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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 20:13:13 GMT
Last night I had to work in the bar again until 4:30 a.m. and today I feel like I have taken some awful drugs - or like I've turned into a zombie. I want to look for a new job in the new year.
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 2, 2012 22:32:15 GMT
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Post by tangent on Dec 2, 2012 22:55:29 GMT
4:30pm is far too late if you're not expecting it. That's awful  The two nearest pubs to where I live have late night bar staff but the owners of the pubs always take over at midnight. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 6:42:45 GMT
I actually don't really like working there anymore and working that late is a little too much. I have decided to look for a new job next year which won't be easy since it needs to be flexible and can't depend on school holidays like the tutoring.
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Post by tangent on Dec 3, 2012 9:49:55 GMT
I would definitely not want a job where you have to work past 2 am unless it paid extremely well. It sounds like exploitation to me.
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Post by charliebrown on Dec 3, 2012 10:18:31 GMT
I agree with Steve.
However, though my translation job is 'flexible', I have to stay up late whenever there is bigger workload, since during the day I have other duties as a mom. And when the kids are around, it's just not possible to concentrate.
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Post by tangent on Dec 3, 2012 10:36:20 GMT
I used to work quite happily at the office until 11pm and occasionally at home until 2am but I was working in isolation with no one around me and that made it very much better. (In my 30s I spent a period of time working shifts but always finished by 12.30am.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 12:43:06 GMT
Working with lots of different people has become diffciult for me. My boss is very nice as a boss and pays us well and we're allowed to drink there for free, but I'd rather work with less people in a different environment and preferably during the day. I've just changed too much for that job.
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Post by Kye on Dec 3, 2012 15:58:01 GMT
I'm not very productive in the evenings. My best time for working is early morning.
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Post by Moose on Dec 3, 2012 18:21:06 GMT
Most bars here are closed by midnight even tho legally they can stay open longer..
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 19:35:40 GMT
The bar I work in has to close at 2am during the week. On weekends, we could stay open until ten in the morning or later if we wanted to.
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Post by tangent on Dec 3, 2012 20:07:22 GMT
Conversely, you could close at 2am at weekends could you not?
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 3, 2012 20:18:48 GMT
I would definitely not want a job where you have to work past 2 am unless it paid extremely well. It sounds like exploitation to me. I get annoyed having to work past 11am!  |
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Post by tangent on Dec 3, 2012 21:07:43 GMT
A colleague of mine held the record for the amount of time working continuously in one day. He managed to clock up 25 hours on a day when the clocks went back.
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Post by Shake on Dec 4, 2012 6:00:19 GMT
Good luck in your search for something better!
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on Dec 4, 2012 10:16:55 GMT
I'm not very productive in the evenings. My best time for working is early morning. Eeeek! No, I am definitely better as the day wears on ... perhaps my diodes take longer to warm up .... |
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 4, 2012 19:47:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2012 18:56:04 GMT
Good luck in your search for something better! It won't be easy, but I'm hoping to find somthing that is paid as well and where the working conditions are alright. |
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Post by tangent on Dec 10, 2012 0:22:31 GMT
I don't suppose you could renegotiate your working conditions, Kaylee.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2012 5:55:26 GMT
In the bar? No. It is open in the evenings so that's when I have to work. It' also the people and the soap opera stories going on there. I just don't want to be part of that anymore.
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Post by tangent on Dec 10, 2012 10:02:13 GMT
Fair enough. I hope you find something else that is less stressful.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2012 10:37:07 GMT
I'll start looking in the new year.
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Post by Shake on Dec 12, 2012 23:56:19 GMT
I often felt like a zombie when I was juggling work and school.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2012 7:47:01 GMT
I can be ok with it, but working at night is very difficult.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2012 8:57:55 GMT
Last night I worked in the bar for the last time this year. Now I will still need to give a German lesson today and tonight is Frank's party. He will be 45 tomorrow.
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Post by tangent on Dec 15, 2012 10:06:16 GMT
Congratulations to Frank.
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Post by charliebrown on Dec 15, 2012 18:35:17 GMT
Frank is around the age as I am  Happy birthday to Frank. It's a wonderful thing that you have each other Kaylee |
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Post by Kye on Dec 15, 2012 20:00:10 GMT
Happy b-day to Frank! (45 seems awfully young to me these days...)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2012 10:52:22 GMT
I'll show this to Frank. 45 is a good age and he is fit and a very young 45. I feel very lucky to have him in my life.
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Post by tangent on Dec 16, 2012 11:30:24 GMT
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The two nearest pubs to where I live have late night bar staff but the owners of the pubs always take over at midnight.
