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chick-a-dee
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Do you love your job & why (or why not)?
chick-a-dee
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I love my job. (No, my boss isn't on here reading this!) For those of you who don't know, I'm a GED instructor, and days like this make me love my job even more than normal. I just found out that one of my students who first started working on passing the GED test 8 years ago has passed! (It didn't really take her 8 years to do it; I'm sure there were many breaks here & there, but it did take her 9 retests in math to finally get the score she needed.) How many of you would have given up after try 2, 3, or 4??? What about after try 5, 6, 7, or even 8???
Before any of you go knocking the GED, know that the test is not as easy as you would think. Many of my students aren't lazy bums; in fact, most are very hard-working adults in their 30s, 40s, 50s (and beyond) who are working 2-3 low-paying jobs and trying to better themselves, their families, their skills, and their employment/education status.
This lady is going to FLIP when she hears the news!!!!!
Before any of you go knocking the GED, know that the test is not as easy as you would think. Many of my students aren't lazy bums; in fact, most are very hard-working adults in their 30s, 40s, 50s (and beyond) who are working 2-3 low-paying jobs and trying to better themselves, their families, their skills, and their employment/education status.
This lady is going to FLIP when she hears the news!!!!!
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I love things about my job, and there are things I don't love. (Estate Planning and Probate paralegal). My biggest gripe since moving out here is that, since I am 2,300 miles from my office, I don't get to do as much as I used to. And that means I don't get as many hours as I used to. I like the work aside from that.
That said... hopefully this interview goes well and I love that job if I get it.
Good luck! Don't forget to shine the shoes ahead of time!
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I have a great boss a thousand miles away too and I run my area as I see fit.
The pay ain't bad either.
Also starting a little company by end of the year.
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It hasn't been all cake work like it is now for me. for the first couple years I worked strenuous hours for free, busted **** shedding blood sweat and tears and kept my mouth shut when I had to. Now, being only 21 years old, I have a diploma, bachelor's in criminal justice, I hold a class G security license, I am licensed by Dept of Ag. as a recovery agent and put away well more than I need to in a months time - while still splurging when I want. I can honestly and comfortably say I'm doin' alright
Don't have no old lady, no kids, no mortgage, no bs. I work for me and do what makes me happy.
**** donor?
Wimmins and their shoes!!! :facepalm
Sayin... Reck
The parent company is a fortune 400 company, very stable, and conservative. All my bene's are true bene's (free). The promote from within. The company truck is pretty much my truck. I'm equipped very well to accomplish my job requirements. It's FUN!!!
Higher ed administrator here and look forward to going to work and continue to be amazed at how the time flies. Work with good, hard working, dedicated folks who are in it for the right reason, that being to make a difference in the lives of those we serve and we do that, everyday.
Sounds like, Mommy & Daddy set you up real nice.Try it from scratch on your own.
Go Navy.....
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"No matter the size of the fish, you can only put a bite size peice in your mouth."
Absolutely! We all stress to our students that it's great to get their diploma via the GED test, but that shouldn't be the final stop. It's merely a stepping stone to something else!!!
LOL. No, when I started when I was 16 we had one truck and barely enough accounts. Now I own my truck outright, every payment came from pocket, I'm the one that pushed for bigger, better clients on repos, I'm the one that invested $7500 in a license plate recognition camera setup on my truck. I'm the one in a truck 15+ hours a day, I'm the one that paid for my schooling, hell they even made me pay to be sponsored for my EE license (recovery agent intern) and then worked free for those two years before I became licensed myself. Not to mention all the family circumstances that lead them to this point and that's when I had more responsibility in the business. They're the ones walking away with no worries and money in pocket. I was not set up with anything other than being brought into the business with no clue but with ambition and motivation.
I talk to people like you every day, no one likes a young dude out doing what I do and having what I have with his ducks in a row. It's aight, I don't stress. Haters gon' hate
Nothing wrong with that. Sounds like he worked his butt off to get to this point.
Working for family isn't always as easy as some people think. You sound pretty jealous he has successful parents and a solid work ethic.
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"No matter the size of the fish, you can only put a bite size peice in your mouth."
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"No matter the size of the fish, you can only put a bite size peice in your mouth."
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That cannot be more true at all.
It's hard, especially in this business. Work doesn't just stay at the office when you lock the door at the end of the day. I have our first line line and tow line transferred to my cell after I leave the office, including the fax that goes to my email on the phone. Plus a laptop and printer in the tow truck. Even personal time, I'm in my truck because that phone can and WILL ring at any time. It goes to be because I'm on nights, and after the folks go home it's all on me. Too stressful at times, too much personal vs. business stuff, like back when..hard to complain about getting paid for work when you stress the same bills and all. I grit my teeth long enough, lucky enough to win an accident settlement warly last year to put me on the map and I'm where I'm at today.
Ding ding ding winner winner chicken dinner.
Young mans family started a successful business and he is about to carry it on into the future. Good for him and his family.