Temporary jobs / work

Jack Burton · 10-13-2008, 07:12 PM

I thought there had been a similar thread to this but I'm coming up empty on the search. Anyway, I'm graduating in December with an industrial engineering degree. I've accepted a post-graduate job but it doesn't start until mid April; so I'm going to have some down time. I'm trying to be forward thinking towards finding a temporary job during that few months. Any ideas?

I haven't given it much thought yet but I considered a gym because I already lift weights frequently. Sounds a bit lame but I don't have a lot of hobbies that would align with working opportunities.

BTW, I'm going to be way too broke to travel for a few months. People seem to be big proponents of traveling away moderate amounts of time. Thanks for any input.

Chips · 10-13-2008, 07:17 PM

Get a job at the school as a student assistant

Lyrical · 10-13-2008, 07:35 PM

I had the same deal. After undergrad, I got a good job offer, but they wanted me to wait several months. I ended up waiting tables until I got hired. I gave the restaurant some b.s. story about how I was getting my graduate degree, but I need the money from waiting tables while I was in grad school. I quit a few months later to take the job. It is dishonest, but it would have been more dishonest to not pay my bills.

Eduardo · 10-13-2008, 07:39 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Mr. Burton!!!! You could always get a job as a trucker and drive the Pork Chop Express.

Hey there! I've got great news for you!

In the current economy, you too can take what you think is a good job that might lead to a career opportunity, only to find out the day you start that in fact you will be lucky to have it past Christmas! That's right, act now and you too can get suckered into a temp contract through lies and deception...

Anyhow, since you already have a real job lined up, for the next few months I would just take anything you can get that wouldn't have you wanting to kill yourself when you get home. Don't feel bad about lying your ass off to get it, because in our times, companies don't hesitate to lie to you.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

[rant that has little to do with your post but isn't worth its own thread] I've been unemployed for the past month after leaving a job I had long term because they refused to give proper pay. No I have not been living off unemployment, I don't take handouts, I worked a crappy temp job for a few weeks while looking for real work. Anyhow, after getting offered a 'minimum one year contract' with a lucrative and well known defense aviation company, through a third party contract agency, for the past three weeks I have gone through extensive background checks and two separate drug tests (yes I passed them both, they are just rigorous.) I started today.

Guess what, there is no work! The guys that were supposed to train me were all bitter and said 'there isn't enough work for us to do, why would they bring in a contractor, and you want us to train you?' So after discussing what is going on with the manager of the department, I find out that even he doesn't understand why upper management brought me in. Oh, and if I want any work at all I have to take the third shift position.. Ok fine. Oh, and this is not a guaranteed minimum one year contract, we will be lucky to keep you busy past Christmas.. Ok, now I'm getting fucking pissed. So I was straight up lied to by the contracting agency, "Guaranteed one year minimum contract, with excellent hire-in potential." You guessed it, there is no damn contract. They just like to use that word. I signed tons of papers, but none of them guaranteed employment for any length of time.

Did I mention I had to relocate, yet again, just to take this job. But oh well, at least I'm making the most money I've ever made for however long they keep me. And who knows, maybe a permanent position will open up somewhere in the company that would be long term. Oh, did I mention that the department I was brought into was told they have one year before they all get canned and that part of the facility is moved to a different state? I found that out today too. Yeah, I can see why they are bitter that I was brought in. WTF... At least this gives me income while continuing my search for career type opportunities. But for how long? For once, I'm all for more wars because that means more money for aircraft and that means more work for me! [/rant that had little to do with your thread but I didn't feel it was worthy of its own]

edit2: not that I give a rat's ass about -internets, I think they are funny, but I am taking the suggestion of spoilering the above to save your eyeballs the effort of having to ignore the text. However, I am leaving the initial edit below because I find it hilarious that some of you couldn't figure out what I was responding too...

edit: damn some of you people are fucking tools, I'm about as far from emo as you can get... do you see me crying in my parents basement as I listen to the backstreet boys and try to cut myself because I can't get my hair gel to hold my mop on in the right position? I for one think the universe is pretty cool overall, but am disgusted with the 'employees as expendable assets' mindset that corporations have taken up. Anyhow, thanks for the good laugh, needed it after a long day at work. Wow, you guys are great, yeah I'm the one looking for temp work (not,) so you suggest sucking dick at Olive Garden.. hmm, did you miss the part that I have a job that pays a shit ton, even if I don't know how long it will last? Anyhow I appreciate your feeble attempts at humor.

Ashes Emberblade · 10-13-2008, 09:00 PM

Food service will be your best bet due to the high employee turnover rate.

Borzak · 10-13-2008, 09:35 PM

Looking to make money or just something fun? If you want to make some money normally shippers like UPS/FedEx hire temporary people in bulk quantities during the time period you mentioned.

