Jobs you have done you would NEVER recommend to your children

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McDonald's

I wouldn't recommend anything dh or i have done and my kids are going in the opposite directions anyway.

Anything involving sales. I once worked in a company where there were two separate camps: the Sales camp and the Operations camp (the latter were the ones who actually did the work). The Sales side of things was horribly cutthroat. Unfortunately the Area Manager was a former salesman, so if there was any conflict between Sales and Operations, he always sided with the Sales people even if they were obviously in the wrong. When I left that company, I vowed that I would never again work in a sales environment.

Nursing

@Sunshineandoranges When did you teach and how long for?
20 years of primary teaching was enough for me - I left last year.
Now as an EOTAS Tutor I have pretty much zero job security, a terrible pension, no sick or holiday pay, and my take-home pay is far less than it was as a teacher.
Leaving teaching was still the best decision I ever made.

The difference is that for teaching you've had to train for it for a minimum of a year on top of a degree if doing a pgce, so it's not as easy to give it up. Same with nursing.

I've done repetitive low paid jobs, but knowing that I've not invested much into it meant I could look for something better and quit .

Sadly someone in my extended family. It has been very destructive and came from.a background of abuse.

The difference is that for teaching you've had to train for it for a minimum of a year on top of a degree if doing a pgce, so it's not as easy to give it up.

Yep, a degree, a year PGCE and then two years ECT.

It's a commitment.

I knew there would be loads of 'teaching' replies. I've been a TA (never again) and before starting that career, I wanted to be a teacher. Then I saw first hand what it entailed, so not a chance.

Teaching
Ta ( shockingly bad pay)

Bus driving. Easy job to do. But the general public and road users can be a pain to deal with.

Definitely teaching - my DS is a teacher now and middle SLT. My god the stuff he has to deal with and he’s only 26.