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| I'm trying to research different careers. Who here loves their job and what do you do for a living? Can you describe what your typical work day is like? I'd appreciate any and all input on how you got started and what the pros and cons are. Thanks in advance! | |
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| run n rate - 2013-12-18 5:03 PM
Does it count that I love being employed????
Sure! I love being employed too and am blessed to have a job with an above average salary and great benefits. The problem is that I'm not happy with the type of work and environment that I find myself in and would like to explore different options. | |
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Location: /ARKANSAS | I graduated in 1972 from highschool, started to college and dropped out a year and a half later, decided I did not want to be a nurse! My marriage was going bad and I found at 22, I was going to be a mother....told myself I had to return to college and finish, I knew I would probably be the only support for this child. I loved being a Registered Nurse, evening shift for 13 years at a 50 bed hospital. It was serious, emotional roller coaster, women that primarily work together are jealous, backstabbing, and relentless with criticism. I survived most of the hospital personalities, got divorced, fell totally in love with a doctor, imagine that? I never remarried being the captain of my own ship was very important. As a registered nurse, I was in charge, I took the extra classes to be certified in cardiology, emergency medicine, pediatric resuscitation and obstetrics, always pushing to be better. In 1990 I graduated with a bachelors degree in nursing and became an advanced practice nurse, worked nearly to death in the rural clinic that paid back my loans. The same female pettiness followed me there. My SO developed prostate cancer and I asked to go to three days a week. No was the answer, so I gave my 30 day notice, there was a lot of drama within the clinic with that news. I left there and went to work with my SO in a private office and filled in for him and did some hospital work for him. I had a great time the cattiness with the women was there but a lot less to live with. Two years later he was killed in an accident and I just didn't exist for several months. He died in June and in December a doctor in another town close needed someone to fill in while he recuperated from hip replacement. I never left there, he ask me to stay, he had practiced in this small town for 40 years, that was 11 years ago, best job I have ever had, the nurses have been wonderful and I have learned to slow down and I had time to heal from what felt like a war for 25 years. I am still there and will turn 60 in 4 weeks, not happy with aging but I tell people that I will never retire. The Dr. is 78, still working, he has been through a few bumps, but has rallied each time. I am someone that does not like change and I stayed in a few of these jobs too long, but when you are a divorced mother, a job is the most important thing next to your child. Jobs and people are hard to deal with long term. I can't imagine why people look forward to retirement... | |
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| fastwrapn3 - 2013-12-18 5:45 PM
I graduated in 1972 from highschool, started to college and dropped out a year and a half later, decided I did not want to be a nurse! My marriage was going bad and I found at 22, I was going to be a mother....told myself I had to return to college and finish, I knew I would probably be the only support for this child. I loved being a Registered Nurse, evening shift for 13 years at a 50 bed hospital. It was serious, emotional roller coaster, women that primarily work together are jealous, backstabbing, and relentless with criticism. I survived most of the hospital personalities, got divorced, fell totally in love with a doctor, imagine that? I never remarried being the captain of my own ship was very important. As a registered nurse, I was in charge, I took the extra classes to be certified in cardiology, emergency medicine, pediatric resuscitation and obstetrics, always pushing to be better. In 1990 I graduated with a bachelors degree in nursing and became an advanced practice nurse, worked nearly to death in the rural clinic that paid back my loans. The same female pettiness followed me there. My SO developed prostate cancer and I asked to go to three days a week. No was the answer, so I gave my 30 day notice, there was a lot of drama within the clinic with that news. I left there and went to work with my SO in a private office and filled in for him and did some hospital work for him. I had a great time the cattiness with the women was there but a lot less to live with. Two years later he was killed in an accident and I just didn't exist for several months. He died in June and in December a doctor in another town close needed someone to fill in while he recuperated from hip replacement. I never left there, he ask me to stay, he had practiced in this small town for 40 years, that was 11 years ago, best job I have ever had, the nurses have been wonderful and I have learned to slow down and I had time to heal from what felt like a war for 25 years. I am still there and will turn 60 in 4 weeks, not happy with aging but I tell people that I will never retire. The Dr. is 78, still working, he has been through a few bumps, but has rallied each time. I am someone that does not like change and I stayed in a few of these jobs too long, but when you are a divorced mother, a job is the most important thing next to your child. Jobs and people are hard to deal with long term. I can't imagine why people look forward to retirement...
