Reply to: What industry do you tend to work in?

[snaw]

Engineering or Science

Like in the guinea pig sense? Bit tough I guess that constant feeling of failure when the mouse beats you out of the maze, no?

[AtW]

I'm a generalist as I don't care where my margin comes from.

Apparently you have no morals either. I am pretty sure if slavery was legal you'd make a good buck on it.

[VectraMan]

Engineering.

[Bagpuss]

Pharmaceutical

[DodgyAgent]

I'm a generalist as I don't care where my margin comes from.

[BoredBloke]

I've spent about 5 years working in the pharma sector and enjoyed that. There is only AZ near me and they tend to pay cr@@py rates.

[gingerjedi]

Where's the 'death and destruction' option?

[wendigo100]

Few weeks, but I'm holding out for a long term gig I know is on the way. I could go and work in Belgium but I hear it's full of Belgians, so I'm not too keen.

I've held out for long term gigs before and neither of them materialised in the end. But if the alternative is Belgium...

[tay]

I answered seriously as I think its a midly interesting question. I work in financial services, credit cards, mortgages, insurance. Doesnt pay as well as IB, but still pays better than average. Plus the hours and stress appear to a lot less.

I did 1 3 month stint in new media (software development house) ... and NEVER again.. paid less, silly hours (well they tried to make me anyway).. and they excused all this by saying they were funky and we could wear shorts and flip flops to work... I dont want to wear flip flops.. I want to go home on time and get paid well.

And they can shove the new media lable up ther pooper shooters as well... they are web development houses.

[alreadypacked]

Few weeks, but I'm holding out for a long term gig I know is on the way. I could go and work in Belgium but I hear it's full of Belgians, so I'm not too keen.

Lone Gunman is in Belgium, he can tell you all about it. I worked in Den Haag for a while, during the summer I might add, not sure I would like it for the winter. I did a long term gig 3 roles back, I want to stay away from them for a while.

[Moscow Mule]

Moscow, how long have you been on the bench?

Few weeks, but I'm holding out for a long term gig I know is on the way. I could go and work in Belgium but I hear it's full of Belgians, so I'm not too keen.

[alreadypacked]

What I do is exclusively banking, or take a massive pay cut and do some carppy dev role in something I know nothing about.

I'd rather be where I am now (on the bench)...

Moscow, how long have you been on the bench?

[wendigo100]

There's no Legal on there. I'm currently in Legal. Financial will have to do then.

[Moscow Mule]

What I do is exclusively banking, or take a massive pay cut and do some crappy dev role in something I know nothing about.

I'd rather be where I am now (on the bench)...

[Pondlife]

Surprised I'm the only Manuf/Supply chain bod. What about the rest of the '.net'ers.