Full Time Work...What a load

Tony Ripe

Seachmall wrote: »

Why?

Because it's the 'right' thing to do?

Fuck that.

Everybody likes to shite on about how life is short and how you have to make the most of it and then in the same breath shite on about how you have to take responsibility and life is tough and yada yada yada.


If you've no responsibilities then your focus should be making the most out of your life. That might mean changing the world or it might mean just enjoying yourself.

Ok so why not take up mugging, it would allow you to fund a better lifestyle and make the most of your lifestyle.

You don't seem to have a problem
Taking other people's money without doing anything to earn so Id recommend you become a thief.

A_Sober_Paddy

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Not being smart, but how do you not have time for these? I work full time AND go to college (although I'm off for the summer now), and I still manage to work out in bootcamp classes 4 times a week, go running three or four times a week, and do any other exercise I feel like doing, plus relax, see my friends and sleep. It's about balance and learning to manage your time.

Tbh, you sound as though you've never worked full time before, considering how difficult you're finding it. It's not that hard.

Well because most evenings, I'm stuck in work up to half and hour closing up which i don't get paid for, also some mornings on opening its 20 minutes...I still manage to train, mainly in the morning before work

Mollyd90

How do you pay for rent/mortgage and other bills on 180 per week? Then gym fees on top of it. I take it you live with your Parents. For 2 adults we need double that to put that by a week to pay mortgage/utilities etc. And that's not covering the car and van.
I'd love to work part-time but not really an option till the mortgage is paid in about 27 years. :-(
all you are doing in stirring ****e starting this thread.

bacon n eggs

Go back to part time... ta da

pickarooney

Working full time and having no money and no spare time is the pits. They should just let me win the lottery one time.

Wanderer2010

cruais wrote: »

It's a necessity for 99.9% of people op.

Obviously you don't have car loan, mortgage, kids, and a lsd habit to worry about ;-)

Why do people always throw the "I have a mortgage, kids and car" card in your face whenever there is a discussion about how life on the dole may be better? Is it thinly veiled jealousy that they have no mortgage and you do? Is it Irish begrudgery where basically anyone who isnt struggling as much as you are automatically inferior and immature?

You CHOSE to have a mortgage, you could have always rented and then you wouldnt have the noose of a 20 yr mortgage around your neck. Kids? They cost time money and heartache. If you didnt want them you would have used better protection or if one was enough then dont have any more. Its nobody elses fault that you have a mortgage and a car and kids etc. If you choose it then deal with it, stop throwing it back in the faces of people who dont choose it FFS. :mad:

neckedit

OP would I be right in thinking you are working in the Retail Sector?

blade1

I thought it was Job Seekers Allowance.
How is giving up your job, job seeking?

darced

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Barna77

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

The dream would be to get a semi full/part time number something like a 25-30 hour week, with consecutive days off

Recently I've been reduced to a 3 day week, so not very happy about it. I never thought I'd say this, but .. you're lucky to have a full time job.


On the plus side, I have more time to go to the gym, train, relax, chill... :rolleyes:

Esoteric_

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Not being smart, but how do you not have time for these? I work full time AND go to college (although I'm off for the summer now), and I still manage to work out in bootcamp classes 4 times a week, go running three or four times a week, and do any other exercise I feel like doing, plus relax, see my friends and sleep. It's about balance and learning to manage your time.

Tbh, you sound as though you've never worked full time before, considering how difficult you're finding it. It's not that hard.

Exactly. The standard 40 hour week gives you LOADS of time off, especially if you're a single person. I don't understand people who claim they have no time. If you're doing the standard 9-5 day, you have every evening and every weekend free.

miss tickle wrote: »

In all honesty, I have seen this on a few forums, is this what you really would aspire to?

I think it's one of those things people say without thinking about it. I'm working pretty much part-time these few weeks due to ill health and having no money is crap.

