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Laurent Bakery Pastry Chef

I am an Indian man in my early 30s who came to Melbourne in the hope of finding good employment. I have been a pastry chef for over 10 years now, and was able to get a job with Laurent Bakery at the factory in Clayton – a well respected pâtisserie. I signed [...]

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Managerial work sucks here

My job at McDonalds was Shift Manager. I was only geting paid $8.50 an hour even though I had been working there for 4 years.
The Store Manager and her supervisor are hypocrites. They tell you to do one thing and then when you do what they say, they get mad at you and [...]

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PROACTIVE IS THE KEY!

Hello. I Started working for McDonalds straight after I had left College back in 2002, I applied there for a job because some of my freinds had worked there while we were @ school and they said it was one way to make money. So I applied not knowing what I was really getting into. [...]

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Good job mostly…marina general manager

Wow! I guess my job is not so bad afterall. I am general manager for a marina and do enjoy being on the water and around boats which I love.
The biggest headache though is the people. Probably 90% of the people I deal with are great folks, and I enjoy them. But the other 10% [...]

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The (UN) Glamorous World of Publishing

For some reason, many people regard publishing as a glamorous industry. I suppose it’s because of all the media bigwigs, like Anna Wintour and Simon Newhouse who attend big media parties sponsored by Conde Nast or Bertelsmann.
Even getting PUBLISHED isn’t glamorous for most people. Believe me, I know. I’m a book editor. I work for [...]

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Ex Poundland eployee

For my first ever job I worked in a Poundland store, the pay was bad, but I figured it was a cheap store so easy to get a job at, I was right. Once you got your job you relised your mistake. You were given a hundred and one jobs to do and if you [...]

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Male Assistant Administrator…more like part time punching bag

Majored in political science, and will be graduating soon, but in the mean time, I picked up a part time gig as an assistant admin for an academic research group. It’s got a grandiose name with very little to show for it. Hell, the website hasn’t been updated in 3 years.
I was first hired on [...]

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RN nursing

I am a new graduate RN, formally an LPN (for 1 yr-got it while in nursing school). I have discovered there are many aspects of nursng both good & bad. I love helping people, have real compassion for the ill & injured and have strong faith (really helps in the profession). I currently work in [...]

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Sharing Life with the “Other Me”

I created Jolly Molly the Clown in 1980 and have shared my space with her ever since. She now has her own closet, her own dresser, her own makeup room, and part of the garage. (Everyone asks if clowns can drive. I answer, “Yes, but not very well”.)
I felt there was a need [...]

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The worst 4 years of my Life at Mcdonalds, Rugby, UK

I first began to work at Mcdonalds when I was 18. I worked at the Drive Throu that was near thay Chav Capital Estate of Rugby called Brownsover. I soon realised how the senior managers were cocks. All they did was yell at you and get you to do the bloody filtering. Mark the assistant [...]

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