Thank you very much for your in depth response! I'm very sorry for the loss of your SO. I'm also inspired by your work ethic. I've considered nursing. I'm just not sure I would enjoy working around people, though I have excelled in my classes every time I've certified as a first-responder. Our paramedic is pushing for me to move up to EMT. | |
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| RidenFly - 2013-12-18 5:55 PM
I am really happy. I am able to stay home and write.
I love writing too! I even have a blog, though I won't divulge the name of it to anyone. I've actually been working towards a bachelor's in English. That goal seems to have stalled out due to a lack of classes in my area and I'm not sure what I would use an English degree for. | |
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Location: Phoenix | I am in the same boat as you....really good at English, not sure what would make me happy.
Right now I work as an Administrative Assistant for a major car rental company. I would probably love my job if I got paid more. I enjoy the people I work with, and my bosses are great. But for the level of involvement and the decisions I make, I need to be paid more. And there's no opportunity for that unless I do the Management Trainee program, which puts you more on a path for branch manager and sales-y stuff, which I'd rather do more back-end stuff.
I answer phones, answer questions about the rental contracts, issue credits, make reservations, give directions, do account receivables (customers keeping car longer and needing more payment), calling customers to come in to renew the paperwork, dealing wih insurance rentals, doing callbacks to ensure they get areceipt for when they drop at diff. Locations or after-hours. I also do a lot of problem solving like figuring out what car is on contracts when I can't read the handwriting, figure out what happened when one car goes on two different contracts....it's somewhat mundane, yet always different. I enjoy helping people but not actually being face to face with the customer. If I were getting paid the median pay grade of secretaries in the area, I'd be totally content. But at this rate, I could work fast food for the same pay. :/ | |
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| I graduated high school in 2004, went to the technical college for a year learning the printing/publishing industry, while working part-time in data entry. Decided i didn't want that career, went back in the fall for one semester in agriculture but dropped out due to sever depression and was unemployed. In January of 2006 i got a job working at a race horse farm taking care of the foals/yearlings. I loved working with the horses but in September of 2007 i quit and got a job working as a housekeeper at a holiday inn. I worked my way up to a room inspector/office but eventually quit in april 2011 and got a job as a supervisor for a commercial cleaning company. In march of 2012 i decided to go back to school and got a technical diploma as a CNA, I got hired right out of school as a CNA at a long-term care facility. I've been doing that since june 2012 and i love it! Best decision i ever made, it takes a special person to do this kind of work as its very demanding both physically and emotionally. But the joy you bring to the elderly is something you will never forget and you develop bonds with them. Yeah the pay sucks but its worth it. I am also taking some online class's towards getting a degree as a Medical Assistant. I also am going to get a degree as a EMT over the summer. | |
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Location: North Dakota | It's complicated to describe my job. I work for a large power company and an extra service they offer is to dispatch linemen and answer phones after hours for a variety of power coops in several states. It can be very stressful, but other times it can be dead for hours. The managers all keep telling me I could be set for the rest of my life if I stay here and move up the ranks. And I could be. But I don't think I want to sit in an office for the next 40 years. I'm in college now, so this job is great because the hours fit and I make way more money here than I did working in the restaurant business or retail. I'm at a loss. I have no idea what I want to do. | |
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| I am a teacher, and I love it!
Typical work day....babysitting? Just kidding!
Get to work around 7:15 and pull up my email. Pull up everything I need for that days lesson on my Smart Board and my computer.
Write the current date, learning target, and agenda for the lesson.
7:45 I go to the hallway and watch and greet kids as they go to their lockers.
7:55 announcements come on-and around 8:00 I get my first group of 5th grade kids. Start the lesson (whatever it may be) and make adjustments as needed. One lesson we did was Buddy the Fish. I had a sponge fish that was in a beautiful clean bowl of water. His name was Buddy. As a class we went on a journey and polluted his water with all different types of contaminates from fertilizer to oil to litter....THEN we talked about non point source pollution and point source pollution. We identified each type of pollution that Buddy went through. Then we reveiwed the engineering design process.
