits. too many arsehole executives that dont know what theyre talking about to please...
the next phase of my life should be quite interesting
I'm a Hardware Engineer for Fugitsu.
I replace all the old computers, cash drawers, eftpos, printers, etc for stores like Woolworths, BWS, Big W, Priceline and Officeworks for new systems.
nO_iRiS: Your store done yet? might be seeing you soon
At the moment im looking for work so if anyone hears of any good jobs let me know!!!
previously ive done retail, office work n a bit of hospitality
hmm... retail huh!? i might be able to get you a job at ICE Accessories if your interested?
just got home from canada yesterday. officially unemployed for on the second time ever. the first was when i left to go there lol. wwweeeeeee
Hey Em, we work in the same building yeah.. but not together!
TREVOR!!!! Come and work back at the casino or ask Pete for a job at HQ (he's the Human Resource guy there).
I am a trainee at the barossa council soon to be unemployed cause my traineeship finishes on August 21st Now have to start looking for another job....at least I have a cert 2 in business out of it!!
are you gonna stay in the barossa or are you gonna move to town? *raises one eyebrow*
i work in a few departments at IKEA
I work at a vineyard and have done for about 6 months - just a "Vineyard Hand"
Which just means im pretty much a labourer.
About to change jobs though, to working at a plant nursery.
Doing a traineeship sorta thing and getting 1st 2nd and 3rd certificate in horticulture along with other stuff.
P.S. If anyone knows where theres a 5 day a week office job earning $14 an hour or higher available for a nobody like myself (i have good computer knowledge) then get back to me stat!
I'm sick of this labour crap and would really like an office job!
... can you accidentally pay her too much? please?
I study full time, work weekends at Hungry Jacks on West Terrace in the city.. it pays my rent BUT I NEED A BETTER JOB!!!
would love to be a bar maid or something that pays higher than $8.24 an hour anyone with leads PM ME PLEASE
well i am and energy sales consultant which is just a cheesy way of saying i sit on my are as a customer service rep for an australian gas and electricity co Origin Energy in the building on and disconnect and reconnect peoples gas and elec all day
but seeing as its winter i sit on the net all day and do nothing but stuff aroung the office
I work in Network Security. Which is my excuse for using the eDonkey2000 P2P network so heavily
Go emule!!!
Fight the power.
http://www.nologo.org/
. Kind of a waste, really.
Well I work in Finance. I studied Financial Planning but am considering going that bit further to be a Financial Analyst and I'm a part time model. You'll prob see me on tv commercials and in a couple of mags soon.
I am employed in totally the WRONG industry for me, I work in a Credit Union which sort of happened all by mistake. I really want to get into some sort of design because I'm definitely much better at being creative than I am at dealing with peoples money... but for now I guess I am doing something that pays the bills.... But oh so bored!!
Dunno If Ive mentioned b4, but Im a stay at home mum to Koebi (my almost 3 year old son)
My oh my, where has the time gone......?!?!
i study Psychology at UniSA at Magill, just in my first year.
And Im also a Checkout chick at Foodland, Fairview Park. such a crap little place with no heating so it is colder inside the shop then outside. get some major ferals that come in and people that smell so bad!!!! It sucks but its money and close to home.
Just people piss me off, if i ask how they are and they dont reply or ask how i am it really fustrates me, i like to be able to talk to people.
oh and also people that stand in the line for ages waiting, then once they get to me they take half an hour to get the EXACT MONEY out, (looking around in their pockets or bags for that 5 cent piece they no they have) please dont... i cant stand it, just give me what u have an then leave!!!!
hehe
)well i just got my job back at the casino. so its a start.
i used to work at the cas so glad i left
as of today i was appointed the gaming manager at Bar Zaar new venue on unley road
Champagne for me tonite yeah haaaaaa
yay yay
yes hun well done!
MWAH!
Me here... Still interested in a non-labor job...
Sooo sick of dealing with plants or vines.
I just started a new job at a plant nursery but to tell you the truth its not my ideal job... I really would like something in an office at this point.
Ideally I'd like to do photo manipulation/editing, but I don't know where to start to get a job like that.
Any ideas for a job for me in an office??
Free drinks?
im a full time uni student... and i mean full time... im overloading again this semester...
holidays money has finally run out so im job hunting too. i've got bar experience and a forklift licence from when i used to work back home int eh pub and woolies/factories. should find something. im optimistic!
Free drinks?
Haha, I can't believe that the last time I posted in this thread I was still in school!
Well now I'm a Junior Office Assistant for Ord Minnett Stockbrokers and Financial Planners. I essentially do a lot of the little stuff that no one else has time for, yet has to be done...like making sure the stationery cupboards are full and typing up letters for the old boys who don't like computers. Been here three and a half months now, and I still love it. Pay leaves much to be desired, but it's a great start!
