To ask, if you love your job, what do you do??

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As the title really, those of you that would say you love your job, what do you do?

Appreciate that people can love a job for many reasons (fulfilment, flexibility, money!) but I'm hankering after a career change and looking for inspiration!

I'm a Teaching Assistant and I absolutely love it. It's really low pay but the most fun, rewarding and varied job I've ever had.

Even if I won the lottery tomorrow I'd still work. Lovely people and lots of cute children. (Mostly) I can still say this after being vomited on only 20 minutes into my 12 hour shift!

Waves to Vroomster. We really do have the best job in the world!

I do project work. Much of my work involves looking at different parts of the business and seeing how the processes can be improved. I get to be nosy and work with massive spreadsheets so it's my idea of heaven!

I'm a midwife on delivery suite - mostly love it but hate it in equal measure sometimes. I'm being rotated to community soon though and haven't worked there since I've qualified. I'm looking forward to it hopefully being a bit calmer and being more in control of my own work day. Oh and hopefully doing a home birth as I've never been to one!

Part time community occupational therapist in a lovely team. It's varied and interesting; I find my patients fascinating. Working in the NHS has become increasingly challenging (particularly in the last 2 years in my area) but currently I wouldn't want to move to private etc.
I earn sweet fa all after childcare/commute but it's still worth it. It's a big part of how I define myself. Sad fucker!

Gold - curious what aspects do you
Hate ? I can't even imagine actually

I'm a student midwife and can categorically say I have made the right career desision. It's absolutely not for everyone though, you have to have the passion and desire to do it.

Professional mumsnetter - pay is shit, no pension, dealing with wallopers on a daily basis but get to work my own hours.

I am a School Counselor. I work in a large Secondary School with a very diverse student population so there's a lot of variety. There's a strong sense of community within the school and my colleagues in the pastoral department are extremely supportive and a good laugh.

My role involves working with kids on a 1:1 basis (sometimes just for a few sessions, sometimes very long term depending on their needs) and doing group interventions like Mindfulness, Anger Management etc. I also run parenting workshops and a weekly 'drop in' for Sixth Formers. I also do a lot of staff training which I really enjoy. No two days are the same so I never get bored.

I'll never be rich but the long holidays are lovely, there's minimal paperwork, I have a short commute and it's definitely low stress compared with my former life working for the NHS.

The kids I work with are hilarious, brave, inspiring, fascinating and utterly frustrating at times They never fail to surprise me.

I consider myself very privileged to do what I do.

Hi yorks, can I ask how you got into that, I'm currently a mental health nurse in the NHS and need a change!?!

I work for a pharmaceutical company in regulatory affairs. I love it because my work enables patients access to important medicines, it is challenging, engages my brain, involves working with a large number of people from all over the world and it helps that it pays incredibly well too.

Baby I'm also a former MH nurse and needed to get out (for my own sanity!) so cut my hours to part time to enable me to do a part time counseling qualification whilst working. I had planned to set up as a private practitioner but saw the School Counselor job advertised and thought it sounded great so went for it. I planned to maintain my NAME reg for a year or so til I was sure it was the right way to go but ended up lapsing it soon after starting the job as I loved it so much. I know quite a few former MH nurses who have gone on to become counselors, psychotherapists or CB therapists.

NMC not NAME. Stupid autocorrect.

I'm a medical secretary. It's crap. Just been downgraded and treated like a second class citizen!

Stop it's things that can be applied to other jobs - working with the public (98 per cent are lovely the other 2 per cent ruin it), bureaucracy, stupid managers etc. The constant shift changing, lack of staff, no breaks. Like Lj said it takes over your life, it's very hard to switch off from. Then you have the fear of god put into you about litigation, having to potentially justify every tiny decision and everything you wrote to a coroner/court, even in 20 years time when you're never going to remember. The amount of documentation we have to do, particularly in labour care is crazy.

But apart from that it's great.

I run a large regional charity. Absolutely love every minute. Varied, challenging, hard work but great people and, although I work 50+ hours a week, I can be flexible enough to be around for my teenagers when they need me. Best of all, I can see first hand the difference we make.

Oh and another thing is the pressure to get people off delivery suite and discharged home ASAP because they need beds. Some co-ordinators are worse than others for this but that can be very stressful.

Judge. Not anywhere nearly as well paid in the UK, and aspects of it stress and worry me deeply. Apart from that I think I'm very good at it and I do like it. Days when there's a good result are fantastic.

Another accountant. I work part time, self employed. My clients appreciate me. They endlessly challenge me. And the flexibility is perfect for my family.

Nurse, currently working in CAHMS. Love it. Knowing my team provides the care that children need. Can be harrowing at times, but again, my team are v supportive

I'm an assistant curator in a big national museum. I bloody love it, even though the pay is terrible. A few jobs have come up elsewhere recently which pay waaaay more and which I feel fairly sure I'd be qualified for, but I just know I could never give up what I love. And that's such a wonderful feeling.

I gave up the 9-5, existing to pay the mortgage...I worked at the Gherkin, as a Travel coordinator for a multinational firm.
Retrained, back to studying and working at a funeral home...worked my way up, qualified, became a Funeral Director. Own my own funeral home now and it is hard work but I love my job, it's a privilege to be entrusted to help families at such a vulnerable time. It is a big sacrifice as I have 2 DC and do 'miss' family dinners/bedtimes/family outings...I work random hours and of course it is mentally challenging but I have a very supportive DH and we have worked out a balance that is perfect for our family. Good luck with your career decisions

Care Assistant in a home for people with dementia.

Paid peanuts but kind of feel like it's something I have to do.

I run events at a large hotel. It could be anything from a funeral lunch to an international academic congress. The attention to detail required is very demanding. Some events are planned years in advance, others at a moment's notice. I rely on my team to listen carefully to instruction then be flexible when they have to deliver on the day as it is a very reactive businesd to be in. I like to understand what makes people happy and to ensure customers' events to run better than their expectations.