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The Working Life: Coop In the Big Schmoke!
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23-01-2010 4:52pm#1And so from the jaws of fUnemployment cson esquire snatched employment. After much to-ing, fro-ing and the horror prospect of a job in Cashel the coop office came through for me and got me an interview in a pretty damn good accountants in Dublin. Ended up getting the job. So kudos to all concerned considering the lack of jobs out there. I will say to all you prospective coop-ers; get your QCA up above 3.0 if you can at all for the year preceeding your coop (2nd year for me) because you'll struggle to get even interviews without a 2.1
Work.... as great as it is to have it, fooking sucks. Big time. Having not reaally had to rise before 11am for the past 2 years or so, having the alarm blaring at 7am is pretty **** to say the least. I didn't think such an hour even existed. The commute is taking me an hour. I haven't been able to move into my house yet (which is even further than where I'm staying, but it is only €150/month) which isn't great either.
The Reservoir Dogs style suit and trenchcoat thing as your work uniform whilst I actually was looking forward to this bit, the novelty sort of wears off after 3 days. Suits are kinda uncomfortable. The work itself is basic stuff, everyoe elses donkey work which is to be expected; I'm not even near the ladder let alone the bottom rung of it!
Anyway, this thread is gonna be my diary/bitchplace/happyplace and so on for the next 7 months.
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And so from the jaws of fUnemployment cson esquire snatched employment. After much to-ing, fro-ing and the horror prospect of a job in Cashel the coop office came through for me and got me an interview in a pretty damn good accountants in Dublin. Ended up getting the job. So kudos to all concerned considering the lack of jobs out there. I will say to all you prospective coop-ers; get your QCA up above 3.0 if you can at all for the year preceeding your coop (2nd year for me) because you'll struggle to get even interviews without a 2.1
Work.... as great as it is to have it, fooking sucks. Big time. Having not reaally had to rise before 11am for the past 2 years or so, having the alarm blaring at 7am is pretty **** to say the least. I didn't think such an hour even existed. The commute is taking me an hour. I haven't been able to move into my house yet (which is even further than where I'm staying, but it is only €150/month) which isn't great either.
The Reservoir Dogs style suit and trenchcoat thing as your work uniform whilst I actually was looking forward to this bit, the novelty sort of wears off after 3 days. Suits are kinda uncomfortable. The work itself is basic stuff, everyoe elses donkey work which is to be expected; I'm not even near the ladder let alone the bottom rung of it!
Anyway, this thread is gonna be my diary/bitchplace/happyplace and so on for the next 7 months.
Fine work!
You working somewhere in the city centre? Pint at some stage, there are some wonderful drinking establishments in Dublin.0 -
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Hmmm, a few weeks down and I'm pretty much settled now. Despite myself and the photocopier being on first name terms I am actually doing some pretty intensive stuff thanks to me being posted to the Consultancy Dept where we deal with liquidations. And as you can imagine, there's a lot of them flying around.
Living in Glasnevin at the moment solely for the cheap rent. Finally getting UPC broadband in on Saturday. On the internet now courtesy of o2's free trial, thanking you o2
The commute is sorta killing me though; up at 7am to catch a 7.40am bus to avoid the rush hour traffic. It's still a 30min spin across town so depending on the bus punctuality I'm usually in 30-40mins early. Better than rushing though for my own personal preference.0 -
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