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I'm at uni. I was drinking last night. I only had three hours of sleep. And now it turns out I needn't have come anyway.

I really need some sleep.
 
Be careful with the congratulations folks, there's still a lot of work to do. And I mean a lot. A PhD thesis does not write itself and I still have most of it left to write  :S

I am prepared for a year with a nearly non-existent social life, where all I do is write, eat and sleep ...  :help:
 
Got a job at a hotel, in the dining room.
Just above minimum wage. Hard work though, 8 hours 5 times a week.


It's all about the bling.
 
Mega said:
Got a job at a hotel, in the dining room.
Just above minimum wage. Hard work though, 8 hours 5 times a week.


It's all about the bling.
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If you think a "normal" job of 8hr/day 5days/week is hard I suggest you don't go into the fields of health care or social work :p
 
True. But in people's minds a traditional job is a 40 hour week, M-F 8a-5p. But now a lot of businesses, including banks, are "open late." Many others are 24/7 with pay differential for night shift (this isn't new) and some places have 4 days of 10hr shifts or three twelves with a two hour staff meeting in there somewhere...

Yet in health care and social work they may sell you a 40hr week, but what you are really getting is a 60hr week just because there is so much shit to get done and since most of the jobs are salaried, they don't give a shit since they don't have to pay you more.
 
I would guess that social work and health care is clogged up with crappy paperwork and mounds of bureaucracy. Cut that out (or at least minimise it) and you may get them working a 40 hour week.
 
Perun said:
I'm at uni. I was drinking last night. I only had three hours of sleep. And now it turns out I needn't have come anyway.

I really need some sleep.
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Now I'm at uni too, I know the feeling. ;)
Mega said:
Got a job at a hotel, in the dining room.
Just above minimum wage. Hard work though, 8 hours 5 times a week.


It's all about the bling.
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Out of curiosity, how much is the minimum wage in Israel?
 
Albie said:
I would guess that social work and health care is clogged up with crappy paperwork and mounds of bureaucracy. Cut that out (or at least minimise it) and you may get them working a 40 hour week.
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Yup. and the difference from other bureaucracies is that this stuff HAS TO get done IMMEDIATELY, because if a client dies, they check the paperwork right away to make sure the agency and assigned case manager did everything superhumanly possible to help the person.
 
Now watching ice hockey. Norwegian elite league, Vålerenga vs Stjernen (the latter from my hometown). 2-0 to Vålerenga with four minutes remaining ...

... in case anyone's interested.
 
Onhell said:
Yup. and the difference from other bureaucracies is that this stuff HAS TO get done IMMEDIATELY, because if a client dies, they check the paperwork right away to make sure the agency and assigned case manager did everything superhumanly possible to help the person.
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Which in turn gets in the way of what the person should (and wants to) be doing - i.e. looking after the needy. I can see why they need this paper trail but it all comes down to this "new" saying - Where there's a blame, there's a claim.

And that's a real shame.
 
Invader said:
Now I'm at uni too, I know the feeling. ;)
Out of curiosity, how much is the minimum wage in Israel?
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Not entirely sure about the exchange rate, but somewhere along the lines of 5.6 bucks an hour. I'll get about 6.
 
Eddies Wingman said:
Now watching ice hockey. Norwegian elite league, Vålerenga vs Stjernen (the latter from my hometown). 2-0 to Vålerenga with four minutes remaining ...

... in case anyone's interested.
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When it comes to hockey, I am always interested.
 
Mega said:
Not entirely sure about the exchange rate, but somewhere along the lines of 5.6 bucks an hour. I'll get about 6.
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My first job was as a phone salesman.  It was a low salary and based on amount of sales, and I ended up getting less than the minimum wage. Barely half as much as my friend who was working at McDonald's, which is notorious for its low wages. <_<
 
I hate that kinda crap. There are some nasty bastards making youth work for nothing because they won't sue.

I mean, most restaurants here only pay the waiters the tips they make, and nothing besides it.
 
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