"Ah sure at least I have a job"

beks101

This just dawned on me after reading this exact quote in another thread.

It's become your standard employed person's new catchphrase, myself included. I think I used it three times today alone, making idle chit chat with clients on the phone. It's replaced 'shocking weather, isn't it?' and 'are things as chaotic in there as they are in here?' as the default small talk opener, and frankly, sometimes I wonder if I actually mean it.

My job is a bit **** at the best of times. I work 65+ hours a week barely scraping minimum wage and no overtime, have had 7% shaved off the nothing I already make, plus the likely tax hikes next week mean I'd probably be better off on the dole. And the stress of my job makes me physically sick sometimes.

I'm sure this won't win me any new fans, but there ya have it. Anyone else not afraid to say they're not always that grateful, despite the 'current climate'?

And no, I wouldn't rather join the breadline. I'm just saying...

K4t

beks101 wrote: »

And the stress of my job makes me physically sick sometimes....

There's your problem. I'd sort that out if I were you.

My name is URL

have had 7% shaved off the nothing I already make

7% of nothing is not a lot really

mukki

K4t wrote: »

There's your problem. I'd sort that out if I were you.

ah sure at least he has a job

MadgeBadge

Given the current climatic conditions I spent most the day saying 'Ahhh, at least I don't have a job'

nlgbbbblth

some of my unimaginative* colleagues constantly come out with

'aren't I lucky to still have a job?'

Actually luck has nothing do with it.

We were all hired / retained after probation based on our ability to do the job in hand. Those of us who were promoted into our existing roles were chosen because of past performance with the company.

i.e. luck has f*ckall to do with it.

no company chooses its employees by drawing names out of a hat.

*They've never heard of Kraftwerk, The Wire or Curb Your Enthusiasm

galwayrush

At least i don't have any stocks and shares, rentable property or a mistress.;)

O.A.P

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

some of my unimaginative* colleagues constantly come out with

'aren't I lucky to still have a job?'

Actually luck has nothing do with it.

We were all hired / retained after probation based on our ability to do the job in hand. Those of us who were promoted into our existing roles were chosen because of past performance with the company.

i.e. luck has f*ckall to do with it.

no company chooses its employees by drawing names out of a hat.

*They've never heard of Kraftwerk, The Wire or Curb Your Enthusiasm

So going by that if the firm you work for go under its the employees fault

K4t

galwayrush wrote: »

At least i don't have a mistress.;)

Ghey.

beks101

galwayrush wrote: »

...or a mistress.;)

Have mistresses depreciated in value too?

galwayrush

K4t wrote: »

Ghey.

Can't afford it.:D

ibarelycare

I started moaning to my friends the other day about my job. Mixed group of employed and unemployed friends. You'd swear I'd just shit on their Christmas dinner.

napapa

I'm with ya OP on the 'at least I have a job' criac....and that pension levy feels like a kick in the balls, next week they're going take our balls...

Dudess

beks101 wrote: »

My job is a bit **** at the best of times. I work 65+ hours a week barely scraping minimum wage and no overtime, have had 7% shaved off the nothing I already make, plus the likely tax hikes next week mean I'd probably be better off on the dole. And the stress of my job makes me physically sick sometimes.

I'm sure this won't win me any new fans, but there ya have it. Anyone else not afraid to say they're not always that grateful, despite the 'current climate'?

And no, I wouldn't rather join the breadline. I'm just saying...

Yeah, the stress of my job is ludicrous... contract up in May - but I'm just glad to be getting out of there.

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Actually luck has nothing do with it.

We were all hired / retained after probation based on our ability to do the job in hand. Those of us who were promoted into our existing roles were chosen because of past performance with the company.

i.e. luck has f*ckall to do with it.

no company chooses its employees by drawing names out of a hat.

*They've never heard of Kraftwerk, The Wire or Curb Your Enthusiasm

Well I suppose they mean more that they're lucky the company hasn't gone under.

