What do you all do for a living?

[Mr Bill]

mostly because the owner doesn't come in once a month and fire half my staff, and doesn't destroy my office calling us all lazy, stupid and implying that we generally don't give a f*ck...

Ha ha. The bastard went to school to learn that.

 

The seagull form of management. You swoop in making a lot of noise as you trash the place and then you fly away leaving the mess you just made behind.

 

Good luck at the new job!

 

[Burnspot]

I'm a Project Manager for an SEO/Web Hosting firm and spend the day listening to Pandora...while revamping client websites and managing our servers. Been doing that for around 6 years, with ecommerce work intertwined in there. It's a fairly low pressure job with a pretty easy going boss who often gives me time off without dinging my vacation hours. My wife (a financing director with large Chinese telecom) and I also own an ecommerce business we launched late last year, which perhaps someday might lessen the need for my "day job". :dntknw:

With all of that, I still get a decent amount of riding time in; I ride to work every day that's ice/salt free, at the moment, and pack in time over the weekends.

 

[1FJR]

My wife and I both work for our county. Me with the Sheriff's Office and her with EMS. Our schedules are not the same. I work 4-10's if I am lucky and she works 48 hours on and then 96 off. We plan our vacations long in advance to take the most advantage of her days off. With both of our jobs there are certain black out dates for vacations due to everybody else being on vacation in the county, July 4th being the big one. We do not make as much money as we could down in the Denver Metro area, but we love living in the mountains. The only down side is that this time of year the bike sits in storage waiting for warmer temperatures and dry roads.

 

[El Cajone]

Nothin'. My wife makes the living. I make the living worthwhile.

 

[Burnspot]

My wife and I both work for our county. Me with the Sheriff's Office and her with EMS. Our schedules are not the same. I work 4-10's if I am lucky and she works 48 hours on and then 96 off. We plan our vacations long in advance to take the most advantage of her days off. With both of our jobs there are certain black out dates for vacations due to everybody else being on vacation in the county, July 4th being the big one. We do not make as much money as we could down in the Denver Metro area, but we love living in the mountains. The only down side is that this time of year the bike sits in storage waiting for warmer temperatures and dry roads.

Hey...you live in Granby! I grew up in Winter Park/Fraser and graduated from MPHS in '87.

I do miss that area and the skiing! Worked at Winter Park year round throughout my high school years prior to the USMC.

 

[HYCLE]

I was a mechanic for 37 years, between jobs now, and could be teaching next month.

 

[okmac]

I retired in 1997 and now have the best job there is. I ride when I want to, where I want to . Except in the winter.

Life is good,

Mac

 

[builderwill]

I'm a director for a large industrial general contractor and we get on our salaried guys when they don't take their vacation. The company recognizes that people who don't take off enough end up being less productive and more stressed which is eventually going to catch up you.

As far as working 12 hours, 7 days a week, in construction at least, after a couple weeks of it you get no more work done than a 40 hour week. Some studies say you get even less than a 40 hour week. I would think that would apply somewhat regardless of the occupation, self employed or not.

So make time off a priorty and go riding!

 

[zenwhipper]

I work a standard 40 hours per week and have five weeks of vacation and 10 paid holidays per year. I am in Supply Chain Management for a biotech company.

In terms of getting time or making time to ride - I have it pretty good.

My sister in law is in real estate as well and she works all the time.

She always says to me she could never work for a corporation and that she has it made - but man I got a lot a bennies 'working for the man' :coolsmiley: as they say.

In the end it comes down to priorities. Just what is important to you. If riding is important then make time! unk:

Cheers

Scott

 

[Dudewado]

I was a mechanic for 37 years, between jobs now, and could be teaching next month.

Go get 'em Hycle! :clapping:

I'm assuming maybe a Community College automotive course?

If so, a 12" crescent works well on the first smart-assed kid who says, "My Daddy says....."

I'm an Industrial Electrician who,like Hycle, is "between jobs".

I'm living off what is locally known as mailbox money; Unemployment and severance pay.

Tomorrow, I am taking an Electrician exam for a large lumber company here in Roseburg.

If that doesn't work out, I guess I'll have to go back to my old job,as a piano player in a whorehouse.

 

[bigtallguy]

I'm a RN. It pays decently but the real perk is that I work 12 hour shifts, and 3 days a week is considered full time 4 days off every week isn't bad at all! Plus I get vacation time at about 5-6 weeks worth every year.

Reading all this made me like my job a lot more

 

[Silver Penguin]

I was a mechanic for 37 years, between jobs now, and could be teaching next month.

Fingers crossed for you. Hope you're teaching (and earning again) real soon.

