22-11-2003 01:34									#1
	Where do you work? Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I'm at work, and bored (), so I wonder where the rest of y'all (who are also posting from work) actually work.

I work part time for the US Government.

More specifically: The United States Department of Labor - Employee Benefits Securities Administration.

So when you get screwed over in COBRA continuation coverage or the employer is violating the group health plan (or pension plan) then you call me.... then I ask someone else who works here what the answer is . Sometimes I even get to send a lead over and investigate some crooked company.

What about you?

	22-11-2003 01:49									#2
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I work in this really small cell they call a cubical. I make it even smaller by filling it up with spare parts. I am in lovely Palo Alto, if I step outside I can see that stupid clock tower at Stanford.

I make drugs.

Actually, I just design, optimize, qualify/validate, and approve processes. Those processes make the drug. I am also the guy that upper management comes to when they get too many complaints from doctors about one of the products we make. So, I run tests, wait a week for the results, and then tell upper management that the doctors don't know how to follow the instructions that are written in plain and english, nor can they successfully follow the video instructions that come with their kits.

I make drugs for cancer patients. The one I am on right now is for the chemical castration of people with testicular cancer, or for people we just don't like... I have worked on several other parenteral pharmaceuticals (that's the fancy name they assign to implants or injectible drugs) including treatments for the flue (vacine), breast cancer (I really felt like I was do the whole world a service on that one), Cystic Fibrosis, Hodgkins diseases, and some medicine that stops heart attacks. I worked on a few other clinicals that either didn't make it to market or haven't gotten to market yet.

All in all it's a fun job, mentally challenging and rewarding with a good future as my skills are and will be in high demand by biotech companies. I work for one of the largest and most respected suppliers/manufacturers of pharmeceutical products and drugs in the world. They don't compensate the best, but it's good enough for now. I'll just soak up the experience and move on sometime in the future....

	22-11-2003 01:59									#3
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Japher, so when you move on to real estate business (which is the mother of them all, God don't make no more land!) you could set up one or two man business, get it registered, and then get me there and support my green card (sending some letter to someone), maybe as some kind of consultant to build up the information systems and work on the process procedure implementations or something like that. I'll be naturally working you for free, or at minimum wage for a small time until you just have to let me go, but I'll be with my green card.... right?

	22-11-2003 02:01									#4
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Sure thing Pekka

	22-11-2003 02:05									#5
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I work in the offices of a New York City Councilman representing parts of Queens, serving as a constituent Liaisons: More specifically, when someone in the district has a problem or concern I am the person who must deal with it.

	22-11-2003 02:05									#6
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i am a soldier in the united states army, and my job is . . . well, i can't tell you exactly. it's classified

	22-11-2003 02:08									#7
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connorkimbro, admit it! it's to make coffee to some 19 year old kid whose father has higher ranks than you!

btw, I met Russian general in the army. Not personally, but he looked just behind my back when I showed how to do this thing. It was kind of cool, except I was nervous but it went ok. The general was very interested too, he had a plastic bag that said (duty free shop) and a 10 packer of Marlboros in it in his left hand

	22-11-2003 02:09									#8
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I work as a car salesman (No not a parking lot shark, I am not like that) for Saturn Saab Isuzu dealer. And I have a performance parts distribution business. I am waiting for it to pick up enough revenus to leave this job and open up my own speed shop full time. I also work on cars during weekends. I install turbos, superchargers, exhauts, ECUs and so on.

My dream is to, someday, have my own race track.

Spec.

	22-11-2003 02:12									#9
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quote: connorkimbro, admit it! it's to make coffee to some 19 year old kid whose father has higher ranks than you!

hahaha, no. those punk 19 year old kids make coffee for ME. and MY father is a higher rank than the father of any other army brat kid i've ever met.

	22-11-2003 02:12									#10
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I work as a supervisor for Best Buy. Although you could say that my "real job" is going to school full time, I just have no idea what I want to do.

That's OK, though - my job is pretty cushy for now.

