Earning a living
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Job hunting, applying and doing the round of interviews is exhausting....there are only so many jobs to go round and both employers and employees are picky about who they choose to work with. How did you get chosen from all the hundreds of applicants?
Job hunting, applying and doing the round of interviews is exhausting....there are only so many jobs to go round and both employers and employees are picky about who they choose to work with. How did you get chosen from all the hundreds of applicants?
You almost had mine. I walked in, but was not offered on the spot. I first applied in late 2008, and the economy was in the toilet in the United States at that time. I didn't actually get hired there until April 2009.
Why am I still there? Because my needs are small and I am indolent.
Why am I still there? Because my needs are small and I am indolent.
I applied online. Got an interview the next day and was hired.
I'm have been at McDonald's since 1/10/22. I stay because they have me on a permanent 4-day schedule 7am - 3pm and I fully understand the job and confident that I can perform at a high level.
This suits my financial needs as I have other sources of income such as a small pension, Social Security and my wife's Social Security.
Hopefully, I will be able to permanently retire after a year or too, God willing of course. Or maybe not. I am 71 years old. Last year my younger brother who is 66 years old and ready to quit the work force asked me how much longer will I keep working. I told him that I will probably keep working until I'm dead.
I work for wages because it gives me purpose and the extra income offers financial support for my wife.
It's not so bad if you think about it. Of course, I try to not overthink things.
I got chosen because of how I promote my brand and the confidence that I have in myself.
Do the meals make you happy? I don't know if McDs still gives out books with their happy meals. I used to collect the books and give them out to children as prizes in the library. They were mostly Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Roald Dahl and Julia Donaldson
McDs and Hell Pizza, promoting reading
The difference is Maccas gives you a book with your burger happy meal
Hell Pizza gives you a pizza if you read 7 books
Tall_Timbers
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I haven't had earned income since age 46 but have been an investor most of my life and that's how I've provided for my family and for my retirement. So I guess I made my own current job.
It's kind of good you can do that.
People always try to encourage entrepreneurship and business start-ups, but you need a certain amount of capital and take risks to do that. Being your own boss appeals, but there is also the thing of, waiting for 5 years and seeing if you can break even/make a profit, having good and bad years.
If you have superannuation, what happens is you have a lump sum, and it gets paid to you weekly or fornightly so it's like having a steady income just not spending it all at once.
I kind of have to make my own living in a way since, jobs are hard to get and keep now in my country and this economy. A lot of people go overseas, especially to Australia because the job market here in NZ is so dire and the cost of living so high. I just try to keep within my budget, and thankfully there is welfare still (although they call it jobseekers benefit) . Workplaces can be very stressful for me, I think it's also, sometimes not through any fault of your own, but being female, or being a certain ethnicity, or maybe you get burned out because of trying to do too many things, depending on workplace culture.
And being a public servant when govt is cutting back on spending, is kind of hard - your job is not secure anymore. A lot of people just become consultants where they do the same thing, even work for the same department but since they are on the outside they charge for it (often higher than what it would cost if you did it in-house)
No shade for being a housewife or caregiver, thats probably more work, less pay, and it's often 24/7! You get that job by nepotism.
To keep matters simple I order the same thing each morning - chicken biscuit, hashbrowns, and apple juice. As everyone knows that this is my order, they usually expedite it.
I prefer the lunch menu items but as I take my break during breakfast I have to order off the breakfast menu. I don't particularly enjoy the food but eat it anyway because I am entitled to a free meal.
Occasionally, I just skip the meal. During the lunch changeover I go back and get something that is about to be thrown out.
No, the meals don't make me happy. More of a burden than a treat. The Happy Meals toys and items change about every 4 weeks. Yeah, sometimes there are books but usually just toy figurines.
Sounds like a good way to go. My investments are the coins in an empty aspirin bottle in my car. Actually, we do have a certain amount of savings, but it is nothing to write home about.
No internet during my early working years either. Had to apply in person for each job. Very time consuming and usually fruitless, but occasionally I would score a good job. I am a firm believer in networking too.
I found both my paid and volunteering role online. I was not the first choice but I got the position anyway 
You were obviously qualified.I found both my paid and volunteering role online. I was not the first choice but I got the position anyway
Can you work through CC? I mean if they paid you, would you work here?
Not sure what you would do though. I kind of wildly assumed that they'd set it up, and check it every so often to make sure it hasn't crashed, and kick out the trolls and scammers if they tried to hack in.
Maybe every so often, give out virtual prizes to the winners of the last person to post thread.
How much would the salary or wages be? Would you do it shifts? Is there some kind of Prezzy Card bonus? If you worked here for more than 20 years, do you give you a gold watch or the keys to the Kingdom?
Not sure what you would do though. I kind of wildly assumed that they'd set it up, and check it every so often to make sure it hasn't crashed, and kick out the trolls and scammers if they tried to hack in.
Maybe every so often, give out virtual prizes to the winners of the last person to post thread.
How much would the salary or wages be? Would you do it shifts? Is there some kind of Prezzy Card bonus? If you worked here for more than 20 years, do you give you a gold watch or the keys to the Kingdom?
Tall_Timbers
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i ignited my own job in 1975 at 16 by starting a landscape business, 1st mowing lawns then trimming bushes & hedges, removing them, sealing driveways, trimming & removing trees, constructing decorative & rock walls, installing roofs, painting, junk hauling, moving & odd jobs. then in 1980, i started dealing in antiques & i think around the early 90's, i started dealing in silver & gold coins. in 1975, i started playing the drums in bands.