What's your job position called?

clubm

16 years ago

I'm a Welcome Desk Associate at a Science Center.

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shell1989
16 years ago
Add me to Gramz post, bored out of my mind as well!!
pplantlady
16 years ago
lol @ Marilyn!

I'm a Senior Plant Tech / Supervisor.

Patti 2
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16 years ago
Retired and loving it in up north MIchigan!
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16 years ago
Retired RN.....who loves being able to read as late as I want and sleep in as late as I want. I have been retired for ten or eleven years and I am glad I didn't keep my license active. I would hate to have to go to work now.....I never get bored.
vicki_lv_nv
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Office manager...but I don't manage anything
Background checker...for the newbies we hire
Depositer...I do the daily bank deposit
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Event planner...helping people plan weddings, parties, etc.

I guess basically, it is JOAT. Jack Of All Trades
LorifromUtah
16 years ago
Hey You....
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scottymam
16 years ago
after a year of being basically unemployed I am working PT as a receptionist for a Medical Massage Therapist. I need to get my license updated to that, he makes a decent living!

I was bored while at home, all that time an no money to do anything with.
Marcia Thornley
16 years ago
Officially they call me an Administrative assistant but I assist with whatever needs doing for a Janitorial Supply Company. If someone calls and asks for the order desk, I'm your girl. If they come in and want to buy something I go back to the warehouse and get it or I can sell you a carpet extractor or a case of Toilet Paper. If a sales rep needs a quote typed up, I do that too. I answer phones, type quotes, run reports, design catalogues and flyers, do customer service, help with shipping sometimes, answer email and run for coffees and lunch too!
I would love to be retired but it's not going to happen for awhile so in the mean time this job is OK.
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16 years ago
Administrative Assistant to the Director of District Administration, Confidential Office Staff, Senior Typist Confidential. I'm a secretary.
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16 years ago
I am the wife, with all that entails as well.

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bearcat_va
16 years ago
High School Special Education Teacher

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pris
16 years ago
Controller (Comptroller) and wish I were Kathi.
susan_on
16 years ago
I'm a Casemanager for social assistance.
czech_chick
16 years ago
Retiree!
lynn_d
16 years ago
Depends on what I am doing.....at the agency it is officially President but it is really "whatever needs done that no one else will do".

And after hours when at my other job....Personal Assistant.
phyllis__mn
16 years ago
Retired for nearly ten years, and never bored. Too many good books waiting to be read, gardening to be done, quilt tops to make, etc. Doesn't sound too exciting, but I love it, although I loved my job as high school secretary for 31 years, too.
donna_loomis
16 years ago
I work for an Attorney/CPA/Mortgage Broker/Real Estate Agent/1031 Qualified Intermediary. There are 4 gals (including me) working for him. Each of us "specializes" in one of those areas. But when I started working for him there were only 2 of us, so I know a "little" bit about all those areas. None of us have official titles, so it has become a game with us. Because I have seniority (which means nothing) they consider me the office manager. But when the boss is gone (and his goal is to be gone more than he is present - eventually) and something requires an officer's signature my title becomes "Assistant Vice President", which also really means nothing. Ordinarily, since I work mostly with the legal aspect of the business I am considered an administrative assistant. But most of the time I say that I am Scott's "puppy", LOL. He calls, and there I am.
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16 years ago
retired! It's the best job I've ever had but the pay does stink.
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16 years ago
I am the Land Law Examiner for the Department of Interior.
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16 years ago
staff RN
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16 years ago
Retired in Spring of 2007 but was Secretary, Bookkeeper and/or Payroll Clerk for a school district.
grandma_bonnie
16 years ago
Grandma!!!! The best job ever!!!
junkyardgirl
16 years ago
Temporarily Disabled. I don't know what I'll be going back to when (and if) I go back. I was a Customer Service Associate, but that could all change. I may have to go back as a cashier.
sjarz
16 years ago
Slave comes to mind..hehe.
I am a Property Manager, better known as a Landlady. Got to thinking about it yesterday while I was cleaning a suite - it's kind of an assembly line -
bring 'em in, collect their money, ship 'em out ( for whatever reason), clean up their mess, bring 'em in...start all over again.
I don't hate my job, it pays quite well, I am about to buy a new to me, much newer vehicle than I now drive, I don't have big debts, the down side is I don't have a lot of free time to go out and meet people and you can't befriend your tenants to any great extent. It can be a lonely line of work.
If I could have any job, I would take Donna's - always wanted to have my own thrift shop. Maybe one day...
Suzan J
jaybird
16 years ago
LOL at Marilyn and Lori...........
I am Supervisor of Public Relations....fancy name for
General Flunky!!! I do love my job however...never a dull moment and NEVER boring!!
angela_nor_calif
16 years ago
I wish I was retired! lol but for now it's Legal Assistant/Paralegal
judy_jay
16 years ago
It's supposed to be Administrative Assistant, but really I'm just a glorified Receptionist/Secretary (do they have those any more???) who does a little bit of everything - accounting, lots of typing, opening mail, greeting guests (not that many) & answering a small switchboard. It's an easy job, really, but I'm ready to retire sometime in the near future.
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
16 years ago
Even though I'm retired....

