So what do you actually do all day at work??
So what do you actually do all day at work??
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NailedOn

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3,118 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Some of us have job titles, often very grand. I attend meetings with great desciptions too. e.g. Global Quality Assurance. Fact of the matter is that what I really do is email and conference calls. I couldn't point to more than 10-20% of my hours in a week that are truly productive. Such as working with clients, making money, that sort of thing. The rest is just waffle and repetition.
Leadership boils down to bcensoredit and "Sell more, Spend less and try harder."
What do we do all day? Spend too long here maybe!

Kieran XJR

5,987 posts

242 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I'm a professional PH browser, good work if you can get it.

NailedOn

Original Poster:

3,118 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Kieran XJR said:
I'm a professional PH browser, good work if you can get it.
Do you have any "deliverables" to complete or objectives to meet? Maybe I could form a government committee to monitor your key performance measures!

PD9

2,040 posts

214 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Spend around 1.5hrs of the day on PH. Rest of it involves arranging/attending and scheduling events, conferences, courses, catering and sourcing venues and speakers for future events. Lots of paperwork but takes up my day. Also get free gym membership and free lunch so that keeps me here! biggrin


Silent1

19,762 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I Drive this although it's towing a 25 ton chaser bin right now:

or this with a 36' front on it, currently seen eating barley to go off to make beer:

and shortly this to put all the seed back in the ground to start again:

mmm-five

12,337 posts

313 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Currently on a retainer to keep me available to start a project in the New Year - the only stipulation is that I don't work for anyone else and that I do at least 3 days a week at HQ where I'm to be in by 8am and leave no earlier than 5pm.

Hence I'm on the internet 8-9 hours a day - though not all on PH wink

Mc Lovin

5,588 posts

250 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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hopefully a lot more next year.

Recently i have headed up the operations at the millenium stadium, making sure we keep up our end of the contract.

I've spent alot of time on a book we have just published, from assigning the ISBN number, setting up accounts with distributers and retailers as well as dealing with the promotion side of it.

Considering i started here as an advertising sales exec i dont think i've done too badly.

NailedOn

Original Poster:

3,118 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Silent1 said:
I Drive this although it's towing a 25 ton chaser bin right now:

or this with a 36' front on it, currently seen eating barley to go off to make beer:

and shortly this to put all the seed back in the ground to start again:
I am humbled before such a beast. Guessing you have MP3, aircon etc?

speedchick

5,287 posts

251 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I spend my days making jewellery, while chatting to men that seem to think £1.50 a pop for texts is good value, but the nicer ones are the ones that pay substantial amounts of money for me to order them about and humiliate them, either on MSN or the phone, biggrin

Austin.J

888 posts

221 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I'm a fraud officer...

I work stupid hours, bored out of my skull... ph takes up more time than work...

Mc Lovin

5,588 posts

250 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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That Case 535 is immense, when i was a lad, it was all about the lambo tractor which was owned by a local farm, only my stepfathers daff farm, it was all Massey and Case.

When the fast track came out i pestered my parents to get one, but they where having none of it frown

Raffles

1,931 posts

259 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I drill for oil. Spend my days in front of a computer watching squiggly lines.

Thank God we have internet out here.

Mc Lovin

5,588 posts

250 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Austin.J said:
I'm a fraud officer...

I work stupid hours, bored out of my skull... ph takes up more time than work...
name noted for future reference hehe

plasticpig

12,932 posts

254 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Average day := 7 hours writing software
1 hour stratergy/ planning
1 hour customer relations
1 hour smoking
1.5 hour browsing ph
1/2 hour lunch









PD9

2,040 posts

214 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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speedchick said:
I spend my days making jewellery, while chatting to men that seem to think £1.50 a pop for texts is good value, but the nicer ones are the ones that pay substantial amounts of money for me to order them about and humiliate them, either on MSN or the phone, biggrin
Nice site Jo wink

Silent1

19,762 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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NailedOn said:
I am humbled before such a beast. Guessing you have MP3, aircon etc?
Alpine CD/DAB Stereo, 10 disc changer, aux in.
Climate control
Xenon lights all round, 360 degrees of xenon lights at night.
Cruise control, autosteer
and a cab that will comfortably fit 5 people only seats for 2 though, one seat like an air suspended, computer controlled (damping etc) armchair and then just a padded seat about the size of an office chair for the passenger.

Mc Lovin said:
That Case 535 is immense, when i was a lad, it was all about the lambo tractor which was owned by a local farm, only my stepfathers daff farm, it was all Massey and Case.

When the fast track came out i pestered my parents to get one, but they where having none of it frown
Even better now it's chipped to 620HP biggrin

NailedOn

Original Poster:

3,118 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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speedchick said:
I spend my days making jewellery, while chatting to men that seem to think £1.50 a pop for texts is good value, but the nicer ones are the ones that pay substantial amounts of money for me to order them about and humiliate them, either on MSN or the phone, biggrin
There are some weird people out there - your MSN clients that is, not you! eek

Seconded that your site is neat and worth a visit.

Tycho

12,274 posts

302 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Watch telly.

Heskey

4,048 posts

222 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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I answer the phone and pass calls over to account managers.
I type up and e-mail a few invoices.
I deal with customer complaints by phone/e-mail.
I upload information onto our database.
I do odd-jobs for managers, such as audio-typing & event posters.
I print off database invoices at the end of the day, post one copy to the client, and attach the other to the account manager's order form and file them.

Bundled up in one, all this would take me 2 hours maximum. Instead I'm here 8:30-5:00 and spend the majority of it on the Pie & Piston trying not to fall asleep at my desk...

G'kar

3,728 posts

215 months

Thursday 18th December 2008
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Heskey said:
I answer the phone and pass calls over to account managers.
I type up and e-mail a few invoices.
I deal with customer complaints by phone/e-mail.
I upload information onto our database.
I do odd-jobs for managers, such as audio-typing & event posters.
I print off database invoices at the end of the day, post one copy to the client, and attach the other to the account manager's order form and file them.

Bundled up in one, all this would take me 2 hours maximum. Instead I'm here 8:30-5:00 and spend the majority of it on the Pie & Piston trying not to fall asleep at my desk...
And they say a woman's work is never done.