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If you're very quiet/ shy what job do you do!

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CursedForLife · 14/05/2019 19:25

Is there a perfect job you've found?!
Obviously every job will have some level of interaction with people but have you found something that is perfect for you?

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vanessalightfoot · 14/05/2019 20:07

IT support/delivery. Work from home and deal with a lot of back end and internal stuff, not hugely customer facing. I’m not majorly shy but just cba with people Grin

cafesociety · 14/05/2019 20:14

I worked for a long time with just my boss. We worked in a workshop making musical instruments.
I could come and go when I wanted as long as I did my quota of hours. My boss was a great guy. We got on well most of the time as I think he was as wary and quiet with people as I was. We had good conversations.
It suited me down to the ground, a bit lonely though at times, but that's the price to pay. He moved to another part of the country and I was made redundant sadly.

SimonJT · 14/05/2019 20:15

I’m fairly shy with people I don’t know, I’m an actuary so my job is essentially just me and a computer. Perfect.

cafesociety · 14/05/2019 20:16

Since then I've refurbished properties, that way I could be left alone yet be productive.

Grumpymug · 14/05/2019 20:24

I'm not shy as such, more anti social, I work in a hotel. But, I work nights, alone. Permanently.
I do have some customer/staff interaction at the start and end of my shift, and it's the perfect amount really. Although I said I'm antisocial, it's more a case that I get overwhelmed when I'm constantly under the demands of customers and other staff, and it affects my mental health quite badly at some points in the past if I'm honest.
This is perfect because I do get some interactions, but it's limited and the majority of my job is working completely alone. I love it. I'm trusted and for the most part, left alone to get on with what needs doing, given specific jobs sometimes obviously, but generally I'm self motivated and just get on with it. I have some level of responsibility, because I have a lot of experience, but it's not too overwhelming. I'm lucky really to be where I am, working for who I do.

SweetPetrichor · 14/05/2019 20:32

I'm very shy and I work as a structural engineer for an engineering consultancy. Office based, and the worst it gets is when clients are in the office. But it doesn't involve dealing with the general public so it suits me!

tashakg89 · 14/05/2019 20:35

Ive got social anxiety and work in supported living. Is ok most of the time as only working with one other person and sometimes lone working and is a pretty easy job. A couple of the people I support have a very active social life so I do find attending these events quite hard luckily most of them are set activities that I'm used to going to, but when there invited to party's i struggle big time and has even in the past had to ask someone else to support them as I just can't do it

spiderlight · 14/05/2019 20:36

Freelance proof-reader. I work from home, entirely via email (although my phone number appears to be Out There somewhere because someone actually rang me yesterday - the horror!). It's great though - just me and my dog all day :)

Shadow01 · 14/05/2019 20:40

Retail of all things!

bitchfromhell · 14/05/2019 20:44

I'm a sahm, I love it but I think it will make it very hard for me to get it together to get back in the workplace. Being shy is exacerbated by spending a lot of time alone ime.

happypotamus · 14/05/2019 20:57

I am an introvert doing an extrovert's job. I am a nurse working on a busy ward, talking to people 13hrs a day. Outside of work I am shy, a bit anti-social, hate talking to people I don't know, keep to myself. It is like I am a different person at work. I don't know how I do it. I love my job even though it is very hard. I do need a day to myself in peace and quiet to recover from a day at work though, which isn't always possible now I have DC.

Thecomfortador · 14/05/2019 21:03

I take phone calls... weird as I'm not a natural talker! But it's not sales and I just have to be professionally nice and there's a fair bit of admin that goes with it. It's taken years of stretching myself and learning to be assertive and develop a persona that is nothing like the me at home. It provides interaction that I actually need but can't access elsewhere.

parietal · 14/05/2019 21:09

academia.

ridiculousridiculousness · 14/05/2019 21:22

Primary school teacher.

I'm 100% introvert in an extrovert job!

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CursedForLife · 14/05/2019 22:34

I actually have social anxiety and have struggled in most of my jobs in some form or another.

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CursedForLife · 14/05/2019 22:35

cafesociety your workshop job sounds lovely!

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ladybirdleaf · 14/05/2019 22:37

@spiderlight how do get work as a proofreader? I would like a job like that.

freshasthebrightbluesky · 14/05/2019 22:40

I'm a supply teacher! I am very shy around people I don't know but have no problems at all taking over a class I've never met and teaching them, asserting authority over them and managing behaviour.

AnotherRubberDuck · 14/05/2019 22:47

Nanny. Loved it.
My boss (parents) were out whenever I was there so just had toddlers to contend with. Apparently I'm not shy around them.

I'm now a SAHM so similar really. I do go to toddler groups but try my hardest to ignore everyone.

lastqueenofscotland · 14/05/2019 22:50

Sales Hmm

Fake it till you make it. I feel I have a weird work persona and then the real me who is a hermit

Sharptic · 14/05/2019 22:50

I'm definitely an introvert and go all out everyday as a mammographer, I feel I have to make everyone feel as relaxed and as comfortable as possible or I wouldn't be doing my job. On my worst days I will always make an effort.

But I used to work in an office and still couldn't avoid all the chattiness. I didn't know jobs existed that didn't involve communication. There are many days I'd love one though 😉

I just need some downtime at home and think it does me good to work in this environment as left to my own devices I may have become a hermit!

hennipenni · 14/05/2019 23:23

I’m very shy, socially awkward and an introvert. My job however involves lots of talking and interacting with patients, relatives, other HCP, control, line managers, colleagues etc both face to face and on the phone.
It’s like I become a different person at work and I don’t know how I do it. It’s a bit like a sheiks to protect myself if that makes sense?

cafesociety · 14/05/2019 23:30

I also used to be a private house cleaner and so was left alone to get on with it. I liked the level of trust clients had in me and felt valued.

I was also a nanny for a short period. I interact well with children, they're fun and non-judgmental. Suits me. Also more comfortable with animals so working in a kennel/dog walking situation would suit me.

summercandy · 15/05/2019 02:47

Bid writer. It's all about what you spend the bulk of your time doing. Love that and you can't go wrong.

MinnieMountain · 15/05/2019 06:57

Property solicitor. I've managed to find a job with no client contact Grin

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