Anyone else work a boring, dull office job?

[jrt12]

threads like this serve a good purpose and help give me perspective. its all too easy to get fed up with your job, esp when your part of the corporate bs. the only reason movies like Office Space and shows like The Office are funny is because underneath all the extreme jokes, is alot of truth about the idiocy of the working world. and if we dont laugh at it, we'd lose our minds or go postal.

i really should be thankful, but its tough when it starts to take over... doing 60 hour weeks (and no, i dont get overtime, i'm salary). i guess if i were a normal person, i could easily get wrapped up in the corporate ladder rat race. but its sad, i'd trade all this opportunity away in a heartbeat if i could just do music for a living.

sigh... someday. i hope

 

[Uladyne]

I'm currently the Cellarman at a brewery and while its a cool job status-wise (I work at a brewery!) there isn't much room for advancement or raises and being stuck on night shift is totally fucking with my relationship with my fiancee, so when I get back from touring with my friend's band I might be looking for something else. Being here in the brewery alone for the greater part of my shift is kinda cool though (I have Evergrey blasting on the stereo atm) and being able to sample "product" now and then is a bonus, even though its a big no-no. They'd kill me if they knew I was using this computer to surf the web, haha. Shit I gotta go.

 

[lilhermiejobo]

I'm a Glazier and because of that I travel. A LOT. At the moment I'm being promoted to Project Manager/Supervisor in charge of a multi-million dollar public transportation restoration contract for the Melbourne Area Tram System. Mainly, I just remove and install glass from trams (trolleys for you dudes in the US) and backfill around the glass giving it a solid rubber look/seal. When I'm not working on the trams I also do windscreens (windshields in the US) in pretty much anything on wheels and even recently I've been installing glass in yachts. Like anything in life I have good days and bad days but the good days far outnumber the bad and I wouldn't hesitate to say I love the freedom, mobility, creativity and skill involved in my line of work. Something that TOTALLY threw me off after working the US and moving to Australia was being told when I got hired that I get 4 weeks holiday leave with pay a year as well as sick days, personal day, stress leave, blahblahblah.
My experience in the states was that employers expect you to work yourself to death year after year and all for what? To dedicate yourself to a company for 20 or more years only to be told you're "being made redundant" without any severance? Right. Ef that in the Bee.
Besides all of that, my Mrs is currently going to school for a Bachelor of Health Science degree to become a Naturopath and she always says how she wants me to pursue more music in life. When I've had enough of the glass business I'm thinking I'll build a studio in our home someday and be able to focus more on commercial type recording and chasing my dream to write music for films and/or video games.
I was just thinking about the idea of what it would be like working at a boring office job today when I was out and about between jobs driving passed office building after office building........I would feel so trapped being stuck in a box all day every day. I've had jobs being stuck indoors in the past and it just sucks the life out of me. I hate that shit.

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Just be thankful they aren't blocking your internet access. I hear you though. I'd often choose working hard over being forced to sit still with nothing to do.

They actually do a lot! Our firewall sucks balls. The sneap forum is, thenkfully, one of the few websites that isn't blocked.

-Joe

 

[poidaobi]

I'm a Glazier and because of that I travel. A LOT. At the moment I'm being promoted to Project Manager/Supervisor in charge of a multi-million dollar public transportation restoration contract for the Melbourne Area Tram System. Mainly, I just remove and install glass from trams (trolleys for you dudes in the US) and backfill around the glass giving it a solid rubber look/seal. When I'm not working on the trams I also do windscreens (windshields in the US) in pretty much anything on wheels and even recently I've been installing glass in yachts. Like anything in life I have good days and bad days but the good days far outnumber the bad and I wouldn't hesitate to say I love the freedom, mobility, creativity and skill involved in my line of work. Something that TOTALLY threw me off after working the US and moving to Australia was being told when I got hired that I get 4 weeks holiday leave with pay a year as well as sick days, personal day, stress leave, blahblahblah.
My experience in the states was that employers expect you to work yourself to death year after year and all for what? To dedicate yourself to a company for 20 or more years only to be told you're "being made redundant" without any severance? Right. Ef that in the Bee.
Besides all of that, my Mrs is currently going to school for a Bachelor of Health Science degree to become a Naturopath and she always says how she wants me to pursue more music in life. When I've had enough of the glass business I'm thinking I'll build a studio in our home someday and be able to focus more on commercial type recording and chasing my dream to write music for films and/or video games.
I was just thinking about the idea of what it would be like working at a boring office job today when I was out and about between jobs driving passed office building after office building........I would feel so trapped being stuck in a box all day every day. I've had jobs being stuck indoors in the past and it just sucks the life out of me. I hate that shit.

Australia FTW!

 

[pifos_2]

I've been working as an automation engineer for the last 2,5 years. I went to Korea, India, Japan, Italy, England, Austria, Paris for free with that job. Haven't really had time to do any sightseeing but it's nice to travel anyway.

It's about 85% of the time sitting in front of the computer writing code and answering emails. After 2 years this job started to "eat me from the inside" or something. I wasn't feeling really happy. Althought it's great job and a lot of people would be glad to have one. It was not what I was meant to do.

