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do you and your dp/dh/dw love your jobs?

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Blandmum · 17/12/2005 19:55

dh just told me that he feels a if he is paid to do his hobby, i also love my job. we are very lucky.

are you happy in you jobs? or happy to be a sahp?

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shepherdswatchedtheirflockets · 17/12/2005 19:57

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brusselsbeansprout · 17/12/2005 19:57

We both like ours, even though the jobs are hard work and the juggling is as well. I have had jobs that I have hated in the past and it is a really miserable way to live!

BourneInAMangerVille · 17/12/2005 19:57

I'm a SAHM and v happy, though have gone through periods of frustration/boredom./tedium. dd and i have created a good balance of laziness & business so life is perfect right now Do not want to go back to work, but I did very much enjoy my previous job.

Reindior · 17/12/2005 19:58

I LOVE being a Weight Watchers leader, but the pay is crap. If it paid better, I would be in 7th heaven. Dh hates his, and is leaving as of end-January. So, I have been madly applying for anything Accounty going!

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jac34 · 17/12/2005 20:01

I really love my job and I've been doing it for @ 18years(if you include my training). I don't mind being in work and enjoy it most days,however, since I've had the boys I really like being at home as well. I now work 3 days so I have the best of both worlds.

roisin · 17/12/2005 20:06

No, I don't love my job. I don't find it as rewarding as I anticipated, and 6 months in it's rather bizarre that I still don't really know if I'm any good at it or not Sometimes I think I'm fab, sometimes I think I'm rubbish.

In the past I have always enjoyed my jobs, so this is a bit of a new experience for me.

hercules · 17/12/2005 20:08

love my job and dh seems to get a kick out of his.

galaxy · 17/12/2005 20:11

No and No

puffoeufnog · 17/12/2005 20:12

Dh loves his job.

I have decided not to return to teaching it wasn't as rewarding or interesting as I thought it would be. Am going to retrain for something else next year which I am very excited about.

christmasdinnyer · 17/12/2005 20:12

I really really love my job and even though it's hard on our time together as a family, I'd be reluctant to give it up.

DH likes his job as he works for himself.

CARoLsingersKickingatmydoor · 17/12/2005 20:32

Dw loves her job, mine is great but the people aren't

santabops · 17/12/2005 20:33

I love mine most of the time - butmore so now I am part time

Dh hates his I think...

hunkermunker · 17/12/2005 20:35

I love mine (on mat leave now though), DH enjoys his, but I don't know he'd say he loves it.

SnowsyPosey · 17/12/2005 20:38

I love mine (SAHM until Jan, then part time at a pre-school where I used to work and ds now goes)

Dh loves his though he would give it up if we win the lottery. However in the meantime its great, odd hours but just 4 days a week, and a month long paid sabbatical every 4 years. Interesting work, nice colleagues, decent pay...

We are very lucky.

PeachyPlumFairy · 17/12/2005 20:47

DH has the job he always wanted, a manger for a well known transport company, and you know what? Has grown to loathe it! We had huge problems when they underpaid us and we got the payslip late, it took a month for them to make it up and when we tried to get them to cover the £150 fines we incurred, they refused to discuss it. They did also for a while employ a terrible Junior to Dh, whom they had to promote over him as she was going to do them for sex discrimination (which they do have issues with BTW and I'm not justifying it, but it was SH's job) then she made his life HELL for months: kicking him, lying about him, forcing him to work unpaid (there is a clause in his contract that means if they get called in for extra work, up to 20 days a year (and this is 12 hour shifts) can be unpaid). She got removed eventually and Dh has since been praised massively for his work, but as a result they're no longer promoting from within.

Another manager a few years ago (who had a conviction for GBH) also pinned him against a wall and threatened to kill him.

It's calm at work ATM and he seems to be getting some respect (unpaid tonight though grrrr) but rumours are company are selling his division in summer, if so he's going for an electronics job (his love and passion) even though it pays less. About time too I say!

I'm a student but have had some TERRIBLE jobs and some great ones, best one was an Admissions Assistant at Strode College in Somerset where they are the loveliest poeple imaginable, and my time at Macmillan Cancer Relief and Home Start were great because of what we were doing for people. HATED nursing though.

Planning on PGCE when I graduate, possibly an MA in Autism after as they offer that here.

CaChristmasLista · 17/12/2005 20:47

Do enjoy my job BUT don't really give a stuff about it either way. I do the minimum amount of hours I can to bring in just enough money to supplement DH's wage so we are comfortable. In my line of work someone who is experienced and qualified to do the job is highly in demand, so if I was to get fed up where I am I could find something else pretty quickly (don't mean to sound arrogant, that is just the way it is at the moment).
I've felt like this since I had DS1, was quite ambitious before and had worked my way pretty high up my particular career ladder. It just all didn't seem important anymore the moment I found out I was pregnant.

DH on the other hand loves his job and earns good money, so the pressure's off me in that area which is fab as I can concentrate on the loves of my life - my children!

Glitterygook · 17/12/2005 20:55

DH really likes his job but I know he'd leave in a flash if he won the lottery - he is obsessed with books and his dream would be to own a bookshop.

I love my SAHM job (that's not to say I don't get fraught and have bad days) - it's the most rewarding ever. My freelance career, I like it, I find it interesting and I wouldn't give it up but I can only do a limited amount with the hours I have now so I wouldn't say I love it.

NutcrackingXmas · 17/12/2005 20:58

Dp hates his. I think mine is ok, but certainly wouldn't do it if i didn't have to.

chipmonksRoastingOnAnOpenFire · 18/12/2005 01:20

Love mine but am torn between it and children, dh loves his and is very good at it.

bobbybobbobbingalong · 18/12/2005 07:59

I love my job, but know it's only for another 2 years or else I will never see ds once he goes to school.

Dh not in love with his job, but it has no overtime, is 10 minutes away, he can get time off for ds's Nursery Christmas party and he got a good Christmas bonus, which means he tolerates it rather easily.

Hulababy · 18/12/2005 08:03

DH loves his job and enjoys going to work. he's a solicitor.

I used to hate my job until last Easter when I had a bit of a change of career. Was teaching and it got really bad. Was so stressed out and literally ahted even the thought of going to work, never mond being there. Changed my job at Easter and now quite enjoy it. Still don't like getting up so early but once there I enjoy the work.

pacinoFanOfBrusselsSprouts · 18/12/2005 09:39

DH likes his job but hates the fact that it necessitates roughly 3-4 nights away each week. He's in a job suitable for singletons without ties and it is totally un-family friendly.

I am currently expecting baby no 2 and frankly preparing myself for him not being at the birth. So far the company have refused to help by offering a more sympathetic roster over my due date and have only offered unpaid parental leave as a suggestion. Who on earth can afford to take this?

Our ultimate aim is for dh to go part-time (working an 80% instead of 100% roster). It will mean sacrifices in other areas of our life but the benefits of family life far outweigh material gains.

Niddlynono · 18/12/2005 10:13

DH loves his job (he's a record producer) which is just as well since he works a 16-hour day. I work part-time at a record label which I really enjoy it and can't imagine doing anything else.

pucca · 18/12/2005 10:15

My dh loves his job, he actually enjoys going and never moans about it one bit, he gets "call outs" for emergency's and actually enjoys getting the call outs (even at 1am!)

I am a sahm and enjoy it, i truthfully wouldn't have it any other way than to look after our child which i think is the most rewarding "job" of all

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