What jobs do people have?!

[James1]

I know this sort of fits in with the topic about 'how Butlins affected what you did in later life', however, I was just interested to know what job everybody does (now that we have seen many of you in rainbow's photo topic!)

You dont have to be specific or mention a certain company!

[Rainbow]

i do childrens entertainment at birthday partys, christnings, first communions etc.
face paint, make balloon animals ,party games and dances and a bit of circus skills thrown in.

rainbow

[wearecity]

I work for the railway.

:D

[gaietybarryboy]

I work in a school - unfortunatly as a pupil :cry:


My REAL job however is Butlins Barry Island webmaster, archiver and knowledge base!

[Pepper]

I do casual work in a cinema.

[Jules]

I'm a legal secretary :?

[iwastheretoo]

i work in a school too - but unfortunately too old to be a pupil!!!

[barryislandfan]

I work from home doing spreadsheets for a finance company, but hope to be working at Butlins in the summer. Was a civil servant for 10 years until the end of last year!

[jspence73]

hi
i stay at home and look after the kids one is disabled

[imported_admin]

I am a company director of several companies, one of them being the company above, BlackBox Telecom.

Kevin

[Sammy]

I am the deputy manager of 3 residential homes for adults with learning difficulties

[Skegness chick]

I go to school but i also have a part time job working as awaitress in a pub in a local village

[The Golden Grill]

Televison

[James1]

Ooooh some interesting jobs there!

[orangeblackman]

telecoms engineer.

[Lisa Joanne]

i am a nursery nurse in a 117 place work place nursery
lovely

[mattman]

i'm a gas engineer

[wallace34523]

postman !!!!!!

[HACKS]

i drive a dustcart in felixstowe :oops: :oops:

[Captain Peacock]

Accountant.......... ok,ok someone's got to be!!

[jcmelbau]

Systems Manager for a bank!

[Captain Peacock]

Jay...

that would be working on systems for them to charge extortionate fees for going a quid overdrawn etc... Or is it different down under???

[jcmelbau]

Jay...

that would be working on systems for them to charge extortionate fees for going a quid overdrawn etc... Or is it different down under???
No different down here! but no, I manage the risk policies :)

[Pushbutton]

I have 2 paid jobs and 1 unpaid.

In my spare time I like to, hang on, no I just remembered I don't have any!!! :D

[Blinking Owl]

A Freight train driver for English Welsh & Scottish Railway Co.

[golfhappy8]

Economic Development - Learning and Skills Manager

Large organisation linked to government in Scotland, i.e a quango responsible for economic development and delivering the Smart Successful Scotland strategy

Before that used to be a civil servant for 17 years before they turned our department into a quango by merging wit with another agency

I will have bored you all by now !!

Paul

[Butlinsbadge]

Own a Vehicle Security and Tracking Company

[barryislandfan]

I have 2 paid jobs and 1 unpaid.

Paid job 1 = I am a 'jobsearch trainer' working for a quasi-government agency trying to force lazy unemployed morons to accept one of the many perfectly good jobs we offer them, under threat of losing their dole!
(sorry I am getting slightly cynical)Similar to my old job, I understand the cynisism!!

[Paul_Beesley]

Im a systems engineer.

[manofmystery]

Technical Support engineer for Kingston Communications, the only telecomms company to rival BT for 100 years!

Regards

Paul

[Butlins_Remembered]

A Lorry driver(HGV1) for a big national company :D

[Ian]

Paid job 1 = I am a 'jobsearch trainer' working for a quasi-government agency trying to force lazy unemployed morons to accept one of the many perfectly good jobs we offer them, under threat of losing their dole!
(sorry I am getting slightly cynical)



You know I don't want to sound cynical either, but the last time I had anything to do with Jobsearch or its equivalent was about 15 years ago when the useless pack of no hopers offered me a job counting cars at a roundabout. Perfect for my skill levels, god knows why I bothered getting a degree.
No offence Pushbutton but the 'Lazy unemployed moron' bit pushes my buttons bad.

I now run my own Computer Repair biz.

Ian

[Pushbutton]

Ian don't take my comments personally, but unfortunately you were in the minority. Most people I have to deal with do not want to work. There's plenty of work available but people go out of their way to avoid it!

Incredible but true. :cry:

[fatbeermonster]

I HAVE A JOB AS INTERNAL SECURITY FOR A LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE STAFF AND INVESTIGATE POLICY FRAUD FOR THE LIFE PENSIONS AND CRITICAL ILLNESS AND SKIVERS DEPARTMENTS (SORRY SICKNESS AND ACCIDENTS ).

THIS IS ON SHIFT WORK SO RUN MY OWN COMPANY JONDOO ENTERPRISES WE SELL COMPUTERS ON THE WEB .
ALSO WE SELL PHONE CARDS TOYS R/C CARS , WATCHES ETC AT MARKETS AND BOOT SALES .

SO UNLIKE BUTLINS JOBS . DID WORK AS TECH MANAGER OF THE LOCAL ARTS CENTRE UNTIL COUNCIL WITHDREW OUR GRANT AND THE BUILDING WAS CONDEMMED AS IT NEED ?2M TO BE SPENT ON IT TO BRING IT UP TO DATE .

