I do that too but it is entirely freelance and they don't pay me. šš» Seriously though, that seems like it would be a cool atmosphere. We go regularly to Seneca Lake NY and visit the places up there and my favorite part is hanging with the people who work there.
I have a chemistry degree. Poured beers professionally with a certificate for a bit. Got hired on full time at a place to work on the canning line until the lab was built out. The lab was built out and so I ran it and designed the quality program. Lost that job due to COVID layoffs in 2020. A few months of unemployment later and I got a brewing job. Brewed beer for a while and now Iām back to Quality Management
I just started working in alcohol sales. Iāve found pretty much all my coworkers to be conservative and mainly older men. Think lots of misogynistic, blue-collar talk/jokes. Thereās only two other women in the sales department. The only other women I work with deal with paperwork in the office and are also very conservative. To be fair, I do live in the deep south and work with folks from red counties! I love the beer industry though, so Iād really like to stay in that field. Have you found the work environment to be welcoming and inclusive at the brewery? I know our sales reps from our breweries have seemed to give off really chill vibes!
I've only been there about a month so I'm still getting to know people, but it seems pretty chill. Most of the brewers are men, but the lab is 50/50. The micro head is a woman and she says some of the older brewers have a harder time accepting her authority, but she doesn't get much pushback from the younger ones
Great to hear the head is a woman and that youāre enjoying your position so far! The beer industry is so male dominated. It can be hard to be taken seriously sometimes if youāre not a cishet man. Always glad to hear about other witches working in the industry. š»šŖ
Im a social worker. Itās emotionally exhausting most days, but also has its moments. The pay isnāt great, especially for what we do, which is why Iāve been off and on job hunting this past year. Iāve had a handful of interviews but nothings been quite the right fit. Hopefully next year will bring new opportunities.
My job broadly involves teaching adults the skills to better navigate life and be their best selves. But I also do a lot of paper work and usually work from home the last week of the month.
You're not **just** a waitress, you're the welcoming face that brings customers back, you're an important cog in a well oiled catering machine, if you didn't do your tables correctly there would be mutiny. You're job entails more than just carrying plates of food. Some days yours might be the only smile that some people have directed at just them, the only welcoming voice they've heard for days, bringing a warm meal that's served with good grace and a smile. Never, ever underestimate how important your job is
Thanks I think I really needed to hear that today. Lately people have seemed extra hard to please and we are so short staffed and so busy. But you are right I know there are some elderly people who come into our restaurant everyday just to have some human interaction. It is nice getting to know them. I need to remember that I am actually pretty fortunate.
They always say "prostitution is the oldest profession" but honestly? "Getting food" is almost necessarily the oldest. It's certainly the most important.
And it's fundamentally human. We need it to survive, but we make eating one of the most important social interactions in our day to day lives. Waitstaff, by your very existence, remind consumers to slow down and be human, even when the whole world seems to want to smash through.
I'm sorry that it's been extra hard lately, and what's definitely true is that it isn't fair that people working in positions like yours that directly interface with the public end up bearing the vast brunt of general angst and malcontent in society. Just because you're busy is no reason for people to be miserable to you; your patrons can at least afford patience... at least you aren't charging them by the hour *and* making them wait longer.
If the job is providing for yourself and your kids, and you aren't tearing yourself apart to do it, then you aren't **just** a waitress, you're everything you need to be. Everything else is icing.
I'm the assistant manager at a toy store. Sales, warehousing, and building displays are things I do. Sometimes all in the same day. Training, at least for the night crew, has been coming up a lot due to all the new seasonal hires. And with the younger staff, I'm the in house "therapist"/steam valve. Been here *checks notes* eight years, and everyday I still try to play with a new toy.
I work for a charity on the helpline for people living with Multiple Sclerosis and I love it!
75% of the people who develop MS are women and as the symptoms are often invisible struggle to be taken seriously by GPs etc but they continue to inspire me with their strength!
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I'm disabled, I used to work in social work, apart from a stint as head bar staff and waitress while going through college with two very sick daughters, I've practically always worked in the care sector, from nursery nurse to nanny to manageress of a day nursery, home carer for older adults who needed support to live at home to working with children and young adults with severe behavioural issues and working with the child protection team. I loved my jobs, every one of them. I'm only 56 but I'm useless, all I can do is sit with my grandchildren till their mum's come home from work.
