Short poll about your job.

In My Humble Opinion
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1. What’s your job title? Software developer

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

3. What level are you? Highly-paid peon. No one reports to me.

4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? Huge - 20,000 employees

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

6. How transferable are your skills? I could find similar work at any large financial services company: bank, brokerage, insurance

**7. Can I help you with your PC or Mac issue? ** Nope.

42

1. What’s your job title?
Senior Administrative Assistant

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
5/0/95 - I really really love my job - it’s just that sometimes, I get so bored.

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)
Pretty big. Around 60 some thousand.

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)
Hmmm - I report to my boss, my boss has his boss, his boss reports to another boss, who reports to the CEO. So - 4?

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’m a glorified secretary. It’d be pretty easy I suppose - and I could temp if I had to - I think.

7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
How secure is your job?
Not very - I’m scared shitless - we’re “reorganizing” all over the place - I have no idea what will be going on in a few months or if I’ll even be here. I’m really, seriously, scared.

43
  1. What’s your job title?

I think it’s Cartographic Specialist. There’s no tag on my cube and I’ve never bothered to look it up.

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

50/40/10. I can’t stand my job any more. The only thing I like is that I can take off whenever I want for the most part. Plus some of the people are fun to hang out with. We have dull meetings that get nothing done, training that’s 100% ineffective, and people who don’t care.

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

Worker, and I like it that way. I have no plans of becoming a manager around this place.

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

Federal employee.

  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)

Lets see me->team lead->supervisor->area supervisor->department head->a bunch of people->president. I do know the department head and have played golf with him.

  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 could find some sort of CAD job if need be, and I could find another government job, but it would take time and some jobs would require a long commute.

  1. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    How would you make it better?

I’d actually listen to the people who do the work. They want us to do work that comes in late and still have it out the door on time. For years I’ve been asking for any feedback on my work, never gotten it. Today at a meeting someone else asked for the same damn thing, they said it’s not really need and would take too much time. Give real training, we all took an excel class a few weeks ago, it was a basic class, as in this is a cell, this is how you add cells, here’s how you change color. Eight hours later I’m dumber then when I went in. Everyone in my office that’s under 35, which is half of us, know how to do all of this and a lot more. The funny thing is that what we plan on using Excel for we don’t need to know any of what we’ve learned.

I am looking for a new job, have been for a couple of years, but it is the government so it takes time.

44

  1. What’s your job title?
    Aircraft Functional Test Technician.

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    25, 50, 25

  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)
    Very large (250,000+)

  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)
    **Just counted the other day, 8. **

  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)
    Depends. The only other company that does what my company does for the most part is in France and I don’t speak French. With the proper accreditation, my skills would likely get me hired at any airline in aircraft maintenance.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    Do I work real hard at my job?
    Not very, I am required to perform my work package, it is not very difficult.

45

  1. What’s your job title? Sr. Systems Analyst (or will be in a week - I just got a promotion)

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love? 10/80/10

  3. What level are you? worker

  4. What size is the company you work for? about 15000 employees

  5. How many levels are there between you and the top man/men? 4 or so

  6. How transferable are your skills? very – I’m an IT dilettante, so I know enough about enough stuff to get something in a pinch

  7. Would I recommend my job to someone else? Sure. It’s boring at times, but overall a good place to work.

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.
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46

1. What’s your job title?
Current job, in simple. dispatcher. Haha. I work in my cozy bedroom and have the freedom of doing anything I want. I sort of run the company, along with the owner and her niece. If I want to take it mobile, I just bring my iPhone along.

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
Hate 10% Tolerate %10 Love %80 - I’ve never had a job with this much freedom and such a cool boss as well as co-workers.

3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
I guess I can consider myself a supervisor being that I’m making all of the important decisions and I’m pretty much in charge of things while I’m working. Running this company isn’t rocket science, but you need to know understand the business and have great communication skills as well as computer skills.

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4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)**
10 including myself. 7 of which are drivers.

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)
The only level above me would be the the owner.

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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)**
Similar job to this… None that I’ve seen. I would never get a job like this again. It’s a one in a billion. I’d probably resort to websites, sales, or a new business if needed be.

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7. Are you satisfied with the income?**
I take home about $750 a week, which I am completely satisfied with considering 90% of the time I’m doing what I would normally be doing anyway. Including posting here :slight_smile:

47

  1. What’s your job title? Environmental Specialist is my position class, but my titles include Section Secretary, Data Manager/Coordinator, Public Involvement Specialist, Jack of All Trades

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time? I’ve had a hard time with this. I like the work I do, but am unhappy about where I’m doing the work. 100 % hate working here; 60 % tolerate the bullshit here; 80 % love the work I do. No way to make those numbers add up.

