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I was supposed to be at work half hour ago **** it it's the weekend, I'll just stay till 20:30 instead of 19:30. Really can't be arsed. Gotta go and do 10.5 hours today and 10.5 hours tomorrow. Then back in on Monday as usual. ****s.
I wish I could do that. In my job you have to get in early and still expected to work until 20:30 You get week days off though sometimes don't you? Massive plus imo.
Pretty much utter ****, started with HIAG forgetting that Wenger had owned every Spud manager and ended up with Roofie seeking out a jolly good rimming.
I did 16 years in the NHS. Supposed to be normal office hours, but I often ended up working until 8pm-9pm because that was the 'expected' thing to do.
Yeah I do 4 days a week at 10.5 hours. 3 hours per week of that is over time as my contact is 3 x 10.5 hour days and 1 x 7.5 hour day. Bu I often do an extra 10.5 hour day too (making it 13.5 hours a week OT), It's handy as I can do as much or as little OT as I want, without even having to ask etc. Plus 3 nights a week I'm on-call, and often get a call in the middle of the night due to some ****ree going on at one of the houses, night time OT is a very good rate. The on-calls and overtime bump my wages up massively over the month. A good little number I've got tbh. My hours are really flexible and I have every Tuesday off so if I need to sort **** out during the week I know my Tuesdays are free. Plus I actually really enjoy my job, and have a fair bit of responsibilities as I've had a few promotions since being here. Currently also studying a CIH Lvl 5, which is the highest chartership in housing you can do. Firm is paying for it. All in all happy days.
What do you actually do now mate? I remember you used to work in prisons didn't you? Drug rehab kinda thing?
Yeah I was a drug worker in the prison's for a fair few years. Now I do similar stuff but it's for under 18's that are homeless, for a variety of reason (behavioural, mental health, orphaned, asylum seekers, learning diss, etc.) basically any vulnerability that puts them at risk they can come and live in one of our 5 houses and we get them into college etc. eventually moving them on to independent living. Usually the kids have been in the care system most of their life and it's when they hit 16 we can take them, we have 2 (sometimes more) years to try and help them get their lives on track, and show them some much needed love. Quite challenging as 90% of them just wanna sit round and smoke bongs all day
Respect mate. Must be both rewarding and challenging. I'd have loved to have done a job like that, as you're genuinely putting something back into society.
I took enough when I was growing up so I do owe society a fair bit! If I make someone's life a bit better then I'm happy. It's a very rewarding job, I'm lucky tbh.
That's a nice way of looking at it mate, your experiences must help you empathise and relate to these kids, so I bet you're good at it The fact that you're a pothead does make it slightly ironic though
I'd never go to work stoned or ever take anything to work, so in that sense it doesn't effect my job. I'd like to think I'm good at my job, most of the kids love me, we have some proper funny banter. Plus my background helps as I get what they're going through, and they appreciate that loads.
Did similar work in the NHS in mental health, but with adults. Mainly rehabilitative stuff, workshops, groups, linking into education, work etc. Also worked alongside probation, forensics and housing with the more complex needs people. Eventually though I worked my way up the career ladder into a boring management position and ended up spending my days balancing budgets, devising contracts , dealing with staffing/HR, writing policies and sitting in meetings with senior managers and trust directors, who are basically concerned with money as a priority with the welfare of people someway down the list. That didn't sit well with me, so I started my own business a couple years ago and now I'm self employed
The higher you get the more sinister this business is. Heard some absolute horror stories over the years.
I was working in a classic middle management role in the NHS, which basically means you get **** from all angles and are expected to make it all work. I'd go to meetings with senior managers, who would be complaining that my service was costing too much, so I had to make cuts and not fill posts that were vacant. Then I'd have meetings with my staff who were complaining that there weren't enough resources and they were struggling because there wasn't enough staff. And that's before dealing with the problems of the people we were working with. All water under the bridge now, it was a big leap walking away from a well paid job with all the perks, to start up my own business with all of the insecurity that comes with it, but it was the best thing I ever did
