What job do you do :)

[strawberrymilkshake123]

Pure nosiness really.

What job do you do, do you enjoy it, would you recommend it ?

I'm a welfare rights advisor, and yes I enjoy it, ( although it often leaves me with a higher than average hatred of the Tories ), and yes I'd recommend it.

Land management adviser. I advise farmers on agri-environment schemes. Pay is ok; the job is great, getting out to the countryside, meeting farmers and helping them find ways to make their land better for wildlife, reducing water pollution from farm runoff, carbon capture, livestock welfare, that sort of thing.

@Simonjt

Actuary and a rugby player.

Actuary, a bit boring at times, but pays the bills, relativelt easy and family friendly (the profession has changed a lot in recent years). Would recommend it as its fairly secure and well paid.

Rugby union player, brilliant, absolutely love it, would recommend, the only downside is that the pay is very poor.

Love the fact that directly underneath your post is an advert for a pub to watch Six Nations in. Are you a male or female rugby player?

Adoption team manager, used to be a lovely job now all about stats and data. Poorly paid and stressful.

used to work in social care. Loved it but it became too overwhelming in the end. I now work in a factory, better pay, better hours but boring.

Team leader in a supermarket home delivery department. Love it. Loved being a picker tbh but I needed more hours on a regular basis. Brilliant team friendly staff across store reasonable pay and 15% discount on my shopping. Plus it’s 5 minutes walk from home.

@EllieSattler

Police officer. Everyone hates us, strong chance of getting assaulted, shit hours, unmanageable workload, fairly rubbish pay. Recommended for total masochists at the moment - I think we're the most hated profession on MN right now.

(Note -.I care deeply about my job and there can be parts of it that are incredibly satisfying and worthwhile).

I don't hate you, but I'm a nurse and also hated. Maybe we should join forces with the charity fundraisers of the world for a group hug.

PA, but in a very boring industry. Love the actual job but very much hoping to move into an industry that I'm actually interested in. But I've been here for 7 years, it's convenient, pays well and my colleagues are nice...

Pain Management Physiotherapist. This can be a fantastic role but also emotionally challenging sometimes. Coping with others high levels of agony, distress and often terrible previous trauma in their life, when you really want to help is tough…. But possible with the right service and team support. The ‘wow’ moments when someone is able to do something they never thought possible, and have a good life despite pain, make it all worth it.

Primary Teacher. Pretty sure I only pursued it as I wasn't really aware of any other jobs.

This is me too. I felt quite down about it recently as I wish I’d chosen something else.

Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor part-time. It fits in nicely with looking after my primary aged kids. I enjoy it as it can be varied and challenging, never boring. Yes the pay is low but fortunately that isn't an issue for me right now. If money was an issue I'd probably have to go back to the office.

@strawberrymilkshake123 It really varies, a top level player who isn’t representing England will be on £100-120k, the most I was ever one was £65k. Clubs have a salary cap, although they can be given additional credits for every player who graduates their academy to a full professional contract. Marquee players are on the highest salary, I had team mates on £750k, but you may get 3/4 players in a squad on that sort of money.

You then have selection bonuses for things like British and Irish Lions which can come with a selection bonus of around £60k, selection for the England squad brings in around £20k, then you have bonuses of around £10k for a win.

I work for the nhs in an admin based role

It's Hard work and the pay isn't great however lovely team to work with and the holidays, pensions and other perks make it bearable plus I get to work from home for 50% of the time which suits me

I'm a chef

Probation officer. I love my job, I really do, but can no longer cope with a caseload of 70+ and the lip service paid by management about ‘wellbeing’ rather than proactively doing something about issues. We’ve been understaffed and under resourced for years with things in my area seemingly getting progressively worse with us being seen as ‘responsible’ for housing, mental health, finance, employment, relationship troubles along with any other issue you may be able to think of. God knows how many comments I’ve had from other agencies asking ‘what are you going to do about xyz’s PIP claim’ which isn’t strictly my responsibility to support them with, yet often no other agencies will help with tasks like this. Endless targets and impossible expectations, passive aggressive emails from services because I physically do not have enough hours in the day to take a multiagency approach that would be really beneficial for many of those I supervise. I got into the job to make a difference, to deliver meaningful 1-1 intervention and support to those who need it to reduce reoffending, which is proving impossible with my workload. I just feel like I’m constantly disappointing people, letting them down, and it’s eating away at my self esteem as a practitioner. I’m doing 50+ hours a week just to do the bare minimum, which never seems to be enough.

I’m planning my exit. I know it’s not sustainable to continue as I am. Sorry, that turned into a bit of a ramble!

Secondary school English teacher. Love it. Been doing it 27 years.

I assist therapeutic radiographers, in radiotherapy cancer treatment. Busy and stressful, uplifting and very sad sometimes.

@LittleSnakes Male rugby player, the team I play for now work with a womans team and specifically developed a pathway to rugby. Its really hard to increase grassroots rugby for women, theres less demand which means more travel etc, so its a much bigger commitment for players.

I'm a jeweller. I make, repair and remodel jewellery.

I mostly enjoy it but like all jobs it can be stressful with tight deadlines and difficult customers.

It's really nice being able to restore or repair a person's jewellery and make it look new again. Or design something from scratch. Making a mistake can be very expensive and the pay is not great.

Company secretary.

@ TheBakedPotato
My dad was a probation officer who rose through the ranks to become a CPO and even sat on the parole board in London.
He loved his job but like you he got fed up with the endless targets and bureaucracy and impossible expectations.
He was glad to retire in the end which is v sad.
In this country we play out this dynamic in so many professions in my opinion.
We have excellent social workers, care workers and doctors , teachers and nurses leyc etc. leaving their professions in droves worn out by the endless pressure of it all. It seems no one can be trusted to do their job without being endlessly inspected and micromanaged and faced with ever more paperwork and overwhelming caseloads.
In short the system wears them down then chews them up and spits them out. It is truly depressing.

Well I'm a metering engineer in Oil &Gas for last 20 years , yea it's a good job and pays very well but it doesn't work around our kids especially as my husband works offshore so isn't home much

So now i am a relief dinner lady at the local schools

I enjoy this job and it fits perfectly around the kids and I get all the school holidays off

Downside is obviously the wages, a months wage isn't even a days wage on my last job but we decided money isn't everything and a work life balance is more important to me and my family.

Special school here too. It's a privilege but underpaid for the knowledge you have to have
Meds, signing, braille, Pecs, SCip, OOC, personal care etc

I work for local authority on support plans for children with disabilities.

@flapjackfairy @caringcarer am interested in being a foster carer - would love to hear more

@flapjackfairy
Couldn’t agree more working in social care feels so exploitative

Midwife - sadly doing my best to find a different career. Burnt out, exhausted and veering towards depression, purely related to work.