What job do you do?

[AtSea1979]

And do you like it?

Posting here for traffic.
Recently made redundant and looking at a career change but haven't the foggiest what to do.

How do you juggle childcare in the holidays?

Operating theatre, alternate between scrub and anaesthetics, doing my training in Operating Department Practice currently although have worked in healthcare for years.

I love it but it's not to everyones taste

IT Network Manager in a Secondary School.

I work for a charity. Started as a volunteer until a paid role came up. Pay is rubbish and they expect a lot, but that's ok because you only come to work somewhere like this because it matters to you. Which is why I am sat at a computer at work on my sunny day off!

Childcare is juggled between us. Our daughter is home educated, which works because dh runs his own business. There is only one day that we can't cover between us for which we use a childminder. Son is at preschool, so he is there the majority of time that we are at work, and on the day he isn't he goes out with my parents.

Self employed bookkeeper and PA. Currently do 21 hours per week

The bookkeeping pay is better than the PA pay but I'm keeping it up until I can replace it with more bookkeeping. I'm also continuing my studies to offer more services.

Childcare is a pain, I have 1 at school, a 11 month old and am expecting number 3. Currently I work when baby is napping and in the evenings or when my DH can take over but it's pretty difficult. God knows when the next one arrives.

I'm looking long term though! They'll all be at school one day and I'll have an extra few years of experience (and hopefully more qualifications and clients) under my belt.

I'm technically a barista, but I usually say I work in a cafe and make coffee. It's minimum wage and minimum responsibility which suits me as I'm just returning to work after being a SAHM for almost five years. Everyone I work with is nice and having working in retail previously it's a nice change in pace.

We rely heavily on grandparents for childcare, but as I only do five hour shifts it's not too difficult to find someone usually. DH is a teacher so that mostly covers the holidays.

Depends which customer I am speaking to at the time. I work in a Marina, and sometimes I am the receptionist, other times the office administrator and occassionally a yacht broker.

So dogsbody, really.

Emergency medicine doctor currently working my notice period after returning from maternity leave and planning to Locum full time to allow for more flexibility with childcare. I love the work it's great variety and the shifts fly in but I hate the system we work within it is very stressful to continuously fight to get the best for our patients.

I work in housing processing applications to join the council waiting list and taking phone calls from applicants. I quite enjoy it, it's well paid for what I do as well. Dd is not old enough for school yet but I currently work part time and we have two sets of grandparents who can help.

I am a mum, but retraining as a medical transcriptionist.

I am loving the training - and hope I love the job just as much.

I'm an aromatherapist, just deciding how I'm going to work (mobile/spa/rent a space), in preparation of my littlest monster starting school in September. It's been a while as I've had 3 children since I qualified.

I also have a little crochet business.

I am a HCA in the hospital. I work on the bank so cover any areas that are short staffed. I mostly work in Onco clinics and A&E although I do wards as well, just not as much. I pick my hours so currently doing 16-24. I don't do 12.5 hour shifts any more. My clinic shift this morning was 4 hours which was nice.

I have an interview next week for a palliative care post, which will be 30 hours and I will probably have to do 12 hour shifts and nights again but I need somewhere permanent when I start my foundation degree and palliative care/ Oncology is where I want to be.

I enjoy it most of the time. Wards are physically hard work and crazy busy but it is rewarding and I get to meet some amazing people.

Im a community carer for a private company. Hours and pay are crap but i love my job, although it can be challenging at times. Im currently doing my level 3 which is being paid for by employers.

Isnt the most family-friendly job due to working split shifts but can be flexible, a few colleagues only do mornings/evening ect x

Oops, forgot to add that I can no longer do the charity research job because it doesn't pay enough to cover childcare. I live in London. Looking for something better paid now.

I'm an IT manager, its quite stressful but I still enjoy it and it pays pretty well....

Retail, five mornings a week.

I don't have children but those who do either work alternate shifts to their partner to cover childcare/school run, or use nursery/wrap-around care.

The money isn't brilliant but you can be really flexible with your shifts if necessary.

For a long time I was a School Admissions Officer for a local council. Extremely small team, larger than average borough.
It was good pay, average full time hours and the usual holidays - but the size of our team meant block booking annual leave was nigh on impossible.
The job is basically sorting out school places to applicants for Reception/Year 7 and in year transfers.

You're also pretty much loved/hated on a daily basis by parents calling in

I now work in a school, waaaay better holidays - less pay but much less stress and I'm liked a little bit more now

I am a solicitor/Law lecturer.
Love the variety.
However, I am looking to change careers in the next few years.