overpaid, underworked?
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Originally Posted by no_really,Oct 27 2005, 03:14 PM
don't worry about the underpaid part - when you are getting overpayed, you're about to lose your job. Underpaid, they couldn't replace you for less money, so they won't try 
The underworked part is all relative - coming from years of manual labor, pretty much any office job is "underworked." Coming from working in restaurants, it can seem like "underworked" is a fantasy.
The underworked part is all relative - coming from years of manual labor, pretty much any office job is "underworked." Coming from working in restaurants, it can seem like "underworked" is a fantasy.Me... I'm an overpaid office worker. But that's NASA's fault. Cluster-f*ck of an organization.
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Well, I dont really think of myself as underpayed. Hard work though. I actually make good money doing what I am doing but, its limited work. I gallop racehorses 6 days a week and wake up at 5 am each morning and work from 6-11. I average $18hr. A good college job, but not a lifetime job. It will kill your body. First off most riders get hurt on average 3 times a year. I havent, knock-on-wood! I have been kickedand fallen off enough times. That happens when you ride 10+ horses per day. Np broken boens yet. Thats why we get workers comp. A riders job is physically demanding. Man, I am so bored, I could go on, but dont want to bore anyone! Have to get up in 5hrs for work. BYE!
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Originally Posted by MyBad,Oct 26 2005, 06:10 PM
"Wealth comes to those who create it."
Ancient proverb.
You have to MAKE it happen. It won't find its way to you because of your good looks. Set goals, make a plan, work the plan and don't let yourself down.
This is a gauranteed formula for success.
Ancient proverb.
You have to MAKE it happen. It won't find its way to you because of your good looks. Set goals, make a plan, work the plan and don't let yourself down.
This is a gauranteed formula for success.
If you put the work in early, you can relax and watch the money roll in later on. I was talking to a friend of mine over the weekend, and he just bought an 86' yacht. Ten years ago, he and his wife were living in a trailer and driving a rusted-out Chevy. Now, his net worth is > $30,000,000.
...quoted from the Speaker's Sourcebook II, a study of graduates of one Harvard class showed that 80 percent had no specific goals, 15 percent had goals they only thought about, and 5 percent had written goals or dreams with deadlines. Most importantly, "the 5 percent, measured by net assets, had not only surpassed the goals they wrote down for themselves but, as a group, had more net worth than the other 95 percent combined." Direction makes a difference.
As far as a regular job goes, I've had one where I was being paid over $100k/yr to do almost nothing. It was the most boring, mind-numbing three years of my life. If I hadn't been paid so well, I would have left long before I did.
