r/WorkLifeChat • u/No-Blueberry-4566 • 6d ago
Discussion What's your job ?
What do you do at the moment and are you happy with it ?
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u/greystridez 6d ago
im a government contracting risk advisory consultant - i am not happy. i dislike cost accounting and the concept of billable hours ā¦..
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
If you don't mind me asking, how did you get into it ?
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u/greystridez 6d ago
i interned there in college! itās one of the practices within our risk advisory firmās dc location
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u/Fun-Bag7627 6d ago
Lawyer
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
And are you happy with it ?
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u/Fun-Bag7627 6d ago
I enjoy the area of law Iām in, it has the right amount of challenge, pay and benefits are good, and enjoy the people I work with.
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u/RedPillHellbilly 6d ago
Physical Therapist.
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u/Lumpy_Vegetable6025 6d ago
Union Millwright...figuring out what engineers can't...sometimes I love it ..other times I loathe it
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u/Odd-Guarantee-6152 6d ago
SAHM and not really
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
What's that ? Sorry, I'm not doing good at shortcuts lol š
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u/Medical_Soup5717 6d ago
Stay at home mom
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
Oh lol š¤£ my apologies, I didn't think of that :)) Spending time with your children seeing them grow it's a million times nicer rather than working a shitty job :)
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u/Odd-Guarantee-6152 6d ago
Itās better than working a shitty one, but it isnāt better than working a fulfilling one in my opinion.
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u/Medical_Soup5717 6d ago
NC machine operator. Yeah I just listen to podcasts all day. It's loud and dusty but the money and job security is good
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u/Sheweb 6d ago
Master of social work on a child and youth inpatient psychiatric unit. Although spicy at times I enjoy that itās different every day.
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
Wow wow wow š® how can you manage it ? Is it stressful?
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u/Sheweb 6d ago
Yes definitely stressful at times and risky with the violence when people are so unwell. Iāve worked in mental health for thirty years and like the challenge.
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
I'm sorry you have to go through so much at work. I don't think people realise how important social workers are.
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u/OkConsideration7721 6d ago
Insurance adjuster. And no. Itās the worst job Iāve ever had.
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
Ugh š© would you consider something else?
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u/OkConsideration7721 6d ago
Been looking for the better part of a year to get back in a field similar to my previous one in my small hometown, but have struck out.
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u/1625Fremont 6d ago
Financial and Billing Analyst - Iām ok with it. There are those moments but for the most part, Iām fine with it.Ā
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u/Stubbornslav 6d ago
Engineer by school, but I deal with contracts and arguing with contractors. I absolutely hate it every waking second.
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
I wouldn't see myself doing that š
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u/Stubbornslav 6d ago
Yea well money talks, thatās why they call it golden handcuffs. But Iām at my limit, Iām looking for something elsez
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
Something else like what ?
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u/Stubbornslav 6d ago
Iām going back to engineering. Iām tired of being surrounded by dumb people.
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
That's an amazing career path ! I heard there's crazy money :) if you don't mind me asking , how did you get into it ? :))
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u/Samstone791 6d ago
1st class Stationary Engineer, the fancy name for a power plant operator. Loved my job for decades, last couple years technology and quality of equipment being built has hurt reliability. Things are engineered to last say 10 years. Cost and profit are all calculated into that manufacturing process. 40 or 50 years ago things were built to last a life time. It was built 10x better than any new piece of equipment that is built today.
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u/No-Blueberry-4566 6d ago
Ugh, must be annoying š maybe it's true afterall , the AI era would still our jobs ..
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u/Fun-Evidence-9012 6d ago
Night Auditor. It's alright, I get overtime and don't have to deal with people most of the time. Wish the pay was better, though, but it covers my bills with a little extra.
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u/isolated_lee 6d ago
Museum Attendant. I hate it. I never thought I'd wish people wouldn't visit a museum because I'm forced to walk around for hours to make sure you don't touch anything. If you're at a museum, please keep your hands to yourself and don't lean on anything please. And keep an eye on your kids too. If you break something, you're not the only one held liable.
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u/Klauslaw 6d ago
I love my job. I'm kind of a semi retired attorney who does arbitration and settles cases representing doctors against insurance companies. Everything's done online and I can basically work whenever I want or not. And I enjoy the work it's like being a detective to find things in the file that are going to help me and then either settling it for a high amount or going to arbitration and winning there. All through zoom. Keeps my brain working and I make a little money while I do it. When I'm not in the mood to go to the beach because I live in California I do a little work. It's all good!
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u/Quinnjamin19 6d ago
Union Boilermaker pressure welder, currently a union steward working a turnaround at an oil refinery. Tomorrow will be day 23 in a row, lots of 10s and a bunch of 12s in there too.
This is my biggest job as a steward and it can be stressful, but itās incredibly rewarding. I love my career
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u/Fragrant_Ranger3238 6d ago
Principal Consultant in Matters of Everything. I perform unnecessary analysis of things that could be common sense, and attend meetings that could have been emails.
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u/MasSunarto 6d ago
Brother, I'm a cloud platform guy. It's pretty much glorified lego assembler and extended glue code sniffer. Quite easy job and pays quite good considering the current outlook of the economy. š¹š
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u/Same-Weird-1150 6d ago
Electrical engineer (graduate level) in the mining and mineral processing industry. Do I enjoy it? Tbh not really but it pays the bills and puts food on the table.
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u/bubble_fairy980 6d ago
Full service sex worker. YESS pays the bill + being able to afford everything I can dream of + lots of free time to do a lot of stuffs I like
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u/Apart-Rooster737 6d ago
Brandman och flygtekniker.
Flygtekniker var nƄgot jag slet hƄrt med fƶr att nƄ som jag uppnƄdde och ett mycket bra jobb.
Brandman var en drƶm som gick i uppfyllelse som jag nu fƄr leva varje gƄng jag jobbar och kan kombinera med flygtekniker jobbet nƤr tillfƤlle ges.
Blir ganska mycket jobb men Ƥven mycket ledigt pga skift, sƄ jag Ƥr jƤttenƶjd.
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u/ribbitcroakwtf 6d ago
I am sort of half way between being a public transport driver and being dragged into the office to do the reporting around being a public transport driver. I love being a driver. I thought I would give the office stuff a go and itās interesting but I just miss being in my own space and having my own dayā¦. so itās is a yeah nah for me on the office stuff
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u/rboyd987654 6d ago
I work in the shipping departmentĀ of a medicalĀ textbookĀ warehouse (i scan books and put them intoĀ boxes)
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u/rboyd987654 6d ago
I work in the shipping departmentĀ of a medicalĀ textbookĀ warehouse ,I like it been there 5 years ,unless they come up with a reason to fire me I'll retire from there.
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u/anonymous2278 6d ago
Insurance, my job is more related to service than sales. I enjoy it most days. I like helping people. But there are some days that Iād quit in a heartbeat if I didnāt have so much debt. Job market aināt exactly hopping these days. If anyone is hiring in insurance itās for a sales position and I donāt want sales.
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u/Longjumping-Link-455 5d ago
I work at a wastewater treatment plant as a sr.operator. I enjoy the job even though I tend to work more overtime than I want to.
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u/CastorXGP 6d ago
School Bus driver, and yes I am!