How good do you have it (at your job)?

[Wordplay]

I work retail so I take it up the ass.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

You've been kicking this idea around for almost a year now, I'm curious to see what you ultimately decide, please keep us posted.

Man, it is so tough. I've been kicking it around for longer than a year to be honest. I was working on my PMP certification to help make it happen really quickly, but I've put that on hold to pursue some more technical certifications. Once I get a couple of major migrations done before the end of the year, I might be in the position to write my own ticket.

I'm mainly trying to perform due diligence and make sure it is something I want to do. Do I stay in a cushy job with good salary, awesome benefits, and probably the most job security you can ask for in this economy? Or, do I jump to a consulting position where I'll make considerably more money but less benefits, so-so job security, and possibly more stress? Tough, tough decision. I value my free time and time with my wife and that is what I am not sure I will have if I go the consulting route.

 

[Riverhound777]

I'm in a crazy good position and am very grateful for it. I work for a small Financial company with ~20 people and two IT people of which I am one. I work 30 hours a week from 5:30am to 11:30am. Some may think that sucks, but I love it. I live in an amazing city by the beach, so having the afternoons off rocks.

Other perks:
-Roth 401k without matching, but they have this bonus fund thing that we basically get profit sharing. I've gotten $48k in it over the past 3 years. My 401k only has 23k. I also get to invest my 401k however I want, no restrictions on funds or stocks or anything.
- Full health/dental PPO with HSA that they give us money for to pay what isn't covered
- 3 weeks PTO
- Free laptop and cell phone that I got to pick out. They pay for the cell plan as well with my choice of provider
- Tons of really cool office parties with open bars at insane locations like Neverland Ranch last Summer.
- Lunch once every week or two from nice local restaurants
- Sit down massages every Friday
- Personal trainer sessions twice a week
- Free snacks like fruit, protein bars, chips, cheese, crackers, candy, soda, coffee, etc. I never buy breakfast
- Really good pay for what I do. I can live comfortably on just working part time.
- Probably more but that's all I can think of right now.

Cons
- Hours for some, but I like it.
- little room for advancement, but honestly I don't care. I plan on saving up enough money to invest on my own.

And since I have afternoons off, I do freelance consulting work on the side, which my job encourages and helps me find clients. So I make even more money doing that, while I get full benefits at my part time job.

 

[JimKiler]

Working nekked. Porn industry?

Nope an ecommerce company no where near silicon valley.

I should add we have a workout gym and we can sign up for free classes with a personal trainer in a group setting.

We also have $15 massages for 12 minutes we can utilize.

 

[Fenixgoon]

I'm in a crazy good position and am very grateful for it. I work for a small Financial company with ~20 people and two IT people of which I am one. I work 30 hours a week from 5:30am to 11:30am. Some may think that sucks, but I love it. I live in an amazing city by the beach, so having the afternoons off rocks.

Other perks:
-Roth 401k without matching, but they have this bonus fund thing that we basically get profit sharing. I've gotten $48k in it over the past 3 years. My 401k only has 23k. I also get to invest my 401k however I want, no restrictions on funds or stocks or anything.
- Full health/dental PPO with HSA that they give us money for to pay what isn't covered
- 3 weeks PTO
- Free laptop and cell phone that I got to pick out. They pay for the cell plan as well with my choice of provider
- Tons of really cool office parties with open bars at insane locations like Neverland Ranch last Summer.
- Lunch once every week or two from nice local restaurants
- Sit down massages every Friday
- Personal trainer sessions twice a week
- Free snacks like fruit, protein bars, chips, cheese, crackers, candy, soda, coffee, etc. I never buy breakfast
- Really good pay for what I do. I can live comfortably on just working part time.
- Probably more but that's all I can think of right now.

Cons
- Hours for some, but I like it.
- little room for advancement, but honestly I don't care. I plan on saving up enough money to invest on my own.

And since I have afternoons off, I do freelance consulting work on the side, which my job encourages and helps me find clients. So I make even more money doing that, while I get full benefits at my part time job.

dude for that kind of job, i'd go 530-1130. that sounds kickass.

 

[Wyndru]

Network and PC support tech for a school, I make decent money (less than private, but still good money), great pension (retire at 55 with 75% pay) and benefits. It's also very stable since we are the 2nd largest district in the area, and we keep adding tons of new technology every year.

During the summer I make my own hours, oh...and I have a couch in our office to watch movies on when it's quiet during the school year, which is pretty much every day.

I still prefer working from home when I was a web admin for a financial company, but I found out the hard way that working in the corporate world is rarely a permanent position after losing 3 jobs because of downsizing and company acquisitions.

 

[Sinsear]

I have it pretty good. I work less days than a schoolteacher, get paid better than one, free health, and 50% pension after 20 years. Thanks John and Jane Taxpayer!!

 

[GrumpyMan]

Some of you guys have it pretty good, thank your lucky stars.

 

[dwell]

Pros: Good salary, position of great influence, fun project.

Cons: Doing 20 things at a time everyday, can't focus, stressed out, consultants under me make more.

 

[Svnla]

My first job out of college = Pros: great benefits, not good but great such as free healthcare (did not have to pay a dime), free college (did not have to pay a dime as long as grades were B's or higher, that's how I got my grad degree), own office, 401k with 6% matching.
Cons: had to deal with idiots and a lot of stress sometimes (JIT was a b1tch when things did not go well).

Current job = Pros: good pay, great boss (not good but great) - I do have very much free reign of how I do my job, good benefits (not as great as the first one), own office with secretary, money for continuing training yearly (it is required in my field), five weeks of vacations.
Cons: so much paperwork, so many papers, did I mention about paper? have do deal with difficult people sometimes.

