http://ihatemyjob.today.com Stop Doing Time, Start Living Your Life Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:57:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I like to watch "Meet the Press" on Sunday mornings. I don't know why. I guess after reading all the most recent bad news in the Sunday paper and looking at the ads for things I can no longer afford to buy, and downing half a pot or so of ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2009/02/02/hey-wall-street-stop-blowing-smoke-up-my-ass/ I am currently 'unemployed' and working only for myself. This year I lost two jobs, compared to losing no jobs for the 55 years that came before this year. At first, I took my unemployment quite personally and spent several weeks beating myself up. What is wrong with me? Why ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2009/01/18/thoughts-on-what-constitutes-work/ Although lately the nation's attention has been on the stimulus package being discussed in Congress and on Barack Obama's upcoming Inauguration, for about three months now major retail and manufacturing companies and corporations have been quietly not paying their bills. That single fact threatens to kick off the next financial ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2009/01/16/business-defaults-fuel-next-financial-crisis/ I've had three jobs over the past eight years: the first for a major multinational insurance company in the corporate call center (five years), the second for a major midwestern retail bank in their corporate call center (two years), and the most recent for a national retail distribution firm as ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2009/01/02/are-you-paid-hourly-but-required-to-work-off-the-clock/ So much of the work we do is tied to money. The questions we ask ourselves first usually have to do with dollars. How much will the job pay? What is the hourly rate? What are the benefits? Is health care included? What is the co-pay? What is the maximum pay ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2008/12/28/how-can-i-be-of-use/ As the U.S. economy continues to explore new lows, the cable news networks are now trotting out lame employment experts to advise laid-off workers to get nursing degrees, start their own businesses, or learn to build oil rigs. These geniuses don't to mention the fact that nursing schools have 20 ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2008/12/27/the-full-time-job-alive-and-well-or-near-extinction/   I got a part-time merchandising job back in October of 2008 and I like it. I spend between 15 and 20 hours a week merchandising DVDs, CDs, and magazines in a big box store for a major distribution firm. They sent me a free movie for Christmas and my boss ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2008/12/24/passive-aggressive-coworkers/ Four days ago, the employees of Republic Windows & Doors on Chicago's North side were given three days notice that the factory (where some of them had worked for over 10 years) would be closing its doors because sales were down due to the severe recession and access to credit ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2008/12/08/chicago-factory-workers-occupy-plant-after-sudden-layoff/ I do still have a job (for now) as a retail merchandiser, and I don't hate it. I also write web copy and blogs for about four hours a day, and I get paid for that too. I earn advertising revenue on my blogs, which isn't much, but it gets ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2008/12/04/do-you-still-have-a-job/ This past Sunday Maureen Dowd ran a New York Times column about the current trend towards outsourcing newspaper reporting to India. Yes, you heard that right--As more and more newspapers are shifting to online versus paper print publication, some are also outsourcing their copy writing to India, where work can ... http://ihatemyjob.today.com/2008/12/02/is-writing-a-dying-art/