If you enjoy your job, what do you do?

Came here to say that too 😊

Another Advisory teacher here - some challenging days but absolutely love it and wouldn't want to do anything else x

Eyfs teacher and forest school lead :)

Good for you. Nurse here and you’ll love it. Don’t know if I’ll do my current until i retire but there are plenty of other options in the NHS that aren’t ward based.

Currently a nurse. I’ve worked in many roles within the NHS. General practice, kids and people with LD. Was also a restaurant manager and journalist previously in my 20s. Love being a nurse but can’t see it being forever.

Town planner, in the public sector. It is very demanding but also very rewarding, and every time I think it’s getting a bit stale, a new project turns up to revitalise me. I feel like I’m being paid for doing my hobby. Love it.

Both my sister and best friend left teaching in the last two years. It's surprising isn't it how many on this thread are in education and enjoying it.

I have to say this is the last job I expected to read on this thread! I don’t think I know anyone who still enjoys teaching in the current climate. I don’t recognise ‘enjoyable’ or ‘rewarding’ as accurate descriptions either!

Healthcare assistant and phlebotomist. Work at a GP surgery. Absolutely love it.
Earn minimum wage, and the day is long and busy, but after a career in finance which paid well but I found soul destroying and unrewarding, I finally wake up excited for my day. And when I leave work, my day is done, unlike in my previous career.
Love it so much I’m now training as a nurse in my 50s

I do similar to you op but love it. It's challenging but rewarding. Maybe be try and identify what bits you aren't confident about and whether the frustrations can be ironed out or whether it's just time to move on. Base the move around your skills and what you enjoy though not others ideas because different people experience jobs differently.

Politics producer for a news channel. It has been a wild few years!

Great to see so many teachers on here!
We were saying in the staffroom today that we feel really lucky ti have a job that gives our brains a good work out, even if we’ve been in the job for 30 years or more. I love the academic challenge of researching a new topic to teach at A level and preparing candidates for Oxbridge interviews.

Hospital doctor. I love it

Teacher. Head of a large dept and have some other responsibilities. It’s bloody hard work but I love my colleagues, my kids and my subject.

SENCO at a specialist primary school

Secondary school teacher. Part time. Love it!

Senior Board Director for a very large company.

I’ve done it so long now that it has become very repetitive and pretty tedious. I enjoyed working behind a bar when I was a student more than I do my current role.

The pay is huge though so I very much enjoy the impact that has on my life and future security for my DS.

I retrained as an airline pilot after 15 years working in healthcare.

Best job in the world, and wished I'd done it sooner.

Was a long and expensive journey to get here, but now I'm 47 and been a pilot now for 8 years.

You can do anything you set your mind to, just takes commitment and a good dollop of self-belief.

This is such an interesting thread - thank you for starting it. I’m a fairly senior NHS manager, and whilst I find it pretty interesting for the most part, my job is at risk and there’s going to be cuts everywhere for the forseeable future. Maybe there’s a completely different path for me to take?

Paediatric physio, working with children with complex needs. I love the variety, the teamwork but most of all I love getting to know the children and families. Been in same area for 11 years now and its crazy seeing children I treated as babies now preparing for secondary school - their needs are often lifelong, they 'join' our team as babies and stay with us until 18/19 years old. We get to know their siblings, parents, grandparents, go through highs and lows with them. I have sadly been to some of their funerals, but being invited shows the mutual respect the families and teams hold for each other.

This is such a lovely read. So many people enjoying their public sector/caring/charity roles and no one solely motivated by money. I am also in a healthcare role and have interesting and challenging work and great colleagues.

After working in retail for 14yrs and becoming Store Manager (which absolutely broke me dealing with zero support from upper management, extremely short staffed and expected to do 4 job roles at once.- 2 store locations) I left, took 6 months off work and enjoyed summer with my 6yr old and 18 month old. In September 2023 I impulsively applied for my current job - GP Receptionist. I agonised from I submitted my application, through interview and even when I accepted the job if I was doing the right thing. Honestly the best job I have ever had - I love the work, dealing with patients, all of it. Best decision I ever made. Great colleagues, very rewarding and I'm not going home mentally or physically exhausted. I'm in NI and our GPs are very much into getting into the old way of how surgery used to be. So we have pre-bookable in advance appointments for the next 4wks with GPs, Practice Nurses, MH Practioner, Treatment Room. Urgent phone calls and face to faces that open each morning at 8.30am everyday as well as the routine pre-bookable. Our GPs are really great. Sorry was so long, I usually see alot of negative comments regarding GPs and Receptionists (with good reason when I read how some surgeries operate now) and wanted to highlight we aren't all bad ☺️ best job I ever had, honestly.

Clinical Learning and Development manager for a healthcare company. I enjoy supporting people to learn and grow.

@UsernameShmusername2024 I used to be employed as a professional declutterer which was amazing!

I currently work as a coach/therapist.

Occupational Therapist in a psychiatric setting.