Mr Benevolent

I work 65+ hours a week barely scraping minimum wage and no overtime, have had 7% shaved off the nothing I already make, plus the likely tax hikes next week mean I'd probably be better off on the dole. And the stress of my job makes me physically sick sometimes.

Why oh why do people do jobs like this for almost no money? My brother's girlfriend has a job like that, but she does make €60k+

On the other hand, I have the world's easiest job and make just above €10 per hour. No stress, I can save half my wages and still have enough to live reasonably. That said, I don't have a mortgage, loans or credit cards (learned my lesson from being €25k in debt) and live at home.

Why make yourself sick for the same money?

K4t

galwayrush wrote: »

Can't afford it.:D

Things must be bad if you can't afford a Polish Irish mistress.

galwayrush

K4t wrote: »

Things must be bad if you can't afford a Polish Irish mistress.

it's all the Government's fault.:(

beks101

Confab wrote: »

Why oh why do people do jobs like this for almost no money?

'Experience', 'career ladder' and 'at least I have a job'. Basically I'm a walking cliche

deadhead13

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

some of my unimaginative* colleagues constantly come out with

'aren't I lucky to still have a job?'

Actually luck has nothing do with it.

We were all hired / retained after probation based on our ability to do the job in hand. Those of us who were promoted into our existing roles were chosen because of past performance with the company.

i.e. luck has f*ckall to do with it.

no company chooses its employees by drawing names out of a hat.

*They've never heard of Kraftwerk, The Wire or Curb Your Enthusiasm

Most of the 173,000 people who lost their jobs this year "were all/ retained after probation based on their ability to do your job". The reason they have lost is due to a downturn in the economy - not because they were all crap at their jobs. Your chances of joining them depends mainly on which industry your working in.

Last Angry Man

beks101 wrote: »

This just dawned on me after reading this exact quote in another thread.

It's become your standard employed person's new catchphrase, myself included. I think I used it three times today alone, making idle chit chat with clients on the phone. It's replaced 'shocking weather, isn't it?' and 'are things as chaotic in there as they are in here?' as the default small talk opener, and frankly, sometimes I wonder if I actually mean it.

My job is a bit **** at the best of times. I work 65+ hours a week barely scraping minimum wage and no overtime, have had 7% shaved off the nothing I already make, plus the likely tax hikes next week mean I'd probably be better off on the dole. And the stress of my job makes me physically sick sometimes.

I'm sure this won't win me any new fans, but there ya have it. Anyone else not afraid to say they're not always that grateful, despite the 'current climate'?

And no, I wouldn't rather join the breadline. I'm just saying...

Do you work for Enterprise Rent A Car? I ask because I used to and that sounds like my old life!

WhiskeyTangoFox

It is bad out there. As my Dad says, Hold your pants tight to your arse as you don't know what sh1t is coming"

Not sure how to take that as he is old and sh1ts his pants a lot

K4t

WhiskeyTangoFox wrote: »

It is bad out there. As my Dad says, Hold your pants tight to your arse as you don't know what sh1t is coming"

Not sure how to take that as he is old and sh1ts his pants a lot

Maybe he's gay?

Aidric

Confab wrote: »

(learned my lesson from being €25k in debt)

Hookers?

Cathy666

At 23 years of age, I have my dream job (which pays very well), my dream car and my own house. I don't consider myself 'lucky' to still have a job though. I worked hard at school and college to get where I am today. Whilst spending 40+ hours weekly in college doing a mechanical engineering degree, I also had a part-time job to pay for my college fees. This was in addition to study and projects that I had to do. My first two 'real' jobs were ok, I worked hard, but never really enjoyed them. Now however, I have the job that I always wanted. The same job that enticed me to study mechanical engineering in the first place. I work hard every day and do, on average, 55 hours per week. This is why I have a job. Not due to luck, but due to hard work and dedication. It is very unfortunate that there are so many people facing job losses every day, and I do symapthise with them. In that respect, I am grateful to still be employed.