[Ikkle-vix]

Well I still go to school, but on saturdays I work in a bakery :D

Vix
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[BarryIslandBabe]

I am a Betting Shop Manageress. (Grrrr NightRacing)!!!! :x :x

Regards,

Julie (Barry Island Babe) xx :wink:

[sozy]

I work for dee valley water local water authority.
we cover Wrexham,Chester,Parts of the Wirral and merseyside,And parts of shropshire. I personaly drive a rough terrain fork lift to different sites to unload pipes and water mains fittings so we can put new water mains on new housing estates. I am based in our Wrexham depot so if we are doing a job in Chester or Merseyside i have to drive there on the truck. Sometimes it can take ages to get there as the truck only does about 20 miles an hour so if i have held you up on the A483 or the M52 i appologize. :lol:

[gabbo]

I'm a HR manager for Royal Mail. It?s a bit of a change for me as prior to that I was a leisure centre manager for 12 years and how did I get into that....from my time as a Butlins lifeguard.

[Captain Peacock]

but on saturdays I work in a bakery :D

Vix
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We'll all be round for cream cakes and hot cross buns on Saturday!!...... if we quote Butlinsmemories... do we get them free??

[Ikkle-vix]

lol When anyone mentions the word Butlins, I'll give them a free cake if Im serving them :D
Vix
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[Jules67]

Well, I have the best (& worst) job in the world....full time Mum!
Its a very hard, but very rewarding job....but the money is terrible!!!
My daughter will start school in September, so I shall have to find work then. I am hoping to get work in a school as some sort of classroom assistant. I've just finished one course and help out in school when I can...so I'll see how it goes.

I SHALL NOT go back into retail come hell or high water!!!!

[nattyjane]

I work part time in a playgroup, I am lucky to be able to take my daughter (at no charge). I also get all the same holidays of as the schools, so a very convinient job for a mum of 2!!!!

[Jules67]

Lucky you Nattyjane!! The perfect job to suit a mum!

[Marge]

Do any of us know what jobs others on this forum do, as not everyone has replied.

[Ikkle-vix]

Yer tht sounds good nuttyjane! :D the school holidays are great! :P
Good luck Jules67 on getting the job ya want!

Vix
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[Brian p potter]

I used to work in a bingo hall calliin numbers, i hated that, then i was an usher at manchester arena i got to meet a few icons there, sir cliff, elkie brooks, oh yes all the top show biz stars, now i am in showbizness myself and it is bloody fanntastic!! i get to meet allsorts of folk and i get to eat out for bugger all!! so i guess watchin them reds at Butlins inspired me to follow the dream!

[arnie1]

boring security guard

[Ploot]

Not as much fun as being a Redcoat but just as crazy (in a different way). I am now in the crazy financial world of the Stock Market.

[Sparkle]

I used to work for Marks and Spencer for 4 years, as a store services advisor. The main parts of the job was opening and closing of the shop, and dealing with the textiles deliverys in the afternoons. It was a job i'd never thought i'd get, and was shocked to have passed the interview and have the job. The bad parts was the long 12 hour days.

I am currently on a career break now for a while.

[skegred]

Now well retired after over 50yrs in theatre,full time ,part time, casual, and those irreplaceable 6 seasons as the happiest days of my life, "BUTLINS"(lost a lot of sleep after l received the contract for another season and decided family must come first).
Through my love of Theatre and Butlins,l've had a few day time jobs,Meter lnspector for Gas Board,bonus clerk and wages clerk for local water board,Progress chaser in engineering,storeman in engineering,branch Manager, dept manager plumbing building supplies,sales rep,extrusion operator in a plastics factory,van driver delivery man.

Last twenty years till 1986, progress chaser and storeman engineering,and working at Lincoln Theatre Royal,as casual stage crew

l no longer work at the theatre,but go backstage once a week to see the stage manager and crew and talk about theatre,spend a lot of time on my computer enjoying chatting to my friends on this great BM site,gardening and bowls(grass)
Any body still awake?? :lol: :lol:
skegred Andy

[discokev]

Accountant.......... ok,ok someone's got to be!!

Yeap, me too!!!

[cardiff_chick]

I'm a full time student and a casual creche worker! It's all good!

[wizebuys1]

im a shop keeper in sunny clacton on sea :D

[Angelbabe]

Im a classroom assistant working with 4/5 year old kids.

[billygirl]

Currently unemployed and really pissed off as I got turned down for a job I really wanted today.
Oh well, better luck tomorrow!

[clactonman]

Work in electrical engineering in Clacton

[aheaton46]

Embedded software engineer for Baxall, CCTV equipment manufacturers.

[bertie]

Ex Butlins and haven now in sales.

[Royalsmith]

Lawyer and Commisioner of Oaths

[portsmouthali]

Customer service advisor for a large utility company. (Part time, thankfully! I was full time until my son was born. If I was still full time I would have gone insane by now. There's only so much moaning from the general public 1 person can take :lol: )

[monorail]

im a school pupil :x

[barryislandfan]

Not sure how long ago I posted here so i'll update. I now work for home maintaining databases and spreadsheets for 2 major high street businesses. Was meant to be temporary but that was last November and im still doing it - worst pressure I have ever had working from home ist easy!

Applying for my old civil service job back :D

[Sue3442]

Area Supervisor for the biggest Plant Nursery on the East coat of the US.

Ya ya, long way from home.

[billybusdriver]

I dont need to tell you all what I do, but it was never what I intended doing all my life. I left the Royal Navy in 1989, and intended to train for the ministry with the hope of joining the seamans mission. But I met the wife and all those plans changed, as she is disabled and looking after her is a honour its maybe my new calling in this life. My last butlins visit was Ayr 1983. But as you all know I have a special place in my heart for Filey.

[Rachie]

Im a very low paid Nursey Nurse studying for my NVQ in child care. Just finished Level 2 and will start Level 3 next year. Ive done loads though worked in Mcdonalds, Burger King, Harvey Nicks, hotels, Morrisons lol been everywhere