Name some.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

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I ain'ts gots nothing to do besides post on MATH+ 1. If it paid more than $8.50 an hour, it'd be a dream job.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

I get to smoke at work. I don't mean leave my desk to go down the hall and out the back door and stand in the alley. I mean, at my desk. In fact, I'm smoking right now.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

I travel a lot, so the coolest benefit of my job would be my Silver Medallion Status on Delta, hands down. I get to go to the extra special Delta Medallion security line and get through in about two minutes, leaving me with plenty of time to wonder, "Hmmm... I wonder where the po' people are waiting in line?"

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

PG, where do you work? 1942?? I want that job.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

I have articles published in trade magazines. The marketing guy does all the leg work. At the last conference I went to, three people said "I read your article!" One of them even said "Excellent article."

My commute is less than a mile.

I have an office with a door and walls that go all the way up to the ceiling.

I can listen to streaming audio over the internet.

I get bonuses. I've NEVER before had a job where I got bonuses.

I like my boss.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

The fabulous job that I am leaving had tons of cool things: loads of free time, lax schedule, sweet boss who always notices when my hair is different or I wear new clothes (and he always tells me I look pretty when I need it - but not lecherously!), fun girls, cute boys, and little responsibility.

Unfortunately, the funding for the good times ended, and my new job has no perks that I can find. I'm the saddest girl in PA.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

When it's slow, we have a very liberal definition of "office hours". When we're in, we're usually online. There is no dress code, slow or busy. Which means I spend all year barefoot in jeans and sweatshirts.

If it's just me in the office, I can smoke at my desk, too. Yay Big Tobacco!

My only co-worker is very flexible when it comes to sick kiddos, as well as being good at constructive criticism.

I am allowed to tell people to fuck off. Within reason.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

Damn. I want Stef's job.

Reading magazines is considered "work." I have a lot of really fun co-workers.

There are more, lots more, but the bloom is off the rose, folks.

-- Anonymous, January 30, 2002

Damn, y'all. I went nine hours at work today between cigarettes. I am very jealous.

The coolest thing about my job is probably that they pay me. I like that part a lot. In fact, I think I might have to quit if they stopped.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

Several people in my office often have to communicate internationally, so there are a few of them that speak foreign languages. So, sometimes I walk down the halls and hear French, Spanish or Russian.

I like that. And we're trying to start a program in China, and could potentially hire someone who speaks Chinese. How happy would I be to hear THAT?

Also, the people I work with are all very smart and cool. I appreciate that, more than anything.

We don't get many perks, but I've never worked at a place where I did, so I don't miss it.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

1) My boss is cool.

2) My boss is in London.

3) My boss is going down to 1 day a week, starting in April, to work on his next book.

I like my co-workers, and my work. I'm not expecting a raise this year, but I do work for a dotcom, after all.

The only thing I don't like about my job is the location.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

::sob:: I love my job and in an hour I got to a meeting to find out when it's over.

I get to watch trailers and movies before they are released. I get 87 tons of movie schwag a week. I pay $1 to see movies, cheaper than renting. If it's not jeans they don't care what I wear. My boss constantly tells me that "we don't punch a clock, you need to go, go, long as the work gets done" and about every three weeks I take a half day on Friday and he doesn't let me count it as vacation. I come in when I want (anywhere between 8:30 and 10 depending one when I bother to get my ass out of bed) because he knows I stay late to work with west coast people. I get inside the business gossip. My studio contacts adore me. The pay is fairly good for work that takes less than 20 hours a week, allows to me goof around a lot, and doesn't require a college degree.

::sob::

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

For 7 of 8 hours I am fully allowed to:

--read.

--watch dvds on my PowerBook.

--Hang out with friends (who stop by.)

--talk on the phone.

--nap (within reason.)

and the pay is better than most crap no-ed jobs.

and they pay for 90 percent of my tuition.

Downside? It's in the middle of the fucking night.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

Cool things about my job:

*Best Christmas presents ever from my boss. This year it was a Burberry bag and a $800 Nikon digital camera

*I take vacation without getting charged vacation days. I am allowed to just cash those out for extra $$$.

*Flex-time, Flex-time, Flex-time. Sometimes I come in at 8:30am, sometimes 10:00am, but I never stay later than 4:00pm and I ALWAYS take an hour for lunch.

*I have my own office with a lock on the door and I can listen to my music as loud as I want.

*As evidenced by my presence here, I spend large amounts of time on the Internet during my "workday".

*I can bring my daughter here the two days a week I have to pick her up from school and my boss gives her candy and Britney Spears stuff.

*Did I mention that for Christmas he got her this for Christmas because it was so similar to the truck that I bought myself?

It will be a very sad day if I ever have to get a job with a real boss who doesn't let me get away with murder. I am spoiled here.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

I changed my mind. I want Missy's boss.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

Stef, you get to smoke at your office because you are a REPUBLICAN! hee. I get to smoke at mine because I've just gone to work for my VBF4E and she offices from home.

I've always wanted Shae's job, the movie one. Always.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

...you get to smoke at your office because you are a REPUBLICAN!

You're effin' A right, baby!

I like Shae's job better, though. Shae, I am very sad for you right now. That sucks.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

The Smoker also smokes at his office. While surrounded by tons of delicate electronic equipment.

He's not a Republican, though -- he's a Libertarian.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

Thanks y'all. I'm trying to be all glass half-full, fun while it lasted but I'm not suceeding.

-- Anonymous, January 31, 2002

*I get to boss people around that don't even work for the company.

*I am outside, generally in a very scenic setting.

*Coffee and cigarettes whenever I want.

*All the overtime I wish to accumulate.

*Listen to talk radio as loud as I wish, all day long. (With the exception of Idaho Highway 12, which was out of range of any talk radio station. I then annoyed the general motoring public with the Bloodhound Gang.)

*Heh, just annoying the general motoring public is good in itself. :)

Thats about it...the standing for 15 hours a day gets kinda old in a hurry...no matter what national forest I happen to be standing in.

-- Anonymous, February 01, 2002

Funny thing happened to me yesterday as a result of this very thread. Missy posted about a great Christmas present her boss had gotten for her kid and provided a link. I clicked on the link and was amazed to see that her boss had purchased a $300 motorized mini pick up truck. Wow. Nice boss.

Later yesterday afternoon, I received an e-mail from Amazon.com, assuring me that my order for the truck had been processed and my credit card had been charged $400 ($300 for the truck and $100 to ship the damn thing to me). I was a bit surpirsed being a childless person myself, but figured it would be a cool wedding gift for the fiance. Kidding. I cancelled the order, but not before the $400 had been charged to my credit card. I'm waiting for the charge back.

So let this be a cautionary tale for those of you Amazon.com customers with a credit card number stored in their system. If you open a link to look at an item, be sure to close the window out properly, otherwise lovely small motorized pick up trucks may be zooming their way to your doorstep all too soon.

-- Anonymous, February 01, 2002

Wow, sorry about that!

I never did like the way Amazon so blatantly tracked every single thing you do, say or look at. Now I know why!

-- Anonymous, February 01, 2002

Missy, no worries at all. It was more of a funny story than anything else. By the way, I am really jealous of your little girl. That is one cool truck and if I'd had an extra $400, I would have let the order go through and ridden it around my neighborhood. Big fun!

-- Anonymous, February 04, 2002