From there the kids were given certain materials to design and test a water filter.
THEN from those mistakes they got to redesign and retest their filter.
That was a short summary of a three day lesson-and each grade level and each class I make adjustments as needed. So no day is ever the same.
During my plan time I grade and update my gradebook, I do planning for future classes, make copies, e-mail as needed, and go to any scheduled meetings; whether it be a PLC, with a parent, or an ARC meeting....or a meeting related to programs or clubs I am working on getting implemented.
6th grade then shows up at 10:55. I take them to lunch and eat my lunch from 11:03-11:28.
I pick my kids up and teach two 6th grade classes. Then I teach two 7th grade classes. 2:35 announcements come on. I am contracted to stay until 3:00...but normally stay until 3:30. Today I had science club so I didn't leave until 4:30.
Again-love my job. No day is ever the same!
Pros-the schedule, the kids
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| I am a paramedic. I love my job.
If you have any questions about emt/ emt-p PM me, I would be glad to answer them. I will say if you do not want to work with people then you may not like this field. when I went in to this I honestly thought I would have fast pace high adrenalin calls all the time..... the truth is that most of the time I am more of a comfort/ support system to my pt than I am a caregiver. I am not naturally a people person so I have had to push myself to develop people skills so I can do my job | |
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Location: Stephenville, TX | I work for an oilfield company doing the payroll mainly but help out with accounts payables and human resources when needed. We have great benefits and good pay. I work with a handful of awesome ladies who create a positive atmosphere. Definately a plus! The only downside is having to help the guys with their paperwork constantly, from time sheets to log books to insurance/401K benefits. Job security I guess. | |
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Location: East TN | I am also a paramedic and love it....EMS is a job that you have to love because you aren't going to get rich doing it. I have had a few calls that have left me standing there saying," this is why I love my job"....very rewarding but also stressful. I only wish the pay were better...I work full time as a critical care medic and then also work two part time jobs one of which in is the local ER and the other is for our county ambulance service. | |
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| Rainbow118 - 2013-12-18 6:51 PM
I graduated high school in 2004, went to the technical college for a year learning the printing/publishing industry, while working part-time in data entry. Decided i didn't want that career, went back in the fall for one semester in agriculture but dropped out due to sever depression and was unemployed. In January of 2006 i got a job working at a race horse farm taking care of the foals/yearlings. I loved working with the horses but in September of 2007 i quit and got a job working as a housekeeper at a holiday inn. I worked my way up to a room inspector/office but eventually quit in april 2011 and got a job as a supervisor for a commercial cleaning company. In march of 2012 i decided to go back to school and got a technical diploma as a CNA, I got hired right out of school as a CNA at a long-term care facility. I've been doing that since june 2012 and i love it! Best decision i ever made, it takes a special person to do this kind of work as its very demanding both physically and emotionally. But the joy you bring to the elderly is something you will never forget and you develop bonds with them. Yeah the pay sucks but its worth it. I am also taking some online class's towards getting a degree as a Medical Assistant. I also am going to get a degree as a EMT over the summer.
I too worked at a breeding farm. It was a small operation, but I learned a lot and really enjoyed my job. Too bad it is nearly impossible to make a living in the horse industry.
I've wondered what a career in printing or publishing would be like. I guess more of the publishing aspect than the printing sounds interesting. | |
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Location: Kansas | I'm an administrative specialist here at the Kansas department of agriculture. .....I crack the whip to get all the scientists in order in my department, without me they would be lost......As in they barely know how to fax a document LOL. I notarize all the permits and documents that come through the door and handle the main phone line for the department. I also and going to start training new employees to be my assistants to take over some of my work load.....I'm doing about 5 jobs all rolled into one title. It's fast paced, you have to be very organized with a quick eye when proofreading documents and getting documents out on time. I love my job, and once our company moves, I will hopefully be advanced to senior administrative specialist | |
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Location: Alabama | I LOVE my job. I'm a Realtor so my hours are my own, I schedule when I want to work most of the time. I make good money, I help people achieve their dreams of home ownership or sell a home they need to sell.
