What's your job and is it stressful?

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I am stressed to high heaven with mine. I think it might be time for a change. What is your role and how stressful is it?

I'm a dog walker and no, not especially. It can be pretty grim in the depths of winter though

The only thing that really makes it stressful are members of the public not controlling their dogs and allowing them to run riot.

I'm a social worker with teenagers
Very stressful due to risk
But I've been lots of kids' first safe relationship and that is very rewarding

I'm a librarian. Pretty poorly paid given I have a post-Masters professional qualification, but generally not particularly stressful, except on days like today where I come in to spend my day paddling in rainwater, trying to salvage precious documents and thinking of the thousands of pounds this is going to cost to put right. <sigh!>

I’m a Probation Officer and yes it’s really stressful! Particularly now due to all these early release schemes. Our caseloads are farrrr beyond what they should be and you live in fear of someone committing a serious further offence or dying. A lot of my colleagues have had to take on extra jobs due to the cost of living and I genuinely don’t know how they do it!

10/15 minute appointments where clients turn up 10+ minutes late and scream at reception until they allow them to be seen despite missing their slot. Clients not having money and not being able to afford treatments and having no autonomy to create payment plans for them. Pressure from above to more productive/busy all of the time despite being short staffed and constantly having to pick up the slack. Redundancies despite staff levels being so low. Staff leaving and staff sickness (lost 70% of our staff in a year). No support from above management. Having to stick to policies we don’t agree with. Nurses not being supported or allowed to use their qualifications in certain ways because management say so and thus more pressure on vets. Worrying about colleagues having mental health crises. Feeling completely overwhelmed constantly. Complaints for silly things e.g. saving an animal’s life but forgetting to clip their nails. Owners with aggressive animals refusing to give pre-exam sedatives and thus constantly risking our safety. Telling owners in no uncertain terms their pets are suffering e.g. struggling to breathe and owners refusing euthanasia and treatment and having to get them to sign to say they’ve ignored veterinary advice but allowing them to take that animal home to suffer for god knows how long. This is just the tip of the iceberg

Civil Servant EO. Has its stressful moments, but overall it’s fine. Good flexible working options/work life balance.

I'm a facilities manager and have 15 sites in EMEA region - 2025 is already mapped out for me. I'm away for 2+ months per year - which isn't that bad and I secretly enjoy the hotel bed all to myself. It's challenging dealing with a lot of time zones as always on call it seems. Saying that - I do like my job - and going for a run after work every day clears my head. It's stressful at times to the point where I get migraines and skip lunch. Hey ho.

I am an academic, I don't find it particularly stressful but I am (a) very experienced (b) have the most lovely colleagues (c) have worked hard on my work-life balance

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I'm a senior forensic psychologist in a men's high security prison. I love my job as no two days are the same and it's very stimulating and rewarding. But at the same time, for obvious reasons it can be emotionally draining at times. I can't see myself happy in any other career though.

I'm a SENCO and teacher at a secondary school. It's...somewhat horrendous, tbh. I've not had a day off, including weekends, since August, with no chance of it letting up as far as I can see.

Support worker. Not very well paid lots of 13/14 hour shifts and a chance of being beaten up by our service users so there's an element of danger involved 🤣🤣

Plus short staffed so 🤷‍♀️

I am a tech contractor and usually do a mix of project management and analysis. Not stressful or long hours compared more senior senior permanent roles I used to do for the same £. I do miss the adrenaline rush of being constantly flat out busy but having to learn new subject matter for each new contact keeps it interesting.

I'm a Clerk & Responsible Finsncial Officer for a large Parish Council. It is enjoyable and very fulfilling, making decisions that have a significant and lasting impact on a large community, but can be quite stressful especially when preparing the annual budget and end of year accounts for the annual external audit.

Nurse and yes. Routinely I’m the only nurse to 15 unwell patients which isn’t safe, staff being moved to other areas making us even more unsafe. Only seeing some patients for 10 minutes in a 13 hour shift.

it’s all I ever wanted to do but I’m only 2 years in and the good days are rare

I'm exactly the same

FE and HE lecturer (mostly FE, same place for both). It's brutal.

Animal nutritionist. Can be stressful but mainly due to company issues not the job itself. At the end of the day I've got a great team, great customers and get to 'do' science every day.

Loss Adjuster and it's stressful. Looking after people's homes, contents and businesses. People are so stressed during the process and you become their verbal punchbag

Long days and dreading seeing the weather forecasts.

I'm hoping the rain stops soon after the new claims that have already been intimated today

Dentist. Yes, very.

I work in philanthropy. It's the least stressful job I've ever had. Previously I was a manager in a charity and it was horribly stressful mainly due to staffing issues, upward bullying, plus constant fundraising to try and keep everyone's jobs.

1:1 TA and yes

I’m a SENCo in a primary school. Have taught for years and have never been as stressed as I am now. Expectations are crazy, funding is rock bottom, so support staff are being made redundant despite huge levels of need, just to make ends meet.

We are being sent LA consultations for EHCP children on a weekly basis with such needs that even 5 years ago they wouldn’t have come anywhere near mainstream, yet they only have funding for a 1:1 for 15 hours a week and the rest of the time they are supposed to just be supported by the class teacher, alongside another 30 children.

These are non-verbal pupils, in nappies, very physical-all evidence says they can’t be in a room with more than 6 children, parents want special, yet we are named with a totally inadequate offering of support. I am not SLT, have no budget, am not paid anything extra for being SENCo, yet seem to be held accountable for all problems.

Yes, I am stressed :(

Primary teacher. Cried all the way home. I don’t know if I can go back tomorrow- I’ve got over a decade’s experience but this term is breaking me.

I'm a teacher.
It can be stressful and I generally do quite long days (7-5). BUT I wouldn't say I'm massively stressed, just busy. Just wish my children would listen to me and care about their learning, but I can only do what I can do!

HE lecturer. It's not too stressful although there are a few busy times in the year where workload is on the high side.
Main stress would be the fact that unis are in deficit...