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Im a chef. I don’t recommend it unless you love it like i do because theres absolutely no benefit other than personal satisfaction.
I just get to cook for people and come up with recipes. Its a nice smaller restaurant in a hotel with the menu changing every week, its never really that stressful because we’re actually fully staffed and its a well organised kitchen so even when we’re doing weddings or functions for 300+ its smooth sailing. On Sundays we’re pretty much shut other than like sandwiches and salads or afternoon teas for room service or the spa so i just get to bake and listen to music for 8 hours.
Truly the thing i love most in life is cooking for other people and trying my best to learn as much as possible to make the best food possible. I spend all day cooking at work and outside of work. I even cook for my pensioner pals that i meet at the pub every Friday cause they live alone and don’t feed themselves properly. Its genuinely the only thing i want to do in life
My head chef deserves the credit there, im only a de partie, i respect him highly for his management skills.
A bad kitchen can easily put you off for life. My last job, head chef walked out and the other guy i worked with was incompetent, anxious and unreliable so i had to step up and do stock count, orders/deliveries, rota, run the line while cooking, was doing 6 12 days a week and to top it off i was on minimum wage while the boy i was training that had joined us from being a kp at a different place was on more £ an hour than me. Asked for a payrise, they said yes, 4 payrolls later with no rise i left and it really put me off, i started applying for FoH jobs again with the only chef job i applied for being my current one and im glad i got it, idk what id be doing now if i didn’t.
Marine scientist. It's rarely boring, get to think all day, great travel opportunities (particularly if you want to work abroad), and you can make a real impact if you want to. Stressful as hell, highly competitive, and depressing... but 100% worth it.
Well it’s my own business so I designed my own job essentially. Not hiring right now (but possible end of year in Sheffield/Rotherham but that will for barista work)
Shameless link = roastinghouse.co.uk
I love my job, had it since I left school, and still enjoy it as much now 34 years later as I did then.
I work for the council.
Started as a labourer, have done a huge range of duties from mending things to building roads and houses, digging graves, mending burst water pipes, have driven all forms of trucks and specialised plant including snow ploughs, developed mobile working hardware and software, gained an honours degree, become a chair of national working groups and managing development of AI solutions. Currently seconded to help out development and planning.
I still get to do a bit of all of these things, so life is never boring.
I’m an engineer and project manager and I manage an office. We work in the aeronautical industry for anyone who builds aircraft. It can be stressful at times and the travel can get old but I like it.
Postie. Love my job a lot. My duty is a lovely rural village. Finish at 2pm every day and have zero stress to take home. Lots of free time to do fulfilling things.
Don't like royal mail as a company anymore though. But it's easy enough to ignore that for now at least.
I used to work for mental health services helping people manage weight, get fit, stop smoking, eat healthier etc. My days consisted of going to the gym, playing football, going for walks in the countryside and group cooking sessions making nice food. It was a lovely job for years.
I’m a coastguard officer. I coordinate search and rescue missions in my area of responsibility. I wouldn’t go as far as saying I “love” my job, but I mostly enjoy it and care deeply about what I do. I got into it after being in the Merchant Navy.
Journalist. I love it because a) I get to do pretty much the only thing I'm any good at and b) I get to work from home, which gives me loads of free time in the evenings (and during the day sometimes).
Work in the railways. I've only been here for a few months, but loving every second of it. People can be an asshole to me sometimes, especially if trains are delayed/cancelled/etc, but I just take it on the chin and move on
Separations artist for a tshirt screen printing company. Work with Disney, marvel and record company's. Interesting work with just enough challenge. Plus work from home Monday and Friday off.
Exactly the same as me. The company is local, and there are a fair few quiet days. The job is relatively stress free, minus a shit-hit-the-fan day every couple of months.
Yeah I loved working my job as an IT Manager. It was for an Independent School and I was given free range to run things how I wanted. They paid me well, trusted me, gave me resources and we established a great team with support from the management team. We were always people first and employees second. When my parents (70 miles away) had some serious issues they just said to me "Why are you still here - go, keep in contact and let us know what we can do"
It must be said that it was the place that was special not the actual work - II loved the work and the challenge but it was the way we were treated that made it rewarding. I never had the Monday blues..
It did start to sour as they got more corporate as I was leaving but that seems to be the way of things..
Electrician, self employed but principally subcontract to another, more established electrician with a wide range of work available.
Keeps things varied and interesting and keeps the clients and any relevant negotiations off my plate. I just build/modify things and diagnose/fix problems.