Prior to this I was a farrier and I LOVED that job also...if it wasn't for my back issues, I'd still be doing it. | |
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| I *love* my job...but I didn't get here just by chance. I work at one of the major sports boots and saddle pad manufacturers in the customer service department(I won't say which one, because I might have spoken to one of y'all on the phone, and we can't ALWAYS do what y'all want us to.) To be honest, that is the ONE drawback about my job...customers can be unreasonable. But I thank God every day, unreasonable customers and all, that I work where I do.
Before that I was a horse trainer, again...I left this job because of the unreasonable clients (if YOU don't practice the things we learned over the week how can you and your horse improve?) I became frustrated when people were on the SAME lesson month after month. Honestly, I want you and your horse to be able to ride independently without me teaching!
Before that I worked in several veterinary offices for about 10 years, both small animal and a practice exclusively devoted to caring for exotic animals. The medicine was amazing...the people who worked there, like the person who is the RN said, not so awesome.
Before that...I worked at our county's Animal Control office...and that whole situation just sucked, the lazy county employees AND the duties that you are required to do. Good thing they fired me or I would have probably gone postal on someone eventually.
Before that I was in college and on the Dean's List, and was being groomed by my professor who was an attorney to get into law school. Unfortunately she had an inoperable brain tumor and succumbed to it before I could finish getting my bachelor's degree. I kinda got derailed as far as college goes after that. Honestly, I think it all comes down to the people that you work with. One of my co-workers says if I decide to move, our competitors will want to snatch me up in an instant...but I am afraid that the office atmosphere won't be as fun or relaxed...and then it will suck. I don't care WHAT I am doing, it is the people around me that make it bearable.  | |
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Location: Is it Summer Yet? | I went to university, got a management degree, with an accounting major. Then I went on and got my accounting designation. I would not recommend anyone do this unless you want to live in the city, which I don't. I work at a gas plant, shipping propane and butane and doing payroll. Payroll I could do without, however the propane and butane, love it. Spend my day dealing with railcars and truck drivers, never a dull moment! | |
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Location: I can see the end of the world from here! | To Thine Own Self Be True (sorry I had to quote Shakespeare...just cuz!). I own a motel/steak house and I love my job...it's basically making sure everyone else has the tools to make it all work...I feel like I work for the employees & let me just say...they do stuff I cannot do. I'm a 'creative' soul. A musician, singer, songwriter...an EMT, a waitress, dishwasher, housekeeper, designer, bookkeeper, website builder...boss. I don't know anyone who really wants to do what I do, though...not because it's so hard, but, rather it's that I sometimes have to look in the mirror to see what the h*** hat I'm wearing! How do I act? It requires an appropriate response to varying situations.
I have the utmost respect for people who can organize things 'daily'! I'm terribly scattered...maybe I wouldn't be that way if I just had one job to do?
I didn't 'plan' my life...and I don't think I'd have been happy committing to one 'thing' for my entire life! Nope. I like the diversity, the opportunity...the dreams, the potential, risk...the ups & downs.
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Right now I'm a nanny. Pretty much a glorified baby sitter. 5 days a week...a set of 4 yr old twin girls and a 1 yr old girl. A lot of fun but a lot of work! I absolutely LOVE the family I work for and I will probably stay until they no longer need me.
But, my SO has a very very good job that he loves and is our primary income. We are hoping that in a few years we will be in a good situation for me to stop working and stay home and I want to start riding for other people again. He knows that's the only thing will ever truly make me happy to do everyday and wants for me to be able to do what I love.
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I work retail....not my dream job. I work at Ross and Cabela's. I've only been at Cabela's a few months but I've been at Ross almost two years. Believe it or not, as cool of a store as Cabela's is, I like working at Ross better. Might just be because I've been there a longer and I've developed life-long friendships, or it could be because Cabela's is just way more exhausting (almost every transaction takes forever...could just be our store but I swear nothing ever rings up the way it's suppose to).
