Currently, I work at a mini-golf/pedal-kart/batting cages place near my house. It's okay, I guess. I get paid minimum-wage (which is fine with me), work two nights a week. We're fairly busy because it's summer, so there's not a whole lot of downtime.
The only part I really, REALLY cannot stand is the part where the owners watch their security cameras all the time and call the place if we make a mistake. They don't even give us the opportunity to catch and correct the mistake ourselves, they call right away. I realize they have cameras to help protect us (and their investment) in case of a robbery, but I swear to christ they watch us like we're some kind of TV show..
Starting next week, I'll be working a second job at the Blood Center of Wisconsin. I'll be working in publishing, printing up the fliers for blood drives and whatnot. I've wanted this job ever since I interviewed, so I'm pretty stoked about it.
During the school year, I work as Editor in Chief of the school newspaper. It's essentially a full-time job. It's demanding and frustrating at times, but I love it and wouldn't change it for anything. It doesn't pay nearly enough, though, so I'm going to have to find another job on top of that.
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I know it seems that I don't care, but something in me does I swear.
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I like my job.
I'm a software and web page developer for a small company, there is not much work, the environment is ok, we have unrestricted internet
The salary is not that great but it works for me (for now >_> )
actually i've always wondered,
how clean is their kitchen?
and how many batches of fries do you cook before you cahnge the oil (if ever)
The kitchen is kept very clean if you have the right people, aka people who care. If you aren't working with people who care about their job it stays a mess most of the day (except for when someone who cares cleans it up every ten or so minutes; yes, it can get dirty that fast).
I don't know about other McDonalds, but I suspect their kitchens are probably the same as the management training is the same; so they keep the same values. I think you get my point.
Your second question is two fold. For McChicken, Nuggets, Fish, Chicken Selects and Crispy Chicken Portions:
The Oil in our Vats are changed every other day or so; if not daily on the weekend.
You'll be able to tell if your food was cooked in bad Oil by how dark it is; and I think it might taste a little rancid too.
For Fries, it can go as far as 12-24 hours longer then the other Oil, as you're only dealing with fries. It all really depends on how busy it's been. If you're selling two medium fries every three minutes it's going to need to be changed within the day. If it's closer to every 5 or so minutes a day and a half/two days.
This is all my personal experience and isn't by the book. I assure you that the
McDonald's team is always keeping things clean! When they care.
(don't quote me on any of this!)
Currently, I work at a mini-golf/pedal-kart/batting cages place near my house. It's okay, I guess. I get paid minimum-wage (which is fine with me), work two nights a week. We're fairly busy because it's summer, so there's not a whole lot of downtime.
The only part I really, REALLY cannot stand is the part where the owners watch their security cameras all the time and call the place if we make a mistake. They don't even give us the opportunity to catch and correct the mistake ourselves, they call right away. I realize they have cameras to help protect us (and their investment) in case of a robbery, but I swear to christ they watch us like we're some kind of TV show..
A friend of mine co-owns a similar place; he sits and watches the security cameras at home simply because he's bored and has nothing else to do.
Or, at least, that's how it was before an employee stole several hundred dollars from him and he noticed that the arcade workers would often hand out $50+ in tokens or game credits to their friends without cause. Now he watches a little more closely, and makes a point of actually being on site from time to time.
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My anecdotal evidence disagrees with yours! EXPLAIN THAT!
Or, at least, that's how it was before an employee stole several hundred dollars from him and he noticed that the arcade workers would often hand out $50+ in tokens or game credits to their friends without cause.
Not to say that stealing isn't bad, but I think the owner's net loss is zero or close to it in this case.
Do the friends come in anyways and spend $50+ if there was no hook up?
Once again, I'm just saying the owner is not lossing much money. Not that stealing is ok.
I work at the Division of Criminal Justice Sex Offender Unit for New York State.
It keeps me busy, but I deal with a lot of terrible human beings and the work content gets rather graphic. Otherwise I mostly just update photographs of offenders, which is tedious to say the least.
I like the pay, but I wouldn't mind switching to another agency.
Reminds me of Law & Order: SVU. I love that show.
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Anyways, I work as a system engineer at a nuclear power plant. I have a BA in Nuclear Engineering but surprisingly this is a Mechanical/Electrical Engineering job.
I got pretty lucky landing this job coming right out of college, especially considering I had no interning/co-oping and my job experience was limited to many restaurants. The pay is really nice, I got a 7% raise in about 5 months, I only have to pay $25 every two weeks for health/dental/vision/life insurance and a $15 copay, two weeks paid vacation to start, a bonus every year, and a raise every year at the least.
With all that being said, I don't hate my job and I don't particularly like it either. I can surf what little internet I want pretty much whenever throughout the day, but I pretty much have a desk job just tracking/trending things and fixing problems with my systems in the plant as they come up. It can be a little boring at times but maybe that's just because I'm new. I have been on two business trips for a week at a time that are a lot of fun. Plus, going in and out of the plant is really an experience. So is walking past the guards with M16s every day.
