If you have a degree, why are you working in retail?

CBTao fucked around with this message on 09-12-2008 at 05:54 PM.

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CBTao probably says this to all the girls:
Please understand that I'm not trying to be the huge asshole I'm going to sound like.

If you have a degree, why are you working in retail?

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Yay undergrad psychology degrees!

Every single person I know that's graduated with one (and isn't pursuing further education) wound up in retail.

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So quoth Addy:
Yay undergrad psychology degrees!

Every single person I know that's graduated with one (and isn't pursuing further education) wound up in retail.

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And here I am without a degree working in srs bznss IT

That degree must really suck

People who major in these fields should fully expect never to get a job in them, and to instead use their degree as a resume enhancement in a practical field.

Teaching is awesome, that's the 15 hour a week one. The other one is with another professor over in the Education department, and we're working together on a couple of projects this semester.

My favorite was working this summer, though. I taught for three weeks for 3 hours a day. 14 weekdays in a row.

Falaanla Marr fucked around with this message on 09-12-2008 at 09:44 PM.

Fucking Florida.

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Naimah posted

I work 40 hours a week writing and testing software. I don't know how I get by.

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I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I only worked 40 hours a week.

Gotta get back to 50+ asap.

Also government benefits and the job security of civil service protection.

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CBTao enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
Please understand that I'm not trying to be the huge asshole I'm going to sound like.

If you have a degree, why are you working in retail?

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I have a degree in Geography, which our professors lead myself and the rest of the 20 people who graduated with said degree, to believe that our degree would be very marketable. guess what, it aint.

I make a decent wage at my current job, 15.70/hr, but it's not enough for a family of four. My wife is a stay at home mom. She still brings in about $1000/month from doing odds and ends for her friends and former employers, but the instability of retail in general means that my hours can fluctuate. I'm hopefully going to be talking to the manager in the next few days about a supervisory position I applied for. Hopefully that goes well. It wont mean anymore money, but will have more hours.

Norim Stumpfighter fucked around with this message on 09-13-2008 at 01:48 AM.

I worked 2 jobs one summer and I honestly don't know how people do it, I thought I was going to die (and I usually worked 50-55 hours per week so as far as 2 jobs are concerned, probably not that many hours really.) Anybody who can keep up with that kinda crap gets major props from me.

I'm also taking 16 hours... but with my server schedule I feel like I have a lot of free time, which I like because it means I don't have to freak out and try to cram homework in at the last minute.

All of this is necessary, as my evals in my chain of command demand community service and higher education, and my husband is a stay at home dad.

But yeah, keeping everything balanced with fixed hours is hard enough. I cant imagine doing it without set hours for my primary job.

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Azakias said this about your mom:

and my husband is a stay at home dad.

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Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 09-13-2008 at 01:39 PM.

Unlike Azakias, my main job has no set schedule. my hours/week, days off and the shift I work change on a weekly basis. which makes finding a part time job even harder.