Either way, retail is not what I intend on my career being. Customer service is not my thing, it's mentally exhausting for me to have to be nice to so many people for 8 hours a day LOL
It's okay for now though. I think at Cabela's the managers get paid a fairly good amount and they get neat discounts and stuff, but I have no desire to ever be a manager of any store ever.
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Location: Pa | I am also an EMT. I went to an excellerated class, which maybe most of them are, so I had my certification in just under 5 months. I actually got a national certification, which would have allowed me to move to any state and still get a job. It was a pretty inexpensive education for the learning I went through. Luckily, I landed a job in a hospital ER pretty quickly. Thank goodness, because if I had to work on an ambulance, which unless you are lucky enough to land the 911 squads, are basically transport for things like diallysis, Dr. appts, or nonsenscical stuff like stubbed toes or coughs or such, my brain would have turned to mush. I am the type of person who likes to be busy and exercise my brain. Also, at least where I am in CA, the pay is double what the ambulances get paid. So not too bad. I work in a cardiac/stroke center. It's not bad. You get to use your CPR skills at least once a week. Not that that's a good thing, but it's good to keep up your skills. I would really like to transfer to a trauma center, as I think there is a lot more action going on in those. And I am just amazed at the human body and how it works. My job priorities are EKGs, urine dips, vitals, splints, wound care and dressings, stocking, helping to answer phones, making beds, patient transport within the hospital, and anything else to help the nurses or Drs. I am per diem and work 12 hr shifts, which I love, because I can have my hrs in 3 days, or pick up another day or two or more if I want for extra hrs. We have 3 different shifts here. 8am - 8pm, 12pm - 12am, or 3pm - 3am, so I get to work a variety of hrs. I am fortunate also that we fill in our own schedule, and since I am not full time, I do not have an obligation to work weekends. So I really rarely ever do. I will schedule myself for a saturday maybe once or twice in a 6 wk period. One of the downsides of per diem is that I do not have benefits. I rarely go to the doctors though, so that does not bother me. As with most jobs, it sucks to deal with lazy people, ie: other EMTs who never seem to be around, or nurses who think you are there for their every beck and call. Our ER has 14 critical beds and 10 fast track beds, so there are a lot of nurses that need help. Don't get me wrong, there are some great nurses who are pretty efficient, and they outnumber the not so efficient ones, thankfully. I guess that's pretty much it, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask. =] | |
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| I teach high school and I am an X- ray technologist. I love both. I have been in radiology for 29 years teaching for 11 if I had known how much fun teaching was I would have been doing it for 29 years. I LOVE, LOVE ,LOVE the kids. I love the good, the bad and the unrully alike. It is a great job.
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| I'm a cosmetolgist and I love it! I work full time and the times I work vary on the day. Normally it stays pretty steady, but sometimes it's dead and sometimes its crazy. It's the kind of job that is what you make it. You can talk people into anything and really boost your sales/tips.
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| emm - 2013-12-18 5:01 PM
I'm trying to research different careers. Who here loves their job and what do you do for a living? Can you describe what your typical work day is like? I'd appreciate any and all input on how you got started and what the pros and cons are. Thanks in advance!
I love my job, I am a QC manager at a fabrication shop in the Oil Field. I got this job by fluke and I am one of the youngest managers in the city. I started out as a welders helper, i got really sick of the -40 winters and having to be outside so I took a weld inspection course and started building the turnover binders. I worked for a terrible italian owned company got into a huge fight with my woman hating boss and told him to fly a kite and got fired... best thing that has ever happened to me, i took three months off and found the perfect job.
