Teaching- any other jobs that make you cry regularly?

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I quit teaching last year, after years in a negative, toxic environment, which I thought was my fault.
Most days, I cried on the way to work, at lunchtime in a cupboard or driving home. I now see that this was the culture rather than me. It took changing a 20 year career to see this.
Is there any other job out there that has staff regularly crying before/during/after work? It's so wrong!

Chef de commis. It was rough. I often used to cry in the fridge pretending to look for more vegetables to prep. I had a saucepan thrown at me by a crazy french chef. It gets a lot better once you move up the ranks.

Every job I have ever had lol.

Barmaid, supermarket till operator, nanny, nursery worker.

A lot of people are really shit and unnecessarily rude. The stories I can tell about being a nanny specifically, are appalling.

Corporate law. Every single day.

Being a carer assistant and seeing residents pass away

Yup, being a GP unfortunately.

Omg! Why?

I'd have thought most jobs involving the public, children, the elderly, vulnerable, ill, criminal justice system etc would tbh. I don't think it's at all unusual.

Lawyer. It's awful

Corporate law is hard core probably not as bad as teaching but tough.

You beat me to it. Solidarity.

Wellbeing at a university.

Law. It’s a very tough job.

Healthcare receptionist. Regularly shouted at for things that are out of my control, not my fault or because my hands are tied by government requirements. Do you really think I get a kick out of asking you to fill in a form, do you think it’s a hobby I do for fun? I speak to 100+ patients a day and generally repeat the same things over and over. I’m sorry your healthcare provider is running late, they aren’t even in the building yet because they can’t be arsed to get here on time but you’re right, it makes perfect sense you shout at me about it. Do you think I want you sat in the waiting room glaring at me because your appointment is late? And yes, I do understand “I do work you know, I don’t have all day”…funnily enough I also work, here in fact! I’m not here because I’ve completed Netflix and had nothing better to do. I am here, at my job, on time…would you like me to try and teleport the healthcare provider so you can have your appointment and be on your way? Because believe me, I would much, much rather you were seen on time. Yes, this provider is always late and has had several disciplinary warnings but they are still at least 45 minutes late, every day.

Next time you’re at the doctors or the dentist, please just fill in the fucking forms without arguing with reception. We know you’ve been here before, we are very well trained in which forms are required and when. And if your doctor/dentist is running late, don’t shout at the receptionist. She is there, on time, doing her job. The fact that your health care provider went to uni does not give them the right to be late, they’re not off doing something big or important. They’re grabbing a Starbucks on the way in or scrolling tik tok in the surgery.

Solidarity with other 2 GPs - the huge overwhelm, lack of ability to refer, the grinding hours of paperwork, the 11 hr days without a break.
I love being a doctor, it also breaks me.

Your post is why I am always polite to receptionists, even the moody ones, because you have to put up with so much. I imagine you above anyone else wishes everything ran smoothly.
A bit of respectful politeness costs nothing and makes things less stressful for people in your job.

Prettybubble - solidarity too - the only job worse than mine is probably yours!

Corporate real estate, been working in this area 5 years now. Just started crying the last few months, not every day but dread every day has set in. The misogyny, that is constant, has finally worn me down and I have very little resilience to it any more. It's men constantly making bad decisions, taking no accountability, but also always wanting to tell me I am wrong, but 6 months down the line their course of action has once again proven to be a bad call, creating extra work.

Healthcare. I often see nurses crying, stressed or at breaking point. Same with social workers..

Call centre, cry regularly. Also did in my past job. But that was emergency services so in a slightly different way

People post a lot about customer service on here but it’s really fucking hard when a customer has spent 20 mins putting the boot in about stuff that’s nothing to do with you, berating you about your lack of service when you’ve offered everything you can, then the next person says “oh you don’t sound very chirpy!”
No, I don’t! I had 5 mins to cry and feel useless before I had to log back on

Midwifery. I used to regularly cry on the way home from work. In the last couple of years I notice I've (subconsciously?) started playing music on my drive to work that makes me cry, and I think that releases some of the anticipatory anxiety about getting to work.
It's the huge level of individual responsibility without any support from management / the NHS / government to enable you to actually practice safely. It's cripplingly terrifying.

Pretty much anything in healthcare. (Paediatrician)

Doctor

Dental hygienist .

Nursing. I work in an amu and it's a running joke that's it not an amu shift if someone hasn't cried by the end of the day

Our turnover is rapid.

I’m a NICU nurse.
cry daily. If that helps. Even when I’m not in work