Do you have a "slow" job?

[j&t'sdad]

You know, one of those jobs where at times you almost feel guilty getting paid, because there isn't always work for you to do?

 

[wendylady36]

The past couple of weeks, I've been doing approx. 30 mins of work on my 7 hour days!

The business I work for was once busy, but we make kitchen cabinets...so I'm sure you can understand why there's nothing to do.

It pays for my Disneyalnd trips though!

 

[Judy from Boise]

call me swamped !

 

[minkydog]

I'm a school nurse. As long as kids get runny noses & tummy aches I'll be in business.

 

[ajk912]

I want one of those jobs. Is anyone hiring?

 

[mommasita]

I only wish some days would be this way. Not always, but on occasion.
We are always busy, and more so at this time of year.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I'm a school nurse. As long as kids get runny noses & tummy aches I'll be in business.

One of my kids fell down the stairs today. He spent a while in the nurse's office. He's okay, but he's got a nice bump on his head. Don't ask me how he fell....I wasn't there (he was taking a paper to the office w/ a pass) but he did say it was an accident.

I'm a teacher; this week has been crazy busy with "assessment data" and other paperwork. I barely have enough hours in the day to get it done. I've been at the school from 7-5 each day AND bringing work home! Thank goodness not ALL the weeks are like this!

 

[NYPDwife]

Thank goodness I only work part-time, b/c I'd go nuts if I didn't have anything to do for 8 hours straight. My job has been VERY slow for the past month. I'd say I'm doing about 2.5 hours of work out of 4.

 

[penguin087]

At times swamped and at times totally dead.
I look at it this way. I don't get paid for what I do, I get paid for what I might have to do.

 

[KarenB]

I am a teacher and would love to have a day like that!! I can't even get to the bathroom!!

 

[Handbag Lady]

My job is full of start and stop and start and stop.


I can work for a few hours, come to an impass waiting for answers, then when the answers come in, I'm insanely busy again.

 

[emer95]

I'm a teacher too. I didn't pee today until 3:30!
Althought these swamped days are overwhelming and crazy, I do love how fast the days fly by.

 

[Keli]

I had a job like that once. But I didn't like it because I was always worried they would let me go since one of these days they'd notice I didn't have much work to do. They did eventually let me go but not because I wasn't busy, they sold the business and the new owners were bringing in all their own people.
At my current job I'm busier than I can handle most days and I don't love that either but at least I'm not worried they are going to let me go!

 

[Papa Deuce]

4 hours a day I have NOTHING to do.... but those other 4 are insanely busy most days....

 

[Magix]

Why do you think I'm on the DIS so often? Have nothing to do at work right now! But, when I do have work to do, I do it extremely well. So, no fear of being fired (unless the whole department gets shut down, which I don't think is very likely).

Sometimes I'm painfully bored and wonder why they don't just pay me to stay home and get things done there.

 

[aprilgail2]

my job is slow 99 percent of the time- we have cable tv and a dvd player in the locker room that we sit in and watch and a big tv in the lunch room we can hang out and watch. We do a lot of hanging out, talking, reading etc while waiting for things to do. The only day that is really busy is wednesday when paychecks come out LOL.

 

[Minnie_me]

I'm a teacher (developmental Kindergarten and pre-K) and never have a spare second. I have to write "GO TO THE BATHROOM" on my list of things to do, or I'll forget to go during my one break, and then get a bladder infection.

But in the eyes of many of my friends (and even some of my students' parents), I get paid to sit around and play all day.

 

[photobob]

Somedays i have more than I can do. Sometimes I have to look for things to do, but there is usually some busy work to catch up on that I didn't have time to do on the busier days.

 

[wardfamily1]

Sept is slow in my line of work, that's why my post count is so high.

 

[MM27]

Keeping the attention of 44 nine and ten year olds all day is anything but slow.