In a days work, I come in and babysit welders all day. I am the only woman in the company besides my bosses wife who is our secretary. I love only having to deal with male drama, there are no cat fights and my bosses and everyone i work with are absolutely amazing. My horse got really sick the day of my birthday they sent me home when they heard me on the phone with my mom, then a week later my mom called and he died of colic, again they heard me crying from my office and sent me home for the rest of the week with pay, the day i came back there was a picture of my horse on my desk with flowers and a beautiful card that everyone had written in for me. I love it here, mostly because the employees are not a number, they treat us like family and in the oil field that is so hard to find. | |
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| I'm an accountant. Went back to college after my kids were born and completed a BS degree in accounting. Thought I wanted to work in public accounting, but only jobs were in manufacturing. I LOVE it. I love the process of taking raw material and turning it into something useful. I love checking the costs, inventory control, operating results, coming up with solutions, etc. Along the way, I've passed the CPA exam (at the 1st sitting 17 years after college) and gotten an MBA. Those didn't make me smarter or even more knowledgeable, but did give me more credentials. Now I am Plant Controller of a manufacturing plant and making over $80k a year with good benefits. If I wanted to live in a large town/city, I could make more but like the small town life. LOVE my job! | |
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| I am a receptionist at a John Deere Dealership, and I absolutely love it. I wear a lot of hats as I answer phones, Im in charge of inventory for our GPS systems throughout the province, Im introducing a new computer program to our store, I do follow up calls on all service done in our shop, and every piece of equipment we sell, as well as a lot of in-store customer service. 90% of the people I work with are men which is right up my alley, and I really dont have to deal with the women all that much, so it all works out. Our customers are generally super poilte, friendly, and are more like my friends than customers. I dont make quite as much as I'd like, but I love the people here, and there is some room for advancement... honestly, I really cant imagine working anywhere else. I will be going on maternity leave in April, and it makes me sad to think about not coming here every day!
Before this, I was a ranch hand, and I loved that too, but it was pretty hard on my body, and my back pain was becoming too much of a problem. In my mid-20's, I figured maybe it would be wise to start being nicer to my body as apparently Im stuck with it.
Before that, I ran heavy equipment in the oil patch... awesome money, easy job (as far as 12 hour days go), but at the end of the day I wasn't really happy so it wasn't worth it to stay. If you're not happy, every day drags by, and you're cranky when you get home... nothing ever seems like enough. If you ARE happy, you wake up looking forward to the day ahead, and you come home in a good mood. | |
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| bracersmom - 2013-12-19 8:17 AM
Good grief...the question was, Who loves their job? I do, I don't. Simple.
Read the rest of the question. | |
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Location: The birthplace of Honest Abe | I love my job 99% of the time. I work with veterans and soldiers everyday. My degree is in accounting although that isnt what I do. I work for Dept of Veterans Affairs. (please dont message me telling me how the VA is waiting for you to die before doing your claim LOL) and honestly I do get those phone calls, those and how I want to take away your guns. I work at small office on Ft Knox, I dont work at the large cubicle farm in Louisville which is great because my supervisor works there and myself and one other employee work here.
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Location: South Georgia | I am a high school English teacher at an alternative school. I LOVE MY JOB! I look forward to going to work every single day. | |
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| I love the company I work for.
I am a Corporate Quality Representative in the food industry.
I work 8-5 Monday through Friday. It is a relaxed atmosphere and I work to maintain congruence between all of our site locations through auditing the systems.
It takes a lot of background knowledge and training to be at the level I am currently at, and I did not start out here for sure!
I graduated with my BS in Animal Science and worked in a Chemistry Lab for a year. Then I was promoted to a Food Safety Supervisor (which I loved) for 2 years. Honestly I cant wait to see where I go from here! My ultimate goal is to wind up back in Food Safety at a director level.  | |
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Location: MD | I'm a recruiter and I never thought i'd do well in this profession but I really like it!
and it's really satisfying to be able to help employ someone who needs it. Granted I do more researching and business development (which I also really like!)
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| I work up estimates on Airline customers' hardware when it gets damaged or needs updating. I work directly with customers such as United, American, Southwest. I LOVE my job - NOT SO MUCH the company I work for. They walked people out the door starting last July for no reasons at all other than corporate greed - I wish I could work for a Mom and Pop company that really cared for it's workers - but that's neither here nor there. - Oh and my degree is in Journalism - go figure - nothing to do with my career. | |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | Tys-ol-lady - 2013-12-19 10:54 AM bracersmom - 2013-12-19 8:17 AM Good grief...the question was, Who loves their job? I do, I don't. Simple. Read the rest of the question.
That's what I was thinking, tys-ol-lady!
