To start a thread to praise professions that usually get panned

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So here it is. The thread for the rejects of the working world. Come along and praise the unpraisable

boundaries but we've just had a huge thread on teachers so can see why they aren't being mentioned. I appreciate you though

Conveyancing Solicitors.
The last one we had was so fast and effective. Used modern technology as much as possible. Chased everything up asap with the vendors snail paced solicitor and pushed our purchase along nicely whilst being friendly and professional at all times and without missing a trick. Wish we had found him years ago but certain we will be using him again.

Thank you, Fruit

Police officers. Man it's got to suck dealing with mayhem and riffraff all day.

This reminds of a post I saw once on Facebook, someone was asserting that nurses need a pay rise, and a nurse said "all nhs workers need a pay rise". "So you are happy with your pay?". "That's not what I said..." then the nurse went on to list every single profession within the NHS and why she needed them, porters, domestics, lab scientists, pharmacists, HCAs, OTs, physios, radiographers, paramedics, SALT, play workers, audiologists, and finally, doctors.

You'll find there is a lot of interprofessional working. I work with GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists, prison officers, police, social workers, housing workers, chaplains, paramedics.

Actually, even as an atheist I really appreciate the work religious leaders do!

I suspect this will be unpopular but MPs. Its bloody long hours, very complicated stuff and is really tough on your family life. The press watching your every move, heaven forbid you make a mistake! No one in any party is in it for the money. They all want to make the world a better place, but disagree on how to do it.

I've done at least three of the jobs on this thread so far and am grateful for the appreciation of a shit but necessary job well done. For all those I haven't done I'll join in the applause.

May I add dentists to the list? Yes, we all know the odd horror stories of the kind who shouldn't have been allowed to be butchers let alone dentists, but the majority are brilliant. I used to be a receptionist at an emergency dental surgery and they tended to be lovely, super-capable professionals offering their skills for a fraction of their usual rate for people in need. A lot of the patients were very nervous (often the reason why they'd left the problem until it was an emergency!). They'd turn up in pain and panicking and could occasionally be aggressive. One evening one of the most good-humoured dentists came past the desk just as a patient was saying rather forcefully "I hate dentists". She was in such a gloomy mood for the rest of the shift; she said afterwards "I do this job because I want to help people and then I hear something like that and I wonder why I bother". Fortunately the majority were a mite more grateful.

I fully agree redexpat. When you think of what happened to Jo Cox they are also in a uniquely vulnerable position. The scrutiny is unbelievable for all MPs.

HCA's/Nursing Assistants

I am one. Not only do we also work in shit conditions for shit pay, we work fucking hard and the wards could not cope without us. We get very little recognition for what we do.

I had a relative ask me if I was only a HCA in a snotty voice... I felt like saying, yes, the one who washes your parent, hoists them in and out of bed, make sure they are comfortable, turn them and check they aren't getting sore, cleaning them up, feeding them, informing the nurse of any change of stats, being the first person to notice your parent is desaturating and needing more oxygen etc and holding their hands when they need comfort... but hey, I'm only a HCA.

So little appreciation, so little money, so much back breaking work.

I appreciate every job people do

I love my dentist. I would be without any teeth without my dentist!

In my role, I work with the police a lot (adults and safeguarding). Without exception, they have all been amazing. Big shout out to PCSOs too. They do an awful lot of good in the community.

Doctors' receptionists. Mine, recently, was so horrified by how a locum had treated me at the surgery that she took it upon herself to talk to the primary doctor there about it, and arranged another appointment with another doctor to make sure I got what I'd gone in for in the first place. She also ensured my new appointment was on a day she was there, so that if I had any further problems she'd be on hand to argue my case.

I agree about MPs. They are painted as power hungry and it it for the perks, when most could be earning much more and having a much better work life balance in other jobs. They do it because they care, even if you don't agree with their views.

Health visitors. Biased as my mum is one and god knows I've encountered rubbish ones but many are incredibly hard working, facing privatisation and job insecurity thanks to funding cuts and have put up with so much shit change in the last decade it's a wonder any of them are still left.

as the daughter, neice, granddaughter and sister of police men and women i find the disrespect of the men and women who do that job very difficult to deal with in my daily life (made worse as i work in a college). I know there are bad ones but i hate that they all get tarred with the same brush - or that the average bobby gets blamed for something he has no control of eg laws not made by him! Especially as they are out there day in day out putting themselves in harms way to protect you and yours - as are so many professions already mentioned on here!

We have a lot of civil servants in my family really! Teachers, Paramedics, Nurses, Firemen, Military as a kid i had an immense amount of respect for all these and all the way "down" the scale to Cleaners as i spent my summers as a kid with my mum in her cleaning job. I find it shocking how much disrespect there is out there for any job really, walk a mile in their shoes and then see if you still feel the same is something i tend to parrot a lot lol

I was going to say receptionists as well.

In my day to day work I value hugely the receptionists, dinner ladies and janitors. The have contact with hundreds of children every day in often challenging circumstances.

It is often the dinner lady who notices that a child is stocking up on food on Friday in case they don't get fed. Or a janitor who notices a child alone in the playground. rhe office staff often have to hold in their heads which children have legal conditions of contact and are at the hard end of the fury when they have to enforce the rule.

They are the invisible back bone of a school.

Social workers
Traffic wardens
Police officers

Anyone working directly with the public has my thanks

Im a nurse and most wards wouldn't run properly without HCA's so yes to them😊 Plus nurses of course, we don't all sit round gossiping and eating chocolate at the nurses station

Drs receptionists, I know they get slated on here but ours are utterly lovely. When I was heavily pregnant and asked if there was a water dispenser anywhere at the surgery they said there wasn't but found a glass from their staff area and filled me a glass of water. Since DS was born they've magicked up appointments from no-where when needed and most recently when I went in to confess that my pill prescription was going to run out over Christmas and I was going away in 4 days she found that the Dr who prescribed it was in, got him to check he was happy and sign a repeat during the day and it was ready for me to collect from either the Dr or the pharmacy as I preferred the next day.

all the above.

I would add anyone doing an unpleasant job for minimum wage. They would be better off on benefit, however they chose to work hard, and contribute. I salute them. If everybody had the same pride in themselves and work ethic, the country would be a better place. not bashing people unable to work, not the point I am making at all.

Our doctors receptionists really went the extra mile when my confused fil turned up to collect a prescription for me which actually hadn't been requested. They were really worried I wouldn't be without medication and went to great effort to Find out what it wasn't likely to be. Bless everyone but it wasn't what I needed - I never told a sole though!

My DH works in insurance. He does his very best to get claims resolved as fast as possible and that people get everything they are entitled to with the least possible hassle. When there's a major event, he and his team drop everything to get there, sleep in their cars and so on so that they get things going as fast as possible.
Never any thanks, always being complained about, and the real kicker is that the years they've been busiest of course the company has paid out more, so no bonus either.

Our MP is ace, she's been to visit our Guides and they loved her too.

Doctor's receptionist. We've got two, one is nice and the other is a real old boot, nothing gets past her. They both work hard though and it's a busy surgery.
My sister needed extra meds recently for over Christmas and the tougher one went out of her way to make sure she got them ok.

Health visitors are another, one, has anybody had any good experiences with them

My HV was wonderful - helpful, resourceful, knowledgeable, supportive, down to earth.

Pass

All of the above.

Plus:
Anyone who works in the food industry - from fishing to agricultural workers to food processing. It's physically hard, poorly paid, insecure and often dangerous. People put a lot of store by ethical treatment of animals, organic farming etc - but the welfare of the workers isn't often discussed.