If you are an introvert...............

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What do you do for a living?

Self employed cleaner. Don't have to deal with colleagues and my customers are always out when I clean!!
Christmas staff party is crap though!!

Work in a small Department (part of a much bigger organisation). There’s four of us, very self contained unit. We’re all quite introverted. So we have a nice chat, go out for a meal now and then, but also just crack on with work with our heads down a lot.

New recruit used to work in a school and she’s loving th3 break from lots of v extrovert teachers. It would be far too quiet for lots of people but I lov3 it. Didn’t like working in a big office with tea and coffee dramas, babies being brought etc. I’m senior but still found it quite exhausting.

This is lovely.

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I own my own business and while i obviously have to talk to people, have meetings etc, most of the time I am working in my office all by myself. I have other people working for me but they work mostly remotely.

Nanny. Can deal with kids no problem, I just can't do groups of adults.

I am a bit shit at arranging play dates though, truth be told, but getting better

I'm a registered nurse. Being an introvert has never caused any problems in my work. I care for people, I don't socialise with them . I get along OK with the other staff ( I work in a stroke rehabilitation unit) , but I always have the approach of being friendly but not seeking friendship with any of them . At home I'm happy to live a quiet life with just my family and no outside friendships or socialising. Life is a pretty good balance for me.

Farm! Only 2 full time staff and a few casuals and most of the time I work hide in the house with the paperwork and cats! Dh is more problematic though haven't figured out how to get rid of him yet

Childminder. I can socialise as and when I like.

I'm an accountant. Used to have a similar office set up to Peridot which was fine, but now I work from home. Result!

Thanks all.
I’m an introvert and have been a SAHM for the last 10 years.
I’m now looking for a job but the thought of working anywhere with more than 3/4 people scares the hell out of me!
Does narrow it down somewhat 😬

Own business and work alone from home. I do have to interact with visitors, but not too much. I've worked in jobs which were much more people orientated, where I've had to be sociable and I wasn't comfortable with this. It took many years for me to realise that I'm an introvert and to understand the discomfort I experienced in the past was because of this. It's really good to know these things and not to put pressure on yourself.

I’m a SAHM but have worked in the past in churches and a cafe. I have also volunteered in school and in other church settings - running busy toddler groups, leading teams etc.

I have worked with teams of upwards of 20/30 people on a regular basis and teams of 70+ on a short term basis. (usually no more than 2 weeks)

I am an extroverted introvert though and actually find being around big crowds of people fine, as long as I can escape at the end of the day. I find small groups of people more difficult because I have to be “on” all the time - I find it easier to switch off when I need to when there are lots of other people around - it’s less pressurised.

Being a SAHM has been difficult because while I have had plenty oft own space, I have found play date settings and the school playground very difficult with just 2 or 3 people to talk to.

I also know that a job where I have to speak on the phone would be out for me. Like a lot of introverts, I would much rather talk face to face than over the phone.

I'm an academic. I teach but can cope with that. I have my own office which is introvert heaven.

I work in admin/ front of house / reception. I am also an introvert. I can tell you that it's not the best job for us. I feel so exhausted on some days. But I have no skills in anything else and dont know what else I can do. Watching with interest.

Thanks all, interesting to see what you all do.
gesu I totally get what you are saying there. Before becoming a SAHM I was a receptionist in a busy hospital environment. I used to come home feeling like I had the flu, simply from tensing up all day long, trying act extroverted!

I was/am (I've technically returned but the phone won't ring till mid-October realistically) a supply teacher. Small kids don't count when it comes to my introversion apparently (plus I mentally put a "miss" persona on to get over bits that I'm wobbly with).

I used to work in a call center before kids (over 14 years) and I did enjoy chatting on the phone as I didn't have to see the person. But I hated office life and gossip.
After kids, I did home care for a year, but left because I got too 'attached' to elderly clients and the management were slave drivers. I used to cry for days when any clients died.
Then I became a registered childminder for 7 years and in the last 4 years I have started a self employed domestic cleaning and gardening business.
I get to work for short days (6 hours) and get paid much more than I ever did as a home carer or a childminder.

I work in a supermarket. REALLY not good for an introvert. We have to make conversation with customers, be around hundreds of people every shift and constantly be 'on'.

My dream job is one where I don't have to talk to anyone, but I don't think it exists.

What I’d really like to try is being a ‘home help’. I’m fine on a one to one basis and would love to help people who need the extra pair of hands, that’s something I’d like to try.
We have a shortage of childminders in my area and I’ve often thought I could do something like that but I hated the school gates when my two were little and the thought of going back to that makes me shudder. Oh and the thought of having to sit in those soft play areas, arrgghh!! Shame because I do love children. I ran an after school gardening club at my dc school, loved it.
Working in a supermarket would not work for me, drat it must leave you feeling exhausted, all those conversations with strangers 😮

I used to be a computer programmer, but now I am a vicar.
I am the definition of an introvert as in I draw my inner strength from being alone and need to withdraw to recharge my batteries, but actually I'm quite happy meeting with lots of people and love chatting with people whilst providing pastoral care, public speaking etc.

Self employed cleaner. Don't have to deal with colleagues and my customers are always out when I clean!!
Christmas staff party is crap though!!

Same!

I am an introvert and do work where I have to be quite a networker. I'm often the senior face of the company at meetings and events. I have to sell our services, to a certain extent.

It is not ideal at all. I have to blag it, which I've become better at over the years, but I find it really difficult to make conversation in certain circumstances.

On a work day I'm happiest when I'm travelling alone to meetings, working from home or the office is almost empty.

A building surveyor, thankfully the location of my contracts means I'm in a site office with two other people. I had to go to head office the other day, being in the same building with 30 odd people made me want to stick pins in my eyes.

I avoid the Xmas party at all costs

I love being alone and it being quiet

I’m at home at the moment but when I worked I found it easier to step into a ‘role’ when presenting and I learnt to quite enjoy it

Open plan office was ok if I was near a window

Another childminder.