Poll of the Day > How many jobs have you had?

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Let's talk about it, I guess...
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Including summer jobs from my teenage/university years, seven.

Counting only jobs after I graduated, one.
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I only had one job. i was fired after 4 days and the boss said "what are you autistic or something?" and it turned out I was, undiagnosed. Afterwards I got medication and training and stuff on how to live with it.
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Counting only paid positions, I think I'm at 10.
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I worked once for a temp agency so I got a new job experience all the time for about 6 months.
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17 or so? Might be forgetting a job or two.
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About 5 or so; this last one a lil over 3 years now.
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About 16 all said and done.
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Outside of the time I was a telemarketer for about an hour before I quit (Good thing, too, since that place turned out to be a scam anyway.), I've had two. Soon to be three, though.

Three.

First was temp over the holidays in retail.

Second was over ten years until the office was closed and I didn't want to relocate.

Third is my current job, also over ten years.

Nine

Movie theater
Call center
Walmart
Target
Grocery store
Video store
Restaurant
Other Restaurant
Hospital
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Four.

First was temporary (<1 month), filled in for a lady on maternaty leave.
Second was seasonal (4 months)
Third was full-time (4 years)
Fourth, and current, is full-time (10 years and counting)
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17 jobs since grad school. Many for at least 4 years, several for 10 years. Usually several jobs at a time.

Most recently retired from multiple jobs: 8-5 weekdays health center, 6-10 and weekend afternoons dance school director, alternate weekdays 3am-7am hospital intake, Sat mornings instructor for university extension.

Still teaching extension classes, my 12th year with the university.
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Far-Queue posted...

17 or so? Might be forgetting a job or two.

Remembered 4 more jobs. I'm up to about 20 now.

In no particular order:

- Paper route
- Ice plant dockworker
- Concrete laborer/finisher
- Target distribution warehouse
- US Army
- Liquor store cashier & night auditor
- Gas station cashier
- Window/door/cabinet warehouse
- Forklift operator at a lumberyard
- Sheet rock delivery (truck driver, forklift operator)
- Movie theater cashier + window painter
- Electronics store cashier + auditor
- Truck driver (home heating oil)
- Truck driver (general freight)
- Truck driver (art museums)
- Truck driver (car hauler)
- Pier 1 Imports stock room
- Toys R Us stock room
- Target stock room
- Concession stand cashier + short order cook
- Property management assistant
- General laborer
- Deck builder
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4, and I can proudly say I have never been fired from any of them. All 3 that I left was due to better opportunities (graduating, higher pay, etc.)
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14, although 6 of those are pizza delivery jobs, just at different chains or at different times.
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Secretary
Tutor
Secretary
Courtesy clerk
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6. In no order:

KFC - Team member
McDonald's - Team member
Polestar - Warehouse Operative
Argos - Customer Service
Poundland - Customer Service
Cafeteria - Team member
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Factory worker.
Then again at the same factory in a new location.
Cashier at a dollar store.
Cashier at a gas station.
Cashier at a different gas station.
Worked at McDonald's for a very short time.
Rest area.

Currently looking for a new job.
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Even before leaving college, I was already up to 11 >_> Some were seasonal, though, and a bunch were held concurrently because I wasn't getting enough hours. I was a full-time student while working 30-40 hours and keeping a 3.9 GPA.

Lokarin posted...

I only had one job. i was fired after 4 days and the boss said "what are you autistic or something?" and it turned out I was, undiagnosed. Afterwards I got medication and training and stuff on how to live with it.

If you're NEET, you're not really adjusting to it, though. The point of training, counseling, etc, is to be functional. Also, medication? I've known some pretty severely autistic people over the years and I can't recall any of them being medicated for it.

At any rate, if your problems were severe enough to provoke that kind of a response, I'm not sure why they brought you on in the first place. Surely they must have known from the interview.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Currently looking for a new job.

Did you lose your rest stop job (did they get taken over or something?) or are you just looking in general?
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Zeus posted...

Did you lose your rest stop job (did they get taken over or something?) or are you just looking in general?

I quit. It was going to be taken over by a new company, and that made all the other employees go crazy and start backstabbing, lying, manipulating, and sabatoging each other. When they targeted me, I just walked out. It wasn't worth the drama just to stick around and scrub toilets.
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Zeus posted...

If you're NEET, you're not really adjusting to it, though. The point of training, counseling, etc, is to be functional. Also, medication? I've known some pretty severely autistic people over the years and I can't recall any of them being medicated for it.

At any rate, if your problems were severe enough to provoke that kind of a response, I'm not sure why they brought you on in the first place. Surely they must have known from the interview.