I'm a Registered Nurse. Used to do the three x 12hr shifts at the bedside but that meant my schedule had to be planned at least six weeks in advance and include every other weekend. Had to compete with colleagues for who got their vacation when they wanted it, and who got which days off. Now, I'm using my nursing knowledge to manage a database which includes patient chart information. Regular shifts with no stress, and all weekends and holidays off.

The job works to my advantage because I can go in at what time I like, and leave 8.5hrs later. The alarm clock is history. I wake up around the same time each day and hit the freeway before traffic backs up. It's a much pleasanter and safer ride to work that way. I also have the option to do a week of Mon-Fri then the next week Sun-Thurs. That matches up with DH's alternate Fridays off, giving us a three day weekend twice a month.

As soon as he wakes up, we'll be on the road to the desert with dirt bikes and dogs (and of course toys for the new hobby that Hycle lured us into). :lol:

 

[Checkswrecks]

I was a mechanic for 37 years, between jobs now, and could be teaching next month.

I've wondered a couple of times how things were going, so this is great news!

When I was in basic airplane mechanic school (Northrop Institute in Inglewood in about '75), we had an instructor who had a huge wrench on his desk. It looked like something you'd use on a big old Cat D9 dozer, not a Cessna. He never refered to it and we all figured it was just a big paperweight for the old guy.

But when a student fell asleep in that class the instructor just kept talking as he walked up with that wrench in his hand. Of course, we were all mesmerized as he held the wrench as high over his head as he could, next to the kid. When he dropped it and that tool steel hit the concrete floor, the kid who'd napped off came straight up out of his seat and NONE of us ever napped in that class again.

Saw the same trick with a section of steel prop blade. That steel would bounce and ring like a church bell.

 

[fljab]

I am newly retired and still getting used to it...

 

[101stpathfinder]

I work at the Post Office, going on 24 years now. Before that it was military for 4 years.

I was talking with a co-worker one evening at work, I asked him about retirement (He had been elligible 5 years)

he responded by saying he wanted to "Hold Out" another 2 years for a little better $ amount. I came in the next day

to learn he had passed away that night. It got me thinking about all my "Holding Out". I took 9 weeks off last year.

I rode my FJR 40,000+ miles. I finally started LIVING....

Now when I am looking at all those "Cities" on the packages... I have memories of alot of experiences. It makes me

smile and put up with the "Everyday routines" a little easier. My mind is always thinking about the next ride!

I think I needed to realize .... When earning a living- don't forget to Live.

Tony

And now I am on probation till April for my attendance- I have the date marked for a ride!

 

[airboss]

I retired 8 months ago from one of those 24/7/365 jobs, and let me tell being able to just ride where every when ever and not having to worry about what was happening back at the shop or taking that phone call was pure bliss!

Then along came winter and finding things to do actually became a chore, but I lucked into a part time driver position with the local Red Cross Blood Services division.

Pretty much set my own schedule, except I found that I can't say "no" when they call and say the have a Stat delivery that has to go now.

 

[Powerman]

I work on boilers and controls. My buddies say that combustion engineer means I can light farts very well.

 

[ultimateanswer]

mostly because the owner doesn't come in once a month and fire half my staff, and doesn't destroy my office calling us all lazy, stupid and implying that we generally don't give a f*ck...

Ha ha. The bastard went to school to learn that. The seagull form of management. You swoop in making a lot of noise as you trash the place and then you fly away leaving the mess you just made behind.Good luck at the new job!

Like I have said to my wife, this place has earned it's Fortune 100 Best Companies spot! I am paid quite a bit more than what I was making dealing in motorcycles, work a 4 day week, and I deal in the part of the business I actually love! Buying cars and motorcycles! I had been on the customer side of this business ever since they came to Oklahoma City in 2006 I've bought 2 cars from them and sold 3 or 4 to them. I liken them to the Wal-Mart of used cars! I really dig the seagull reference there!

 

[flyball]

I am a traveling PA (product analyst) for all the beer brewers in the world. Nobody listens to me and I haven't been paid a dime for my work but I have fun and set my own schedule. Drinking on the job is not only allowed, it is required. I work for myself, and I get to have sex with my secretary.

Currently I am doing an in depth analysis of Warsteiner Premium Verum in Germany.

 

[ultimateanswer]

I am a traveling PA (product analyst) for all the beer brewers in the world. Nobody listens to me and I haven't been paid a dime for my work but I have fun and set my own schedule. Drinking on the job is not only allowed, it is required. I work for myself, and I get to have sex with my secretary.

Currently I am doing an in depth analysis of Warsteiner Premium Verum in Germany.

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