Short poll about your job.

In My Humble Opinion
1

  1. What’s your job title?

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)

  6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.

My answers…

  1. Hub Operations Manager.

  2. 20% hate, 60% tolerate, 20% love.

  3. Obvious in 1 - Manager.

  4. Using my own terms - medium (somewhere around 15)

  5. None. I am one of two managers who report directly to the top man.

  6. Putting aside the general skills of being a Manager, not tranferable. Outside the US there are two other places on the planet where I could use my skills. (Inside the US there are more, but the number is probably less than 30)

  7. Describe the 20% you love - the programming I get to do, and the people. I love love love it when people come to me for advice, comfort, and general banter. I am immensely flattered that people come to me when they have an issue they want to talk about.

2

1. What’s your job title?
I don’t know that I really have one, but I’ve chosen Senior Account Representitive, Sales Representitive and Escrow Manager to wear when needed. I find that not putting one on my business cards or in my email sig makes me actually seem more important.

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?

I’ve worked for the same company for 8 fecking years now, and trust me I’ve run the gamut.

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)

I’m that guy who’s the only one who remembers how to do that 30% of stuff we don’t do every day and I have several people that report to me. I’d say manager with a small “m”.

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

Super giant Fortune 500 company offshoot. There’s maybe 30 people I see on a regular basis however.

5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men?

Two. My boss and her boss.

6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

I work in the title insurance industry, which is an art more than a science. You can’t go to school for it so it’s largely an apprentance type thing. I could find work in my field should I need to, but if I’m looking I’m going elsewhere.

*7. How much should * you be paid for doing what you do?.

Approximately double my current salary.

3

I like this one?

Without being silly about it… My answer is, round my current salary up to the nearest ten grand (so, add just over 2,000 yearly)

edit: wait a minute… for doing what I do is different… I should get 150% of what I currently get because no other fracker can do what I do.

4

1. Title? Principal.

2. Ratio of Hate/tolerate/love? 90% love, deliriously. 10% tolerate (the petty stuff like bookeeping and hounding people to pay their bill).

**3. Level ? ** Everything, baby, I do it all. I answer the phones, type the letters, do the work, schedule meetings, order supplies, keep up with professional business licenses, whew.

4. Size? Tiny. I am a sole proprietor.

5. How many levels ? Zero. I am both the bottom and the top. (whee!)

6. Transferable ? I could find a position at many other firms in the metro area, in government, or teaching at Jackson State’s new engineering school. Tomorrow, probably.

Clurican’s No. 7: Pay? The pay is fine - I bill the going rate for my level of expertise. The problem is taxes. Grrr.

Here’s my No. 7: Would you do the same work as a volunteer if you could afford it? Yes, I’d love to.

5

  1. What’s your job title?
    I am an E-Commerce Lead/IT Liason for a non-profit.

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    Eh, 80% tolerate 19% love 1% hate.

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
    Lead (between a worker and a supervisor)

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)
    Internationally? HUGE. Locally, still huge. Thousands.

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)
    4. Supervisor, Manager, Regional Manager, District Manager then the CEO. Well, and then the board of directors, but they are rarely a part of decisions.

  6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)
    Pretty good. Lots of database management, IT support stuff. On the user side, not the networking side.

  7. You’re not the boss of me.

6

**1. What’s your job title?**Electrical Technician

**2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?**10/60/30
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3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)**worker

**4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)**large

**5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)**at least 6

**6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)**Finding another job would be fairly easy, although I would probably have to move to get the same pay

**7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.**What is my favourite part of the job? programming, whether it’s PLCs, interfaces, motion control, any kind of machine programming.

7

  1. What’s your job title?
    “Service clerk”. a.k.a. “Front Check”. a.k.a. “Register One”. a.k.a. “The Bridge of the Starship Enterprise”.

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    I love my job. Really. It’s a total no-brainer, 100% stress-free, nothing is ever a problem that it’s up to me to solve, it’s never boring, plus every so often I get to actually help people. Just last week I pointed out to an elderly gentleman that the glucosamine he was buying was on sale two-fer, so he went back and got another one, and spent $45 on two instead of one. Made me feel good all over.

  3. What level are you?
    Worker bee. Bottom-most rung on the ladder. Literally everybody outranks me.

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for?
    Well, it’s Walgreens, which is huge. But my store has 10-50 employees.

