What job sector do you work in? - Page 5

slinky · 09-11-2007, 00:09

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Originally Posted by katex

That has got to be the quote of the year LOL .. sorry, just fun.

Not particularly good selection Blazey, however, all credit to a lovely thread.
Shame no manufacturing entry, although, maybe factory worker covers this but not worded professionally ? .. low in ticks though .. sad.

Maybe if we had more polish people on Accyweb, there would be more ticks for factory workers.....

can someone get my coat please

blazey · 09-11-2007, 02:37

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

And I don't think being retired equates to being unemployed.......being retired usually means that we have contributed over a long period of time to the wealth of this country.
I could work because I am still fit and healthy, but I doubt that any emploer would look at any application I made and get past the age 60 without assuming that I am past it.

Depends how little you think of the unemployed I guess. I think that it takes alot to stay at home and manage the household as your sole 'job', as you tend to get little chance to get away from it, where as some people see their job as a bit of an escape.

As I dont see any shame in being unemployed for any reason, then I dont see the shame of saying a retired person is unemployed, after all, they aren't actually being employed by anyone at that current time, so their for they are unemployed, though I guess in that sense business owners could refer to themselves as unemployed in those broad terms of mine rather than self employed, as they dont necessarily have to work if they have people to run the business for them.

blazey · 09-11-2007, 02:40

For those who didnt consider that you could get qualifications to be a librarian, think of the huge libraries there are that need a bit more than just putting books on shelves. The library here at uni is 3 storeys and the floors are massive. It takes alot of knowledge to know how to manage something like that, and they dont tend to be that many staff in them.

blazey · 09-11-2007, 02:42

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Originally Posted by katex

That has got to be the quote of the year LOL .. sorry, just fun.

Not particularly good selection Blazey, however, all credit to a lovely thread.
Shame no manufacturing entry, although, maybe factory worker covers this but not worded professionally ? .. low in ticks though .. sad.

I followed the job centre search criteria but couldnt fit them all on. Perhaps thats why theres so many unemployed people in hyndburn, they simply cant decide which option to pick. Pkus I did it twice because the first time my options where too long

Margaret Pilkington · 09-11-2007, 14:32

Blazey, you may see no shame in being unemployed, but my work ethic means that being unemployed is something of a slur...especially if you are fit and healthy. Being retired is something entirely different to being unemployed.
I have never been unemployed in my life......however I did sign on and draw dole through the time when factories were on 3 day weeks because of power shortages.....but I did have a job to go to when this crisis was resloved.

I am not ashamed to be retired because I know that I have contributed to the wealth of this country....I would be ashamed to be unemployed....but that is a purely personal thing.

Oh and jobs were not easy to come by when I left school as there were many people looking for work at the time...it being a 'bulge' year...but I did get a job.

Mr Aleks · 09-11-2007, 14:57

And where the hell is the transport section option! hehehe

West Ender · 09-11-2007, 15:09

I have always understood the generic term "unemployed" to mean employable but not working and claiming a related benefit. I didn't work, apart from short periods of casual CS work, for 20 years when my children were growing up. It was my choice and I didn't claim any benefits or NIC credit so I was not included in any government unemployment statistics. Now I am retired and I receive a State Pension for which I and my late husband have paid in NICs. I don't consider myself unemployed so I didn't tick any catagory in the poll.

LancYorkYankee · 10-11-2007, 01:59

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Originally Posted by blazey

Lets see who has the most interesting job in Accrington and the surrounding districts.

My apolgies, I voted and then discovered that this thread was just for the locals! Unless of course the great State of Virginia can be considered a surrounding district! LOL

Brian

andrewb · 10-11-2007, 09:21

Apparently under company rules I'm not allowed to post where I work (well currently unemployed but going back), but it's in retail.

I voted student as i'm currently unemployed as I thought I'd wait to settle in to Uni first.

I'm at The University of Hull doing a Politics degree. I love the philosophy/ideology debates we have combined with post 1945 political history. I dislike having to do my essays because I'm rather crap at writing my ideas down on paper.

blazey · 11-11-2007, 17:39

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

Apparently under company rules I'm not allowed to post where I work (well currently unemployed but going back), but it's in retail.

I voted student as i'm currently unemployed as I thought I'd wait to settle in to Uni first.

I'm at The University of Hull doing a Politics degree. I love the philosophy/ideology debates we have combined with post 1945 political history. I dislike having to do my essays because I'm rather crap at writing my ideas down on paper.

I'm the opposite, I'm quiet in classes but enjoy essays

shillelagh · 11-11-2007, 19:38

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Originally Posted by Bonnyboy

It never crossed my mind before, I never thought that one would have to qualify to be a librarian, certainly never realised they had assistants. You learn something every day as they say

I wouldnt say that to my sister. She spent 3 years at Manchester Polytechnic getting her qualifications plus then spending years working in Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington, all the Rossendale libraries and now in Burnley.

hedman2003 · 20-11-2011, 17:58

Sara

There are good and bad management in all organisations

I've worked for LCC for over 30 years and would say out of 8 immediate Line Managers 7 of them were good or excellent and 1 of them was horrendous and the 2 years that she was my Manager were the post difficult and horrible 2 years I've ever experienced.

With the other Managers we all had a common purpose in trying to give the best possible sevice, they would all muck in when required and their example spead throughout the rest of the Team

In terms of more Senior Managers given the size of the organisation they appear remote and that we are only a number and that may lead to a feeling of them becoming uncaring but perhaps thats down to the size rather than the culture of LCC however I can only speak from my experience and perhaps you have had different experiences