We still have unsettled cases on Legal Files. We both still communicate with our Clients. Main Man is the Lawyer.

I guess I'm still his Legal Assistant. Mostly taking messages and faxing. I do have to drive to Houston to file cases.

Gayle
kframe19
16 years ago
Lately it seems to be whipping boy.
waddles
16 years ago
I am accounts receivable, payroll and if anything is not working girl. I just call it the office b!tch.
jennmonkey
16 years ago
Case Manager
hayjud_mn
16 years ago
Since a homemaker really doesn't get to retire--------

When DH retired, my responsibilities have been reduced!
Indy_Anna
16 years ago
IT Supervisor for Sales and Distribution
nookie
16 years ago
Formatrice en anglais which roughly translated is an english as a second language teacher :)

Karen
rosebudms
16 years ago
old lady
jannie
16 years ago
Before I retired, I had a job title I thought was too over the top. I was a "Technical Expert." I am not and never was an "expert".
caroline94535
16 years ago
I used to be a Public Affairs, Community Relations Technician

Then I was a Sheriff's Services Technician. Then I was a Security Manager

Now, I'm an indentured servant. This is the worst job. PA was the best.
itsmesuzq
16 years ago
My title is a Director. But I'm hoping I'll be in the "Retired" bunch maybe the end of next year. I love Donna's description! LOL

Those of you who say you are bored being retired really scare me. I hope that isn't what happens to me.

~Susan
summer_tx
16 years ago
Retired bank officer. YAY!
deemarie5500
16 years ago
a Business Planning Manager for a Fortune 200 company who would love to be retired!
kim_okla
16 years ago
I was so tempted to put "Lackey" for occupation on tax forms. My boss had cards printed for me with lackey as my title.

Staff Assistant.
lindyluwho
16 years ago
Event Planner. I don't plan events! Actually, I don't work on the event until they are over. Don't know how I landed that title.

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liz
16 years ago
Flight Attendant
Mystical Manns
16 years ago
I've been a Business Analyst II for several years, but it's only just recently that I started analyzing anything.
mcmann
16 years ago
Wife and Mom, CEO of the Household
Retired Reference Librarian.
lindaohnowga
16 years ago
Wife, mom, grandma and greatgrandma. Retired since 1994 and loving every minute.
intherain
16 years ago
#1 - wife and mother of 3
#2 - Asst. director and also head teacher of a preschool.

Sheryl
Lindsey_CA
16 years ago
The Chief Information Officer and the Office Chief have "titles." The rest of us just use our civil service classification. Mine is Staff Information Systems Analyst.
joyfulguy
16 years ago
Retired (more or less).

How anyone can be bored in retirement is beyond me ... with all of that interesting stuff to do and things to learn, people to meet, charities to help with their program, Meals on Wheels to run, chatting with lonely people living alone, books to read, political leaders under whom to light fires, kids to befriend, people at the Kitchen Table to bug, investment clubs to attend, shopping to do for seniors/disabled, books to read, charities to support, cars to oversee getting fixed (and hitch-hiking home while they're being worked on), friends' dogs to care for when they're away, cupboards in garbage along the street to cadge for landlord's shop (with which he is well pleased), old farts' gathering at church to drink coffee (I got a good welcome today, after having been absent for a few weeks ... it was warm enough to hitch-hike), preparing low-income folks' tax returns, plus showing people how to pay less income tax, hauling water for your house cause the well's too close to the barnyard, cooking and housekeeping (once a week or so), darning a sock or two, occasionally ....

whidbeykathy,

Wold you prefer, " ... one of the wives"?

Buying lottery tickets may be fun for a moment or two ...

... but (almost always) it's sort of like throwing one's valuable money down a rathole.

If one invests $10.00 now, at 10% (really 4%, after deducting for tax ... and inflation) it'll become $48. after 40 years, $105. after 60 years. Should one choose to invest $10. weekly, same parameters, it'd grow to $49,413. after 40 years if invested in Dec., $51,389. if invested in Jan; after 60 years, $123,755 if in Dec., $128,705 if in Jan.

Hasn't "typing" been upgradedd to "keyboarding" (unless one's a piano teacher).

SuzyQ,

It's ... "FREEDOM" ... glorious freedom!

With lots of apples ... just waiting to be picked off of the tree.

For folks who can see apples.

But really boring for quite a number of people who haven't been putting more strings on their violin through the middle years of life ... and now can find nothing to do!

And don't seem able to find some interesting, challenging, satisfying things to keep them so busy that they don't have time to look at their watch!

It sure makes life a lot easier if one can hop out of bed in the morning with alacrity, hardly able to wait to get at the things to do that day, for they love their job.

Enjoy your lovely spring weekend.

ole joyful

P.S. Many retired people who feel that they'd like to pay less income tax should get a home-based business going ... gives one some beautiful tax deductions ...

... but make sure to document every deduction claimed, and be able to justify it, in case of audit, which happens more regularly than average.

o j

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