Do you fly a desk or have a real job?

SimonAH

I'm guessing that we will be disproportionately middle income professionals - but what do I know? Maybe 99% of us are in fact lumberjacks. Let's find out.

I'm on the darkside. I'm a salesman. Desk and car but rarely break a sweat outside of my commute on desk days (and the velodrome )

dhope

Yup, SCR is so much fun because I do sod all else active during my working day

tobermory

At the mo i have just been made redundant but i used to sit behind the wheel of an artic,and from Monday will do so again

Clever Pun

most people who post here during the day will be desk jobbers

might be a few shift workers and unemployed

gbsahne001

Mechanical Engineer; spend a lot of the time at a PC designing but also get to run Construction Sites and install equipment

mudcow007

i think the most strenuous thing my job requires is lifting a computer off the floor onto my desk, i generally have a little lie down afterward that too

im an IT nerd so there aint nowt physical about it

although at the moment when i get home from work im working on my house/ garden, dug 9 tonne of soil last night....does that count for anything?

Clare_M

Work with teenagers doing sport and other activities during school holidays, so it's about 75/25 desk/active. I do go out and about and even turned up at a meeting the other day in my bike stuff. :shock:

dodgerdog

Desk jockey/computer pilot and occassional loafer

Blue Meanie

Desk Job - err, posting whilst at work

asprilla

I spend my days walking from meeting to meeting browsing an iPad and pretending I'm actually doing something. Looking busy is more mentally exhausting than anything else.

Fireblade96

I'm in sales too (well, currently between jobs but I live in hope...)

Lugging a little wheely bag and a laptop for miles around airports/hotels/offices can be quite tiring

phy2sll2

Asprilla wrote:

I spend my days walking from meeting to meeting browsing an iPad and pretending I'm actually doing something. Looking busy is more mentally exhausting than anything else.

You may well be my boss / one of my clients!

robocolley

I have a desk but since nearly all the people I work with are spread around the world it doesn't really matter where I work from so long as I make the calls I need to. Works quite well with a girlfriend in Geneva and lunchtime rides along Lac Leman with Mont Blanc in the distance are somewhat nicer than my usually commute through Reading Berkshire.

itboffin

Fireblade96 wrote:

I'm in sales too (well, currently between jobs but I live in hope...)

Lugging a little wheely bag and a laptop for miles around airports/hotels/offices can be quite tiring

As can those looong lunches, entertaining prospect eh!

essex-commuter

Sit at a desk all day except when I'm walking from meeting room to meeting room. Nearest shops / pub is about 4 miles away so don't even get out for lunch.

itboffin

come on now seriously of course most of the regulars on here work at desks, and I use the word work in the looses sense.

lost man hours to sick days, nah matey BR more likely. If you've never witness one of the SCR pointless online milestone races like the 500 page (me), or the 1000 post then you haven't lived

Agent57

I'm a desk pilot, but recently, I've become aware of the idea of "standing desks"; i.e. standing up to work, rather than sitting down. I'm quite interested in the idea - might experiment with it at home, rather than trying to introduce it at work though.

I know standing meetings are quite popular in some circles, but I'd not considered the idea of standing to do my work.

Some links about the subject:

Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?
Stand Up While You Read This!
Stand while you work
Why and How I Switched to a Standing Desk
Expedit standing desk (IKEA hack)

There are some downsides to standing constantly:

Working in a standing position on a regular basis can cause sore feet, swelling of the legs, varicose veins, general muscular fatigue, low back pain, stiffness in the neck and shoulders, and other health problems. These are common complaints among sales people, machine operators, assembly-line workers and others whose jobs require prolonged standing.

But perhaps they can be offset by taking occasional breaks to sit down; as opposed to now, where I sit down and take occasional breaks to stand up.

Butterd2

Desk jockey. Marquee erector was a lot more fun but didn't pay quite as well

Flyingbogey

Spend half my time chasing da Bandit, the other half eating Doughnuts

waddlie

Half n half; manual trade but management role.

Being a Traffic Womble means I can't really claim to be flexing my muscles all that often. According to Clarkson, all I do is shut motorways for i) my own personal amusement or ii) to pick up a wing-mirror...

CiB

Sometimes wander off to check on things, chat to people, see what's going on, see if anyone's making me a cup of tea yet. Mainly sitting at a desk working like a trojan though.

mkirby

3 days a week im a desk jocky, the other 4 im in my woodshop (garage) man handling wood into various bits of furniture and instruments.

shouldbeinbed

mainly desk based, trying my hand at a bit of project management and can now get away with easy days by stomping about looking grumpy with a piece of paper in my hand.

grayo59

Window cleaner here.

An active and stress free life for the last twelve years after desk/sales/driving/management lardy fat boy jobs.

Love it and the commuting free life it brings!

Nik Cube

I co own a garage and spend most of my time with a spanner in my hand

arthur_scrimshaw

Manager of a vocational training centre for adults with learning difficulties, a mix of desk plus nicer bits like occasionally getting to drive tractors and stuff. Best job I've ever had.

SimonAH

Ha, you see ITB, not as feckless as we may have thought :shock:

A few proper manual skilled.folks on here.

freakybacon

Grafting in a machine shop on a centre lathe! Metal swarf flying all over! Swear words! Blood! Sweat! Tears! Easier than it sounds because its computer controlled so you can make product (and scrap if you are not paying attention)quickly and accurately. Making bits for train couplings, power stations, and some racing car applications.

badly_dubbed

i lift slabs bricks and bags of sand for 9 hours a day 6 days a week.

the joys of being a yardsman!

Jay dubbleU

Bit of both - desk job working on slope stability issues, field trips 2 or3 times a year usually to somewhere where curried yak is regarded as haute cuisine.

tony620

double glazing fitter here, work up a sweat near enough every day plenty of muscle flexing going on lol.

Only problem is keeping the fitness regime up and still having the energy to earn the money at work. working on a price can be a real pita when your tired.