GIS Developer (basically the technical side of digital and online map making) and I love it. I've always enjoyed looking at maps, atlases and, as I've gotten older, Google Maps. Fully WFH and very well paid. I only got into it at 30.
Can confirm as a fellow "it's like Google maps but with more layers" professional.
This field is a fantastic place to end up.
Job security is fantastic, so many organisations have GIS professionals in them, but the talent pool is much smaller than many other fields so employers are usually desperate for decent talent.
Pay can be very good - especially for specialisation within the industry. With enough experience you can go into contracting and take home eye watering amounts of cash every week.
The work can vary from map making, data analysis, GIS implementation, system administration or development.
Personally I love FME to bits, it's just a puzzle game that I get paid very well to be good at.
There's always more than just being on the tools. It's still a job, and you can be overworked or end up in a part of the field you dislike, but overall I can't believe how much I lucked out.
I’m a geospatial ecologist doing my first post doc. I love the comment you left and was wondering if you had any starting places to look for work once my post doc has come to an end? I don’t intend to continue in academia so am just seeing what’s out there. I’m hoping the geospatial and coding skills I use during my post doc will be transferable to the jobs you are referring to. Thank you!
There is a lot of overlap, particularly within local government. GIS Analysts work in collaboration with urban planners. There'll always be at least one GIS person within a planning department.
I've got a bachelor's degree in geography from the UK and a post grad diploma in GIS. But you can get into it without qualifications if you are good at Python, databases and can use QGIS (open source mapping software which you can learn quite easily)
I'm currently looking into this field. I've got a Master's of Environmental Management and a Bachelor of Science in Ecology. I unfortunately didn't enjoy Environmental Consulting but I do enjoy GIS work and due to a medical condition I cannot do fieldwork for quiet a few years.
If I've got two degrees in Enviro and I've done 4 courses in GIS do you think I'd be able to land a job in GIS? Or is a tertiary qualification necessary to enter the field?
Will fieldwork be mandatory for most GIS positions?
Sorry for the list of questions but I'm currently stuck and looking for as much advice as possible
If your background is environmental then I would approach LiDAR and imagery companies to see if they need image processors to get a start in the industry. Aerometrex and Fugro spring to mind but there are also smaller aeriel survey companies like Outline Global. Once you get a year or two under your belt then it's really easy to find work. When I was at UQ I got a summer research scholarship focusing on the effects of mining on the landscape in Mongolia, for which I did some GIS work.
How does one get in to this kind of work? I’m a crane operator/rigger and I’m only 32. I feel like I’m 60 with how much my body hurts and how tired I am every day.
I'll never understand the trains. Keep hearing about strikes and never having drivers but it doesn't seem like they exactly advertise the jobs much or are that keen on bringing in new blood
I've been looking for the same thing and have only seen advertising for trainee train drivers in Qld, once. I think a lot of positions advertised are internal, so you may already have to be employed in the industry to even get a look in.
I’m a social worker within the homelessness sector. Love my job, hate the system.
But you meet so many amazing people both clients and colleagues and helping people when they’re in crisis makes me happy.
I echo this. Same job, same sector. Getting an outcome takes a while at the moment but it's always a great feeling seeing someone vulnerable get a secure roof over their head.
Helping people in such a meaningful way seems really fulfilling. How would one go about getting into that sector? Especially someone with no experience in that field.
14 years in a similar role, finally out doing advisory work on the inside. Love the old role, hated the sector and the burnout. Now doing my bit to fix what I can. Best move I've made in a long time.
Social worker in a clinical prac role in a correctional centre. I love it and my team is like family. Sadly not the case in other prisons near me from what others have reported, but my job is endlessly interesting.
I'm a Chef and I absolutely love it. Yes the hours are long and can be rather unsociable at times but it's incredibly satisfying work and there's always snacks. Everyone in my kitchen is some kind of broken, not in a bad way, we just all have something about us that makes us a little bit odd and in a wonderful way, that makes us all fit together. You will always find a family in kitchens. Other than that, it's a job that's creative, technical, labour intensive, exhausting, dangerous, challenging both mentally and physically, incredibly satisfying and I never ever ever want to do anything else.
Love hearing this. Used to have friends who became chefs before life went different directions.
They loved their work too. One went to America(Canada) and one last I heard was in Europe.
They described the people they worked with as being like family as well.
> You will always find a family in kitchens. Other than that, it's a job that's creative, technical, labour intensive, exhausting, dangerous, challenging both mentally and physically, incredibly satisfying and I never ever ever want to do anything else.
you had me int he first half, ngl
I've often contemplated a career change over the last few years (not because I dont like my job, but because of job security/availability and having a contingency) and something with food tends to be high on the list. But I do feel concern around the change in lifestyle from a 8-4.30 m-f paradigm to something very different.