I also run my own small office, if everything is going good as schedule, I will run it full time and who knows, could be rich one day <crossing fingers>.

 

[trmiv]

Our company gives 4 weeks PTO starting out, good medical insurance and I work from home 2-3 days a week. Other than that, working in the department I work in (IT) at my company isn't that great. We get shit upon with regularity.

 

[SamurAchzar]

And since I have afternoons off, I do freelance consulting work on the side, which my job encourages and helps me find clients. So I make even more money doing that, while I get full benefits at my part time job.

Sounds like a great company and management.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

My boss shows up once or twice a month so, I work pretty much how I want.

 

[alkemyst]

Inspired by a thread about teacher's salaries, I'm starting to realize how good I have it. I work at a company that provides a free laptop, tuition reimbursement, 401k matching (though only 4.5% at least it's something), I have a good base salary - though maybe not for my experience and education it's a good base, and when I hit my 5 year mark next year I get an extra week off of vacation.

Good working hours, 7am-4pm, M-F... shared on-call, which is done remotely. Lots of work is done remotely.

In this economy, I think it's hard to find a job like this... some of us should be happy for what we have.

Laptop is a given...if it's still your's when you leave the company then that is sort of cool.

I get tuition, cert books, cert tests (2 takes if needed), 401k to 50% match up to 10%, base salary is nice, quarterly spot bonus and annual bonus based on salary. Good vacation package, good holidays, lots of 'moral events' (free food and drinks)...etc.

 

[alkemyst]

reading the rest of these posts, I am thinking most are bragging a bit while making less than 100k.

 

[Fenixgoon]

reading the rest of these posts, I am thinking most are bragging a bit while making less than 100k.

hey if you have a sweet setup and only made 80k, would you care? i wouldn't. that's still well ahead of the median income country-wide.

 

[alkemyst]

hey if you have a sweet setup and only made 80k, would you care? i wouldn't. that's still well ahead of the median income country-wide.

yeah, but I had only a 3 mile commute and could go home during the day...yet I upgraded from a little less than that.

Combined I want to stay above $175-200k going forward. If that drops, I will rise up to fix it.

 

[bas1c]

reading the rest of these posts, I am thinking most are bragging a bit while making less than 100k.

lol.

 

[Imp]

Shitty.

I wrote a full rant, but I'll just give you the coles. Guberment worker working with baby boomer, bitter, old and/or lazy guberment workers. They treat me like a full retard, give me jackshit to do, and little room for advancement. Pay is only mid $40s with 1-2&#37; raise per year, benefits are reasonable.

Got so tired last year that I started a graduate degree and spend most of my time at work doing homework/studying. Oh, and layoffs are coming... I have 2 years in so nothing on the union seniority ladder. Got my fingers crossed that I get laid off so I get a swift kick in the ass to find a new/better job.

 

[alkemyst]

Shitty.

I wrote a full rant, but I'll just give you the coles. Guberment worker working with baby boomer, bitter, old and/or lazy guberment workers. They treat me like a full retard, give me jackshit to do, and little room for advancement. Pay is only mid $40s with 1-2% raise per year, benefits are reasonable.

Got so tired last year that I started a graduate degree and spend most of my time at work doing homework/studying. Oh, and layoffs are coming... I have 2 years in so nothing on the union seniority ladder. Got my fingers crossed that I get laid off so I get a swift kick in the ass to find a new/better job.

you are leading by example

 

[rcpratt]

I have it pretty darn good, all things considered.

Pros:
-They pay me pretty well for the experience and education that I have.
-The health benefits are pretty darn good. Great health/dental/vision coverage for about $40/mo.
-Good retirement benefits. They match 6% in my 401k and contribute 7% of my salary to a pension-type thing.
-It's a job that really plays to my strengths. I'm an engineer, but also a great writer, and there aren't many engineering jobs that require as much writing as mine.
-I work with smart people that have a lot of experience.
-Those smart people are really old. They're going to be retiring soon. That's good for me.
-I work with (mostly) cool people that are fun to work with. I can't really think of too many personal conflicts that I've had or seen. Yeah, there are some people that I think suck at their job or are annoying sometimes, but much more good than bad.
-Working on a $10 billion project is fun.
-My supervisor, manager, and both directors actually recognize that I do a good job and appreciate it, which I know doesn't always happen with large companies. Nice when your director fights with HR for you to get a promotion that you don't meet the cookie-cutter requirements for even though you deserve it.
-Management is very understanding of unexpected appointments, days off, etc. Doesn't seem like much but it would be annoying if it were an issue.
-I get to travel some, but not too much.

Cons:
-I wish there were more young people to meet and hang out with.
-Having to interact with our lovely government on a daily basis blows.

 

[KentState]

My current job has a lot of positives, otherwise I would have been gone a long time ago. There are things that I'd like to see improve, but the job is still rewarding in many ways.

 

[duragezic]

I think I have it pretty good. Only been working there for couple of months.

- Competitive salary. After being unemployed for so long I was willing to take a decent pay cut even but they gave me slightly more than I was asking (what I used to make) for no reason...
- The people I work with are almost all cool and helpful. Pretty relaxed.
- My boss is really cool.
- Cool work. My projects are embedded software and Matlab programming which is right up my alley.


The company is very dependent on the car companies and their suppliers, which actually have been doing great. However if the economy takes another dive that won't be too nice, although if that happens most industries are going to suffer.

 

[shortylickens]

Unemployed for 3 years now.
I'd kill for a job.
And by "kill" I mean "watch your back".

 

[Fenixgoon]

Unemployed for 3 years now.
I'd kill for a job.
And by "kill" I mean "watch your back".

you are also going to school aren't you, shorty?