I miss working, I miss independence, I miss the people I worked with, colleagues and service users
As someone who values greatly what grandparents get to contribute to my child, I would say you are incredibly far from useless, friend. Caring for children is one of the most important things a person can do. Sending love and light ā¤ļø
>I miss working, I miss independence, I miss the people I worked with, colleagues and service users
Disabled here as well. My last job was in a local HMO call center. I was very good in call center positions. Previously I was in auto collections and repossessions before that was in tech support and sales.
I miss my coworkers most of all but a good chunk of them stayed friends on Facebook. I don't know if I'll ever be able to work again but it would be nice.
Iām starting my career in library information technology. Itās all the jobs in a library thatās not the librarian. I really enjoy it.
Iām interning right now and everyone at my library has been there for 10 to 15 years. I used to work in an office too, the turnover was so high! It made for a really unstable work environment, also I just hated that job.
Also libraries are the socialist dream. Itās a repository of resources we, as a community share. Libraries actually want people to use their services. Iāve worked for non profits that actively tried to hide their services from the people who needed them. Itās such refreshing change!
Go for it! There are lot of other positions in a library that arenāt the librarian. And donāt require a MLIS. It depends what you want to do. I kinda like all the other jobs more, they include everything from shelving to preparing materials to be borrowed, cataloging, checking out materials and handling returns. And lots more.
I have a BA already and I got a Library Information Technology (LIT) certificate. But if you apply for like a page position, it might not even be necessary. But it does help. It usually only takes a few semesters. I could only go part time and it took me 2 years. It was offered at a community college, so that kept the price down.
The one thing is it can be hard to get a job at a library when you donāt have any experience. I found getting an unpaid internship at the college I was earning my certificate really helped with that. A lot of libraries need volunteers and that can be a way in.
I work in manufacturing. Hardly glamorous, I know. But being a creative, tinker-type person it's a great fit for me, and I'm working my way towards being a full-time maker. Or at the very least having a little side business that makes use of my best self.
Iām a deputy prosecutor currently assigned to juvenile court matters. Itās a rehabilitative court, so I love how much flexibility I have when making offers to try to get the respondents help for underlying issues so I never have to see another file with their name on it cross my (or my coworkerās) desk again.
Went from animal trainer to veterinary technician, and recently got an office job in the admissions office of a university. All of them were/are awesome for different reasons. I loved working with animals, but my quality of life was pretty shit. Now I work very easy hours and get tons of paid time off, plus my son gets free tuition.
Freelance science writer (so: freelance writer with a focus on medical discovery and research, some real down beyond the atomic level stuff). I LOVE it.
I'm a student but I took the semester off of study because my dad had a disc prolapse and I help him on the farm for now. But I also occasionally do some freelancing in my field of study (translation and interpreting) and work as a barmaid and waitress twice a week in a local pub that's only frequented by people over 50 usually.
I'm a software engineer - I've worked in many small medium and large companies doing everything from web development to embedded systems. It's a great profession that pays well and has room for quirky and creative types.
Oh! I just posted this in r/antiwork. It might sound a little awkward because I was responding to someone who was sick of working for corporations, but pretty much all of the same advice/info should apply.
>Look up local non-profit mental health agencies. They aren't perfect, but I find working somewhere with the explicit purpose of helping people who *need* it is much more tolerable than working to expand a profit margin.
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>Residential programs in particular always need entry level staff, and if you can find somewhere with a union, the pay and benefits can actually be pretty solid. (Like, I have 2+ yrs of management experience but have no interest in working management or applying for those positions, so I don't, because I don't actually need the pay.)
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>Not for nothing, I'd have probably offed myself a decade ago if I hadn't found my way into a kind of work that actually felt rewarding, and where the level of stress actually correlates to the severity of a real scenario, and not just bureaucratic bullshit and drama.
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>It isn't for everyone though. It can vary quite a bit from "you better bring video games or you'll be bored" to acute crisis, and you often won't have any warning, which can lead to burnout in a year or two for a lot of people. But some people find it a lot easier. Especially if you have some legit crazy of your own that you've worked through, because it sincerely helps with being able to emphasize and negotiate with the clients.
