Careers

What do you do for a living and do you enjoy it?

  • Last Updated:
  • Mar 26th, 2015 2:02 pm
Tags:
None
Deal Addict
User avatar
May 20, 2010
3296 posts
433 upvotes
Super Synagogio Worl…
UrbanPoet wrote: Retail Banking. I like customers. A few parts are annoying... But I work with a very pleasant team and customers. Doesn't feel like work at all... Except for waking up early and meetings -___-
I also dislike the unpleasant customers we get occasionally! Luckily I work in an affluent area so people have a bit more class... But the unpleasant ones are always saying stuff like "I'm the CEO of google I have a million dollars ra ra ra, so you should make this water turn into wine or else you'll never work in this town again! mmm hmmmm".
Huh, did you work at TD as a mutual fund seller while wearing a TD T-shirt once? You sound very familiar lol
Newbie
Dec 18, 2014
56 posts
8 upvotes
Oakville, ON
Insurance broker. Help people save money on insurance, and push a lot of paper
Deal Fanatic
Jan 18, 2003
6484 posts
2389 upvotes
Mississauga
Factory worker... Don't like it but it pays the bills and allows me to buy whatever i want...
Deal Fanatic
Dec 6, 2006
5805 posts
1972 upvotes
Toronto
Just spent almost the last 2 weeks on a section of a code path improving it by 30ms. Yes, that's milli-seconds.
Deal Fanatic
User avatar
Oct 22, 2007
9280 posts
3006 upvotes
London
I'm a private investigator in Australia...
Deal Expert
User avatar
Jan 27, 2006
19791 posts
3421 upvotes
Woodbridge
I help manufacture all the Beer & Wine bottles you MOFO drinks!! LOL

It's alright, pays well. TBH, didn't know what I wanted to do after high school...
"I'll put up color bars before I'll put you in front of our cameras."

- MacKenzie
THE NEWSROOM (HBO)
Deal Addict
Apr 17, 2014
1310 posts
718 upvotes
Montreal QC
Immigration. I have the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with scammers all day.

Examples:
- Everyone and their grandmother uses the Rwanda genocide as their story in order to get into Canada, claiming they get tortured regularly. We later discover they have never even visited Rwanda nor can they speak any dialect in or around Rwanda. Their stories fall apart soon after;
- Fake identities are common as the immigrant will pay someone in their country for false documents/passports
- People going to government assisted housing where they pay $80/mo for a good/nice apartment because they claim they are too poor/abused by husband/emotional problems. Later we discover that the very person has hidden bank accounts with tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands and a brand new luxurious vehicle in their driveway, hiding it all from the government;
- A significant amount of people who come here 'poor' have lots of property in their country of origin which is being rented and the money is deposited into secret bank accounts that they hide (sometimes very well) from the government while milking the social system here in Canada
- Attempts to get child care benefits meanwhile they do not even have kids of their own and sometimes have the audacity to use their friends' child to pass it off as their own;

This is just scratching the surface. The amount of frauds and scam artists that enter this country is astonishing and is crippling the social system. We barely have the manpower as it stands and investigations are poorly run and most of the time they are not run at all because lack of resources. There are certain countries/regions that we should limit in terms of entries and others that bring contributing immigrants we should increase our entries with. Caribbean is the absolute worst of them all (crime, drugs, milking social system), China (hard work, school, job) is one of the best in my opinion.

For every 10 scumbags I deal with everyday, I might meet one who is honest and legitimate. The funniest part is that I am able to understand several African dialects and Arabic, so sometimes I will get immigrants speaking in-front of me to eachother about the on-going scam (what to say, what no to say, go over their story) or about how stupid the Canadian immigration agency is for falling for their story - they would never believe a white Canadian could possibly understand what they are saying (I get schedule perks and favoured on job postings b/c of this). At the end of the day I try not to take work home with me, but just the fact that I have to deal with frauds, liars and scammers all day takes a toll on me.

I really dislike this job.
Deal Fanatic
User avatar
Oct 22, 2007
9280 posts
3006 upvotes
London
MontrealBonjour wrote: Immigration. I have the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with scammers all day.