PizzamanIRL

Just quit your job and you have time go to the gym then and eat all you want to look good for yourself in the mirror. This threads reeks of 'me, me, me, me, me'

UCDVet

CommanderC wrote: »

That's terrible advice ya lazy b0ll0x ya.

Live cheap, but pay your own fuuckin way !!!

I wish I could; but the damn government insists upon taxing me. I'm not paying my own way, I'm paying someone else's too.

cruais

Op I am not begrudging anyone, however it's a simple fact that in Ireland, most people have a mortgage/rent.

So are you telling me, that you will never even rent somewhere? Yes, I did choose to have a mortgage. Do you know why?

I got it because its something substantial to leave my children in years to come, and hopefully give them a little bit of financial comfort.

So excuse me for wanting better for my children, and for choosing not to be a scrounger.

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Why do people always throw the "I have a mortgage, kids and car" card in your face whenever there is a discussion about how life on the dole may be better? Is it thinly veiled jealousy that they have no mortgage and you do? Is it Irish begrudgery where basically anyone who isnt struggling as much as you are automatically inferior and immature?

You CHOSE to have a mortgage, you could have always rented and then you wouldnt have the noose of a 20 yr mortgage around your neck. Kids? They cost time money and heartache. If you didnt want them you would have used better protection or if one was enough then dont have any more. Its nobody elses fault that you have a mortgage and a car and kids etc. If you choose it then deal with it, stop throwing it back in the faces of people who dont choose it FFS. :mad:

suicide_circus

hullaballoo wrote: »

Do u even lift?

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

As in lift weights?

No, as in shirts

Wanderer2010

@ cruais

Again, your post is full of blame and jealousy. Nobody really cares why you got a mortgage- those reasons are your own. But dont blame others for what YOU choose to do. Other people want to rent, want to never have kids, want to not work for a few years to travel, let them be. Just because someone doesnt do the same things as you or isnt struggling it doesnt make them a scrounger. Small mindedness at its worst.

A_Sober_Paddy

NuckingFacker wrote: »

I'd have to agree op- for €380 a day, I wouldn't bother either. No mon, no fun.

Thats a week

dobman88 wrote: »

You have been working full time for 6 weeks????? How does it suck already? Thats called laziness. I work full time, went 2 years without a job and hated it. Got a job then about 2 and a half years ago and now im earning good money every week, I have my own house, own car, I take 2 holidays a year abroad, last year i had 2 months off work PAID because the company I work for just pay a 39 hour week and any extra hours go towards holidays on top of the 2 weeks a year im guaranteed anyway. You dont have to give up on the things you enjoy doing juust because you work. Mate of mine starts work at 8am Mon-Fri and he goes to the Gym 3 times a week at 5am. Cycles on Wednesday evenings when he gets home just to breakthe week up. Its all about getting a routine for yourself. IMO if you just gave up and went on the dole you would get bored of it and thats the cowards way out (imo)

Not called lazyness, I just don't feel I need to work full time in order to live, I've no intention of gonig back on the the dole, I'd just prefer a part time number over a full time one...

Mollyd90 wrote: »

How do you pay for rent/mortgage and other bills on 180 per week? Then gym fees on top of it. I take it you live with your Parents. For 2 adults we need double that to put that by a week to pay mortgage/utilities etc. And that's not covering the car and van.
I'd love to work part-time but not really an option till the mortgage is paid in about 27 years. :-(
all you are doing in stirring ****e starting this thread.

Rent €60
Food €50
Bills €25/35
Total €145

Leaving me with €35 and I would normally save that

neckedit wrote: »

OP would I be right in thinking you are working in the Retail Sector?

Yes I do work within the retail sector, with a company who love mystery shoppers

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Just quit your job and you have time go to the gym then and eat all you want to look good for yourself in the mirror. This threads reeks of 'me, me, me, me, me'

Again no intention of going back on the dole full time

Maybe the move to full time in the job has just arrived at the wrong time, with all the nice weather were having now

neckedit

Yes I do work within the retail sector, with a company who love mystery shoppers


Would it be a Sports retailer? Am I close?

suicide_circus

Lucky for you OP that there are suckers out there who choose to have dependants so that you can have a functioning society and economy

A_Sober_Paddy

neckedit wrote: »

Yes I do work within the retail sector, with a company who love mystery shoppers


Would it be a Sports retailer? Am I close?

