How many of you love your job

Agree with this. My job could be the same job in a different culture with different people and id hate it. Luckily its great people and I love it!

Secondary school teacher here, working in an area of high deprivation. I love ir! It's a lot less challenging than people might think. Always different and interesting.
It's one of the best things I have done in my whole, entire life.

And I can't lie - the holidays are great!

@Nickyknackered I turned 50 in February of this year. I think that was probably another thing that spurred me on. I felt that if I left it too late, it would be harder to get work especially since I was completely changing my profession.

I applied for a place on WRAGS (work and retrain as a gardener scheme) near to me. This was a year long apprenticeship at a private garden which taught the basics of maintenance gardening. I was lucky enough to be kept on after my apprenticeship. Other gardening jobs just sort of 'snowballed' from there. I also did RHS2 (Royal Horticultural society) at evening class for a theoretical approach.
I am so much more happy and relaxed now and which I'd done it sooner.

I have always worked with children or adults with learning disabilities, and have loved all the jobs I have done (support worker, learning support assistant, respite carer, PA). I recently retrained as a speech and language therapist because I've always loved the communication side of my work and I wanted a career where I could make decisions and changes to people's lives and I one could progress in.

I now work with adults with learning disabilities in an NHS community team. I love lots about it, I work within a fantastic multidisciplinary team of people, and we have a great deal of autonomy and flexibility around our work which allows us to make a real difference to people's lives. I do miss getting to know the individuals I helps on a more personal level. I am often working indirectly with staff teams, or seeing someone for an hour a week for 6 weeks etc, and I miss the day-to-day getting to know a person. There are also a lot of complex situations, not all the people I see are well supported and some have been utterly let down by the system. There's also a lot of safeguarding and social care elements to the referrals, and we get bogged down in trying to solve issues which aren't within our remit or control.

I have a lot of imposter syndrome as well which leads to anxiety! I was very experienced in my previous roles whereas now I'm the least experienced on the team.

I may look for a special school based role in the future, but I'm happy staying put for a few years.

I don't. But I don't know what I would do instead and I would hate not to work so it is what it is.

Absolutely.
I'm a healthcare professional, working within oncology and surgery. I feel privileged.

What was your route to get this type of job?

Hi @Alwaysmuddybuthappy can I ask how you retrained into this? Also any general advice or anything you would have done differently starting out? Thank you 😊

This is a really good point, even finding the right vocation, any enjoyment can to some extent also depend on colleagues and managers. Folk often leave bad managers rather than leaving a job/role.

I do. I'm a community nurse working with an amazing supportive time. Most of our patients are lovely and the work is varied.

I work in property which I find fascinating as really suits me. It's office and outdoors based so a balanced mix. I really enjoy all aspects of it so a pleasure and living my dream. I have witnessed others with better paid money be so miserable no thank you.

Yes I love my job. I work in TV Production which was my dream job when I was young.

Thank you! If central London is doable then it can be arranged, feel free to PM me 😊

I loved my last job, was an aircraft mechanic building a prototype plane. Was so interesting and challenging and a very pleasant workplace but investors pulled out so got laid off

Now I work in a composite factory making different things, mostly satellite parts which is kinda cool, and I enjoy it a lot, and the people I work with are fun (and a couple are very eccentric which is amusing) but the pay isn't great and I does tire me out so not sure I love it but I am happy here.

I do!
I retrained as a gardener 7 years ago and now work for myself and absolutely love it.
I enjoy working outside and the fact that my job is flexible and fits around school hours. Love helping people who can't look after their gardens themselves. Have the best customers.
Definitely don't miss the office politics, appraisals or micro management.
Gardening suits my semi reclusive personality 😉

Paediatric nurse for 22 years. Love it.

I adore my job but I'm thinking of making a change. I work as a consultant in emergency medicine but miss paediatrics. My Dad works in the paeds ED nearest to me though, so he will be butting in like he did when I was on placement there.. so we shall see 🤣

SEN TA. I love my job.

I love my job and can’t ever imagine doing anything else! I’m an NHS midwife. Lucky to work in a great unit with the absolute best bunch of people. My job is varied, exciting, challenging but rewarding. Obviously it can be a stressful role but I thrive under pressure and enjoy the challenge. It helps that my team are very close knit and supportive. I’m based primarily on delivery suite at the moment, although we do rotate to keep our skills up. I genuinely feel fulfilled and love going to work.

Love my job. I'm a partner in a large professional services firm. Every day is a new challenge. I love being in charge and making decisions and thinking long term and helping my team. I wish I got paid more for the stress of the role but I really like the people who work for me so it's hard to go elsewhere.

Fabulous job

Speech and language therapist. Love it. Work with children with Autism, Selective Mutism etc the parents are so grateful for everything I do they make me feel like I’m the queen. Also love my 2 work colleagues. The setting I work at is lovely too - large open space

I adore mine. I’m the Director of a non-profit (not the cuddly, public facing kind, the unwieldy acronym, political kind). It’s very very fun if you’ve a certain sort of mind.

I am in the very fortunate position of not having to work to live. So, I genuinely only work because I enjoy it so much.