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Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285256 02/12/25 07:07 PM 02/12/25 07:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,657 UR 6 top cat Freak of Nature
top cat Freak of Nature Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,657 UR 6	My desk is behind the wheel of a Freightliner most days or 550 Ford maintenance truck. Quite the career change in 6 years LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -

Re: Office job? [Re: Okatuppa] #4285258 02/12/25 07:11 PM 02/12/25 07:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,827 Jackson County C CD 10 point
CD 10 point C Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,827 Jackson County	Originally Posted by Okatuppa Originally Posted by CD I do, and it’s probably more restraining than most everyone on this board. My job is 12 hours of staring at countless monitors and responding to real time system changes. I’m not supposed to be away from my desk for more than 5 minutes at a time. On day shifts, I have a partner that can cover the desk to allow a little longer break, but on nights and weekends, I’m the Lone Ranger. That part sucks, but the plus side is I have the best schedule known to man. It’s funny how career paths change over time. The first half of my working life I spent in the woods, now I’m anchored to a desk all day (or night). What kind of schedule makes that worth it? We have 6 crews and work a 6 week roll. We work 14 shifts, 7 days and 7 nights, every 6 weeks. Worth it. There is some required training and potential call-ins too, but it’s minimal. Last edited by CD; 02/12/25 07:12 PM.

Re: Office job? [Re: Okatuppa] #4285260 02/12/25 07:11 PM 02/12/25 07:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,249 AL H hunterbuck Booner
hunterbuck Booner H Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,249 AL	Originally Posted by Okatuppa Originally Posted by CD I do, and it’s probably more restraining than most everyone on this board. My job is 12 hours of staring at countless monitors and responding to real time system changes. I’m not supposed to be away from my desk for more than 5 minutes at a time. On day shifts, I have a partner that can cover the desk to allow a little longer break, but on nights and weekends, I’m the Lone Ranger. That part sucks, but the plus side is I have the best schedule known to man. It’s funny how career paths change over time. The first half of my working life I spent in the woods, now I’m anchored to a desk all day (or night). What kind of schedule makes that worth it? Sounds similar to what I did before I retired....I worked 7 on 7 off with 26 weeks of vacation built in, along with another 4 weeks earned. Totally worth it. "You think I care? Roll Damn Tide" Have you tried Google?

Re: Office job? [Re: hunterbuck] #4285277 02/12/25 07:27 PM 02/12/25 07:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 10,573 Scottsboro, Al J jbatey1 Lucky Bastage
jbatey1 Lucky Bastage J Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 10,573 Scottsboro, Al	Originally Posted by hunterbuck Originally Posted by Okatuppa Originally Posted by CD I do, and it’s probably more restraining than most everyone on this board. My job is 12 hours of staring at countless monitors and responding to real time system changes. I’m not supposed to be away from my desk for more than 5 minutes at a time. On day shifts, I have a partner that can cover the desk to allow a little longer break, but on nights and weekends, I’m the Lone Ranger. That part sucks, but the plus side is I have the best schedule known to man. It’s funny how career paths change over time. The first half of my working life I spent in the woods, now I’m anchored to a desk all day (or night). What kind of schedule makes that worth it? Sounds similar to what I did before I retired....I worked 7 on 7 off with 26 weeks of vacation built in, along with another 4 weeks earned. Totally worth it. Sounds a lot like my days in the Data Center world. I had an extra 80something days off a year that the standard schedule i worked prior to that. There are pros and cons to it, but goodness I hunted, fished and played golf more that ever in those 4 years. The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285279 02/12/25 07:28 PM 02/12/25 07:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,572 Here Okatuppa 10 point
Okatuppa 10 point Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,572 Here	Nice. I could get used to those schedules. I ain't fightin nobody that swings around in trees with a running chainsaw like Tarzan. - FurFlyin Oh I just thought u were a dumba$$ 🤣 my apologies… - jb20

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285509 02/13/25 08:22 AM 02/13/25 08:22 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 484 Lake View, AL Justice 4 point
Justice 4 point Joined: May 2007 Posts: 484 Lake View, AL	I am in an office all day every day now. Used to be a steelworker. Sweated my arse off in the Summer and froze it off in the winter. Now I sit in an air conditioned and heated office. During my lunch hour and when I'm not busy, I watch movies and TV shows on my tablet. I park in a covered parking garage and don't have to even get wet when it rains when I arrive or depart from work. Have no problem with being tied to an office. It beats a lot of the work I've had to do over the years.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285519 02/13/25 08:29 AM 02/13/25 08:29 AM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,629 Right behind you Mbrock Fancy
Mbrock Fancy Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,629 Right behind you	I couldn’t do it. I’d spontaneously combust at a desk every day.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285533 02/13/25 08:48 AM 02/13/25 08:48 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 6,332 Clay-Trussville area Big Al 12 point
Big Al 12 point Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 6,332 Clay-Trussville area	Been doing it for 39 years. "Said I never had much use for one; never said I didn't know how to use it". -Matthew Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285534 02/13/25 08:49 AM 02/13/25 08:49 AM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,900 Camden, AL S SwampHunter 10 point
SwampHunter 10 point S Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,900 Camden, AL	I spend between 48 and 55 hours a week in an office. At times it's good and at times it gets real old.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285535 02/13/25 08:49 AM 02/13/25 08:49 AM
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cchoque93 6 point Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 815 Houston County	Medical device sales Ground Meat Productions VP Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groundmeatproductions Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ground_meat_productions/ YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI4qYicEshOsvS1nqJEdFkQ