If you don't like the post then don't read it!
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Location: High heels in the air... | Sorry but I love my job...I am an international flight attendant...not big money but good insurance and travel benefits...I would rather be home riding a lot of times but I enjoy the people....it will make you tired and it won't make you rich but I have seen the world!!! | |
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Location: lexington KY | I have worked all my life and always enjoyed it. I majored in Ag Business and for my full time job, I work for a Cattle Broker, we ship cattle to feedlots and I manage all of our inventory and the office. I also own my own business (with my sister), which is a online publshing company. I absolutely love this, we own 2 websites under our company and do online advertising, social media, etc. I love having the extra income and eventually we may need to make the decision to go full time with our business, but honestly I love having the extra money to do other things and like my full time job.
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Location: Idahome | I work for a company that manufactures supplements for horses and dogs. I LOVE my job. I oversee the Quality Control as well as all of the endorsees/sponsorships. I also manage the social media sites and help with website. It is a smaller, family owned company (which can come with some drama), but overall it is so much better than working for corporate america. Before this, I worked at a large camping resort and I loved that as well. I quite working there when we moved out of state and never could find a resort that I liked after that.
I grew up in a vet clinic. My mom was a tech, and I thought that was what I wanted to do. Started college in the vet tech program and realized how much I didn't like it, so I got my degree in management. I love my job now because I can take part in still helping with animals but don't have the long hours with no pay like a clinic. I remember growing up waiting up to an hour for my mom to pick me up from school because she had an emergency come in and couldn't leave. I am so thankful my daughter won't have to know what that is like.
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Location: Idahome | bracersmom - 2013-12-19 8:17 AM Good grief...the question was, Who loves their job? I do, I don't. Simple.
I'm trying to research different careers. Who here loves their job and what do you do for a living? Can you describe what your typical work day is like? I'd appreciate any and all input on how you got started and what the pros and cons are. Thanks in advance! | |
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Location: On a paint horse... | I am a Certified Health Coach and I LOVE it!!! They provided all my training so no expensive schooling required. I have worked since I was 15 from fast food jobs, to state jobs, to corporate jobs and I can honestly say NOTHING compares to helping others get their lives back! Most fulfilling 'job' ever...and I get to set my own hours, work from home...and LOTS of time to ride my horse  | |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | I love my job. I am self employed, have a ranch.
I also breed, raise, and train some barrel horses.
My ranch work cuts into my barrel racing fun at times, but I get to go a fair amount in the fall when things here wind down some.
Some days when the weather sucks and we have to be out in it all day but most days are really good.
Not many people get the opportunity to do what I do for a living so I am thankful that I have had the chance.
My typical work day varies on the time of year. But mostly it just consists of doing things that need to be done.
A typical early spring day will be checking cows at midnight then again at sunrise, 2-3 hours of feeding & bedding cattle in the morning, tending to any babies that might be in the barn, checking cows again after chores, riding a couple horses, checking cows again late afternoon and then again at bedtime. If it's breeding season then add in there an hour for stallion collection & shipment processing if it's a breeding day, and a couple hours in there for mare ultrasounding.
A typical summer day will consist of the same things for breeding season (every other day we ultrasound mares and we collect stallions every M-W-F), plus whatever jobs in the hay field need to be done, fence that needs to be fixed, pasture water to be checked, ect. I generally get only a couple horses ridden a day in summer since I spend a lot of time on a tractor and in the breeding shed.
A typical fall day consists of gathering up hay bales put up over summer, fencing, working cattle, preparing for weaning calves & foals, and generally just getting ready for winter. I get most of my riding on my young ones done in the fall months.
A typical winter day is feeding livestock for 2-3 hours in the morning, chopping ice, moving snow, and I usually get 4-5 horses ridden a day unless we have other things going on. Today I only got 3 ridden and it started snowing and blowing. Don't want them hot and have to cool them out when it's like this, so I am taking the rest of my day off until 5, then it's chore time again.