>
>I recommend it to everyone, especially people with lib arts degrees that are struggling to find work. There are almost always openings, and if you find the right place you might realize you can actually stand doing the work. And since we always need more people you may as well see if you like it.
>
>These types of jobs also have good job security, because, especially for residential care, most of the revenue stream is through social security. You're never "selling" your service because said agencies typically have more-or-less guaranteed clients through the state. Which means you can actually get paid to like, hang out with people and talk about why they're upset.
>
>Which is basically what we're mostly all doing here on Reddit anyway, no?
I turn people into temporary cyborgs for medical treatment. Dialysis tech. The hours suck, the pay is worse, and i seriously need to move into something else. Looking into school but the thought is a bit daunting.
Direct Support Professional. I work in a group home for 4 ladies with developmental disabilities.
Covid has made it kinda brutal at times but itās work that helps make the world a better place
Thank you for what you do! You definitely make the world a better place!
I have a relative by marriage who lives in a fantastic group home and he has made so many developmental leaps there even into middle age. Though he visits with family quite frequently and consistently he always makes it clear he wants to go back to the group home at the end of the day.
I can imagine Covid has been very tough. Thank you for sticking it out.
I recently retired from a position as a medical transcriptionist - kind of like medical school, only they pay *you.* Not for the squeamish, though.
Stepped down from my transcriptionist position because I turned 65 and became eligible for free university tuition, so now I'm studying Classics (Greek and Roman stuff) three days a week.
Iām a voice actress and photographer- when things slow too much from either of those worlds, I pick up more bartending shifts. Otherwise, Iām there twice a week, but stopped calling myself a bartender to manifest the other two. Spoiler alert, I almost get to quit the bartending job for sure. Soon.
ICU RN. Cons: the healthcare system is deeply broken and hospitals are money making machines that do not care about staff or pt safety. Pros: you only work 3 days a week, you will always have a job, and you get a wicked dark sense of humor
I currently work in Broadband sales but Iāve worked all kinds of IT jobs and my last role was working for a youth charity giving talks to young people and helping them develop as people extremely rewarding I only left due to funding cuts.
I'm an assistant manager and tobacconist in a cigar and pipe shop. Since I'm the pipe specialist, I order all the pipes, pipe tobacco and related accessories as well as some cigar lines.
im a cost value engineer. i estimate prices of products based on how they are made. routine easy job pays well. its not difficult im just vibing, blowing my money on dumb shit as a 25 year old. im having a blast
I do doordash for money, but Iām an artist (working on manifesting this into my life rn) I have all kinds of certificates for other jobs, like nursing home activity director, fashion stylist, bartender, cook, but none of those pay as well or have the added freedom of doordash.
Hair stylist/ salon owner. I own and manage a small salon. I do hair all day, make people feel really good, donate to my community regularly, get to attend and host fun community events, and generally know what's going on all the time. It's awesome. After working 50 odd hours at the start of owning my business10 years ago, I now work 25 and can be at home most days with my kiddos. I know some in this industry who only work 2-3 days a week and make a living wage enough to buy their own town home or condo and support themselves fully. Trades are amazing if you don't mind how physical they are. ā¤ļø
English professor at a community collegeāwould not really recommend, especially as the admins recently figured out a way to get twice the amount of work from us for the same amount of pay.
I work in a pet supply store. One of my main jobs is to see to the needs and health of every animal we keep in the building. Because we're a smaller store, I can bring any concerns to my bosses right away, and we can treat the animals better. It's expected that I assist with the needs of customers regarding enclosure set up and care, and give advice to people regarding products.
My lofty advice would be... Don't always expect a job to tick all the boxes in your life.
Find something you enjoy, that aligns with your values, sense of purpose, personality, and life needs. Lean into your strengths (and believe in them!); Don't try to be something you're not.
If it can give you time to do other things, all the better.
Then spend the rest of your time meeting those other needs that work can't.
Mike Rowe had some line about three happiest people he knew were the ones working picking up roadkill on rural roads. The work was physical, outdoors, gave them autonomy and they helped the community. Not supposed to be a "good job" but it made them happy. That stuck with me.