I think this post hit the nail on the head:

nlgbbbblth wrote:

some of my unimaginative* colleagues constantly come out with

'aren't I lucky to still have a job?'

Actually luck has nothing do with it.

We were all hired / retained after probation based on our ability to do the job in hand. Those of us who were promoted into our existing roles were chosen because of past performance with the company.

i.e. luck has f*ckall to do with it.

no company chooses its employees by drawing names out of a hat.

*They've never heard of Kraftwerk, The Wire or Curb Your Enthusiasm

tribulus

Last Angry Man wrote: »

Do you work for Enterprise Rent A Car? I ask because I used to and that sounds like my old life!

Have you read Punching In by Alex Frankel? If by some chance you have, was his experience of working for Rent A Car similiar to yours?

dreamers75

oddly someone said this to me today, a waster who works for me.

Shame next week he wont be able to say it, another shame he doesnt know it yet.


odd how that works.

Dudess

How charming of you.

Cathy666 wrote: »

At 23 years of age, I have my dream job (which pays very well), my dream car and my own house. I don't consider myself 'lucky' to still have a job though. I worked hard at school and college to get where I am today. Whilst spending 40+ hours weekly in college doing a mechanical engineering degree, I also had a part-time job to pay for my college fees. This was in addition to study and projects that I had to do. My first two 'real' jobs were ok, I worked hard, but never really enjoyed them. Now however, I have the job that I always wanted. The same job that enticed me to study mechanical engineering in the first place. I work hard every day and do, on average, 55 hours per week. This is why I have a job. Not due to luck, but due to hard work and dedication. It is very unfortunate that there are so many people facing job losses every day, and I do symapthise with them. In that respect, I am grateful to still be employed.

I think this post hit the nail on the head:

But I think that's a misinterpretation of the phrase. Ok, it's not that you're lucky to have got the job in the first place - that was indeed down to the graft you put in (although to be fair, if it's a really great job and lots of others were going for it, there was a little bit of luck involved too)... what the phrase means is "you're lucky to still have a job", that the company hasn't gone under - which I think is true.

Senna

During the "celtic tiger":rolleyes: i didn´t go running to the boss every year for a pay rise, i didn´t indebt myself to try and accommodate a swanky lifestyle, i just worked hard. Now that the **** has hit the fan i still have a job and a few other that worked with me are all gone (redundent). They´re on the dole, yes because the economy when down the crapper but also because they were greedy.
Nearly everyone recently on the dole can say its because of the economy, but plenty could look back at the choices they made. I know a few mates who would leave a job for a slightly better paying job every few years, regardless of how good and stable the current employer was. Last in, first out and all that.

Cathy666

Dudess wrote: »

But I think that's a misinterpretation of the phrase. Ok, it's not that you're lucky to have got the job in the first place - that was indeed down to the graft you put in (although to be fair, if it's a really great job and lots of others were going for it, there was a little bit of luck involved too)... what the phrase means is "you're lucky to still have a job", that the company hasn't gone under - which I think is true.

I can see where you're coming from. Although the reason that the company that I work for hasn't 'gone under', is that we have expanded into new markets. The company I work for deals mainly with rallying, well we used to. Due to downturn in the construction industry, a lot of our previous customers cannot afford to continue rallying, as was evident in the WRC. We have now started working in other types of motorsport. We also have an engineering workshop, so we can manufacture a huge range of custom parts in-house for engineering and medical applications. These are just some examples, you can see what I mean though.

