Teaching- any other jobs that make you cry regularly?

Have been a solicitor for 30 years and have never cried in work
If I was regularly crying in work I would see my GP/seek counselling/ look for a new job/career
Life is too short to be miserable at work

Yes, sadly I have seen GP and Hospital reception staff being far ruder to patients than I have ever seen a patient being rude to them. I've come across lovely staff but equally I have been shouted at for no reason.

An example being when I approached the orthopaedic out patient desk on crutches and was yelled at because apparently all the staff had been looking for me for half an hour because I'd disappeared after checking in and the Dr wanted my XRays. I hadn't checked in. My appointment was at 1.30pm and I had arrived at 1.15pm. Because I asked who they thought they were speaking to and to desist from raising their voices at me, they became even ruder and no doubt I was, in their minds a tiresome patient.

They then started on a young black man with a leg brace and spikes who I saw them misdirect up and down corridors. When he "lost it" they called security. It gave me great pleasure to intervene and be crystal clear there was provocation involved and make the point that I was in far less pain, white, middle aged and middle class and able to advocate for myself and had still been shouted at. I insisted the manager/matron was called. Blah, blah, busy clinics, excuses, etc. Quite honestly, I'm surprised nobody gave them a punch on the nose. Although I don't condone it, they deserved it.

Pretty much any healthcare role particularly A+E. We've nicknamed the clean utility the 'crying cupboard'. I'd day at least 1 member of staff is having a cry / mental breakdown per shift. Big shout out to our poor receptionists who seem to take the brunt of abuse from cross family members. Also solidarity to all the GPs posting, sorry to see things are equally as crap and unsustainable in primary care.

I'm a secondary teacher now. Rarely cry. But I have a fantastic support network. My daughter works in child protection. It's a shit show.

In my early career I worked in medical negligence specialising in obs and gynae. That was horrific.

I realised recently that my insatiable appetite for US medical dramas (Nightshift, Resident, etc.) is probably so I can externalise my emotions, i.e. have a good cry without disappearing down a rabbit hole.

I was a teacher for twenty years. When I first started, I used to leave work with a spring in my step. By the end, I’d be in tears the whole way home after holding it together all day.

Worse than that, every minute that I wasn’t at work, the stress and worry would eat away at me. The only thing that stopped the chatter in my head was alcohol.

I’m so glad I left. There’s lots about the job that I miss, but being treated like shit on a daily basis wears you down.

Solicitor. You get grief from everybody. Everybody. Nobody is happy.

Oh and unreasonable deadlines. Can't forget those.

Can anyone who has career changed to teaching from a corporate or professional services background comment on whether the hours in teaching are better or worse??

I have cried over my career but always thought it was because I was not good enough somehow. The happiest person I know, in terms of loving his work is my family member who is a self employed tree surgeon. Has so much work he can name his price, work when he wants to, is healthy AF with no need for the gym, and providing opportunities for his sons and young apprentices.

AE nurse. Horrific.

NHS has a very toxic environment. Let's just say not all nurses are angels...

This store manager - I wonder what sort of people he replaced all those he bullied out of their jobs with?

I thought you guys were so overworked that your families, etc. suffered because of your lack of time, but you seem to be able to find the time to be on MN, read posts and even comment? However I did not know the profession made you cry - strange how it is near impossible to get into med these days - those silly entrants must not realise how horrible and underpaid the profession is.

I totally understand your pov and it’s awful how some people take it out on doctors/hospital receptionists. HOWEVER many receptionists seem to automatically start from a place of cold, uncaring hostility. Chances are if a person is visiting or contacting a surgery, they are feeling unwell and/or worried about their health or that of a loved one. A little compassion would go a long way. I always talk to receptionists politely but don’t always receive the same courtesy back from them.

i'm in banking compliance. It's stressful, male dominated, high demand, of course I cry regularly. It's responsible, indirectly if we make a wrong call, there are many jobs on the line. It pays quite well though and is interesting so I'm happy to continue.

My son choked when he was a 5 year old and was saved by a massive ex army neighbour. Everyone told me to take him to A&E to get checked to see of everything was OK. I will never forget the receptionist. She didn't look up at us once and said "why are you here? He survived didn't he?" . I couldn't believe it. There are good and bad out there!

Shit my son has just started that after working as a paralegal whilst he finished his degree. Same firm. What was it you hated? The hours, the pressure?

Occasionally reduced to tears by big 4 tech consulting. Similar reasons to the PP lawyers i imagine.

Crushed between unreasonable clients, unreasonable bosses and unreasonable targets.

I do sometimes wonder if I am just a poor personality fit for my industry. Ironically I am attracted to teaching but all the posts on MN about what a nightmare it is and the long hours scare me.

as an primary school ina/ta my dd was regularly brought to tears, i so wish i had encouraged her to leave rather than stick it out.
she left at the end of the summer term.

Full time carer to my severely disabled teenage son.
Obviously I love him to bits, but I cry at the thought of not existing as a person beyond my role of carer.
It can get quite isolating.

For balance, I have been a teacher for two and a half decades and worked in a variety of workplaces, and have never cried regularly because of it. Some schools have suited me more than others, and when I have found myself in a workplace culture I don't enjoy I have moved on.

I love my current workplace (large comprehensive in an area of high deprivation, so on paper challenging, but it's a great school and community I think). I never cry. Most days I feel grateful and privileged to work there.

There is a lot of bad press about teaching as a profession. Many of us still absolutely love it, honestly - i guess we just don't write articles/start threads about our love for it very often, so it's possible to get a skewed perspective......

If someone hates it so much it makes them cry regularly, I would suggest changing schools first off - and if you still hate it after trying a few schools,you may have to accept it's not tge career for you, But it's varied and interesting and I think most people can enjoy it and be successful as teachers in the right context.

Working in theatre made me cry most days at times.

I've never seen so many adults cry until I did an admin role in a hospital. Nurses and doctors cry all the time, I was shocked. It was the worst job I've ever had as they all took it out on me as the next rung down too. Horrible place. I didn't cry though I just left. Whereas most of them had been there 20 years plus and seemed trapped in a hell of their own making.

I cried more in my NHS management job than I have since I career changed to teaching. My boss there was an absolute micro managing loon (think she realised they didn’t actually need two Band 8s and was constantly getting involved and nit picking to prove her worth - shortly after I left and wasn’t replaced, they got a new chief exec and my old boss disappeared).

My teacher crying is always rooted in frustration.

Corporate law. Fuck me. I’m doing ok now i’m senior but my husband had two huge mental breakdowns where he sat and rocked in a corner. You need to be really robust to get through the junior years and the ongoing nonstop stress and lack of sleep from long hours and weekend working take its toll. You are incredibly well paid but it’s like being bled dry while you are alive. I’m really selling it aren't I….

Doctor, the workload, abuse from other staff and patients, and the truly traumatic events we witness and are involved in, together with no pastoral support and poor working conditions

Social work