Azuardo's Blog

New Job!

The last blog I did was me complaining how much I hated my retail job, getting pissed off with the number of bastard customers and general nobheads there are in the world. But I can now reveal I've finally moved on from shitty retail and have bagged myself a good proper career!

Starting 3rd of October, I will be a trainee lab technician at Fugro Robertson (formerly Robertson Research). The full details of exactly what I'll be doing aren't 100% clear to me, but I was shown around the place on the day of my proper interview, and have a good idea. They get these small bags of rocks shipped in from all over the world and we have to clean them up and examine petroleum and chemical levels, as well as identify any fossils embedded in them. I think there's a lot more to it than just that, but it's geoscience stuff, and they'll just train me up from scratch. I'll have a much more solid idea after my first few days there. Eventually, they send you overseas to places like the Falklands, Africa, Norway and other countries. I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing, but just gonna take it one step at a time. When you're overseas you get a big bonus each day on top of the salary too, so working overseas is where it's at.

It'll be a proper 9 till 5 job, Monday to Friday. So obviously the plus point is I'll now have all evenings and weekends free. Overseas work is 12 hours a day every day, which sounds bloody mental, but obviously the money bonus is the incentive to do it. Won't be sent abroad yet though. It's a 6 month probation, and if I do well enough they'll keep me on and then I reckon start sending me out of the country.

It's a huge step up from what I was previously doing, but it's a proper career and I badly need it. So I'm gonna try my best to stick with it.

For those curious about how I got this job, it was simply a case of looking on the Direct Gov Job Centre Plus website, and just getting lucky in seeing it. I applied on the off-chance, not really expecting to get anything out of it. But it just goes to show that if you don't try, you'll never know. So anyone else stuck in retail like I was, or just looking for a good job, or job in general, go for whatever takes your fancy. Even if you don't think you've got the grades to match, you can still land it on your personality and interview skills should they ask you in. Just be confident and calm and it can go a long way.

But I felt like sharing this good news with my mates here, and just to prove that good things can come to those who wait. I was in retail a good two years, not going anywhere, then all of a sudden I have this. So take Peppy's advice: never give up, and don't feel down if you're in that situation. It will come eventually.

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I think the full time work will perhaps hinder my gaming progress now though, which I am gutted about lol. I've got well over 50 games to finish and I have only just started in the last month to get through them. Plus I had a week holiday booked for Uncharted 3's arrival... now I don't know if I can take a holiday at the new place so early... Good thing about it is that I will now have every single evening free to play tennis and turn pro (lol).

Well this was a long blog, so definitely gonna be awarding stars to those who reply. And of course, I'm in a celebratory mood anyway. No more shitty customers! Time to crack on with Ninja Gaiden and slash shit up! Dead or Alive fans, did you know Ryu Hayabusa and Ayane are in this game? Ridiculous bouncy boobage in true DOA style are plentiful too.


Thanks for reading guys, and all the best to you.