Do you like your job…

I was a mortgage underwriter, which I loved. I now manage underwriters which I absolutely hated at first. I hadn't managed before and I had some problem team members and felt well out of my depth.
But now I am more settled, my team is brilliant and I actually understand and can contribute to meetings.

I love it because it's flexible, although I have certain tasks and meetings each week I can manage my own time. It's rewarding, I have developed my team and seem them promoted, upskilled, etc. I still get to underwrite occasionally as I maintained my mandate. But the absolute best thing is the management team I work with. My boss is fantastic and I work with 3 other excellent managers who have mentored and supported me hugely. I genuinely love them we are like a family. That's what makes a job great in my opinion, the people around you.

I love my job. I'm a primary school teacher (albeit not in the UK anymore, which adds to the increase in job satisfaction). I like that every day is different. I get to do fun stuff and think of things my class might enjoy doing. My class are lovely and most of the parents are incredibly supportive. DS attends my school so I get to see him when they've got stuff going on. SLT are very supportive and my school is quite family-friendly.
Being abroad, I also earn a decent salary and due to it being a private school, I also get extra benefits.

Love my work in the amusement arcade, but would rather be back as a projectionist after 20yr, heartbreaking the day I left, absolutely no other work like it out there

I used to but I’m starting not to and feel like im at a dead end. Been in the sector for 10 years and feel like I need a change

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Another jeweller here!
I love the creative side and making and restoring jewellery. Or making something new out of something old. I like seeing practical tangible results of my days work.
It has been unbelievably stressful this week though with a lot of customers/clients (companies, not the end user) put a lot of pressure to do things in very tight timescales.
Also people don't value your time or experience . If a solicitor says they charge £250/hr or a plumber charges £50/hr, people accept that, if a creative (of any sort!) wants to charge more than minimum wage people are usually huffing about it!!

name changed for this post... as the name suggests, i am a police dispatcher! i've done it for many many years and as harrowing as it can be, i cannot imagine doing any other job in the world

I’m a teacher and in my school’s Leadership Team. My work is totally and utterly exhausting and can be stressful but I love it.

I laugh with children and colleague every day, get to use my academic specialisms teaching A level and I’m never, ever bored, which is very important to me.

Yes I do for many reasons.

I work in a golf clubhouse so it involves talking to regular people every day which I like.

It's 9-3 weekdays, it's round the corner from my house, it's not difficult to do and I have no responsibilities bar doing my job and turning up.

It's flexible and I'm hourly paid so I can finish early or start late if I need to because of the kids. If I need to nip out for a dentist/doctors appointment I can just take an hour, if I need to run something to school I'm gone 15 minutes.

The perks come with downsides like no sick pay so if I'm sick or need to stay at home with one of the kids it's unpaid but I've only taken 2 days in 2023, one for me and one for one child. The pay is only minimum wage too so we rely heavily on my husbands income to support us.

I've been there almost 2 years now and I'm quite happy to stay several more. In a couple of years child #1 will be in high school and 3 years later #2 will be following him so that's probably when I will start to look for something a bit better paid assuming I can find a job that pays more than minimum wage anyway!

Yes and no. One day it's fine and everything runs as it should and all the team pull together and I come home feeling motivated, and like I've made a difference to some people lives. Ask me on another day and I'm ready to hand my notice in, don't get paid enough, not enough break time, not enough time to myself and too much traffic which made me late for work and home

I'm a remedial hypnotist and love my work - so satisfying to see how people's lives can change within weeks.

I’m a civil servant. Work for HMRC carrying out investigations into customers who are suspected of not declaring what they should. I have a lovely team and a great manager. The work is very interesting, pay is not bad either at my grade (compared to where I started). Reasonable working conditions. New office. I can work at home part of the week, but personally I prefer going in.

