People make me feel like I should be ashamed of my job profession

[HappyGoGoLucky]

When will it be acceptable to just tell them to fuck off?!

I work within a company doing housekeeping and laundry service and currently in the process of setting up my own iron business from home.

I absolutely enjoy not only my job but the company I work for too. I am not good at anything else except housekeeping side of things. I prefer to be physical and to keep busy and enjoy organising clothes, ironing, cleaning, and can't beat the satisfaction of a nice, clean and fresh household and I work hard for what I do (I am not OCD by the way). However, all I've ever had from people I know,

"Do you want to do this for the rest of your life"

"Is that what you do, clean shitty toilets?"

"(talking about me to someone else), Yeah but she's a housekeeper... what kind of job is that?"

"Maybe it is time for you to just get a different job"

"Not exactly a role model for (my sons name), is it?"

I'm not an academic person. I never have been. I've tried to in the past but I just haven't got the intellectual skills to do so. But I am sick and tired of people judging me for what I do. At least I'm working and at least I am providing for my family. My DH is just as bad! He is constantly belittling me about what job I do. Every argument we have, he tells me to get a better job.

I started doing cleaning many years ago. I was rubbish. I lasted 3 days, and then they sacked me! ( Or they would have done, if I hadn't already jacked it in)!

Two things I read on here recently that support you:

1. How much people LOVE freshly clean sheets.
2. Look at the VALUE you add not the money you earn.

You are productive and satisfied with your job. That's more than at least 60% of the people I know. Keep on being you.

If you are making a living doing a job you enjoy then you are in the perfect job and have made a very wise choice.
Loads of people in 'good' jobs who are miserable as feck.
So who's the idiot?

Good for you OP. I think it’s great that you’ve found a vocation that you enjoy and it sounds you take great pride in your day. I’d love to be doing a physical job and not sitting on my ass all day looking into a screen (sitting is the new smoking) and please dont get bothered by comments. For some reason, being happy within yourself and showing it unnerves some people. He should be delighted for you! Keep on

Of course you are a good role model to your son! You are working and have your own business, that takes motivation and hard work!

I think the appropriate response to anyone who puts you down about your job is "fuck off".

I think your dh sounds nasty to speak to you like that.

I went self-employed as a cleaner last year.

I say 'I'd rather deal with actual shit than deal with people's mental and psychological shit.'

30 years of working with other people and it's heaven to just stick my earbuds in, music or podcast, and crack on.

@InterstellarGlitterBalls
I say 'I'd rather deal with actual shit than deal with people's mental and psychological shit.

Great comeback!! 🤣

What's wrong with being a house keeper, am I missing something.
I thought you were going to say you were a Bailiff or a DWP snoop. I await my flaming

My mantra to my children is that finding a job that pays enough to look after you and makes you happy is priceless.

It doesn't matter what that looks like to anybody else.

You've got that, I envy you.

The only people who should feel shame are those criticising you.

My mantra to my children is that finding a job that pays enough to look after you and makes you happy is priceless.

Can I add, don't settle for second best.

It's a waste of time having a brilliant career, lots of money or anything else some people see as fulfilling, if it makes you unhappy.

Um, wasn't Kim of Kim and Aggie extremely wealthy from doing something very similar to what you're planning on doing?!

And what on earth gives the people judging you the right to judge in the first place? You're providing an essential service and actually contributing to people's health and well-being by keeping germs, for instance, at bay.

Are the people who judge you brain surgeons or astronauts, to be so sniffy? Or, oh, let me see, do they happen to work in finance or property speculation, by any chance? Just an educated guess...

You sound like a great person to me - when people annoy me and I'm cleaning (and I struggle just to keep our little flat tidy and clean so I take my hat off to those of you who do it for a living) I can tell you I may on occasions pretend the floor I'm scrubbing is their head...

Good luck in your new venture, I hope you do very well.

My house is disgusting but I think it's great that you are enjoying what you do and making a go of it. I hope your business does very well. Every business and many homes need skilled cleaners, and I'm sure it is a skill - you need to know how to get the best out of your equipment and possibly chemicals and how to do it safely, for example.

I thought your post was really well writen.

And I know how you feel about snobbery. I'm from a very academic family and I did ok at school, but after university I couldn't get a job and ended up doing a secretarial course at a technical college and then worked continuously until late 2012 when I was made redundant. My kids were young and childcare was so expensive that I already had nothing left from what I was earning, and my boss died so I decided to take time off. I plan to try to go back to work soon, but people look down their noses at what I do. You have skills many people don't (I don't). I also have skills many people who disparage admin work don't have.

Really good luck with your venture. Perhaps you could show this thread to your husband. Could you leave it on the screen so that he will see it?

Your DH is a dick. And your job sounds really rewarding, you’re able to see the results of your own hard work each and every shift you do.

On the off chance you live in West London, I'd hire you when you go self employed for the passion in that first post alone.

People who have told put others down to feel better about themselves are weak. Sod them.