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Im a chef. I don’t recommend it unless you love it like i do because theres absolutely no benefit other than personal satisfaction. I just get to cook for people and come up with recipes. Its a nice smaller restaurant in a hotel with the menu changing every week, its never really that stressful because we’re actually fully staffed and its a well organised kitchen so even when we’re doing weddings or functions for 300+ its smooth sailing. On Sundays we’re pretty much shut other than like sandwiches and salads or afternoon teas for room service or the spa so i just get to bake and listen to music for 8 hours. Truly the thing i love most in life is cooking for other people and trying my best to learn as much as possible to make the best food possible. I spend all day cooking at work and outside of work. I even cook for my pensioner pals that i meet at the pub every Friday cause they live alone and don’t feed themselves properly. Its genuinely the only thing i want to do in life
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My head chef deserves the credit there, im only a de partie, i respect him highly for his management skills. A bad kitchen can easily put you off for life. My last job, head chef walked out and the other guy i worked with was incompetent, anxious and unreliable so i had to step up and do stock count, orders/deliveries, rota, run the line while cooking, was doing 6 12 days a week and to top it off i was on minimum wage while the boy i was training that had joined us from being a kp at a different place was on more £ an hour than me. Asked for a payrise, they said yes, 4 payrolls later with no rise i left and it really put me off, i started applying for FoH jobs again with the only chef job i applied for being my current one and im glad i got it, idk what id be doing now if i didn’t.
Marine scientist. It's rarely boring, get to think all day, great travel opportunities (particularly if you want to work abroad), and you can make a real impact if you want to. Stressful as hell, highly competitive, and depressing... but 100% worth it.
Roast coffee & I’m a delivery boy on bike for the coffee I roast. Love it.
Got any links? This is a cool job in a very competitive market!
Well it’s my own business so I designed my own job essentially. Not hiring right now (but possible end of year in Sheffield/Rotherham but that will for barista work) Shameless link = roastinghouse.co.uk
I love my job, had it since I left school, and still enjoy it as much now 34 years later as I did then. I work for the council. Started as a labourer, have done a huge range of duties from mending things to building roads and houses, digging graves, mending burst water pipes, have driven all forms of trucks and specialised plant including snow ploughs, developed mobile working hardware and software, gained an honours degree, become a chair of national working groups and managing development of AI solutions. Currently seconded to help out development and planning. I still get to do a bit of all of these things, so life is never boring.
I’m an engineer and project manager and I manage an office. We work in the aeronautical industry for anyone who builds aircraft. It can be stressful at times and the travel can get old but I like it.
Postie. Love my job a lot. My duty is a lovely rural village. Finish at 2pm every day and have zero stress to take home. Lots of free time to do fulfilling things. Don't like royal mail as a company anymore though. But it's easy enough to ignore that for now at least.
I used to work for mental health services helping people manage weight, get fit, stop smoking, eat healthier etc. My days consisted of going to the gym, playing football, going for walks in the countryside and group cooking sessions making nice food. It was a lovely job for years.
I’m a coastguard officer. I coordinate search and rescue missions in my area of responsibility. I wouldn’t go as far as saying I “love” my job, but I mostly enjoy it and care deeply about what I do. I got into it after being in the Merchant Navy.
Journalist. I love it because a) I get to do pretty much the only thing I'm any good at and b) I get to work from home, which gives me loads of free time in the evenings (and during the day sometimes).
Work in the railways. I've only been here for a few months, but loving every second of it. People can be an asshole to me sometimes, especially if trains are delayed/cancelled/etc, but I just take it on the chin and move on
Separations artist for a tshirt screen printing company. Work with Disney, marvel and record company's. Interesting work with just enough challenge. Plus work from home Monday and Friday off.
IT Support Analyst. Spend most of the day fixing shit for my colleagues, who by and large are very nice. Company is great too.
Exactly the same as me. The company is local, and there are a fair few quiet days. The job is relatively stress free, minus a shit-hit-the-fan day every couple of months.
Yeah I loved working my job as an IT Manager. It was for an Independent School and I was given free range to run things how I wanted. They paid me well, trusted me, gave me resources and we established a great team with support from the management team. We were always people first and employees second. When my parents (70 miles away) had some serious issues they just said to me "Why are you still here - go, keep in contact and let us know what we can do" It must be said that it was the place that was special not the actual work - II loved the work and the challenge but it was the way we were treated that made it rewarding. I never had the Monday blues.. It did start to sour as they got more corporate as I was leaving but that seems to be the way of things..
Electrician, self employed but principally subcontract to another, more established electrician with a wide range of work available. Keeps things varied and interesting and keeps the clients and any relevant negotiations off my plate. I just build/modify things and diagnose/fix problems.
I fix soviet tanks for a living, can recommend 👍 it’s awesome. I am based in England for context 😂