The medication was for seizures. And this was a long time ago.

And I don't remember an interview, I just gave a resume and they were like "you're hired"
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Currently at 5 jobs in 10 years.
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5

My College
Two internships
Two full-time
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3 on the book
10+ off the books
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Paper route as a kid
Maintenance worker for my university
Caretaker for an office company
Dishwasher for a restaurant
Safety personnel in a worksite
Liquor store clerk
Teacher at one high school
Teacher at my current high school

Eight jobs. I've really moved up.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Poundland - Customer Service

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I was a full-time student while working 30-40 hours and keeping a 3.9 GPA.

All that hard work and you end up the way you are?
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Mead posted...

I was a full-time student while working 30-40 hours and keeping a 3.9 GPA.

All that hard work and you end up the way you are?

You mean as a person who values hard work? Speaking of, don't you sponge off your wife?
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Good to see the american dream is alive and well with all of you making 5-10bucks an hour

RoboXgp89 posted...

Good to see the american dream is alive and well with all of you making 5-10bucks an hour

lolwut? Doesn't look like many people here are holding minimum wage jobs right now. More importantly, the Federal minimum wage is like $7 or $8 now, with other areas set as high as $15 (Seattle). However, more generally, the American Dream isn't a matter of instantly becoming a millionaire, but working hard to become successful. Consequently, almost everybody can expect to start their lives working in low-paying jobs (especially minimum wage ones while in high school) and most people -- or, at least, those with ambition and a strong work ethic -- will do far better than that in the long run.
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Do I drive the forklift and piss in a can to make two dollars over the min wage or choose the pizza?

RoboXgp89 posted...

Do I drive the forklift and piss in a can to make two dollars over the min wage or choose the pizza?

Pretty sure most forklift drivers make around $15 - $20 an hour, not $10.

https://www.snagajob.com/job-descriptions/forklift-driver/
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darkknight109 posted...

Including summer jobs from my teenage/university years, seven.

Counting only jobs after I graduated, one.

Literally this.
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11+ bouncing from one crap job to the next. Once I finally got a good one I stayed, been here four and a half years
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RoboXgp89 posted...

Good to see the american dream is alive and well with all of you making 5-10bucks an hour

It's about being able to do what you want.
The desire for more money is just you being a greedy animal for power.
It's the difference between enjoying your job and only enjoying the paycheck.
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Five:
Amusement park food vendor
Fast food cashier
Overnight Grocery Clerk
Pet store clerk
Retail sales associate-->promoted to supervisor
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Two jobs man

First auto detailing for 3 years
Second cnc/manual machist for 8.5 years

Around 4. One temp job when I graduated and then regular full time jobs.
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Eight, but three of them were paid work-study during college.
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3

1st one not so good which I don't even want to talk about it.
2nd, i think 4 years then quit due to stress
3rd, current job, will be 5 years this coming July.
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Setsunahenry posted...

3

1st one not so good which I don't even want to talk about it.
2nd, i think 4 years then quit due to stress
3rd, current job, will be 5 years this coming July.

Now I really want to hear about the first one... Tell us the story, please!
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If it's music making, one? But so far, I haven't made any money for my music-making hobby (well, a few dollars on YouTube in all of my YouTube but I don't meet the new monetization requirements). :(

I never had a real job. Well, I have picked weeds around the house for a neighbor a few times for money until they passed away.

I guess you could say I'm a freelancer (if I'm using its definition right).
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1. Local Gas Station/ 2. H-E-B/ 3.Main Event /4. Jumping World/5.Kemah Boardwalk/6. Kroger/ 7. Pizza Hut/ 8.Panera Bread/ 9. Waitr (Like uberEats)

9 jobs so far

only been fired from 1, (my 2nd job)

all others i put in a 2 weeks notice and resign.

currently unemployed and looking for job #10 lol

(Btw im a 21 yr old college student, just to keep things in perspective)

(The longest i kept a job is like 11 months lol, im like a walking meme about how i always got a new job among my friends)

Ten-ish.
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I worked as an instructor at a filmmaking camp for kids for one day last summer, and I promptly got fired because I'm really not good at dealing with children. But hey, I got $100 out of it, so it's all good. That was the only job I worked thus far. I'm looking for another summer job right now.

McDonald's janitor (one of the busiest in the world, right by Walt Disney World)
KFC janitor
Late nite warehouse worker

I'm thinking of becoming a mail sorter/processor for the USPS. They get paid about $24 per hour around here.
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6 total, but I've been in the same industry at 3 different jobs the last 11 years
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