I could go on for awhile so I'll just call it quits there.
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Put simply, I have a decent paying job with great benefits and work for the greatest militray in the world. What's not to love?!
Right now I'm working as direct care staff for chrysalis, we take care of mentally/physically disabled adults. I love my job, it's a really laid back job. I get paid $8/hr to watch movies and sit on my computer. I just have to hang out with them, cook them some food, and make sure they don't die lol. It's an awesome job, it's really rewarding and I get paid to just hang out.
I work as a mathematics researcher at the local university and the level of fun I have fluctuates. It's like working on a homework problem except that it takes months and months to solve. When nothing is going on it is quite frustrating but every time you discover something it seems to make the frustration a bit more worth it.
I work for an ad agency that works almost exclusively with one large US retailer. In my department we produce "preprints" (those annoying ads inserted into newspapers on Sundays). My job title is "Production Artist," which basically means that designers and art directors decide how they want each page to look, and then I am responsible for creating a page that follows their design. Someone else shoots all the photographs, prepares the photographs, and makes all creative decisions.
I want to be doing graphic design, and this job has gotten me pretty familiar with the actual production side of design (as in, making sure something you've created will actually print properly on a commercial press). This job is monotonous, and it doesn't help that I am pretty strongly opposed to the existence of the ads I produce. Also the hours get insane before the winter holiday season because the store sells so much during that time period. The pay is good though, and I need to pay off my student loans, so that is what's keeping me here.
Long term I want to be doing book design for a literary or academic press, but that's a long way off. I also hope to get an MFA in graphic design after I get a bit more experience under my belt.
Or I may move to the countryside and start an organic farm with my boyfriend... >_> Sometimes I imagine how awesome it would be to have a business card that says "Farmer/Graphic Designer."
My current job used to be emotionally painful and I detested going to it each day. My manager got some feedback about it through reviews and took it upon himself to be a better manager... and he's succeeded. I don't love my job now... but neither do I detest it or avoid it. I come to work and put effort in and I'm grateful for what I have. It's not perfect and I keep my eye open for other opportunities... but I have a nice wage, decent support from my team, a bit of respect, and quite a bit of autonomy.
I have the double-edged sword of working rather unsupervised with no one capable of reviewing nor supporting me. I get assigned work by people who have no idea what they're asking for or how complex it may or may not be. I have no one and nothing to fall back on when I hit a roadblock. It's made me more careful in estimates (A skill I needed to improve anyway) and also more independent and disciplined. It's also made me horribly, horribly frustrated on numerous occasions and panicky on a few others.
I've had a lot of jobs over the years but only one I could say I loved -- independent web designer/developer back in the late 90s. I was poorer, literally homeless for part of it (my computer was in a friend's dorm room), but I loved my work and loved that I was making everything on my own. It's odd to think that at such a time of ruin for so much of my life I had joy... but it was there. It's the best I've ever felt about a job, regardless of how miserable other things may have been.
The worst job I had was my best paying one, although that's potentially disputable given my pay was quite random (>$2500 one week, <$700 another). I worked for a cocaine addict who ran a large machine shop, a defense contractor. I did odd jobs, everything from CNC programming and press operation to network wiring and database design to payroll and corporate taxes... The hours were random, the pay was random, and my manager was random. The latter was the worst. He'd flip out and scream obscenities at you out of nowhere, for 10-20 minutes at a time. He'd do so several times a week, sometimes multiple times in one day. It didn't matter if you were doing anything wrong or not. He'd flippantly fire people, then re-hire them the next week. He treated almost everyone horribly.
While I was there he fired and disowned his own son, took to calling me "his boy", and tried to get me to marry his daughter by repeatedly telling me what a **** she was, as well as her measurements. I don't know if I'll ever have less respect for anyone than I do for that man. He was a blight.
The only part I really, REALLY cannot stand is the part where the owners watch their security cameras all the time and call the place if we make a mistake. They don't even give us the opportunity to catch and correct the mistake ourselves, they call right away. I realize they have cameras to help protect us (and their investment) in case of a robbery, but I swear to christ they watch us like we're some kind of TV show..
Starting next week, I'll be working a second job at the Blood Center of Wisconsin. I'll be working in publishing, printing up the fliers for blood drives and whatnot. I've wanted this job ever since I interviewed, so I'm pretty stoked about it.
During the school year, I work as Editor in Chief of the school newspaper. It's essentially a full-time job. It's demanding and frustrating at times, but I love it and wouldn't change it for anything. It doesn't pay nearly enough, though, so I'm going to have to find another job on top of that.
I know it seems that I don't care,
but something in me does I swear.
[gaymers]
founder of the MTGS Forum Pirates
'tar/banner by R&Doom.