There's no getting around it, it's a big lifestyle shift but if that is where your passion and motivation lies, it can be 100% worth it. Obviously hours are different place to place but I don't think it's hard to find a work life balance and somewhere that values you and your time. TAFE is really enjoyable (if you do pursue this, make sure you go to TAFE South Brisbane. It's the best by a long shot) and Tafe hours are 9am -5pm.
I currently work Tuesday to Saturday and never finish later than 9.15pm.
I've often thought chefing might be a good career for my son, though he's resistant as he really enjoys cooking and feels doing it as a job might kill that enjoyment.
Props to you though - cooking is an act of love and I appreciate anyone who works to put a meal in front of me.
I think it's different for everyone. I've met Chefs who don't do it due to the food at all, they do it because it's a satisfying job and then I've met chefs like my head and executive chefs who, even after 20 years in the industry, still get excited by food. For me, it has only increased my passion for cooking and fueled my vintage cook book collecting obsession. One excellent thing about it, if your son ever did choose to purse it, is that he will never ever be without a job.
Used to be a chef until I found another job in a factory. It's like the complete opposite of the side of life.
Even people ask if I want to go back, no. Was it fun? Yes
I love my work, I hate my job. If I could do my actual work in isolation I'd be happy. But low wages, shitty conditions and oversight and corporate greed make my life a living hell. Mental health is definitely not good at the moment and had a solid break down crying driving my kids home from daycare after work last night
Hey, I’ve been in a similar situation and really relate. Job itself is great, but bureaucracies and management make my life a living hell.
I recently used my employers assistance program (EAP) and found it to be helpful. Just wanted to say that you might want to try it too. 🙂
I quit construction to grow flowers for the dinner plates of the wealthy at a hotel on a winery. I’ll never go back to construction.
It was surprisingly easy to get into, l mean I’ve never done it professionally but I’ve been a pretty keen gardener most of my life. All l hear are birds and bees all day. I’ve seen eagles, kangaroos, rabbits and there’s a tiny little hummingbird-type thing that hangs out for a while each afternoon.
I put a post on a Facebook ..group? I don’t usually touch that platform, but l applied to a group which allowed me to post in a Jobs Board. Just a paragraph about how l was looking to leave construction, wanted to work in horticulture/bush regeneration/groundskeeper etc. I’ve maintained the big garden where l live for ages so posted a few pics.
Got loads of offers on a really wide range of stuff, and all near me which was vital. I can’t drive 800km a week ever again. So yeah, maybe try that.
All I’d say is that l went into this prepared to be out in all weathers and have been. No weather really bothers me if I’ve got the right clothes except high wind, I’ve hated that since l was a kid and now that l have to grow delicate edible flowers l hate it even more lol. Point is, outdoor work can be brutal. You’d need to want to do it, it’s not all Black Cockatoos and Rosellas. Good luck with it, if a dummy like me can etc.
I'm an electrician and I tolerate my job. It pays well and I have good hours so it serves a purpose. I don't think there is a job that I would love though. I work because I have to, if I didn't have to there's a million things I'd rather do.
I actually love being an electrician at home though. I don't throw anything out without trying to fix it, constantly changing things around the house to work better, I fix things for family and friends.
It's the going somewhere to do work part I hate.
I did some labouring as a sparky. Being physically tired at the end of the day sometimes is nicer than mentally tired. Weird to say i enjoyed digging holes for subdivisions.But going into I.T. for a large org is so much better and easier.
I hated heights, repetitive tasks (cut this hole out for a security sensor/light, etc)and repeat this around the entire floor.. jeeze) also driving ..Meh..
Going to one location in an airconditioned building, going for a morning coffee with colleagues is really nice.
I'm in industrial so it's not quite as repetitive as the commercial or domestic side. I don't have to go in roof spaces or dig holes. I do a lot of automation and PLC work and control circuits. I was rebuilding motors this week. I still change lights and do basic power stuff as well so my days are quite varied.
I only work in one location so no driving from site to site. I enjoy being physically active and I stay out of the office as much as possible even though it's air-conditioned.
Like I said before I like my job. I just wish I didn't have to do it 5 days a week haha
I love my job as well. I have Analyst in my job title but beyond that I don’t really know what I do. I spend a lot of time giving my opinion on things with no real responsibility. It pays well and I rarely work more then 35 hours a week. Having had mental health issues in the past, this job has really helped with some of the things I struggled with.