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men?
    At one level, lots and lots. But at another level, only one, because thanks to corporate policy I have instant accessibility to not only my store manager, but also the district manager in Springfield, and even the Big Kahunas up in Deerfield, should I choose to write any of them a letter. Which I have done, on occasion–wrote a letter to the DM, got a response and the problem was dealt with.

  6. How transferable are your skills?
    Easy. I’m a checkout clerk. I could work anywhere.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    What’s your biggest pet peeve?
    Drunks who leer at me and address me throatily as “baby”. Just buy the damn cigarettes and leave, willya.

8

1. What’s your job title?

Director, Solution Delivery

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?

70% Love, rest I tolerate pretty easily. I’ve been with this company a year, so I guess hatred could materialize unexepectedly.

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)

Director

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

Based on this scale, I guess “ginormous” would be the right word. Multi-billions in revenue a year large.

5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)

2 - I report to Executive Director->Vice President->CEO

6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

The “solutions” I direct are in the technology field. My skills are widely in demand.

7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.

**How much is your monthly business travel expense? ** Approximately $4,500.00

9

  1. What’s your job title? Dermatological Medical Assistant

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time? 10/60/30

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else) Worker

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees) Medium

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between) +1

  6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device) In high demand here- I could have a new job within the week.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    Should I use sunscreen? No- people not using it is what gives me job security.

10

Since I’m literally between jobs, I’ll answer with my old job and what I know about my new one.

OLD
1. What’s your job title?
Director, $1 B management consulting firm

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
80% hate: 20% love

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
Titles map differenty to different companies, but I’m basically a mid-level management in a consulting firm

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

large, over 2000

5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)

3 I guess. There’s two more layers of director titles and then the C-level positions. In reality, each level has a whole internal hierarchy of seniority so it’s not like I’m 3 promotions away from running the place.

6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

Very. After leaving my job, I had two offers in about a month. Mostly general business and technology skills.

7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.

NEW
1. What’s your job title?
Manager, internal consulting group in a $50 B Fortune 500 company.

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
Unknown. I suspect this job will have less negative bullshit but less ‘fun’ bullshit like happy hours, outrageous client lunches and dinners and nights at the strip club. Better hours but worse commute.

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
Manager. Instead of being one of a pool of directors drawing from a pool of staff, however, I report to a single director and I have a dedicated team. My director is leaving and who I was hired with the intent of shortly becoming his peer anyway so good news for me.

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)
Huge. It’s a Fortune 50 company with over 40,000 employees.

5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)
Too many to think about

6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)
Pretty transferable

7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.

11

  1. What’s your job title?
    Geographic Information Systems Coordinator, which is pretty fancy since there’s only me in my “department”.

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    0 / 20 / 80 What I have the hardest time with is a lack of things to do lately.

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
    Worker, I guess, although I used to have a single employee who I “supervised”.

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)
    Local gov’t. Total employees is probably over 100, but about 30 I work with directly.

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)
    Me -> my boss -> elected officials

  6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easily could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)
    Hmm. I’d probably have to move, but my skills are highly transferable within a certain small orbit. I’m good with computers in general, like to program, and know how to jump-start a GIS. I’m currently looking to another local gov’t to give me additional work to do, since it’s so slow at my job, but it would be on a contract basis.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    What level of education and experience do you need for your job? Apparently, one class in GIS and one in CAD was enough for me! (Plus a virtually unrelated college degree and a heap’o’aptitude.) I’ve definitely learned on the job.

12

I’ll answer for my old one:

  1. What’s your job title?
    Senior software engineer.

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    At the end, it was all hate, all the time. I’m so much happier not being there.

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
    Lead. No reports on paper, but a handful of people depended on me for their day to day schedules.

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)
    Low five digits. Seriously, who thinks a 51 employee company is large?

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)
    6-8, depending on how recent the last reorg was.

  6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)
    Extremely transferable.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    I got nothin’.

13

1. What’s your job title?

Curator of Exhibitions. In charge of developing all exhibits in 8 galleries of new a museum currently under construction.

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?

95% love. 5% tolerate (Board Meetings). But the part I love I really really love. It’s stressful, but it’s good stress.

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)

Equivalent to director of a department.

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

The organization I am currently working for probably has about 20 employees, but we are overseeing hundreds of people working for various contractors.

5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)

Zero. I report to the Executive Director.

6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

I don’t think there is a similar job anywhere else in the world. I would probably be able to get other jobs in the same field; however, there aren’t many of them.