Examples:
- Everyone and their grandmother uses the Rwanda genocide as their story in order to get into Canada, claiming they get tortured regularly. We later discover they have never even visited Rwanda nor can they speak any dialect in or around Rwanda. Their stories fall apart soon after;
- Fake identities are common as the immigrant will pay someone in their country for false documents/passports
- People going to government assisted housing where they pay $80/mo for a good/nice apartment because they claim they are too poor/abused by husband/emotional problems. Later we discover that the very person has hidden bank accounts with tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands and a brand new luxurious vehicle in their driveway, hiding it all from the government;
- A significant amount of people who come here 'poor' have lots of property in their country of origin which is being rented and the money is deposited into secret bank accounts that they hide (sometimes very well) from the government while milking the social system here in Canada
- Attempts to get child care benefits meanwhile they do not even have kids of their own and sometimes have the audacity to use their friends' child to pass it off as their own;

This is just scratching the surface. The amount of frauds and scam artists that enter this country is astonishing and is crippling the social system. We barely have the manpower as it stands and investigations are poorly run and most of the time they are not run at all because lack of resources. There are certain countries/regions that we should limit in terms of entries and others that bring contributing immigrants we should increase our entries with. Caribbean is the absolute worst of them all (crime, drugs, milking social system), China (hard work, school, job) is one of the best in my opinion.

For every 10 scumbags I deal with everyday, I might meet one who is honest and legitimate. The funniest part is that I am able to understand several African dialects and Arabic, so sometimes I will get immigrants speaking in-front of me to eachother about the on-going scam (what to say, what no to say, go over their story) or about how stupid the Canadian immigration agency is for falling for their story - they would never believe a white Canadian could possibly understand what they are saying (I get schedule perks and favoured on job postings b/c of this). At the end of the day I try not to take work home with me, but just the fact that I have to deal with frauds, liars and scammers all day takes a toll on me.

I really dislike this job.
I appreciate your efforts.
Deal Fanatic
User avatar
May 2, 2006
8355 posts
2267 upvotes
GTA
Software architect. I design and build business applications, web and mobile software. Also do consulting. Yes, I do like my job.
Sr. Member
May 21, 2008
921 posts
160 upvotes
Ottawa
Network Security. No complaints about the job, but if I get another chance, I would like to be in Medical field.
Banned
Apr 5, 2013
5810 posts
3019 upvotes
keenland
MontrealBonjour wrote: Immigration. I have the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with scammers all day.

Examples:
- Everyone and their grandmother uses the Rwanda genocide as their story in order to get into Canada, claiming they get tortured regularly. We later discover they have never even visited Rwanda nor can they speak any dialect in or around Rwanda. Their stories fall apart soon after;
- Fake identities are common as the immigrant will pay someone in their country for false documents/passports
- People going to government assisted housing where they pay $80/mo for a good/nice apartment because they claim they are too poor/abused by husband/emotional problems. Later we discover that the very person has hidden bank accounts with tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands and a brand new luxurious vehicle in their driveway, hiding it all from the government;
- A significant amount of people who come here 'poor' have lots of property in their country of origin which is being rented and the money is deposited into secret bank accounts that they hide (sometimes very well) from the government while milking the social system here in Canada
- Attempts to get child care benefits meanwhile they do not even have kids of their own and sometimes have the audacity to use their friends' child to pass it off as their own;

This is just scratching the surface. The amount of frauds and scam artists that enter this country is astonishing and is crippling the social system. We barely have the manpower as it stands and investigations are poorly run and most of the time they are not run at all because lack of resources. There are certain countries/regions that we should limit in terms of entries and others that bring contributing immigrants we should increase our entries with. Caribbean is the absolute worst of them all (crime, drugs, milking social system), China (hard work, school, job) is one of the best in my opinion.

For every 10 scumbags I deal with everyday, I might meet one who is honest and legitimate. The funniest part is that I am able to understand several African dialects and Arabic, so sometimes I will get immigrants speaking in-front of me to eachother about the on-going scam (what to say, what no to say, go over their story) or about how stupid the Canadian immigration agency is for falling for their story - they would never believe a white Canadian could possibly understand what they are saying (I get schedule perks and favoured on job postings b/c of this). At the end of the day I try not to take work home with me, but just the fact that I have to deal with frauds, liars and scammers all day takes a toll on me.