Fratton Fred

Cathy666 wrote: »

At 23 years of age, I have my dream job (which pays very well), my dream car and my own house. I don't consider myself 'lucky' to still have a job though. I worked hard at school and college to get where I am today. Whilst spending 40+ hours weekly in college doing a mechanical engineering degree, I also had a part-time job to pay for my college fees. This was in addition to study and projects that I had to do. My first two 'real' jobs were ok, I worked hard, but never really enjoyed them. Now however, I have the job that I always wanted. The same job that enticed me to study mechanical engineering in the first place. I work hard every day and do, on average, 55 hours per week. This is why I have a job. Not due to luck, but due to hard work and dedication. It is very unfortunate that there are so many people facing job losses every day, and I do symapthise with them. In that respect, I am grateful to still be employed.

I think this post hit the nail on the head:

If you have the dream car and the dream house at 23 years of age, lets hope you manage to keep your dream job, because if your employer decides to piss off to Poland you will add your big mortgage and your big car loan to the already large pile of toxic debt.

Dudess

Ah there's no need to piss on her parade Fred. She seems to have her head screwed on. Fair play to you Cathy!

Cathy666

Fratton Fred wrote: »

If you have the dream car and the dream house at 23 years of age, lets hope you manage to keep your dream job, because if your employer decides to piss off to Poland you will add your big mortgage and your big car loan to the already large pile of toxic debt.

I don't have a car loan. I saved up and bought it. As for Poland, I can't see that happening. There's no market for it our work over there. Most countries that would have a market for it, are already well catered for. Thanks for your concern though.

Cathy666

Dudess wrote: »

Ah there's no need to piss on her parade Fred. She seems to have her head screwed on. Fair play to you Cathy!

Thanks Dudess

Dudess

Senna wrote: »

During the "celtic tiger":rolleyes: i didn´t go running to the boss every year for a pay rise, i didn´t indebt myself to try and accommodate a swanky lifestyle, i just worked hard. Now that the **** has hit the fan i still have a job and a few other that worked with me are all gone (redundent). They´re on the dole, yes because the economy when down the crapper but also because they were greedy.
Nearly everyone recently on the dole can say its because of the economy, but plenty could look back at the choices they made. I know a few mates who would leave a job for a slightly better paying job every few years, regardless of how good and stable the current employer was. Last in, first out and all that.

Bar a miracle, I'll be on the dole in May and I never did anything stupid with my money during the boom - saved, wasn't into expensive cars, clothes, shoes, handbags - all that sh1te... plenty of people who WEREN'T idiots are being punished.

weemcd

Currently cold calling what can only be described as british bastards to try and get them to switch from their current telephone company to the biggest telephone provider in the UK isn't anyones idea of the dream job. Used to be just college dropouts here, but the mmount of people i see in their late 30's/40's coming out of what would be deemed "good", well paid jobs, to sit in training and then go on the phones is crazy.

Days I get unbelievably fúcked off talking to difficult people for hours on end and getting nowhere. I feel like packing it in. Then I look around me and realise there's slim to no chance of me getting employment anywhere else.

Am I lukcy? Some days I find it very hard to believe. . .

nlgbbbblth

yes

'lucky to have a job'

and

'lucky to still have a job'

are totally different things.

it's the use of the former I get annoyed with.

SV

lol, I apologize for being grateful.
it really is one of my worst qualities.

Professey Chin

Fcuk off.Redundancy for me .And not here long so no redundancy payment

ScumLord

Everyone where I work was put on a 3 day week. Everyone that is except me and other staff like engineers. I was really looking forward to the 3 day week but now I have to take on twice as much work to pick up the slack. Damned skills holding me back from a life of leisure. :mad:

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Fratton Fred wrote: »

If you have the dream car and the dream house at 23 years of age, lets hope you manage to keep your dream job, because if your employer decides to piss off to Poland you will add your big mortgage and your big car loan to the already large pile of toxic debt.

Dream home/car doesn't mean Big car/home which people cannot really afford.

My dream home is in Carlow, it's a 3 bedroom semi detatched house worth €190,000 hardly excessive. My dream car is an Audi A4 (2-3 year old), also hardly excessive...

O.A.P

O.A.P wrote: »

So going by that if the firm you work for go under its the employees fault

Depends on what they do (or not), many a good firm has gone under through external problems, some through bad management decisions and some of course because they (management and staff) got it wrong.