Frax · 10-13-2008, 09:41 PM

If you can afford not to work, do something that is more personally rewarding:

Nothing

or

volunteer!

FulorianC · 10-13-2008, 10:30 PM

Am I blind, or did Eduardo edit in a rant in response to... no response? I know he's mentally unbalanced, but wow.

dak · 10-13-2008, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Am I blind, or did Eduardo edit in a rant in response to... no response? I know he's mentally unbalanced, but wow.

Yeah, I looked it over a couple times and still don't know what's going on with that.

dFiend · 10-13-2008, 10:46 PM

He's responding to comments attached to negative rep...

Jimmy Carter wuwu · 10-13-2008, 10:55 PM

Lots of jobs out there, some places in my town hire/train you to draw blood for 12 and hour. If you like retail, Sears is your place. Relaxed scheudles and when I was working there for two years I made close to 40 grand full part time. Meaning I got full time hours without benefits. Just made sure you work in a commission department. You make excellent money the day after thanksgiving, I walked out a 14 hour shift from sears during black friday with 1400+ in commissions and quit so my check wouldn't be altered with returned product.

Donate seamen if you have a degree, fairly tall with a decent jaw line they pay great money. 1K plus depending.

A store I really want to make will be called "2 shots in 1" Will be a blood bank / sperm bank connected to each other.

Jabberwhacky · 10-14-2008, 01:00 AM

Just use spoiler tags next time Eduardo, that should avoid you any precious internet loss.

I can't add anything to the discussion except that we did have a job thread not too long ago, and the most interesting part of it was that multiple people commented on the decent-to-good money you can make delivering pizzas. I had always assumed pizza delivery was on par with any other minimum wage job, but that thread said otherwise. Who knew?

VariaVespasa · 10-14-2008, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Carter wuwu

Donate seamen if you have a degree, fairly tall with a decent jaw line they pay great money.

What with the whole stop-loss thing going on these days I'm not sure he'll be able to find any spare seamen to donate... :P

aychamo_aycono · 10-14-2008, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VariaVespasa

What with the whole stop-loss thing going on these days I'm not sure he'll be able to find any spare seamen to donate... :P

Aren't most available seamen deployed off the coast of some eastern country somewhere?

psu199 · 10-14-2008, 07:17 AM

Find a local temp agency, punch a clock doing some bullshit for 15 an hour and you'll be fine.

It's not fun work, but you never take shit home with you, you work regular hours, and with a degree you'll get paid enough to live fine.

10-13-2008, 07:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jack Burton Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 86 -1 Internets	Temporary jobs / work I thought there had been a similar thread to this but I'm coming up empty on the search. Anyway, I'm graduating in December with an industrial engineering degree. I've accepted a post-graduate job but it doesn't start until mid April; so I'm going to have some down time. I'm trying to be forward thinking towards finding a temporary job during that few months. Any ideas? I haven't given it much thought yet but I considered a gym because I already lift weights frequently. Sounds a bit lame but I don't have a lot of hobbies that would align with working opportunities. BTW, I'm going to be way too broke to travel for a few months. People seem to be big proponents of traveling away moderate amounts of time. Thanks for any input.

10-13-2008, 07:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chips Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Joburg, RSA Posts: 1,098 -78 Internets	Get a job at the school as a student assistant __________________ “White folks was in caves while we was building empires ... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” -Rev. Al Sharpton