Re: Office job? [Re: Big Al] #4285538 02/13/25 08:54 AM 02/13/25 08:54 AM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 12,630 34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"... gman Booner
gman Booner Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 12,630 34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...	Originally Posted by Big Al Been doing it for 39 years. The harder I practice, the luckier I get.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285587 02/13/25 09:44 AM 02/13/25 09:44 AM
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Lockjaw 14 point L Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 8,947 Chelsea	I have one, although it covered different area's. I manage the finances, facilties and IT. So I do get to do more than sit at a desk and stare at a computer all day. Now I am working on writing some policies, both for HR and Facilities. What I don't like is a bunch of meetings. That to me is time I could be spending accomplishing something. You just need to get up and move around some. Get a fitbit, it will prompt you to get up and move.

Re: Office job? [Re: Shaneomac2] #4285589 02/13/25 09:46 AM 02/13/25 09:46 AM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 15,225 Right Behind You W William Old Mossy Horns
William Old Mossy Horns W Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 15,225 Right Behind You	Originally Posted by Shaneomac2 me and im tired of it Yep. Need to get an outside job. "The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing... compared to the misery of not being exploited at all." Joan Robinson

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285590 02/13/25 09:46 AM 02/13/25 09:46 AM
Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 2,048 Orange Beach, AL J JohnG 8 point
JohnG 8 point J Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 2,048 Orange Beach, AL	I know it’s off topic but when covid forced people in the corporate world to work from home, a customer of mine bought three small storage sheds, finished, furnished them and bought a few small quilt generators. Hunting and working at the same time was so good, he did a few more the next year. Last edited by JohnG; 02/13/25 09:48 AM.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285610 02/13/25 09:58 AM 02/13/25 09:58 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,867 Walker county Driveby Doing the best I can.
Driveby Doing the best I can. Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 11,867 Walker county	I'm inside sales for a lumber company so I'm in the office all day. I've reached an age where I don't miss the cold, rainy, or hot days outside. The true mark of a man is not how he conducts himself during times of prosperity, but how he conducts himself during times of adversity.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285613 02/13/25 10:04 AM 02/13/25 10:04 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 20,492 North AL AU338MAG Freak of Nature
AU338MAG Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 20,492 North AL	I'm in an office all day. Yes there are times I would like to get out but it beats the alternative when it's 95°+ outside. Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales Molon Labe

Re: Office job? [Re: JA] #4285628 02/13/25 10:34 AM 02/13/25 10:34 AM
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 8,946 Alabama Shaneomac2 14 point
Shaneomac2 14 point Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 8,946 Alabama	Originally Posted by JA Bad mouth an office job if you want but it’s mighty nice being cool in the summer and warm in the winter. I see those guys on roofs or on paving crews in the summer and think how lucky I am to working inside. Bet if you asked them about mid-August what they’d rather be doing you get the same answer. Georgia Football..Acts like Bama but has a trophy case like South Carolina.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285636 02/13/25 10:39 AM 02/13/25 10:39 AM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,290 Conecuh county hallb Booner
hallb Booner Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 11,290 Conecuh county	I'm in the IT consulting industry. I've worked out of my home office since around 2008 I think, with part time traveling up until around 2012 or so. Been self employed since 2017. I love the freedom of making my own schedule and working from home. But I'm so over my career, really want to start something new but I'm in that old dog/new trick stage of my life unfortunately and would be hard to start over from a salary stand point.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285643 02/13/25 10:51 AM 02/13/25 10:51 AM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 694 VH F fillmore 4 point
fillmore 4 point F Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 694 VH	Cube monkey here, that is when I’m not working from home or from a client’s office location (which is about 25-35% of the time) It’s not too bad as long as you’re regularly getting up to stretch the legs and relax the eyes Last edited by fillmore; 02/13/25 10:52 AM.

Re: Office job? [Re: ford150man] #4285665 02/13/25 11:24 AM 02/13/25 11:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 4,482 North AL just_an_illusion 10 point
just_an_illusion 10 point Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 4,482 North AL	Been at a desk starring at 2 computer monitors pretty much every day for 10 years now. Most days I'd rather be outside, but when it's storming, 100° or 10° it's nice to be able to work comfortably inside and know that the paycheck will arrive on time. I'd rather have an outside job working for myself and be able to make enough money to cover the year in about 8-9 month and not have to work in the winter. But, here I am..... We're all just slaves to the financial system.

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