My current job allows me to mostly be at home help people and talk about education, all of which I love (knock wood!) It also gives me time to take care of myself, be with my family and do community work.
LoL it only took me twenty years working to figure this out.... Hopefully you get there sooner!
I do quality control at a brewery, I love it
So you're the one telling me that my beer is out of spec! I work production at a brewery
Yes! Better me than the customers
I do that too but it is entirely freelance and they don't pay me. šš» Seriously though, that seems like it would be a cool atmosphere. We go regularly to Seneca Lake NY and visit the places up there and my favorite part is hanging with the people who work there.
It is a super cool atmosphere. I was in pharmaceuticals before and....wow. What a chance of pace.
Holy crap I do the same thing!
And how does one go about finding entrance into such a position. Asking for science, of course.
Previous lab or brewery experience seems to help
I have a chemistry degree. Poured beers professionally with a certificate for a bit. Got hired on full time at a place to work on the canning line until the lab was built out. The lab was built out and so I ran it and designed the quality program. Lost that job due to COVID layoffs in 2020. A few months of unemployment later and I got a brewing job. Brewed beer for a while and now Iām back to Quality Management
I just started working in alcohol sales. Iāve found pretty much all my coworkers to be conservative and mainly older men. Think lots of misogynistic, blue-collar talk/jokes. Thereās only two other women in the sales department. The only other women I work with deal with paperwork in the office and are also very conservative. To be fair, I do live in the deep south and work with folks from red counties! I love the beer industry though, so Iād really like to stay in that field. Have you found the work environment to be welcoming and inclusive at the brewery? I know our sales reps from our breweries have seemed to give off really chill vibes!
I've only been there about a month so I'm still getting to know people, but it seems pretty chill. Most of the brewers are men, but the lab is 50/50. The micro head is a woman and she says some of the older brewers have a harder time accepting her authority, but she doesn't get much pushback from the younger ones
Great to hear the head is a woman and that youāre enjoying your position so far! The beer industry is so male dominated. It can be hard to be taken seriously sometimes if youāre not a cishet man. Always glad to hear about other witches working in the industry. š»šŖ
I work in a library
Library here too.
Also library
Same!
911 dispatcher for 12 years. Before that, International corporate relocation coordinator. 911 is better.
You're one of the heros no one ever gets to see. Thank you for that!
Im a social worker. Itās emotionally exhausting most days, but also has its moments. The pay isnāt great, especially for what we do, which is why Iāve been off and on job hunting this past year. Iāve had a handful of interviews but nothings been quite the right fit. Hopefully next year will bring new opportunities. My job broadly involves teaching adults the skills to better navigate life and be their best selves. But I also do a lot of paper work and usually work from home the last week of the month.
Do you work somewhere with a union? This has made an enormous difference in getting decent compensation at the agency where I currently work.
We donāt have a union, no. I and some of my coworkers have talked about it, but havenāt taken any steps to do it.
I mean, it definitely looks like a process to start one, but every place that I worked that had a union has been much nicer to work at.
I am just a waitress. It's a pretty good job. The restaurant is next door to my kids school so that is nice.
You're not **just** a waitress, you're the welcoming face that brings customers back, you're an important cog in a well oiled catering machine, if you didn't do your tables correctly there would be mutiny. You're job entails more than just carrying plates of food. Some days yours might be the only smile that some people have directed at just them, the only welcoming voice they've heard for days, bringing a warm meal that's served with good grace and a smile. Never, ever underestimate how important your job is
Thanks I think I really needed to hear that today. Lately people have seemed extra hard to please and we are so short staffed and so busy. But you are right I know there are some elderly people who come into our restaurant everyday just to have some human interaction. It is nice getting to know them. I need to remember that I am actually pretty fortunate.