  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) I work for a large state agency—1400 employees in the agency. I work in a regional office with about 150 people in it; there are 11 people in my section.

  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) My supervisor, his supervisor, deputy director, the Director (top man). 3 people between me and him.

  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). I’d say all my skills are transferable…I do admin support, data management, and public involvement. I could do those things anywhere.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it. What’s it like working for an environmental agency? Well, you have your extreme tree-hugger types and then you have the people that are working here for a job. I love the environment, but I’m not an environmentalist at heart. I’m here for the paycheck, folks.

48

  1. What’s your job title? I guess in short, I am a Vault teller. Though there is many other things that I do that doesn’t involve counting and handling money.

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time? 10/70/20

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
    I am a MSR II. So not a peon, but plenty of responsibility so that if I didn’t do something it would effect a lot of people

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees) Including Operations, I would say 13 people, I think.

  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) Well if you don’t include the loan officers, There’s two I think. But there is a lot of shit you need to know to be the manager… and I am not sure I have the desire or mindset to even want to be.

  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 can work in just about any bank with the experiance that I have gained here. Not that I would want to work in a bank if I left. I am tired of handling money.

  7. What do you love most about your job? My co-workers. Well most of them… They make working here a blast and they generally care about one another. It’s nice.

49

1. What’s your job title?

Sorry to be Miss Mysterious, but my title would tell you more about my job than I want to. I’m a non-practicing attorney working for a public university.

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

30/50/20, which is not a good ratio for me. I have an awesome job on paper but it’s not a good fit for me and I’m looking to move back into practice.

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)

About 150 for the outfit I work for; 1000s if you were counting the whole university.

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

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 hope they’re very transferrable within my field. I guess we’ll see.

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

Do I regret moving and taking this job? No. Life’s a journey and I’ve learned a lot.

50
  1. What’s your job title?
    [/quote]

Customer Care Representative

  1. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    love:hate is probably 80:20 I like my job, it’s just the stupid customers I loathe. They tend to be in the minority, but ye gods, when it rains, it pours. During the last few weeks before Purim, we get every rude, hateful bitch in the towns of Monsey and Monroe (NY) that give a bad name to every Jew on the planet. I wish we could stop selling to them completely. Don’t get me wrong – I am absolutely not anti-Semitic, I enjoy helping the nice Jewish women find the best (and least expensive) way to package their Purim gifts and they love that I know what the holiday is all about – I just hate rude, ignorant people in general and the women from those two towns are the worst.

  2. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)
    worker – the last time a management position opened, they asked me why I didn’t apply and I was honest and told them that I loathe being in management. Funny enough, that position was never filled.

  3. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)
    Well, I call it small but according to your measurement it is large. In the call center, I think we have about 20 or so sales reps and like 10 customer service reps. In the entire company, probably 150-200 people?

  4. 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)
    LOL. Used to be 3, but my manager got a promotion, while still being my manager (she will eventually replace her boss) so now, it’s technically 2.

  5. 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)
    way transferable – but then again, the skillset I brought with me to this company is what I use here, so make of it what you will.

  6. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    What keeps me coming back every day, besides the money? Well, I’d say that the current COO who makes the rules for our call center and I are very similar in thought and habit – so I really like the work environment. The benefits are nice and most of the people with whom I work are good people.

ETA – I was taking “top man” to mean CEO – if we went to Owner, instead, it would be 4/3

51

1. What’s your job title?

General attorney will do for purposes of this exercise.

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

0/100/0.

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)

About 50 in my office, 250 in our national law offices, and 10s of thousands in the entire organization.

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)

My boss has 2 direct bosses within our immediate office.

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’m a lawyer, so I could always just hang out my shingle. But I’d undoubtedly have to work harder for less $ than I make now.

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

When am I next scheduled to take leave to play golf?
Tomorrow. After yesterday - and the day before. Could be much worse. :cool:

52

1. What’s your job title?

Brokerage principal (I actually have a bullshit corporatespeak title)

2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
I’d say 20% hate and 80% tolerate

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

Supervisor. “Principal” means licensed to supervise brokerage activities.

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

Large. Major discount brokerage firm.

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)

I’d say about 5. The company does so many restructerings, I don’t keep count besides my manager and senior manager above him.

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. I receive phone calls/emails from rival firms frequently. I’m giving serious thought to looking elsewhere.

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

Have you ever worked for a company that paid you **not ** to quit?

Yes, this job has actually paid people not to quit! Our turnover rate reached a critical point last year with our firm’s employees being recruited by other companies. Management quickly rushed out a bonus plan to pay people not to quit. That incentive is set to expire at the end of next month.