	22-11-2003 02:18									#11
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quote: More specifically, when someone in the district has a problem or concern I am the person who must deal with it.

Ouch! I understand. I'm a 'Benefits Advisor' and people with problems just aren't that fun to work with sometimes.

	22-11-2003 02:20									#12
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quote: Ouch! I understand. I'm a 'Benefits Advisor' and people with problems just aren't that fun to work with sometimes

Believe me, I know that - I used to intern in **** Armey's Congressional office.

	22-11-2003 02:24									#13
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Well, the thing is, you have one general line of inquiry: I have to deal with a whole range of things- from evictions, to parking issues, to building issues, I mean, any porblem under the sun there cna possibly be.

One does learn a lot about who does what, thought.

	22-11-2003 02:25									#14
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So you mean you were paid by federal tax money?

	22-11-2003 02:26									#15
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No, it was unpaid.

	22-11-2003 02:30									#16
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Ah, at least that is ok... now the State University, OTOH .

quote: you have one general line of inquiry: I have to deal with a whole range of things

I bow down to you . Then again, it is always good when you do help someone and they appreciate it. It is drowned out sometimes by the people who get mad at you (when was this my fault that we don't have jurisdiction over your issue).

	22-11-2003 03:09									#17
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I'm a teaching assistant for an undergraduate money & banking course offered by the economics department at Michigan State. There are about 240 students and I'm the only TA. I hold office hours, give review sessions, proctor exams, but mostly I do grading (and it is the absolute worst part of my job ). The exams are not multiple choice (the professor absolutely refuses to give multiple choice exams no matter how much the enrollment increases), so it takes me about a week to go through them all. Just finished grading their second midterm last weekend as a matter of fact. Hopefully next year, or next semester even, I'll get to be the TA for a cushy graduate course.

	22-11-2003 03:10									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui I bow down to you . Then again, it is always good when you do help someone and they appreciate it. It is drowned out sometimes by the people who get mad at you (when was this my fault that we don't have jurisdiction over your issue).

Yeah, the thank you's last a few minutes, while the irrate folks can easily take up hours..specially if they show in person.

	22-11-2003 03:40									#19
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I work for British Airways. Technical Consultant for PRS (Passenger Reception System) better known as Check-In.

Currently designing and implementing check-in for the new functionality comming out of the mainframe (or soon to anyway).

Fun ?? .. actually, its ok .. 90% discounted flights are not to be knocked.

	22-11-2003 04:45									#20
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Viceroy, can you somehow forward those tickets to someone outside the family? Let's say I get 3 tickets, first class with 70% discount, you keep the 20%?

	22-11-2003 05:15									#21
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I work part-time for Securitas.

	22-11-2003 05:21									#22
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Zopperoni, part-time rent-a-cop? Just kidding. My friend also works for Securitas.

	22-11-2003 05:31									#23
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I work in the mortgage business. I just switched jobs last Monday. I left a great job with the second largest lender in the country, overseeing their operations in TN. I went to work for another national lender (not as big, but still a major player) and will now be overseeing operations is California, Washington, Nevada, and Oregon. Supposedly I can still do all of this from my .17 acres of heaven just south of Nashville. It has the potential to be a lot more money, but is a pretty fair risk. You know what they say...If you don't take chances, you'll never be rich!! Well, we'll see.

	22-11-2003 05:39									#24
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I work for Federal Government... cannot really tell you the details.

	22-11-2003 06:28									#25
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I work at my University as a Resident Assistant, and am also a teaching assistant for an Economics class.

	22-11-2003 06:36									#26
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I work for Rick Perry.

More specifically, I'm a research assistant in the Fusion Research Center in UT. Basically, I do miscellaneous stuff related to the research the guy that hired me is doing (which ranges from doing calculations to setting up experiments to just moving **** around).

	22-11-2003 07:02									#27
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I serve in the IDF. Specifics are classified

	22-11-2003 08:41									#29
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Los Angeles County Superior Court, where I'm president of one of the labor union locals.

	22-11-2003 20:41									#30
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