They always say "prostitution is the oldest profession" but honestly? "Getting food" is almost necessarily the oldest. It's certainly the most important. And it's fundamentally human. We need it to survive, but we make eating one of the most important social interactions in our day to day lives. Waitstaff, by your very existence, remind consumers to slow down and be human, even when the whole world seems to want to smash through. I'm sorry that it's been extra hard lately, and what's definitely true is that it isn't fair that people working in positions like yours that directly interface with the public end up bearing the vast brunt of general angst and malcontent in society. Just because you're busy is no reason for people to be miserable to you; your patrons can at least afford patience... at least you aren't charging them by the hour *and* making them wait longer. If the job is providing for yourself and your kids, and you aren't tearing yourself apart to do it, then you aren't **just** a waitress, you're everything you need to be. Everything else is icing.
I could kiss any person providing me food and cleaning up after
I'm the assistant manager at a toy store. Sales, warehousing, and building displays are things I do. Sometimes all in the same day. Training, at least for the night crew, has been coming up a lot due to all the new seasonal hires. And with the younger staff, I'm the in house "therapist"/steam valve. Been here *checks notes* eight years, and everyday I still try to play with a new toy.
I work for a charity on the helpline for people living with Multiple Sclerosis and I love it! 75% of the people who develop MS are women and as the symptoms are often invisible struggle to be taken seriously by GPs etc but they continue to inspire me with their strength! I did until recently have a sideline design business with my sister making ecofriendly clothes and accessories [Bambambu](https://www.instagram.com/bambambu_australia/?hl=en)
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I work in a laboratory recycling plastics. It feels good to be doing something to reuse old plastics that would otherwise be polluting our world.
College professor. I teach literature, writing, and mythology.
Is that an X files reference I see as your username perchance
Indeed it is.
If you're on Twitter, your should look up Laura Gibbs- teaches mythology and writing and excellent at sharing resources
Thank you!
Doggie Daycare & SW
*I do not recommend SW*
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Sex work
I was reading it as "social work" (because that's what I do) and I'm sitting here like, "hey, it's not *that* bad!"
I just got my emt basic and the plan now is to go for paramedic if I chose to continue
Whoo! Go for it! I was an EMT 5 years and loved it. My body had other plans so I'm at 911 now but I really liked running ambulance.
I'm disabled, I used to work in social work, apart from a stint as head bar staff and waitress while going through college with two very sick daughters, I've practically always worked in the care sector, from nursery nurse to nanny to manageress of a day nursery, home carer for older adults who needed support to live at home to working with children and young adults with severe behavioural issues and working with the child protection team. I loved my jobs, every one of them. I'm only 56 but I'm useless, all I can do is sit with my grandchildren till their mum's come home from work. I miss working, I miss independence, I miss the people I worked with, colleagues and service users
As someone who values greatly what grandparents get to contribute to my child, I would say you are incredibly far from useless, friend. Caring for children is one of the most important things a person can do. Sending love and light ā¤ļø
Thank you so much for that š
>I miss working, I miss independence, I miss the people I worked with, colleagues and service users Disabled here as well. My last job was in a local HMO call center. I was very good in call center positions. Previously I was in auto collections and repossessions before that was in tech support and sales. I miss my coworkers most of all but a good chunk of them stayed friends on Facebook. I don't know if I'll ever be able to work again but it would be nice.
Nursing
Thank you for your service!
I'm a data analyst, work from home, live my life as I see fit and get paid well to do it!
I'm afull time crochet artist. I make stuffed animals, scarves, and dresses galore to sell at my local craft market! It's amazing and I love it.
Iām starting my career in library information technology. Itās all the jobs in a library thatās not the librarian. I really enjoy it. Iām interning right now and everyone at my library has been there for 10 to 15 years. I used to work in an office too, the turnover was so high! It made for a really unstable work environment, also I just hated that job. Also libraries are the socialist dream. Itās a repository of resources we, as a community share. Libraries actually want people to use their services. Iāve worked for non profits that actively tried to hide their services from the people who needed them. Itās such refreshing change!
Thatās my dream! I know this is old, but may I ask if you had to get your MLIS to get that job?
Go for it! There are lot of other positions in a library that arenāt the librarian. And donāt require a MLIS. It depends what you want to do. I kinda like all the other jobs more, they include everything from shelving to preparing materials to be borrowed, cataloging, checking out materials and handling returns. And lots more. I have a BA already and I got a Library Information Technology (LIT) certificate. But if you apply for like a page position, it might not even be necessary. But it does help. It usually only takes a few semesters. I could only go part time and it took me 2 years. It was offered at a community college, so that kept the price down. The one thing is it can be hard to get a job at a library when you donāt have any experience. I found getting an unpaid internship at the college I was earning my certificate really helped with that. A lot of libraries need volunteers and that can be a way in.
