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My boss told me today that I'm going into partial unemployment. It shouldn't affect how much I get per month (a miserly 1000+ euros/month) but it's a pain nonetheless. I think I've had it when it comes to the job market here. Don't know if I'm going to go through two years to get a master's degree or just bugger off.
I used to be the senior network engineer at a small I.T. firm. When I say small, I mean less than 10 persons in the company total. Well, three Fridays ago I was informed that the company had made a bad business decision and was out of money as a result. Myself and all the other non-executives were terminated without cause. Now the company is being run solely by three people; the owner (President, CEO) his wife (CFO) and their executive VP. Sucks to be them.
So now I'm self-employed again and loving it
So now I'm self-employed again and loving it
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Was hired for an apprentice position to learn how to operate various presses
I averaged about 2 hours of training a week, all because the jackass running the pinch press area all but refused to actually train me.
I spent more time hand-assembling the pieces the punches made instead of actually operating said punches(assembly and pinch press areas were on opposite sides of the plant)
Then before I get let go I get told by the press manager I wasn't doing very well in my training... This is after repeated comments to him that I didn't feel like I was getting the training I was supposed to.
The bitch running assembly was just as much fun. Her english was horrible and just about every project she put me on she didn't even half-ass telling me what was supposed to be done followed by bitching that I wasn't doing it right
The real fun was sending pieces through an automated tolerances machine with the bitch actually telling me she wasn't sure how to do it, so I was guessing for 5-6 hours, barely making progress until the night-shift apprentice told me what to look for.
The next morning I got bitched at by the manager of the entire plant for the slow progress at which point I informed him that the assembly manager didn't even know how to perform the test and that it took advice from the night-shift apprentice for me to get it figured out
With all the BS I had to put up with and all the BS I was informed about by the night-shift, I'm surprised that place managed to stay in business
Oh yea, it seems the only white people at that place were either in the offices or the machinists. Everywhere else you pretty much had to speak spanish or there was almost no possibility of communication outside of playing charades.
I averaged about 2 hours of training a week, all because the jackass running the pinch press area all but refused to actually train me.
I spent more time hand-assembling the pieces the punches made instead of actually operating said punches(assembly and pinch press areas were on opposite sides of the plant)
Then before I get let go I get told by the press manager I wasn't doing very well in my training... This is after repeated comments to him that I didn't feel like I was getting the training I was supposed to.
The bitch running assembly was just as much fun. Her english was horrible and just about every project she put me on she didn't even half-ass telling me what was supposed to be done followed by bitching that I wasn't doing it right
The real fun was sending pieces through an automated tolerances machine with the bitch actually telling me she wasn't sure how to do it, so I was guessing for 5-6 hours, barely making progress until the night-shift apprentice told me what to look for.
The next morning I got bitched at by the manager of the entire plant for the slow progress at which point I informed him that the assembly manager didn't even know how to perform the test and that it took advice from the night-shift apprentice for me to get it figured out
With all the BS I had to put up with and all the BS I was informed about by the night-shift, I'm surprised that place managed to stay in business
Oh yea, it seems the only white people at that place were either in the offices or the machinists. Everywhere else you pretty much had to speak spanish or there was almost no possibility of communication outside of playing charades.
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Thats over double what I earn per month.
Are you sure? This is equivalent to 871 GBP for around 40 hours/week.
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Well, I've been told that I shouldn't put up with what I do, but honestly, it IS part of my job, and I knew what I was getting into when I signed up.
The biggest headache is being the only person on call 24/7 for pretty much ANY issue. I work at a newspaper (I'm the systems manager), and our press is running all night, typically up to around noon. My office hours are 8-5, and I really need to be there because of all the little things that crop up, not to mention all my other responsibilities. Thankfully, some of those have been loaded off to the department they used to belong to, so I'm not quite as stressed as I was.
One constant headache is dealing with idiot vendors who call incessantly trying to get us to try their products. I tell them to e-mail me a brochure and price quotes, and if they refuse, I tell them then they won't have a chance at getting my business. If I can't handle it on my time then it isn't WORTH my time.
I work at all hours, take calls at any hour, don't sleep much during the weeks, and occasionally get frustrated supporting the staff... but I love the job. It's all worth it. Plus, I get to see my name in the paper every day.
The biggest headache is being the only person on call 24/7 for pretty much ANY issue. I work at a newspaper (I'm the systems manager), and our press is running all night, typically up to around noon. My office hours are 8-5, and I really need to be there because of all the little things that crop up, not to mention all my other responsibilities. Thankfully, some of those have been loaded off to the department they used to belong to, so I'm not quite as stressed as I was.
One constant headache is dealing with idiot vendors who call incessantly trying to get us to try their products. I tell them to e-mail me a brochure and price quotes, and if they refuse, I tell them then they won't have a chance at getting my business. If I can't handle it on my time then it isn't WORTH my time.
I work at all hours, take calls at any hour, don't sleep much during the weeks, and occasionally get frustrated supporting the staff... but I love the job. It's all worth it. Plus, I get to see my name in the paper every day.
I am aware of how conversion works, and yes. Why is everybody under the impression I'm loaded?
No idea if it's comparable. This is actually one of the lowest salaries and the average working adult average would be closer to 1K4 netto. Taxes are each end of year and steep. More details here:
http://www.belgium.be/en/work/gross_salary_net_salary/ (salary calculation)
http://www.langlophone.com/fullbn.php?id=419 (employment)
http://www.expatica.com/be/finance_business/tax/taxation-in-belgium-8618_8286.html (taxes)
Also, is this chart nonsense?
http://www.fedee.com/minwage.html
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I think I'm going to be able to convince the VP of my company to let me work from home so I don't have to deal with retards anymore. That way I can focus on college instead of that silly place. Working there makes me wish I never decided to go back to college and kept my good paying job instead. That's not a good thing at all.
Like times 1.4 (the job is analyst-programmer). This is sure making me look like an ungrateful git. How much do you pay for rent, food, travel, etc?
In passing, 600-800 euros is what someone unemployed would get and is close to the vital minimum (renting a small appartement can cost 400-600 euros). Perhaps we're comparing apples and oranges here.
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Wasn't your figure per month, whereas BITE_ME's is per day, and therefore more in a week than you make in a month? Your figure seems a bit low for an analyst programmer. That's what I do too, and BITE_ME's income is at least three times mine after tax.
Ain't double what? I only said it was double to what I earn. £871 is a reasonable full time wage post tax. About the average if you're in retail. And very reasonable unemployment pay. It's £180 a month unemployment pay here if I'm not mistaken...?