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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Social Media Influencer

Any more..?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?"

They make alot of money.

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By *drian HardthrobMan
over a year ago

Worcester


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?

They make alot of money."

Basically a self employed marketeer

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?"

Think I'd actually find it quite draining

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Socialite

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?"

Olympic swimmer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are. "

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are. "

There's an interesting theory called Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber about stuff like this

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By *pb367...Man
over a year ago

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Piano shop store detective

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By *drian HardthrobMan
over a year ago

Worcester


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?

Olympic swimmer. "

Lifeguards for the Olympic swimmers

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should "

Yep or thinking they're some sort of genius because they come up with a more efficient way to do something but it actually breaks a whole heap or national regulations which is why we don't already do it that way .

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Assistant Deputy Chief Executive, what the actual fuck does that even mean?

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?

Olympic swimmer.

Lifeguards for the Olympic swimmers "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should

Yep or thinking they're some sort of genius because they come up with a more efficient way to do something but it actually breaks a whole heap or national regulations which is why we don't already do it that way . "

I literally just had this the other week! I have a manager told me to do something a certain way which seemed suspect and I mentioned this to another manager and they told me how it broke numerous SOPs and that it should absolutely not be done. How do so many of these managers exist?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Assistant Deputy Chief Executive, what the actual fuck does that even mean? "

Just a fancy way of saying nowhere near the top

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By *ohnny4playMan
over a year ago

Kinross

Taboganist

(apologies, I stole that from the tale Billy Connelly tells of meeting someone who said that was what they did)

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By *pb367...Man
over a year ago

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Spokesperson for Gyles Brandreth

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should

Yep or thinking they're some sort of genius because they come up with a more efficient way to do something but it actually breaks a whole heap or national regulations which is why we don't already do it that way .

I literally just had this the other week! I have a manager told me to do something a certain way which seemed suspect and I mentioned this to another manager and they told me how it broke numerous SOPs and that it should absolutely not be done. How do so many of these managers exist? "

Because back in the day you became a manager by being really good at your trade and working your way to the top. These days "management" is an industry. You can get a degree in management ffs! Trained to manage anything with zero knowledge of the actual job or industry. It's a joke.

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By *ssex_tom OP   Man
over a year ago

Chelmsford

Meeter and Greeter at supermarkets

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?

Olympic swimmer. "

Have you any idea how hard they train??

And from what age they started, guarantee that they where in the pool training hard whilst you was probably still wetting the bed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Critics

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?

Olympic swimmer.

Lifeguards for the Olympic swimmers "

I used to be a lifeguard many years ago and we used to have to guard during swim club sessions, quite ridiculous as even the 7 year olds could out swim me.

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By *ildmanYorksMan
over a year ago

Doncaster & Bembridge


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are. "

I had a colleague at work who was the sole software developer on a project and he reported to:

Team Manager

Project Manager

User Liaison Manager

Test Manager

User Training Manager

Software Deployment Manager

You couldn't make it up!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Web designers who create a fairly useable WordPress front end using loads of ecommerce plugins that don't really do what they're advertised to do and don't link in with the back end workflow and just make a load more work for the troops.

Yeah, my boss paid for this shit. I'd have specced the fucking job properly and nailed it down before handing over the money.

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should

Yep or thinking they're some sort of genius because they come up with a more efficient way to do something but it actually breaks a whole heap or national regulations which is why we don't already do it that way .

I literally just had this the other week! I have a manager told me to do something a certain way which seemed suspect and I mentioned this to another manager and they told me how it broke numerous SOPs and that it should absolutely not be done. How do so many of these managers exist?

Because back in the day you became a manager by being really good at your trade and working your way to the top. These days "management" is an industry. You can get a degree in management ffs! Trained to manage anything with zero knowledge of the actual job or industry. It's a joke. "

Management Consultants - a load of fresh graduates with no experience sent in to apparently improve things!

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By *pb367...Man
over a year ago

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Psychic reader

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know it is a job but always think people who get paid to look into telescopes all night long looking for a flash of light have it easy. They saw something 20 yrs ago so just have to keep looking just incase, keep putting the wages into the bank will you, and give us another decade...

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

I had a colleague at work who was the sole software developer on a project and he reported to:

Team Manager

Project Manager

User Liaison Manager

Test Manager

User Training Manager

Software Deployment Manager

You couldn't make it up!"

It's honestly a joke. Plus they keep deciding they "need" more directors .

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By *.luke7Man
over a year ago

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"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are. "

These positions are usually created by/for acquaintances. They end up doing something twatish and make any excuse to prove they belong!

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ


"Because back in the day you became a manager by being really good at your trade and working your way to the top. These days "management" is an industry. You can get a degree in management ffs! Trained to manage anything with zero knowledge of the actual job or industry. It's a joke. "

When I worked on the rebuilding of Derby Bus Station, I used to go and have a ciggie with a time served joiner, he must have been in his 60's, he told me that a straight from Uni "Manager", with pristinely clean rigger boots and hi-vis jacket, had walked up to him, clipboard in hand, and told him how to do a certain job. Ma mate said, I told him to fuck off, you probably couldn't even knock a nail in straight

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should

Yep or thinking they're some sort of genius because they come up with a more efficient way to do something but it actually breaks a whole heap or national regulations which is why we don't already do it that way .

I literally just had this the other week! I have a manager told me to do something a certain way which seemed suspect and I mentioned this to another manager and they told me how it broke numerous SOPs and that it should absolutely not be done. How do so many of these managers exist?