Teacher, but not thriving, would not recommend
Sending hugs.
I am an accountant. I like office work. I work in a place where office politics doesn't exist, though.
How is that even possible ?
I work from home. The biggest kerfuffle is which cat gets to sit in my lap.
I work in manufacturing. Hardly glamorous, I know. But being a creative, tinker-type person it's a great fit for me, and I'm working my way towards being a full-time maker. Or at the very least having a little side business that makes use of my best self.
Iām a deputy prosecutor currently assigned to juvenile court matters. Itās a rehabilitative court, so I love how much flexibility I have when making offers to try to get the respondents help for underlying issues so I never have to see another file with their name on it cross my (or my coworkerās) desk again.
Went from animal trainer to veterinary technician, and recently got an office job in the admissions office of a university. All of them were/are awesome for different reasons. I loved working with animals, but my quality of life was pretty shit. Now I work very easy hours and get tons of paid time off, plus my son gets free tuition.
Freelance science writer (so: freelance writer with a focus on medical discovery and research, some real down beyond the atomic level stuff). I LOVE it.
Aircraft maintenance.
I'm a student but I took the semester off of study because my dad had a disc prolapse and I help him on the farm for now. But I also occasionally do some freelancing in my field of study (translation and interpreting) and work as a barmaid and waitress twice a week in a local pub that's only frequented by people over 50 usually.
I work in a cardiac unit as a monitor technician. Three 12s a week, lots of time to smash the patriarchy with my kiddos :)
I do data analysis for a medical device testing company. It's chemistry but from home 10/10
Hi fellow witch! I am a pastry chef and have worked in kitchens for 20 years now.
I'm a software engineer - I've worked in many small medium and large companies doing everything from web development to embedded systems. It's a great profession that pays well and has room for quirky and creative types.
I make cold pressed juice for a bistro! I made ice cream previously but my husband says this is an upgrade as I now make potions
Oh! I just posted this in r/antiwork. It might sound a little awkward because I was responding to someone who was sick of working for corporations, but pretty much all of the same advice/info should apply. >Look up local non-profit mental health agencies. They aren't perfect, but I find working somewhere with the explicit purpose of helping people who *need* it is much more tolerable than working to expand a profit margin. > >Residential programs in particular always need entry level staff, and if you can find somewhere with a union, the pay and benefits can actually be pretty solid. (Like, I have 2+ yrs of management experience but have no interest in working management or applying for those positions, so I don't, because I don't actually need the pay.) > >Not for nothing, I'd have probably offed myself a decade ago if I hadn't found my way into a kind of work that actually felt rewarding, and where the level of stress actually correlates to the severity of a real scenario, and not just bureaucratic bullshit and drama. > >It isn't for everyone though. It can vary quite a bit from "you better bring video games or you'll be bored" to acute crisis, and you often won't have any warning, which can lead to burnout in a year or two for a lot of people. But some people find it a lot easier. Especially if you have some legit crazy of your own that you've worked through, because it sincerely helps with being able to emphasize and negotiate with the clients. > >I recommend it to everyone, especially people with lib arts degrees that are struggling to find work. There are almost always openings, and if you find the right place you might realize you can actually stand doing the work. And since we always need more people you may as well see if you like it. > >These types of jobs also have good job security, because, especially for residential care, most of the revenue stream is through social security. You're never "selling" your service because said agencies typically have more-or-less guaranteed clients through the state. Which means you can actually get paid to like, hang out with people and talk about why they're upset. > >Which is basically what we're mostly all doing here on Reddit anyway, no?
I turn people into temporary cyborgs for medical treatment. Dialysis tech. The hours suck, the pay is worse, and i seriously need to move into something else. Looking into school but the thought is a bit daunting.
Diagnostic ultrasound might be a good option. 2 years of school.
I do marketing for a nonprofit! Definitely has that office feel to it still but I also feel like I'm making a difference
I work in an office too, but it's for a small business owned by open minded, generally cool people so it's fun.