I really dislike this job.
and they say have a gov't job is all an easy cakewalk ...
i too thank you for your efforts!
Deal Addict
User avatar
Dec 31, 2011
2715 posts
968 upvotes
Yellowknife
medical field

on the road a lot
great variety in this field
rewarding work

average salary but great benefits and perks

love the job!!!!!
Deal Addict
May 28, 2009
1254 posts
937 upvotes
Belleville
I ride a $50 million, 17,000 HP beast saving peoples lives. No joke
Deal Addict
Aug 23, 2013
1268 posts
82 upvotes
Vaughan
I drive a coffee truck LOL.
The hours are good and the pay is good at times however it is not steady. I am still young and would like to get into some sort of IT or a trade.. I wish I knew what I wanted to do with my life...
Deal Fanatic
Jul 30, 2003
6633 posts
1249 upvotes
Toronto
MontrealBonjour wrote: Immigration. I have the unfortunate pleasure of dealing with scammers all day.

Examples:
- Everyone and their grandmother uses the Rwanda genocide as their story in order to get into Canada, claiming they get tortured regularly. We later discover they have never even visited Rwanda nor can they speak any dialect in or around Rwanda. Their stories fall apart soon after;
- Fake identities are common as the immigrant will pay someone in their country for false documents/passports
- People going to government assisted housing where they pay $80/mo for a good/nice apartment because they claim they are too poor/abused by husband/emotional problems. Later we discover that the very person has hidden bank accounts with tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands and a brand new luxurious vehicle in their driveway, hiding it all from the government;
- A significant amount of people who come here 'poor' have lots of property in their country of origin which is being rented and the money is deposited into secret bank accounts that they hide (sometimes very well) from the government while milking the social system here in Canada
- Attempts to get child care benefits meanwhile they do not even have kids of their own and sometimes have the audacity to use their friends' child to pass it off as their own;

This is just scratching the surface. The amount of frauds and scam artists that enter this country is astonishing and is crippling the social system. We barely have the manpower as it stands and investigations are poorly run and most of the time they are not run at all because lack of resources. There are certain countries/regions that we should limit in terms of entries and others that bring contributing immigrants we should increase our entries with. Caribbean is the absolute worst of them all (crime, drugs, milking social system), China (hard work, school, job) is one of the best in my opinion.

For every 10 scumbags I deal with everyday, I might meet one who is honest and legitimate. The funniest part is that I am able to understand several African dialects and Arabic, so sometimes I will get immigrants speaking in-front of me to eachother about the on-going scam (what to say, what no to say, go over their story) or about how stupid the Canadian immigration agency is for falling for their story - they would never believe a white Canadian could possibly understand what they are saying (I get schedule perks and favoured on job postings b/c of this). At the end of the day I try not to take work home with me, but just the fact that I have to deal with frauds, liars and scammers all day takes a toll on me.

I really dislike this job.

I am sorry you have to deal with this.
.... and Thank you
GTA Housing: Supply is the only Metrics that Matters ... until its solved.
Stay in the know - subscribe.
Banned
Mar 2, 2015
214 posts
11 upvotes
Toronto, ON
World Elite Credit Card Specialist for a Bank. I basically train/teach call centre agents about products and sales. I used to be one myself.

I hate it. I despise it so much. Dread going in there each day only because it pays garbage ($39k) for the work we do, abuse we take and micromanaging we have to deal with.

The only plus would be the benefits for you and your family, and no banking fees. BMO is bs other than that.

The worst part about getting into call centre jobs when your young is you kind of get stuck in that field.
Deal Addict
Oct 9, 2014
1239 posts
159 upvotes
Mississauga
I work with my parents in their company but I also invest in commodities and forex. Quite fun but it does have its dull days.
Deal Addict
Sep 20, 2014
1637 posts
852 upvotes
Toronto, ON, CA
TorontozFinest wrote: World Elite Credit Card Specialist for a Bank. I basically train/teach call centre agents about products and sales. I used to be one myself.

I hate it. I despise it so much. Dread going in there each day only because it pays garbage ($39k) for the work we do, abuse we take and micromanaging we have to deal with.

The only plus would be the benefits for you and your family, and no banking fees. BMO is bs other than that.

The worst part about getting into call centre jobs when your young is you kind of get stuck in that field.
Agreed, the call-center environment can be dreadful. But there's always opportunities to move up isn't there with a marketing diploma, stuff like that, right?
You get paid OT as well, right?
Deal Addict
Dec 16, 2001
1864 posts
838 upvotes
Oakville
Sit at my desk: Send and receive emails. Answer and make phone calls. Go to meetings: Speak and listen. Rinse and repeat every business day 9 to 5.
***

Top

Thread Information

There is currently 1 user viewing this thread. (0 members and 1 guest)