[The Godfather]

As a consulting engineer in training, it gets very hectic with the learning of nonsense, the uncooperation of some, the overtime and the due dates. And it is hectic all the time!

Is your job cushy or hectic?

[MaxPower2k3]

I'm working in retail for now, so it largely depends on the time of day, although I would never really call it 'hectic.' Later in the day, the lines can get longer and it gets harder to spend a good amount of time helping the customer when there's 10 others waiting and glaring at you. For the most part, i enjoy it quite a bit, though. it's usually well-staffed enough that i can help customers at a leisurely pace, giving them enough time to make them happy.

[budster101]

Mine is fast paced and I love it, I just wish it was full-time so I could actually have a more consistent schedule, and not have to work freelance for deadbeats that don't pay me anyway.

[JoshuaZ]

Cushy. As long as you can avoid the kids trying to grab your butt all the time. Silly 日本人。

[m a d r a]

self-employed, so it's pretty cushy - although the boss is a ****!

[Railroader]

You're missing one option. "Both".

I can go days without a thing to do and then BAM, it's iceholes and elbows with everyone scrambling to and fro.

[Albert Pujols]

Its cushy not having to work because you don't have a job. Pretty sweet being poor.

[mdc]

mine is a bit of both. i do network, user, and application support for a nationwide company. i like the work, i've always enjoyed support.
some parts of the day the job is dead quiet, but others it can be very hectic.

[Kevin]

Mine is pretty cushy. Got my own office. Dim lighting, nice surroundings. I can close my door and keep out any shinanigans that is going on if I want. High speed internet access. I have more time than I do work.

I am thinking about buying a acoustic guitar and bringing it in.

Now, the deadline week is a different story. Cramming to get last minute turned in artwork finished etc.

The reps don't care, they get their commision check regardless.

[Mastrap]

A mixture. I am a shareholder and director in two companies. The good thing is that I can do as I please. The bad thing is that I can't blame anybody but myself if things go wrong. And it does mean 12 hour days.

[PurpleGiant]

Long hours, but hectic is the wrong word for it. Very few days are hectic, but nearly every day is at least 10 hours.

[DarwinX]

Definitely both. It can get rather hectic and yet days that are oh so slow. Thank goodness for 'nn on those days!

[dreilly1]

I'm an electrical engineer, and my job gets hectic at times. But 2/3 of the time that it gets hectic, it's due to poor project planning. When the person running the project has a clue.... well, I wouldn't call my job "cushy", but it is manageable without an excessive amount of (unpaid!) overtime.

[Millennium]

You forgot "Both".

[cjrivera]

Originally Posted by m a d r a

self-employed, so it's pretty cushy

I would think self-employment/owning your business would be hectic. It is for me anyway.

[wdlove]

There are jobs in nursing that are cushy, the ones that work in an office. Nurses that do direct patient care is a hectic job. IMHO the most important job in nursing.

[turtle777]

Both, depending on the time of the year and month.

-t

[The Godfather]

"Neither" could be a good replacement for "Both". If a job is neither cushy or hectic all the time, then what is it? Ungodly hectic? A walk in the park with hoes on each arm?

[CRASH HARDDRIVE]

Day job- couldn’t get more cushy. My office is more like a private den than a workplace. I’ve personally outfitted it with most comforts of home so the only unpleasantness is rather than wander into the home den to work all day, I step into the car and wander across town to a stand-in. The overall work enviro is super-relaxed and I’ve elevated positions enough to where my job entails little more than making a decision here and there, disappearing for lunch for a few hours, and signing off on things. Oh, I see by the clock it’s time to wander up there for a spell right now.

My own business- I hustle like a man on fire. Very hectic. Tight budgets. Break-neck schedules exacerbated by the fact that wasting half the week at the ‘day job’ cuts tremendous time out of my own production schedule. I keep entertaining the notion of quitting the day job so I can focus on my own work, but it’s too good to give up.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Cushy. As long as you can avoid the kids trying to grab your butt all the time. Silly 日本人。

Why are the Nipponese trying to grab your butt?

[The Godfather]

I guess I should have asked: For how long have you had this job? Was it different when you started?

[The Godfather]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Why are the Nipponese trying to grab your butt?

Evidently, Joshua is a junior transvestite stripper.

[m a d r a]

Originally Posted by cjrivera

I would think self-employment/owning your business would be hectic. It is for me anyway.

there are two types of self-employed people;

1 - those who are so money and status obsessed they'll work themselves into the ground to build their little "empire".

2 - those who can't face al that 9 to 5 bollox and would rather sit sit at the computer with a beer, doing just enough to pay the bills and buy the odd treat every now and then.

i fall into the latter category.

[not that i'm accusing you of being the former! - i'm just not really in it for the money - more for the freedom to work as and when i feel like it]

[m a d r a]

Originally Posted by The Godfather

....... If a job is neither cushy or hectic all the time, then what is it? ..... A walk in the park with hoes on each arm?

mine is. i'm a pimp.

[MacNStein]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Cushy. As long as you can avoid the kids trying to grab your butt all the time. Silly 日本人。

are they the ones trying to stick their fingers up each other's butts? They call it "concho", or something similar.

[GranolaBoy]

Non-existent

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by m a d r a

2 - those who can't face al that 9 to 5 bollox and would rather sit sit at the computer with a beer, doing just enough to pay the bills and buy the odd treat every now and then.

That was me the past 4 years or so. I needed medical insurance though.

The job I have is as close as it gets to working at home without working at home.

Not only that, I have met some really cool people here.

[The iMac Man]

I am a full time QA Tester for a video game studio... my job rocks!

[m a d r a]

Originally Posted by The iMac Man

I am a full time QA Tester for a video game studio... my job rocks!

i'm a geologist - my job's rocks!

[as2]

Pharmaceutical Sales Rep here - stressful!

[kikkoman]

Cushy. I am a desktop tech support and sys admin for administrative unit at a university. I find that I have way too much idle time. It's beginning to bother me actually. On occassion I need to put out fires but most user "problems" are handled very quickly.

[rickey939]

It comes and goes...but I make sure to get in at least 5-6 hours of 'NN during my more hectic days at work.