Not even close, I once worked in a sports retailer, it was very easy going

smcgiff

Because OP you are not going to be in your 20's for ever. And when you decide life isn't just about having a fit body you will definitely be too old to enjoy the jobs you are doing now.


It'll be hard to progress if you are part time. Do you want to be doing the same job in 20 years as you do now?

cruais

Not small mindness, not jealousy or blame. I am simply talking about a situation that the majority of people are in, and stating that the majority of people HAVE to work.

Your opinion that your trying to shove down my throat (with your high and mighty attitude) is simply that, your opinion.

The same way as I am entitled to mine.

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

@ cruais

Again, your post is full of blame and jealousy. Nobody really cares why you got a mortgage- those reasons are your own. But dont blame others for what YOU choose to do. Other people want to rent, want to never have kids, want to not work for a few years to travel, let them be. Just because someone doesnt do the same things as you or isnt struggling it doesnt make them a scrounger. Small mindedness at its worst.

neckedit

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Not even close, I once worked in a sports retailer, it was very easy going

well, retail aint for everybody, nor is full time work, why not change job?

Wanderer2010

Yes a lot of people are in that situation but you said yourself that the OP is a scrounger, and for what? Wanting to not work full time and being in the comfortable position that they arent tied to kids or a mortgage? So there isnt the tiniest bit of jealousy from you that the OP doesnt have to deal with the same things you do? Its endemic in this country for such an attitude and if anyone is high and mighty its the people who spout "Oh you have the life of Reilly, single person, no kids etc" as if being single means you dont pay insurance, loans, rent etc. Its the kind of superiority complex that annoys me. If you have a mortgage and kids etc then deal with it. End of.

A_Sober_Paddy

neckedit wrote: »

well, retail aint for everybody, nor is full time work, why not change job?

There isn't a whole lot going around at the minute, that I'd be qualified for, got a business degree with nearly 6 and a half years experience in the retail sector

cruais

If you had of bothered to read my previous posts, I never called the OP a scrounger.

I stated that I was talking about the seasoned dole claimer who has not nor never will work a day in their life.

So, before jumping on your high horse once again, read properly. End of.

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Yes a lot of people are in that situation but you said yourself that the OP is a scrounger, and for what? Wanting to not work full time and being in the comfortable position that they arent tied to kids or a mortgage? So there isnt the tiniest bit of jealousy from you that the OP doesnt have to deal with the same things you do? Its endemic in this country for such an attitude and if anyone is high and mighty its the people who spout "Oh you have the life of Reilly, single person, no kids etc" as if being single means you dont pay insurance, loans, rent etc. Its the kind of superiority complex that annoys me. If you have a mortgage and kids etc then deal with it. End of.

Arawn

You sicken me op. I was unemplyed for ages and hated every bit of it. Now I'm in a position to offer other people a job, 70 a day after a tax and lazy people such as yourself think it's not worth it

blade1

suicide_circus wrote: »

No, as in shirts

Or Skirts??

MadYaker

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

The difference between my average part-time pay and my full time pay isn't a whole lot, when you consider all the time I'm losing...

Average part time wage 180€ a week with no tax been paid
Full Time pay 380€ a week before tax

The dream would be to get a semi full/part time number something like a 25-30 hour week, with consecutive days off

Dole is 180 a week so whats the point in working part time for 180 a week??? Better off working full time even if you're paying more tax imo.

A_Sober_Paddy

MadYaker wrote: »

Dole is 180 a week so whats the point in working part time for 180 a week??? Better off working full time even if you're paying more tax imo.

Well I'd be entitled to part time dole if i needed it, I'd also prefer not to live entirely off the state