KingLoser

Anyone sitting on their jobs, waiting for redundancy because of the increased liklihood of getting it in this climate?

It sucks.

Fratton Fred

Cathy666 wrote: »

I don't have a car loan. I saved up and bought it. As for Poland, I can't see that happening. There's no market for it our work over there. Most countries that would have a market for it, are already well catered for. Thanks for your concern though.

Fair play to you then, apologies if I came accross a bit heavy. People like you have the right attitude and touch wood should be OK. It pisses me off (and I have had a rant about this on another forum) when young people buy thamselves a shoebox for €400k and then feel the need to fill said shoebox with brand new plasma TVs in every room, sky with all the trimmings, brand new furniture and a new A3 to park outside. All of which is funded by a 125% mortgage secured on their parent's property. For some reason, these people now want me to feel sorry for them because they have taken a 10% paycut and have no room left on their credit card to pay for 2 weeks in thailand this year so are having to make do with Spain instead.

Mr Benevolent

Hookers?

No, no. Hookers and coke

Fratton Fred

weemcd wrote: »

Currently cold calling what can only be described as british bastards to try and get them to switch from their current telephone company to the biggest telephone provider in the UK isn't anyones idea of the dream job. Used to be just college dropouts here, but the mmount of people i see in their late 30's/40's coming out of what would be deemed "good", well paid jobs, to sit in training and then go on the phones is crazy.

Days I get unbelievably fúcked off talking to difficult people for hours on end and getting nowhere. I feel like packing it in. Then I look around me and realise there's slim to no chance of me getting employment anywhere else.

Am I lukcy? Some days I find it very hard to believe. . .

Did you have to say British Bastards, could you not just say Bastards? How would you feel if they were telling people some Irish bastard had been ringing them up trying to flog them an expensive alternative to our current provider (from a foreign call canter i presume)

SV

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Did you have to say British Bastards, could you not just say Bastards?

:rolleyes:

now THAT is PC bullshít at it's finest.

Fratton Fred

SV wrote: »

:rolleyes:

now THAT is PC bullshít at it's finest.

Why? because I am offended that someone thinks all British people are bastards?

SV

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Why? because I am offended that someone thinks all British people are bastards?

how on earth did they say that all British people are bastards?

Pyr0

weemcd wrote: »

Currently cold calling what can only be described as british bastards to try and get them to switch from their current telephone company to the biggest telephone provider in the UK isn't anyones idea of the dream job. Used to be just college dropouts here, but the mmount of people i see in their late 30's/40's coming out of what would be deemed "good", well paid jobs, to sit in training and then go on the phones is crazy.

Days I get unbelievably fúcked off talking to difficult people for hours on end and getting nowhere. I feel like packing it in. Then I look around me and realise there's slim to no chance of me getting employment anywhere else.

Am I lukcy? Some days I find it very hard to believe. . .

That's exactly how it is with me here at the moment !

Fratton Fred

SV wrote: »

how on earth did they say that all British people are bastards?

then why say it? why not jusyt say Bastards?

It implies the those people are bastards for being Britsh, not because they are simply bastards.

If someone where cold calling in Ireland and got treated like ****e they wouldn't feel the need to say "Irish Bastards" so why use British?

The fact those people are British is completely irrelevant to the point made.

SV

Fratton Fred wrote: »

then why say it? why not jusyt say Bastards?

It implies the those people are bastards for being Britsh, not because they are simply bastards.

If someone where cold calling in Ireland and got treated like ****e they wouldn't feel the need to say "Irish Bastards" so why use British?

The fact those people are British is completely irrelevant to the point made.

because they were british.
jesus fúcking christ.

Would they not? You know everyone Britain do you? None of them would ever feel the need to further their description of someone?


you're one of those people that refuses to call someone black and will much prefer to struggle describing them, aren't you?