10-13-2008, 07:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Eduardo Cinnamilk cures homeopathy Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 734 -15 Internets	Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Mr. Burton!!!! You could always get a job as a trucker and drive the Pork Chop Express. Hey there! I've got great news for you! In the current economy, you too can take what you think is a good job that might lead to a career opportunity, only to find out the day you start that in fact you will be lucky to have it past Christmas! That's right, act now and you too can get suckered into a temp contract through lies and deception... Anyhow, since you already have a real job lined up, for the next few months I would just take anything you can get that wouldn't have you wanting to kill yourself when you get home. Don't feel bad about lying your ass off to get it, because in our times, companies don't hesitate to lie to you. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: [rant that has little to do with your post but isn't worth its own thread] I've been unemployed for the past month after leaving a job I had long term because they refused to give proper pay. No I have not been living off unemployment, I don't take handouts, I worked a crappy temp job for a few weeks while looking for real work. Anyhow, after getting offered a 'minimum one year contract' with a lucrative and well known defense aviation company, through a third party contract agency, for the past three weeks I have gone through extensive background checks and two separate drug tests (yes I passed them both, they are just rigorous.) I started today. Guess what, there is no work! The guys that were supposed to train me were all bitter and said 'there isn't enough work for us to do, why would they bring in a contractor, and you want us to train you?' So after discussing what is going on with the manager of the department, I find out that even he doesn't understand why upper management brought me in. Oh, and if I want any work at all I have to take the third shift position.. Ok fine. Oh, and this is not a guaranteed minimum one year contract, we will be lucky to keep you busy past Christmas.. Ok, now I'm getting fucking pissed. So I was straight up lied to by the contracting agency, "Guaranteed one year minimum contract, with excellent hire-in potential." You guessed it, there is no damn contract. They just like to use that word. I signed tons of papers, but none of them guaranteed employment for any length of time. Did I mention I had to relocate, yet again, just to take this job. But oh well, at least I'm making the most money I've ever made for however long they keep me. And who knows, maybe a permanent position will open up somewhere in the company that would be long term. Oh, did I mention that the department I was brought into was told they have one year before they all get canned and that part of the facility is moved to a different state? I found that out today too. Yeah, I can see why they are bitter that I was brought in. WTF... At least this gives me income while continuing my search for career type opportunities. But for how long? For once, I'm all for more wars because that means more money for aircraft and that means more work for me! [/rant that had little to do with your thread but I didn't feel it was worthy of its own] edit2: not that I give a rat's ass about -internets, I think they are funny, but I am taking the suggestion of spoilering the above to save your eyeballs the effort of having to ignore the text. However, I am leaving the initial edit below because I find it hilarious that some of you couldn't figure out what I was responding too... edit: damn some of you people are fucking tools, I'm about as far from emo as you can get... do you see me crying in my parents basement as I listen to the backstreet boys and try to cut myself because I can't get my hair gel to hold my mop on in the right position? I for one think the universe is pretty cool overall, but am disgusted with the 'employees as expendable assets' mindset that corporations have taken up. Anyhow, thanks for the good laugh, needed it after a long day at work. Wow, you guys are great, yeah I'm the one looking for temp work (not,) so you suggest sucking dick at Olive Garden.. hmm, did you miss the part that I have a job that pays a shit ton, even if I don't know how long it will last? Anyhow I appreciate your feeble attempts at humor. Last edited by Eduardo; 10-14-2008 at 04:33 PM..

10-13-2008, 09:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
Frax Raider Nation In Exlie Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: To the left or right of you Posts: 3,800	If you can afford not to work, do something that is more personally rewarding: Nothing or volunteer! __________________ Government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. -Gerald Ford

10-13-2008, 10:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jimmy Carter wuwu Bring the pain Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 838 -2 Internets	Lots of jobs out there, some places in my town hire/train you to draw blood for 12 and hour. If you like retail, Sears is your place. Relaxed scheudles and when I was working there for two years I made close to 40 grand full part time. Meaning I got full time hours without benefits. Just made sure you work in a commission department. You make excellent money the day after thanksgiving, I walked out a 14 hour shift from sears during black friday with 1400+ in commissions and quit so my check wouldn't be altered with returned product. Donate seamen if you have a degree, fairly tall with a decent jaw line they pay great money. 1K plus depending. A store I really want to make will be called "2 shots in 1" Will be a blood bank / sperm bank connected to each other. __________________ Listen to the band skindred. www.skindred.com

10-13-2008, 09:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ashes Emberblade I Do It For The Negs Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NOLA Posts: 1,809 -83 Internets	Food service will be your best bet due to the high employee turnover rate.

10-13-2008, 09:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
Borzak Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,122	Looking to make money or just something fun? If you want to make some money normally shippers like UPS/FedEx hire temporary people in bulk quantities during the time period you mentioned.

10-13-2008, 10:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
FulorianC Real Life Apologist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Denton, Texas Posts: 2,036	Am I blind, or did Eduardo edit in a rant in response to... no response? I know he's mentally unbalanced, but wow.

10-13-2008, 10:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
dFiend __________ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Baltimore Posts: 444 -2 Internets	He's responding to comments attached to negative rep...

10-14-2008, 01:00 AM	#12 (permalink)
Jabberwhacky Walker told me I have AIDS Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Busan Posts: 3,333	Just use spoiler tags next time Eduardo, that should avoid you any precious internet loss. I can't add anything to the discussion except that we did have a job thread not too long ago, and the most interesting part of it was that multiple people commented on the decent-to-good money you can make delivering pizzas. I had always assumed pizza delivery was on par with any other minimum wage job, but that thread said otherwise. Who knew?

10-14-2008, 07:17 AM	#15 (permalink)
psu199 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,027 +14 Internets	Find a local temp agency, punch a clock doing some bullshit for 15 an hour and you'll be fine. It's not fun work, but you never take shit home with you, you work regular hours, and with a degree you'll get paid enough to live fine.

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