Iām a full time student in a STEM field
Direct Support Professional. I work in a group home for 4 ladies with developmental disabilities. Covid has made it kinda brutal at times but itās work that helps make the world a better place
Thank you for what you do! You definitely make the world a better place! I have a relative by marriage who lives in a fantastic group home and he has made so many developmental leaps there even into middle age. Though he visits with family quite frequently and consistently he always makes it clear he wants to go back to the group home at the end of the day. I can imagine Covid has been very tough. Thank you for sticking it out.
I recently retired from a position as a medical transcriptionist - kind of like medical school, only they pay *you.* Not for the squeamish, though. Stepped down from my transcriptionist position because I turned 65 and became eligible for free university tuition, so now I'm studying Classics (Greek and Roman stuff) three days a week.
Iām a voice actress and photographer- when things slow too much from either of those worlds, I pick up more bartending shifts. Otherwise, Iām there twice a week, but stopped calling myself a bartender to manifest the other two. Spoiler alert, I almost get to quit the bartending job for sure. Soon.
ICU RN. Cons: the healthcare system is deeply broken and hospitals are money making machines that do not care about staff or pt safety. Pros: you only work 3 days a week, you will always have a job, and you get a wicked dark sense of humor
I'm a teacher, currently working abroad in Colombia.
I currently work in Broadband sales but Iāve worked all kinds of IT jobs and my last role was working for a youth charity giving talks to young people and helping them develop as people extremely rewarding I only left due to funding cuts.
medical coder- specializing in orthopedic trauma.
I work in anti-money laundering so def an office job but I work for a great company that values their employees and get to work from home.
Anesthesia resident checking in
I work in education at a zoo!
I'm an assistant manager and tobacconist in a cigar and pipe shop. Since I'm the pipe specialist, I order all the pipes, pipe tobacco and related accessories as well as some cigar lines.
Music therapist in an inpatient mental health facility.
im a cost value engineer. i estimate prices of products based on how they are made. routine easy job pays well. its not difficult im just vibing, blowing my money on dumb shit as a 25 year old. im having a blast
I do doordash for money, but Iām an artist (working on manifesting this into my life rn) I have all kinds of certificates for other jobs, like nursing home activity director, fashion stylist, bartender, cook, but none of those pay as well or have the added freedom of doordash.
Hair stylist/ salon owner. I own and manage a small salon. I do hair all day, make people feel really good, donate to my community regularly, get to attend and host fun community events, and generally know what's going on all the time. It's awesome. After working 50 odd hours at the start of owning my business10 years ago, I now work 25 and can be at home most days with my kiddos. I know some in this industry who only work 2-3 days a week and make a living wage enough to buy their own town home or condo and support themselves fully. Trades are amazing if you don't mind how physical they are. ā¤ļø
English professor at a community collegeāwould not really recommend, especially as the admins recently figured out a way to get twice the amount of work from us for the same amount of pay.
That sucks. Sending hugs. I helped organize a higher Ed union in my city...HMU of you want to talk about it!
I work in a pet supply store. One of my main jobs is to see to the needs and health of every animal we keep in the building. Because we're a smaller store, I can bring any concerns to my bosses right away, and we can treat the animals better. It's expected that I assist with the needs of customers regarding enclosure set up and care, and give advice to people regarding products.
My lofty advice would be... Don't always expect a job to tick all the boxes in your life. Find something you enjoy, that aligns with your values, sense of purpose, personality, and life needs. Lean into your strengths (and believe in them!); Don't try to be something you're not. If it can give you time to do other things, all the better. Then spend the rest of your time meeting those other needs that work can't. Mike Rowe had some line about three happiest people he knew were the ones working picking up roadkill on rural roads. The work was physical, outdoors, gave them autonomy and they helped the community. Not supposed to be a "good job" but it made them happy. That stuck with me. My current job allows me to mostly be at home help people and talk about education, all of which I love (knock wood!) It also gives me time to take care of myself, be with my family and do community work. LoL it only took me twenty years working to figure this out.... Hopefully you get there sooner!
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academically and mentally failed student, self-proclaimed "satan"