I'm a software and web page developer for a small company, there is not much work, the environment is ok, we have unrestricted internet
The salary is not that great but it works for me (for now >_> )
The kitchen is kept very clean if you have the right people, aka people who care. If you aren't working with people who care about their job it stays a mess most of the day (except for when someone who cares cleans it up every ten or so minutes; yes, it can get dirty that fast).
I don't know about other McDonalds, but I suspect their kitchens are probably the same as the management training is the same; so they keep the same values. I think you get my point.
Your second question is two fold. For McChicken, Nuggets, Fish, Chicken Selects and Crispy Chicken Portions:
The Oil in our Vats are changed every other day or so; if not daily on the weekend.
You'll be able to tell if your food was cooked in bad Oil by how dark it is; and I think it might taste a little rancid too.
For Fries, it can go as far as 12-24 hours longer then the other Oil, as you're only dealing with fries. It all really depends on how busy it's been. If you're selling two medium fries every three minutes it's going to need to be changed within the day. If it's closer to every 5 or so minutes a day and a half/two days.
This is all my personal experience and isn't by the book. I assure you that the
McDonald's team is always keeping things clean! When they care.
(don't quote me on any of this!)
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Or, at least, that's how it was before an employee stole several hundred dollars from him and he noticed that the arcade workers would often hand out $50+ in tokens or game credits to their friends without cause. Now he watches a little more closely, and makes a point of actually being on site from time to time.
Not to say that stealing isn't bad, but I think the owner's net loss is zero or close to it in this case.
Do the friends come in anyways and spend $50+ if there was no hook up?
Once again, I'm just saying the owner is not lossing much money. Not that stealing is ok.
Reminds me of Law & Order: SVU. I love that show.
----
Anyways, I work as a system engineer at a nuclear power plant. I have a BA in Nuclear Engineering but surprisingly this is a Mechanical/Electrical Engineering job.
I got pretty lucky landing this job coming right out of college, especially considering I had no interning/co-oping and my job experience was limited to many restaurants. The pay is really nice, I got a 7% raise in about 5 months, I only have to pay $25 every two weeks for health/dental/vision/life insurance and a $15 copay, two weeks paid vacation to start, a bonus every year, and a raise every year at the least.
With all that being said, I don't hate my job and I don't particularly like it either. I can surf what little internet I want pretty much whenever throughout the day, but I pretty much have a desk job just tracking/trending things and fixing problems with my systems in the plant as they come up. It can be a little boring at times but maybe that's just because I'm new. I have been on two business trips for a week at a time that are a lot of fun. Plus, going in and out of the plant is really an experience. So is walking past the guards with M16s every day.
I could go on for awhile so I'll just call it quits there.
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Overall it's a good job.
I want to be doing graphic design, and this job has gotten me pretty familiar with the actual production side of design (as in, making sure something you've created will actually print properly on a commercial press). This job is monotonous, and it doesn't help that I am pretty strongly opposed to the existence of the ads I produce. Also the hours get insane before the winter holiday season because the store sells so much during that time period. The pay is good though, and I need to pay off my student loans, so that is what's keeping me here.
Long term I want to be doing book design for a literary or academic press, but that's a long way off. I also hope to get an MFA in graphic design after I get a bit more experience under my belt.
Or I may move to the countryside and start an organic farm with my boyfriend... >_> Sometimes I imagine how awesome it would be to have a business card that says "Farmer/Graphic Designer."
I have the double-edged sword of working rather unsupervised with no one capable of reviewing nor supporting me. I get assigned work by people who have no idea what they're asking for or how complex it may or may not be. I have no one and nothing to fall back on when I hit a roadblock. It's made me more careful in estimates (A skill I needed to improve anyway) and also more independent and disciplined. It's also made me horribly, horribly frustrated on numerous occasions and panicky on a few others.
I've had a lot of jobs over the years but only one I could say I loved -- independent web designer/developer back in the late 90s. I was poorer, literally homeless for part of it (my computer was in a friend's dorm room), but I loved my work and loved that I was making everything on my own. It's odd to think that at such a time of ruin for so much of my life I had joy... but it was there. It's the best I've ever felt about a job, regardless of how miserable other things may have been.
The worst job I had was my best paying one, although that's potentially disputable given my pay was quite random (>$2500 one week, <$700 another). I worked for a cocaine addict who ran a large machine shop, a defense contractor. I did odd jobs, everything from CNC programming and press operation to network wiring and database design to payroll and corporate taxes... The hours were random, the pay was random, and my manager was random. The latter was the worst. He'd flip out and scream obscenities at you out of nowhere, for 10-20 minutes at a time. He'd do so several times a week, sometimes multiple times in one day. It didn't matter if you were doing anything wrong or not. He'd flippantly fire people, then re-hire them the next week. He treated almost everyone horribly.
While I was there he fired and disowned his own son, took to calling me "his boy", and tried to get me to marry his daughter by repeatedly telling me what a **** she was, as well as her measurements. I don't know if I'll ever have less respect for anyone than I do for that man. He was a blight.