53

  1. What’s your job title? Quality Control Manager (construction)

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time? 50/40/10: Absolutely detest working alongside the Army Corps of Engineers/the work is tolerable, but frustrating/like the people a lot.

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

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees): we’re a subsidiary with probably 40 full-time 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): one

  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 much in demand. People with Corps certification and experience are scarce.

  7. Given that the answer to #6 is “very transferable”, would you work in this capacity again? 20 years ago, I’d have said ‘yes’. Today, probably not. My tolerance for federal employees is at rock bottom.

54
  1. What’s your job title?

Senior Game Designer

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

30/0/70 – It’s mostly a lot of fun. However there’s a significant amount of stress, particularly around deadlines.

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

Talent.

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

Huge. I work for Sony.

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

Between me and Sir Howard Stringer, the head of the whole corporation? Five.

  1. How transferable are your skills?

Within the game industry? Extremely transferable. Outside the game industry? Utterly useless.

  1. What are you working on right now?

**That’s a secret. :slight_smile: **

55

1. What’s your job title?

Legal Assistant

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

100% tolerate. There’s nothing I particularly love, nothing I particularly hate.

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)

Quite large. Well over 1,000.

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)

Oddly, this question does not apply - or rather applies very, very weirdly. The technical answer in my case is “0”, but it’s sort of meaningless since I work for a large law firm - a partnership. I work directly (and basically solely) for a senior partner.

6. How transferable are your skills?

Hugely, actually. Not only are they transferrable to equivalent positions, they’re transferrable to a whole host of other ones, too.

56

1. What’s your job title?

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

5/35/60 - It can be frustrating at times, and I’d prefer to be cruising on a yacht somewhere, but overall I really love it.

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 - 1500+ employees
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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)**

One. My manager reports to the CEO (I work with him on occasion and chat with him almost everyday when he is in the country/area) who reports to the owner, though recently some of my projects are going directly to the owner.

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 easily transferable.

7. What do you like about it?

A whole lot. Easy commute, pays well enough, great bennies, good perks, great manager and co-workers, never really gets boring.

57

  1. What’s your job title? Accouting Support Analyst

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time? I love my boss which goes a long way, but right now is starting crunch time so it’s getting more stressful. In general it’s somewhere between tolerate and love.

  3. What level are you? (worker, supervisor, manager, director, or something else)Worker. I don’t want to be a manager since I stink at it.

  4. Loosely speaking - what size is the company you work for? (small - 1 - 10 employees, medium - 10 - 50 employees, large - 50+ employees)3000 full-time employees, about 20 in our set of department groups.

  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)I’ll call the Board of Trustees the top man, so five.

  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)
    Hmm. I believe my skills in bookkeeping/accounting/financial apps might transfer OK, especially to another company using Oracle. My knowledge of our institution and its chart of accounts would clearly help only as an analogy. I tend to be pretty reliable and consistent in my work, and attentive to “customers”, so these skills would transfer.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    Hmm. I’m not that creative. :wink:

58

1. What’s your job title?

Drilling Engineer

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

10/30/60

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

Manager I guess well other people do what I ask, but there is no one in the structure below me. Such is the nature of the business most of the actual doing stuff is handled by 3rd party contractors

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

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)

Technically 6, in reality it may as well be a couple of parsecs.
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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 right now you would have to be past the Norwegian blue on the dead scale to not get a job. When oil crashes to $9/bbl, I guess mining or project management.
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7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.**
Worst sinking feeling moment.
Being told the well bore surveys had been corrected to grid north rather than magnetic north by mistake.

59

  1. What’s your job title?
    Announcement Pricer

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    Mostly tolerate, with maybe 10% hate and love

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

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

  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)
    5

  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)
    Basic corporate financial skills are pretty easily transferable. If I was unemployed, I’d describe myself as a Senior Financial Analyst and try to downplay the Pricing aspect of the job, which could get me pigeonholed.

60

  1. What’s your job title?
    Architect

  2. What ratio of Hate/tolerate/love for your job do you experience over time?
    10/40/50 overall I enjoy what I do, but there are the usual dull projects and tasks that any profession has

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

  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)
    Fairly flat structure so I would say -2 at most. There are many Principals above me, but I don’t work for them nor report to them, so in one sense they are my bosses since technically they are above me in the structure of the firm, but in most ways they would not be considered my boss either. So this is a difficult question to answer

  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 transferable to other firms, construction companies, as an Owner representative or government work–or just put out my own shingle. But the pay and benefits and the type of work is a big draw here.

  7. Seven is where you make up the question and answer it.
    How many people do I meet a week who tell me they were going to be an Architect? I swear at least once or twice a week I hear this–there are a hell of alot of Architect wannabees out there!