I do a very boring job in the civil service. But I like it as it’s wfh, easy workload and zero stress. I have a fantastic manager. It’s flexible, no set hours. Relatively well paid. When I was younger I preferred more of a mental challenge. But am mid 50s now and honestly happy to coast. Hoping to carry on just doing this till retirement.

I love my job (cabin crew)

I'm pregnant atm and can't fly so have been given an admin role from home. It's made me realise how much I love and miss flying.

The money isn't great but it's enough. I like the travel and seeing new places and staying in hotels but the main thing for me is once I'm done with my trip and on my days off, I'm done. I take zero work home with me which I'm really grateful for. Can be physically challenging but mentally it's so easy.

I work for a small-ish pet food company. The company has great ethics, treats staff well and HR are very supportive.

I have a chronic medical condition which means I need to take more sick leave than most people (9 days this year, 15 last year). Not once have they given me a hard time, they check I really feel OK to work, they ask do I need more time off etc.

During lockdown we got sent books, chocolates, plants etc every couple of months - just little gifts but always reiterating "we're here for you".

I've been there 15 years and no plans on leaving!

I’m a teacher.

I used to love my job but it has been utterly destroyed, underfunded and undermined by many years of Conservative policy. Ofsted has also become an ever-present monster hanging over school staff with the capability to destroy self-esteem, health and entire careers.

If it was just the ‘teaching, I’d be staying, but that’s probably about 25% of the job and I can’t do it any more.

It makes me really sad as I have wanted to teach since I was tiny and it could be the best job in the world :(

I bloody love my job now, though it has taken years to get here. I work in education law on a non-profit basis and a combination of employed and self-employed. I describe my job as playing in defence for schools (and colleges) which can be anything from serious behaviour issues and challenging admissions where local authorities are falling apart to family law and backing schools and families at SEN tribunal, to facing expensive barristers when parents refuse to accept exclusion or investigation.

I cost a fraction of what law firms charge for the same work and leave budgets in schools where they ought to be - for frontline teaching. It feels worthwhile every day.

When I love my job I really love it. When I hate my job I really fucking hate it. And I know it will probably kill me, but can't imagine doing anything else. Paediatrician.

I’m training as an accountant and only have a couple of exams left to qualify. I also do payroll as well. I don’t love my job, it feels a bit like being on a treadmill as we do the same things on a weekly/monthly basis and a lot of it seems pretty pointless to me. On the other hand, I work for a really good company at the moment and my earning potential is pretty good for where I live. I’m also able to leave work at work.

I'm an academic and most of the time I really enjoy my job. I work in a nice department with great colleagues and lovely students. As a pp said, it's great to see how committed many of my students are and it's truly exciting to see where they all end up. The work is highly varied (teaching, research, admin, supervision, writing funding applications, etc) though as a relatively new lecturer it is a challenge to balance it all. I love that I get to mix more sociable/interactive aspects (teaching), with more quiet alone time (research, writing). Possibly the most exciting part is that I feel like I learn something new every week which means I almost never feel bored.

I like my job for now.
It is helping people in a very cope able pace, only 32.5 hours per week, pays well although it has an expiry date and the dynamics could change after Christmas.

(I quite enjoy job hunting)

I'm a nurse. I love my job in a busy GP surgery. Well supported by colleagues and management, lots of focus on development, and I get to see a huge variety of patients from "cradle to grave". Just love it.

I work in communications and yes, I do like it. My specialism is copywriting.

Prior to my current role, I hated my job with the power of a thousand suns. I started this job in February and I quite like it. It's recently got better as I've been promoted and doing a bit of supervision, which I enjoy.
The pay is reasonable. The work is interesting. My employer is quite flexible and it works around family life. It can be stressful and some spells are insanely busy. Overall I'm fairly happy.
I'm a lawyer working in residential landlord and tenant disputes.

Yes. But it's less about what I do and more about the company I work for. Big bank and I think they treat their staff and customers well. It's a kind and respectful culture. Lots of my friends work in financial services and although they get paid more, the crap they have to deal with and poor culture makes me feel grateful.