Since we won the NHS pitch things have been a little crazy around the Wolfstar office! As a result I’m now a full time worker, working 9 to 5 like a proper grown up (apologies for the post title, I couldn’t resist and now I can’t get the song out my head!)
It’s got me thinking about student life vs working life. Most of the students I know dread entering the “real world” away from the student bubble and fully intend on staying in education for as long as possible. But why is this? Is working life really so bad?
Personally it hasn’t changed my life too dramatically other than that I’m now very aware I can only lie in at weekends. With the placement year coming up next year this experience has so far led me to believe that I can in fact hack it! Obviously I can’t press snooze on my alarm quite as much as I’d like to, but it actually feels good to know I’ve had a productive day and that I’m gaining the experience (and money!) I need to help me get on.
However I am actually writing this after only two weeks of full time work, so perhaps I’m being a little hasty? I guess I’ll find out soon but either way, I can now fully appreciate why people look forward to the weekends!
I think students need the opportunity to work full time at some point during their academic life as it’ll give them a taste of life after uni, and hopefully show them it’s not all that bad! The placement year we have the option to do at Leeds Met is a great example of this and I encourage all students who have the opportunity to go for it!
2 Comments
September 10, 2008 at 9:24 am
Well said (or rather, well sung). The key is to love what you’re doing because, in truth, 9-5 doesn’t quite describe it. Working days can be long when you have peaks of client work (that’s still better than having troughs, mind) and mobile communications mean you’re never completely ‘out of the office’.
September 29, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Congrats on winning your first pitch – just got to keep up that 100% record now
As Richard says, PR and comms isn’t a 9-5 job – especially in digital – but it;s a lot of fun so sometimes doesn’t even seem like work!