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If you love your job tell me more please!

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 10:43

This is off the back of another thread, got me thinking, wondering, intrigued…to all this who genuinely love their job, please share more. What do you do? Why do you love it?

Have a great day 🥰

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:14

SmoothCollie · 25/10/2025 21:02

Solicitor in child/family and social security law. I love it. It's shitter now than it used to be due to Legal Aid and higher demand than ever, but I have my first Trainee this year and she's amazing, she has given me a whole new love for my job.

Ahh interesting. This is the career I wanted when I was younger. I went to uni to begin my path into it but had to leave for Heath reasons - aways think, what if.

glad you enjoy it regardless of the demand ☺️

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Oooooak · 25/10/2025 21:13

Video editor, get a lot of creative freedom, every day feels quite exciting and I like telling a story, I don’t have to do much boring work like paperwork etc, just feels very fun, this is quite company specific rather than the job, but I get a lot of flexibility and my boss is lovely.

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:11

ainsleysanob · 25/10/2025 21:11

I am an office manager within a large construction company. I am responsible for finances, work distribution and the general overseeing of day to day workload. I work with office Project Managers and Tradesmen in all differing trades. We’re not politically correct, no HR, no rules that you can’t say this and that, can take as many holidays as we want, go to kids appointments/ plays/sports events, go home when we have a delivery or want to bring our washing in when it’s raining and we’re all paid very well. I love it.

Now this has made me jealous! How perfect!!

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ainsleysanob · 25/10/2025 21:11

I am an office manager within a large construction company. I am responsible for finances, work distribution and the general overseeing of day to day workload. I work with office Project Managers and Tradesmen in all differing trades. We’re not politically correct, no HR, no rules that you can’t say this and that, can take as many holidays as we want, go to kids appointments/ plays/sports events, go home when we have a delivery or want to bring our washing in when it’s raining and we’re all paid very well. I love it.

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:11

bottletop26 · 25/10/2025 21:03

I’m a teacher in a secondary school. I just love it. SLT are really supportive and always think of the staff welfare. The kids are great, it’s the parents that are the problem.

Why does this not suprise me!

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:09

jeaux90 · 25/10/2025 10:56

I am in Tech, I absolutely love my job. Run a team who provides consulting to clients to deploy the tech they have bought. Tech changes keep me on a constant learning curve and I deal with such a range of clients. I have found this industry really good as a lone parent, it’s really flexible and well paid.

Fabulous - often wish I had taken this path.

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SpanThatWorld · 25/10/2025 21:08

FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:06

this is just wonderful. You have an amazing job! How did you get into it?

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Qualifications as a Teacher of Deaf Children and then Audiology.
We also have Speech and Language Therapists and Clinical Psychologists working as part of the team

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:06

SpanThatWorld · 25/10/2025 10:51

I am part of the multidisciplinary team which assesses children for cochlear implants. We then provide short term habilitation and longer term assessment followed by lifelong technical support.

We are with families as they make decisions with lifelong implications on behalf of their children. We can change lives.

this is just wonderful. You have an amazing job! How did you get into it?

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bottletop26 · 25/10/2025 21:03

I’m a teacher in a secondary school. I just love it. SLT are really supportive and always think of the staff welfare. The kids are great, it’s the parents that are the problem.

SmoothCollie · 25/10/2025 21:02

Solicitor in child/family and social security law. I love it. It's shitter now than it used to be due to Legal Aid and higher demand than ever, but I have my first Trainee this year and she's amazing, she has given me a whole new love for my job.

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FreidaMaxwellThrillersaremysanity · 25/10/2025 21:00

I love this. A job with an amazing purpose. How did you get into it?

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EngineerClaireH · 25/10/2025 17:54

I am a Civil Engineer and i love it. The challenge of finding solutions to problems, designing things that are then built and leaving lasting legacies is fantastic. I have worked across the world and now have the opportunity to work pretty flexibly around my kids. It can be tough and long hours, but worth it.

Checkthemeaning · 25/10/2025 16:51

I am a health & safety consultant in the construction industry & I really enjoy it. Lots of travelling to different sites and building up relationships with site teams. All men (of course!) but they can be quite funny sometimes 😂 The only downside is the rain but I couldn’t be sat in front of a computer 8 hours a day!

whatisforteamum · 25/10/2025 15:26

I'm one of the chefs in a private place like National trust.
Food and herbs from the walled garden.Nice food freshly prepped everyday.Events on and very busy.
I've been a chef for 42 yrs and I love it.
I get herbal tea in our tremendous gardens and walk in nature to get there.
People are lovely and we have plants and arty bits for sale too.

ThisKindAmberLemur · 25/10/2025 15:14

I'm a teacher, secondary school, head of department. I work in an extremely deprived area and a lot of our kids are very vulnerable ... They're amazing, often a bit arsey, always curious (even if it's about the 'wrong' things), inspiring really. I feel privileged to be part of their growing up experience. Kids are also wildly funny if you go with the flow.

Mumptynumpty · 25/10/2025 15:05

I work in the NHS in a advanced specialist role supporting people to leave or prevent admissions to psychiatric wards. My specialism is the intersectionality of their mental health condition, the context of their crisis (eviction, alcohol/drug use, self injury, eating disorder etc) and my specialist knowledge of their diagnosis.

I really enjoy it. But I have just recently applied for a senior management role in another area of mental health - which I enjoyed previously.

Waitaminutewheresmejumper · 25/10/2025 14:58

SENCO in an inner city primary school. Very hard work but completely worth it.

VanquishGirl · 25/10/2025 14:54

I absolutely love my job! I’m also in Tech consulting, supporting customers to deploy the software they buy. I’m incredibly passionate about it and love it so much it never really feels like work.

StonwEd · 25/10/2025 13:16

I work in Premier league football in a non football role, but very senior. That's about as specific a i can be but I used to be a teacher and it was a natural jump.

I LOVE my job - not particularly arsed about football

foodtoorder · 25/10/2025 13:00

@JDM625 do you mind sharing what this job is?

MerylSqueak · 25/10/2025 12:46

I work in a specialist ALN unit within a school. I love getting to know the kids being able to tailor classes to their needs. Best of all are my colleagues. We all pull together.

Blushingm · 25/10/2025 12:43

JDM625 · 25/10/2025 12:17

I have a professional job in healthcare and did years in the NHS/private and all hands on, nights shifts etc. I now work from home, no commute, no unsocial hours but still help people- and get a decent wage.

Do you mind me asking what you do? I’m a DN with my SPQ and am getting so fed up

KittyRannaldini · 25/10/2025 12:42

School cook, I love it. Fits around my child's school times, I have always loved cooking and worked in catering since I was 16 ( with breaks for other things, but always come back to it).

PangolinPan · 25/10/2025 12:39

I'm a personal assistant in a Comms department. I mostly love it because the people are lovely and it's very low stress, after working in the community for years. I also get to do fun stuff occasionally on visits to clients 😊

Nopenott0day · 25/10/2025 12:31

I have a very niche job, I think fewer then 20 women in the UK.

It's history/archaeology based and public facing. Wide range of demographics, one day I can be with a class of 5 year olds and the next with 95yr olds!

I love it, history is my passion and I love being able to share that passion.

The only downside is the pay is not brilliant, but I couldn't imagine doing anything else.