• Higgs boson@dubvee.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Hey that could be me in this image.

    I’m getting up early tomorrow starting at a job where IF they give me 20 hours, it will be enough to pay the bills, just barely. So of course they are starting me with just 16 hours, on Saturday and Sunday. Only way to get more hours is to pick up shifts when someone calls off. At least I’ll have a bit of breathing room during the week to find another side-hustle, which will likely not even pay as much.

    So yeah, I’m “grateful” for it. Albeit, about as grateful as I’d be for a kick in the nuts instead of a bullet in the head.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Joke’s on you, I’m a janitor at a high security facility working there when no one else is around at a time where if anyone in the world tried to reach me they’d be taken out by armed guards for tresspassing in a nuclear plant.

    As an introvert they’re paying me to spend a few hours in Heaven cleaning.

  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    If you’re in a position to do your job as a contractor, I highly recommend it! As a software developer, once I went from FTE to contract jobs I found that my whole outlook improved. Regularly finishing a job and starting another one avoided the usual staleness and burnout that come with FTE jobs. Everything stayed new. Six months to a year and you’re out. As an added bonus, the people who hired me tended to listen to me a lot more. I don’t know if it was because I was an outsider or because they were paying me more, but whatever, it felt like I got more respect from management. They didn’t make me go to as many meetings - as if they actually didn’t want to waste my time - imagine that! And yes, you get paid a LOT more - even factoring in the benefits and paid time off that go with FTE jobs. It turns out when you make almost twice as much you can afford your own insurance and time off, no problem. B-but what about job security? Oh, you mean the deal where they have a bad quarter and start laying people off LOL? My typical job search time was 2-3 weeks, and I rarely even started looking until I completely finished a job. Note: this abruptly and permanently became 2-3 months when I turned 50, so factor that in if your profession tends to be thought of as a younger person’s game.

  • dis_honestfamiliar@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Damn dont I relate to this so much. God, please, just give me a remote job. Me a year later: thank you for calling <company> support. My name is dis_honestfamiliar, how can I… Yes sir. No sir. Well sir… Umm… Goes on to explain how the product works in detail. Customer still asks a questioned on something I have already mentioned. Sends I formation again. Customer confirms. I asked for their feedback blah blah blah without mentioning my job depends on it.

  • notthebees@reddthat.com
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    3 days ago

    Working during Ramadan is tiring. First week with all the students back.

    One of the centrifuges let the magic smoke out so I get to lug that over to the equipment shop.

        • Shou@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          I remember the first time I worked with human blood. In hematology class, we learned how to clean up blood. As we were loading up our capilairi tubes into the centrifuge, I noticed a drop of blood had been spilled.

          Impressive, I thought. Good thing there’s enough time to clean that up, I thought. I go and grab the sds, alcohol and paper tower from the table closeby. I turn around to see people leaving.

          Already spinning.

          I learned that day, to never trust anything. Not the equipment, not myself, and especially not other students…

          • notthebees@reddthat.com
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            2 days ago

            Ooof. How bad was the clean up after that?

            Edit 2: working with human blood always sketched me out despite having proper training.

            Edit: I briefly worked in a CLIA lab.

            • Shou@lemmy.world
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              2 days ago

              Don’t know. It was a droplet. My guess is that the centrifugal forces spread it out so much, that it was no longer visible. I could not find where. So I simply told the instructor and left it at that.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I just got me a new job where we have a 90 minute paid nap from 1 pm to 2:30…

    I have a really hard time complaining about it