I really lost any interest into this job as soon as I started to spend all my evening recording and playing guitar for my band. Then I stumbled into this forum.... The rest is history ahah.

I quitted, still 3 days to go. In September I'll start a new life in Enschede, Netherlands in a music conservatorium to study Music Compostion and Production. Gonna be tasty.

I thought that I was too old to start it again (25 in August) but I was wrong. I think it's never too late. It's hard to "take the jump" but I never felt so alive

 

[J.DavisNJ]

I've been working as an automation engineer for the last 2,5 years. I went to Korea, India, Japan, Italy, England, Austria, Paris for free with that job. Haven't really had time to do any sightseeing but it's nice to travel anyway.

It's about 85% of the time sitting in front of the computer writing code and answering emails. After 2 years this job started to "eat from the inside" or something. I wasn't feeling really happy. Althought it's great job and a lot of people would be glad to have one. It was not what I was meant to do.

I really lost any interest into this job as soon as I started to spend all my evening recording and playing guitar for my band. Then I stumbled into this forum.... The rest is history ahah.

I quitted, still 3 days to go. In September I'll start a new life in Enschede, Netherlands in a music conservatorium to study Music Compostion and Production. Gonna be tasty.

I thought that I was too old to start it again (25 in August) but I was wrong. I think it's never too late. It's hard to "take the jump" but I never felt so alive

Good for you man! I too would like to go back to school for another degree, but don't know if I can handle another four years.

-Joe

 

[pifos_2]

Good for you man! I too would like to go back to school for another degree, but don't know if I can handle another four years.

-Joe

Yeah I know what you mean. Bah... I graduated 3 years ago... I can't remember what studying is anymore ahah. I remember the beer drinking tough

To be honest I don't care about studying. What I care for is networking and working in the music business. So wtf about the grades if I do as much work as possible.

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Yeah I know what you mean. Bah... I graduated 3 years ago... I can't remember what studying is anymore ahah. I remember the beer drinking tough

To be honest I don't care about studying. What I care for is networking and working in the music business. So wtf about the grades as much as I do as much work as possible.

Cool, sounds like a good plan! Good luck with it.

-Joe

 

[Damphire]

yeah good luck Pifos.. that is my dream too, sadly I cannot quit my boring-ass programmer job without going into bankrupt. I love music and I should've studied music or audio engineering, but now I have a wife to support and musicians die of starvation here on my country

Love your band by the way ;-)

 

[Metaltastic]

Nic, that's fucking awesome and super inspirational dude, good luck!

 

[Via Noctis]

I work standing on my feet for twelve hours pushing buttons. I get yelled at if I take a break or go to the bathroom

 

[jangoux]

Well, i wish i had an office job. I have a job a lot of guys want right now - I work at a nice studio, full of nice gear, with a Mesa and a JSX, sometimes i record some nice musicians ( i even recorded a guy who played with Hendrix on his youth )...BUT..i never know when i'll receive my money. One month ago i received around $20. FOR THE WHOLE MONTH. My boss is a dick, he scares clients being rude to them, he once spend the money he shoud've paid me, and etc. My wife is threatening to leave me if i can't find a better job. The thing is, in Brazil, we can't find good paying jobs without a major degree - which I still lack. So, yeah, i'd love to have a office job, so i'd have my pay check at the end of each month. It might be boring, but i rather spend 8 hours/day bored alone and 4 hours happy with my wife and daughter than the opposite.

 

[Pot]

the irony´s of life

 

[pifos_2]

yeah good luck Pifos.. that is my dream too, sadly I cannot quit my boring-ass programmer job without going into bankrupt. I love music and I should've studied music or audio engineering, but now I have a wife to support and musicians die of starvation here on my country

Love your band by the way ;-)

thanks dude

i guess musicians die of starvation here also, I hope production will bring a bit more dough.

I work standing on my feet for twelve hours pushing buttons. I get yelled at if I take a break or go to the bathroom

Nic, that's fucking awesome and super inspirational dude, good luck!

I feel grateful to Life that I can do it many times a day.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

You guys don't have a clue what "boring" means. Try 15 years on an auto assembly line & then you can bitch.

 

[Ironbird666]

Those of you tired of sitting inside can always try this . . .
http://www.goarmy.com/ListJobsByGroup.do?id=2&fw=infantry_school&redirect=true

You'll be begging for the AC in no time.

 

[colonel kurtz]

no office here...i spend my days slinging home improvement products

although life's gotten a lot busier since i moved departments...2 weeks ago i wa working in electrical, selling mostly light bulbs, ceiling fans/light fixtures and wire...and now i'm in building materials, selling houses and barns and shit

 

[slashvanyoung]

I still remember hosting my first straight ten hour show. I was flying about like a hummingbird on cokespeedcaffeine...

Now it's just like "Please... gawd... kill me!"

 

[ahjteam]

Yeah I know what you mean. Bah... I graduated 3 years ago... I can't remember what studying is anymore ahah. I remember the beer drinking tough

To be honest I don't care about studying. What I care for is networking and working in the music business. So wtf about the grades if I do as much work as possible.

I started studying music production in uni last year (25 myself too) and I really have to say that I don't care about what grades I will get, I care about learning.