What are the pros and cons of your job user? Let's share.
I'm a freightbroker. Pros: >Not physical labour >I could be a miner or work with dangerous chemicals or some other hazardous jobs
Cons: >Making dozens of cold-calls a day to companies that want nothing to do with you and have been called by hundreds of other freight brokers before >Extremely difficult to sell freight because you're basically NEVER the cheapest option for any company, the one "selling point" is that there's one point of contact and some people are clueless about shipping and don't know what fair pricing is >Talking to Indians and other immigrants with terrible english >Boss constantly breathing down your neck >If I don't bring in enough money consistently because the market is shit I will get fired >Working with normies >Managers are a bunch of fratbros >Literally braindead job >Will probably soon be automated >Zero job security >Demeaning work >Feel like a subhuman >Poorly paid unless you earn the company $10'000s in profit a month >etc
Pros: >a third of my job consists of driving while playing loud music >company supplies truck which I get to bring home >see my boss once a month >meet plenty of interesting people and qts >decent pay / effort ratio >can do overtime if I want more money >can take up to 3 months of unpaid vacation in winter because it's slow.season >get to work outside during summer installing cables and shit
Cons >have to work outside during canadian winters >might not be a viable job in X years if they ever implement 5G crap everywhere
Bentley Sanchez
How much do you get paid user? That doesn't sound so bad.
Charles Davis
Project coordinator at a manufacturer Pros: >build administrative skill - will put this toward my own business someday >have time to browse and shitpost this site at work sometimes >boss is a total bro and so are most coworkers >pay is meh (70k CAD a year and I've got an engineering degree) >can fuck off out of the office to take care of personal stuff
Cons: >sometimes have to work late without extra pay >getting raises can be like pulling teeth >can be stressful at times
