I wear jeans/T-shirt every day. I shave once a week....maybe.
To hell with 'professional' jobs
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A company I used to work for years ago had a Hawaiian shirt day......I took a plain white t-shirt and wrote "Hawaiian Shirt" on the front with a black Sharpie and wore it. Many laughs were had. My old man actually still wears the shirt around.You have to pay to wear jeans?
Is the money spent on decorations for the monthly Hawaiian Shirt day?
Yeah, very conservative old school shirt-and-tie hospital enviornment here. They even tell employees to keep non-discreet tattoos hidden. The jeans money goes to the United Way. That's what I'm told, anyway.You have to pay to wear jeans?
Is the money spent on decorations for the monthly Hawaiian Shirt day?
First company I worked for out of school required ties. Funny thing was we had to work around some serious machinery and the tie was actually a safety risk. The alternative was to wear the company uniform, basically your Cintas blue collar mechanic stuff. Most people opted for the uniform while in the office as it was much more comfortable. I would get my uniforms dirty working on machines and some of the grease stains wouldn't wash out. It was kind of a badge of honor to have the 'dirty blues' as you at least at some point worked for a living. My favorite shirt had a greasy boot stain on the back.
Same here, then three months after I left they implemented a "come as you are" dress policy. Those taco farts.
Engineers have to wear ties at my place. The first 4 years I was here we didn't have to. We were in a meeting and seemingly out of nowhere the president asked where our ties were. I thought he was kidding and continued not wearing ties, and apparently he saw me not wearing one. I was soon after informed he was being serious and starting wearing them. El presidente saw me wearing one and told me he was glad I didn't have wax in my ears after all.
To be honest, it now feels weird to me wearing a button-up collared shirt without a tie. The sight of buttons annoy me.
To be honest, it now feels weird to me wearing a button-up collared shirt without a tie. The sight of buttons annoy me.
Until I finish fellowship in 2014 (I finish residency in 2013 and fellowship is one more year) I'm just a grunt working away for a normal salary, blithely ignoring the accruing interest and principal on my student loans...I'm still at work resetting passwords for people who can't speak English or count to 8. For about 1/10th of what you make. I think I got the short end of the trade off stick.
For the record I am really just kidding about bitching about jobs and all that. I am where I am because of my own decisions. I don't blame anyone for my crappy job other than myself. Nor do I harbour resentment for those who have achieved a greater level of success than I. (Which is pretty much everybody.)
Screw Hawaiian shirts and bike rides.
Why can't I drink beer at work? That's what I want to know!
Not get drunk or anyting, but hell, changing my oil or cutting the grass is just fine with a beer. I dont want to imagine completing either task without.
Why can't I drink beer at work? That's what I want to know!
Not get drunk or anyting, but hell, changing my oil or cutting the grass is just fine with a beer. I dont want to imagine completing either task without.
Within 30 seconds of putting on a tie it somehow gets loose, crooked and flipped backwards. I look much better without one.
I have steel toed dress shoes.
hrmm, 3 beers were just cracked over the cube wall from me, and there is a GIANT sobe fridge full of cans ready to be consumed on a whim. Makes those long soildworks sessions manageable
I work for an odd company the owners are ultra conservative, the setup for my department is office style but almost everybody is in t-shirts and jeans or more casual (I have worn board shorts and flip-flops). If you asked any of my coworkers if they wanted to be doing something else instead of working here everyone would say yes. If you asked what they wanted to be doing instead it would be what they do on the side (acting, music, dancing etc). I take at least 2 days a year off to work for other places (bands/venues). My boss took off a week and a half a few years ago to work at a large music festival, I can't remember which one.
Hmm. My old boss used to haze me if I had only one beer at lunch.
I had a beer at the office today. I was last to leave. I like to drink at work alone.
You, Bernake and Geitner...
Oh the hilarity
yea... that can be a problem for some farmers. I like to keep a day job to support the farm. In all honesty though the day job is just a vertically integrated business within the whole farm concept. Vertical integration is great!
But remember, you move boulders with a brontosaurus and you've become Mr. Slate's go-to guy
Taking a ride break with JBP
Work mode
This is a good read.
Quote from the author:
"Most people believe that once they become successful, then they'll be happy. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology and neuroscience have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn’t just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.
Quote from the author:
"Most people believe that once they become successful, then they'll be happy. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology and neuroscience have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn’t just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe.
Come on, dont you work for a payroll company? What you are doing there is against the law. If you are an exempt employee tracking hours will violate that exemption.
I have to basically wear a suit (or at least a sweater vest in the winter) everyday, dont get to ride as much as I used to, but I really like my job and they treat me very well, fly me around in private aircraft and I get 4 weeks of vacation!
You could if it is below the collar!!!
What? You must be crazy. Like he said, they are not "tracking" the hours. Any exempt position can still require you be there from X'o clock to Y o'clock. You are just "exempt" from getting overtime.Come on, dont you work for a payroll company? What you are doing there is against the law. If you are an exempt employee tracking hours will violate that exemption.
I have to basically wear a suit (or at least a sweater vest in the winter) everyday, dont get to ride as much as I used to, but I really like my job and they treat me very well, fly me around in private aircraft and I get 4 weeks of vacation!
I'm a salaried, exempt professional. The government doesn't care how many hours I work or what my schedule is.
Edit: I work in a payroll department for a healthcare network.
I'm exempt and have no requirements as to the hours / days that I work, e-stub always says 40 regardless of what I work. I don't worry about being a professional or not but I do like my perfectly manicured hands.
That used to be me. Life's too short to spend most of your time doing something you don't love, just to spend a little time doing what you do love.
So you're hating on your job now to??? I don't even need to touch this one BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Someone who never has to worry about a professional job...
Your resume must include schizophrenia. Then you can have two personalities and create your own stress at work.
I'll be half done with my mechanical engineering degree in may
My point was to IAB. If they are tracking 1/2 days they are tracking hours, which violates an exempt status. Technically as an exempt salaried employee you cannot take 1/2 days, or it would be more proper to say you cannot be charged for not being there 1/2 a day. If you have worked any part of the day you have worked that day.I'm a salaried, exempt professional. The government doesn't care how many hours I work or what my schedule is.
Edit: I work in a payroll department for a healthcare network.
Really? does this vary by state? If I only work a half day, I have always had to take 4hrs of FTO/PTO and I've always been "exempt".
wisdom
I am not an attorney. However the exempt v non exempt status is Federal, so unless your state specifically spells something out...
The problem is when you do what you love all day every day, you don't really love it that much anymore. It's just a job. And if it's going to be just a job, I'll take the highest paying one out there that is reasonably interesting and challenging.
You really love your job? Really really? You are the rarest of the rare, a horny hooker.
maybe that's the case for YOU.
or are you worried that if you do what you love all day every day, you'll realize you didn't really love it that much in the first place?
Please don't design anything I may use someday.
Everything I lack in language comprehension and day to day decision making skills I make up for in math ability.
but at some point all of that has to come together on the job.