How many of you love your job

[Lyra25]

I am genuinely interested having been weighing up my options and going round in frustrating circles.
I would like to know how many people feel fulfilled by and enjoy their work and if you do, what work do you do?

I do. I'm a community nurse working with an amazing supportive time. Most of our patients are lovely and the work is varied.

This is a really good point, even finding the right vocation, any enjoyment can to some extent also depend on colleagues and managers. Folk often leave bad managers rather than leaving a job/role.

Could I ask what you do?

Hi @Alwaysmuddybuthappy can I ask how you retrained into this? Also any general advice or anything you would have done differently starting out? Thank you 😊

What was your route to get this type of job?

Absolutely.
I'm a healthcare professional, working within oncology and surgery. I feel privileged.

I don't. But I don't know what I would do instead and I would hate not to work so it is what it is.

I have always worked with children or adults with learning disabilities, and have loved all the jobs I have done (support worker, learning support assistant, respite carer, PA). I recently retrained as a speech and language therapist because I've always loved the communication side of my work and I wanted a career where I could make decisions and changes to people's lives and I one could progress in.

I now work with adults with learning disabilities in an NHS community team. I love lots about it, I work within a fantastic multidisciplinary team of people, and we have a great deal of autonomy and flexibility around our work which allows us to make a real difference to people's lives. I do miss getting to know the individuals I helps on a more personal level. I am often working indirectly with staff teams, or seeing someone for an hour a week for 6 weeks etc, and I miss the day-to-day getting to know a person. There are also a lot of complex situations, not all the people I see are well supported and some have been utterly let down by the system. There's also a lot of safeguarding and social care elements to the referrals, and we get bogged down in trying to solve issues which aren't within our remit or control.

I have a lot of imposter syndrome as well which leads to anxiety! I was very experienced in my previous roles whereas now I'm the least experienced on the team.

I may look for a special school based role in the future, but I'm happy staying put for a few years.

I applied for a place on WRAGS (work and retrain as a gardener scheme) near to me. This was a year long apprenticeship at a private garden which taught the basics of maintenance gardening. I was lucky enough to be kept on after my apprenticeship. Other gardening jobs just sort of 'snowballed' from there. I also did RHS2 (Royal Horticultural society) at evening class for a theoretical approach.
I am so much more happy and relaxed now and which I'd done it sooner.

@Nickyknackered I turned 50 in February of this year. I think that was probably another thing that spurred me on. I felt that if I left it too late, it would be harder to get work especially since I was completely changing my profession.

Secondary school teacher here, working in an area of high deprivation. I love ir! It's a lot less challenging than people might think. Always different and interesting.
It's one of the best things I have done in my whole, entire life.

And I can't lie - the holidays are great!

Agree with this. My job could be the same job in a different culture with different people and id hate it. Luckily its great people and I love it!

I'm a job coach at a jobcenter in another country. I work with the public sector so if you're a teacher, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, sw etc and you don't have a job you come and see me. Very reasonable group of people. Fairly high success rate. Lots of structure in my day. Manageable workload. My own office.

Kind of..? Well. I used to 😬

I've run a beauty business for nearly 10 years. It's the only job I've ever really cared about and the only thing I'm good at.

But I'm so, SO burnt out with it. Having to navigate self-employment through the pandemic and the subsequent cost of living crisis has killed my enjoyment for it. I'm 34 and I genuinely don't know what else I would want to retrain in. Argh!

Thank you for that, I've never heard of them and will look into that. I've actually fallen into outdoor volunteering in a nearby national park this year and really enjoyed being outside doing hands on practical work. So I'm now looking for my next steps into how I can possibly move into some sort of related career. I agree with the happy and relaxed feeling! Thanks again

Me! I love my job. I can’t wait to get back to work. I work in public policy.

My role used to be more operational and reactionary. However after I'd left after not returning from maternity leave I got contacted out of the blue a year later and was offered a slightly more admin heavy version of the old role. Whilst it's tedious it allows a great deal of flexibility. I WFH PT during school hours and my bosses are happy for me to move days around when the kids are sick to get the work done.

I work in sea and road freight

What work do you do?

I love my job, I’m a video editor, I get to do a lot of creative work most days, fast paced which I like and good work benefits in current role.

I always post on these threads, because I do genuinely love my job. I support children with disabilities in a residential care home. No day is the same, I need to use a wide range of skills - some of which I already have & others which I have to learn. It is incredibly rewarding when the young people make progress.

That said, the raising of the minimum wage will mean that, despite all the qualifications I’ve worked for in able to do my job and despite the huge amount of responsibility it entails, my current salary is below the new minimum wage when it starts next year. Obviously, my employers will have to increase salaries, but they are a charity & this means expenditure in other areas will have to be reduced.

I do. I’m a purchasing director for a large corporation. Fully remote

I love my job, I love the company I work for and I really like my colleagues. I have masses of respect and affection for my boss and I am greatful for the opportunities I have been given to progress and complete my professional qualifications.

I consider myself very lucky. I am a financial controller with a global company.

Content writer. Yes I do love it. I work from home, do 30 hours a week with total flexibility on when and where. I like the research, and creating a piece of writing for a blog or newsletter is far more satisfying in the age of ai slop.

Best of luck in your new career venture, you won't be disappointed! 🌷🍀🌻🌳🌺

Secondary teacher in a private school, I love it (most of the time 🤣)

I get holidays off with my own kids so no childcare stresses.