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Location: Arkansas | I absolutely love my job!!! I wear multiple hats; stay at home mom, horse trainer, and promote Limu! Promoting Limu enables me to share with people how to improve their lives physically, spiritually and financially! | |
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Location: Corsicana,Tx | I love my part time job,i work for a energy company Ambit energy and we reduce peoples electric bill xnd get paid doing it.its very rewarding knowing i can help people out. | |
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I Need a Xanax!
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| rockinas - 2013-12-19 3:59 PM
I love my job. I am self employed, have a ranch.
I also breed, raise, and train some barrel horses.
My ranch work cuts into my barrel racing fun at times, but I get to go a fair amount in the fall when things here wind down some.
Some days when the weather sucks and we have to be out in it all day but most days are really good.
Not many people get the opportunity to do what I do for a living so I am thankful that I have had the chance.
My typical work day varies on the time of year. But mostly it just consists of doing things that need to be done.
A typical early spring day will be checking cows at midnight then again at sunrise, 2-3 hours of feeding & bedding cattle in the morning, tending to any babies that might be in the barn, checking cows again after chores, riding a couple horses, checking cows again late afternoon and then again at bedtime. If it's breeding season then add in there an hour for stallion collection & shipment processing if it's a breeding day, and a couple hours in there for mare ultrasounding.
A typical summer day will consist of the same things for breeding season (every other day we ultrasound mares and we collect stallions every M-W-F), plus whatever jobs in the hay field need to be done, fence that needs to be fixed, pasture water to be checked, ect. I generally get only a couple horses ridden a day in summer since I spend a lot of time on a tractor and in the breeding shed.
A typical fall day consists of gathering up hay bales put up over summer, fencing, working cattle, preparing for weaning calves & foals, and generally just getting ready for winter. I get most of my riding on my young ones done in the fall months.
A typical winter day is feeding livestock for 2-3 hours in the morning, chopping ice, moving snow, and I usually get 4-5 horses ridden a day unless we have other things going on. Today I only got 3 ridden and it started snowing and blowing. Don't want them hot and have to cool them out when it's like this, so I am taking the rest of my day off until 5, then it's chore time again.
This is awesome! Thanks for taking time to type this all out. | |
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| Thank you to everyone who responded! BHW is full of a lot of really hardworking and talented people. I really enjoyed getting a peak into your different careers. Y'all have given me a lot to think about! | |
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 On the Countdown
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Location: Texas | I love my job! I am a teacher at a alternative school. | |
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 Bulls Eye
Posts: 6443
Location: Oklahoma | I work for one of the world's top 10 privately owned staffing companies. My official job title is Staffing Consultant. Basically, I put people to work. We have clients that use our services to find acceptable associates. We are more of a temp to hire meaning the first 90 days is through our company on our payroll, then if the performance and attendance is good the clients usually hire the associate to go full time and on their payroll. I also do the payroll for our office. I have anywhere from 30-60 associates I keep tabs of on a daily basis. It's fast paced, sometimes frustrating, but I enjoy what I do... the ONLY downfall is wearing pantyhose and a skirt on a daily basis. | |
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Location: TEXAS | Me!! I'm an elementary special education teacher!! Love my job, love my kids, they all teach ME something different every year!! Very rewarding job. I go into classrooms with them everyday and help them  | |
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| I am an accountant at a HVAC wholesale company. I oversee every aspect of accounting, which in the summer time can get pretty hectic, but the people I get to work with are truly awesome. Sometimes being the only woman working here gets a little old, but the guys are great. I work from home a couple days out of the week, but have extremely flexible hours the rest of the time as well. (Oh, skipped over the background part: graduated 4.0 with my Bachelor's in Accounting, finished my MBA after that, then passed the CPA exam. ) I love working with numbers and doing reporting, but also wanted to have some level of flexibility; this job is one in a million and wouldn't change unless they ran me off with a pitchfork! | |
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The Fabulous Hippie
Location: On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams... | lexyy12 - 2013-12-19 12:28 PM Tys-ol-lady - 2013-12-19 10:54 AM bracersmom - 2013-12-19 8:17 AM Good grief...the question was, Who loves their job? I do, I don't. Simple. Read the rest of the question.
If you don't like the post then don't read it!
whooh...better get them panties out of that wad. It wasn't that serious.
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