7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
What do you love about it?

It’s an absolute dream job - I get to work at the intersection of art and science with some of the most creative people in the world.

14

1. What’s your job title?
RN Case Manager

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
5/10/85

4. What level are you?
minor supervisor–I have 3 assistants
**4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? **
Really large
**5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? **
3
**6. How transferable are your skills? **
Very. I was recruited for this job and have to fight off my old manager constantly
7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
Why do what you do?
I’m a natural

15

  1. What’s your job title?
    Library Service Associate

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    Right now, I really enjoy my job. Yes, there are frustrating days and people aren’t always nice, but I do like what I’m doing and am glad I’m pursuing further education to continue this as a career.

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
    I am a worker.

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)
    Large, if you consider it as an entire system. Medium if you’re only talking about the branch I’m at.

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)
    1-3, depending on who you count as the “top man” and how you arrange the climb up the hierarchy.

  6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)
    Libraries are everywhere, and once I finish my degree, I’m going to be much more able to get a job as a librarian or information/research specialist. I have a very good chance of being able to land a job if I need to go seeking another one, but it may require moving to another area if we’re talking about a full librarian position.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    Oook?

16

1. What’s your job title?
Wildlife Biologist / Environmental Project Manager

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
I love my job. I guess “90%” love.

3. What level are you?
I manage projects (but not people); am considered a “subject matter expert”; and am mentoring a new hire.

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for?
The whole agency is about 1100, but my specific working group is about 40. But everyone is in the same building, so go with “large.”

**5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? **.
In my division? 3

6. How transferable are your skills?
I’d say quite transferrable. I could leave my agency, transfer to another agency, do contract work, or join up with industry.

7. What is the best part about your job?
My agency regulates 49 states so I have projects all over the U.S. Get to travel to various places, and the specific aspects of my job are varied so I’m not doing the same thing all the time. Plus each project has its own unique set of issues that it’s always fresh and interesting. Often stressful, yes, but we all support each other and the teams work well.

17
  1. What’s your job title?

EA to the Associate Dean

  1. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?

10/20/70 however I expect this will shift in the next couple of months to the love side.

  1. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else?

Manager I guess. I supervise 4 people, I’m responsible for the hiring and firing of others, etc I manage a number of functions within my department, etc.

  1. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

Large.

  1. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)

1

  1. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

I would have no problem getting a job in pretty well any academic institution. However, I really don’t know how well I would do in a non-academic position - I’ve never had one. :slight_smile:

  1. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.

What’s your favorite part of the job?

My co-workers (amazing, huh?)

18

  1. Music / Band Job Teacher

  2. Split down the middle.

  3. Teacher

  4. About 20 staff in each school.

  5. N/A

  6. I can always teach music lessons…music programs tend to be hard to find unless you relocate.

  7. I wish I wasn’t such a lone gunman…I rarely meet new people being a travelling teacher. I wish that I made more money for the amount of time / stress I experience with this job. Yet…I question whether I would be good at anything else besides music. I certainly devote myself to it round the clock. And I certainly think I am doing a good thing with my life…but sometimes I’d just like to quit and do my own thing.

19

This could be my answer as well, with a couple of small differences:
4. We have 7 paid employees (interns) and about two dozen volunteer interns.

  1. I have a business partner who’s the majority owner, so technically I’m at 0 I guess.

  2. Yep, I could probably have a job at just about any ad agency in town if things went south.

  3. Pay isn’t great right now–we’re a start up. But like NinetyWt, I’d do it for nothing if I could. And, in fact, I did for a while when we needed every cent to go back to the business.

20

1. What’s your job title?

Wellsite Geologist

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?

100% Luv. Honestly.

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)

Supervisor / other (I’m a consultant)

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)

I’m a self employed consultant but the multi national that currently pays the bills has nearly 100,000 employees :eek:

5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? (if you are the top man, then technically it’s -1. as zero is one below top man because there’s nobody between)

As a consultant, it’s just me, but up to the top of the current corporate tree, I think it’s six.

6. How transferable are your skills? (this is just a pure interpret the question however you want, just talk about it - how easilly could you find a similar job if brown coloured matter got terminally near to a rotating wind generation device)

Within the oil industry, 100% transerfable. Outside, folks would probably give me strange looks.

7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.

How long is your commute?

10 time zones ( my record is 11.5).