Because back in the day you became a manager by being really good at your trade and working your way to the top. These days "management" is an industry. You can get a degree in management ffs! Trained to manage anything with zero knowledge of the actual job or industry. It's a joke.

Management Consultants - a load of fresh graduates with no experience sent in to apparently improve things!"

Yep. They brought some of these in to the old hospital I worked at to "fix" a struggling department that was basically the call centre for appointments. Their findings were they needed more staff. Couldn't some maths (or yano, the current employees) have told them that for free?

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By *pb367...Man
over a year ago

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Boris Johnson's hair stylist

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

Yep! Don't forget telling you to do things in a stupid, unrealistic way because some made-up metrics said you should "

Yes...what a headache that can be

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By *lenderfoxMan
over a year ago

Leeds


"Boris Johnson's hair stylist "

Boris Johnson's contraception supplier

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Everything and everything to do with track and trace.

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By *agpie and RavenMan
over a year ago

Leicester


"Piano shop store detective "

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By *pb367...Man
over a year ago

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Hoarse whisperer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*Braces self, prepares sturdy walls and gets all defences ready*

"Full time mum"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Psychic reader "

I was going to be a psychic but there was no future in it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"*Braces self, prepares sturdy walls and gets all defences ready*

"Full time mum" "

Oh you can totally phone that shit in, don't even have to feed the kids these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weather forecasters

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"*Braces self, prepares sturdy walls and gets all defences ready*

"Full time mum"

Oh you can totally phone that shit in, don't even have to feed the kids these days. "

Does the "Live, laugh, love" on the kitchen wall give them some sort of photosynthesis lmao

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Social Media Influencer

Any more..?"

I have a large following of 40k (it just happened!) and I now do lots of promotion but let me tell you, it’s not easy. It’s actually really time consuming and quite draining at times. I’ve done modelling for years but this is different and it looks easy but it takes lots of time and effort, lots of messages back and forth with companies etc.

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

Full time mums

R

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are. "

I've definitely met that manager!

The best managers I've had don't ask anyone to do something that they couldn't themselves. The worst managers as you say, don't even know what it is they are telling people to do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Taboganist

(apologies, I stole that from the tale Billy Connelly tells of meeting someone who said that was what they did) "

I remember that

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By *ookingfun82Man
over a year ago

Enniskillen

I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?"

Yes. You end up hating what you once loved

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham


"I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?"

I wouldn't say that but it's a constant challenge and I'm never bored doing and I haven't hated it like previous jobs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?

Yes. You end up hating what you once loved "

I've made a sort of living playing music in the past. I didn't hate it but it never quite satisfied how it should have. Entertainment has to be one of the hardest professions in a way because you're not doing something that's measurable by any normal criteria. You can play a gig where the audience love it and are shouting for encores and feel like you played like the worst piece of shit that ever walked a stage. Acclaim and love from other people is actually shallow and not that satisfying.

I do a regular sort of job now and am not bad at it, have it under control, and I save music for when it's fun.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"*Braces self, prepares sturdy walls and gets all defences ready*

"Full time mum" "

I can see why you think that because they stay at home, but I imagine it can be quite draining being a full-time parent as everything you do HAS to revolve around the kids and you don't really get a moment to yourself or even adult interaction that you would with normal job.

Although as my sister is a full-time mum, I may be bias

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"*Braces self, prepares sturdy walls and gets all defences ready*

"Full time mum" "

Ooo! Prepares the cattle prod

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Food blogger

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By *ustdaveHantsMan
over a year ago

chippenham


"*Braces self, prepares sturdy walls and gets all defences ready*

"Full time mum"

Ooo! Prepares the cattle prod "

Hard bloody job so well done you x

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By *ustdaveHantsMan
over a year ago

chippenham

Infantry soldier..... Best job in the world

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?

Yes. You end up hating what you once loved "

Agreed . It's always work at thecend of the day and most of the time you can't lick and choose when you do it like you can with hobbies. Also there's usually less fun bits that come with it like admin and accounting.

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool


"I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?

Yes. You end up hating what you once loved

Agreed . It's always work at thecend of the day and most of the time you can't lick and choose when you do it like you can with hobbies. Also there's usually less fun bits that come with it like admin and accounting. "

*pick

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Full time mummy' that grinds my gears.

I dont think any job that pays is a nonjob, my 'x' is a social influencer she has 174k followers and makes a killing from it.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land


"I'm always envious of the people who can say for their job they get paid for doing something the love and feel like they've never had to work a day in their life.

Anyone on here like that?

Yes. You end up hating what you once loved "

True story that is, or as you progress it becomes more management, admin so less time to do what you love

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are. "

100% right! The managers that ask there staff how things work when they finally get called out on something and need to try and do the job they are paid to do.

Far too many jobs go to the people who can talk a good game over the people that can actually do the job well.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham


"Honestly I think some management is a non job. I've genuinely had managers that just attend meetings and tell other people to do things they've been asked to do without ever knowing how any of it works themselves. They could probably disappear and nobody would notice. I'm not saying all managers are like this but some are.

100% right! The managers that ask there staff how things work when they finally get called out on something and need to try and do the job they are paid to do.

Far too many jobs go to the people who can talk a good game over the people that can actually do the job well."

In my experience, all jobs go to people who are good at job interviews. Skills, competence, qualifications – none of that matters as long as you're good at interviews. It's like the school system used to be – if you were good at exams, you could coast on everything else.

And if you're not good at interviews... well, you might as well just go and die, because capitalism doesn't want you. Ugh.

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