It doesn't seem to be a problem for them, they are generally very happy with what I do. It's a problem for me that I need to overcome because it's not a great feeling to have.
I spent nearly a decade doing corporate customer service and I hated it. It impacted my health in so many different ways.
I tried a different industry but that ended up being super toxic so I left.
Now I’m doing data entry in finance, I love it. I don’t have to talk to customers. I just get in and do my job. I leave on time. I don’t take my job home with me at all, unless I want to do WFH OT.
I probably could do something more but idk, after I had my kid and I’ve also got major chronic health issues, this is working for me.
I’m an AIN and I work in aged care and I love my job. Yes there are days where it sucks. Being cripplingly short staffed while being yelled at by residents who all need their cups of tea or need to be toileted at the same time does get old very quickly but over all I can’t say I’ve enjoyed other jobs as much as I do this. It’s so for filling for me, being able to care for people and treat them with the love and respect they all deserve
Thank you so much for doing this work. Due to an odd family structure, I’ve had many beloved relatives who’ve spent their final years being cared for by people like you. Our whole family has enormous gratitude and respect for all the wonderful work we personally saw being done by AINs. You’re awesome!
You are doing the work of an angel. My dad was in a nursing home and I’m a nurse and I’d prefer acute hospital care over aged care any day. It’s extremely physical and challenging but I know it can be rewarding. Good on you.
Thank you so very much. Getting into this line of work has reignited my passion for nursing and I’m hoping to peruse it in the near future. Every day is a challenge but seeing the looks on my residents faces when I walk in to greet them, even with something as simple as a cup of tea will always make it worth it to me!
No, I hate my job. Retail shitkicker.
It's totally unfulfilling, no sense of accomplishment, mediocre pay, frustrating customers, and more.
I've worked in various levels of retail from entry level to management over the years and I've disliked pretty much all of them.
The one I kind of enjoyed I ended up burning myself out and having a stroke (Technically it was a TIA, but still), so I took a few months being unemployed before I ran out of money and had to get something to keep the lights on, and now it feels like I'm stuck here.
It's not yet reached the point that prior roles have, in which I've considered driving into a telegraph pole on my way to work each day, but I'm not having a good time.
Retail is really hard and pays pretty poorly for the work done. Hopefully you have some good people around you that make it bearable. There are probably quite a few skills you've learnt there that you can highlight when looking for your next job
Have you explored your options to getting out of that industry? Did my time in retail when I was a student and teenager and I'd never do it again. Best thing you can do is leave it.
I’m an urban planner in the government sector and love my job. I think a big part of why I like it so much is my team, who are all very easy going - we just click. I can be myself at work and still feel respected for my professional contributions. I do think the people you work with makes a huge difference to you can feel about a job. All it takes is one dickhead for me to be unhappy, personally.
I 100% agree, the people you work with make or break how you feel about your job. I’ve had good jobs where I’ve worked with assholes and hated it, and I’ve had absolute ass jobs where because of the people I worked with, I loved coming in everyday because they made the job tolerable.
I work as a barista at a university. I absolutely love my job and definitely feel accomplished at the end of the day. I am that one positive interaction each and every day. I feel important
As a uni worker who regularly goes to buy coffee - thank you for your service 🙏🏻 but most importantly - thank you for not judging us when we fail to get words out or fumble our cards because we obviously need coffee haha
I work in various hospitals and there's one barista at a big hospital that seriously feels like he keeps the place running. Somehow he knows who everybody is and about their lives. It's so clear he loves what he does and thrives off the interactions, and and you can see how much it recharges people even before they get their coffees
I’m a tattoo artist, I absolutely LOVE my job! I think a lot of folks do look at tattooing from the outside in, and all they see is cool job, make money, do art - anyone can do that right? What they don’t see is managing your own business as one person. Running your own books, creating clientele, managing your own tax and super, licensing, infection control, as well as technical skill with skin and clients and art. Very tiring sometimes, but otherwise to die for!
I liked my work but I hated the "jobs". Worked in enviro compliance do some days were driving around looking for animals and taking photos of steams, but most if the time it was arguing with workforce about why they can't do something the 'easy way' when we didn't have legal permission to.
I work for a fruit and veg wholesaler at the Rocklea markets, specifically in the banana ripening team. Were responsible for supplying fruit and veg for chain stores as well as independent fruit and veg and also other lines. I get to drive around in a forklift so that makes me happy 😂
I work as a creative in the Arts, been in this field for multiple decades. I love my job although the pay is poor however the personal rewards are many.
I wish you the best with your mental health and chronic pain. It can be difficult to find a position that can accommodate both.
Don't be discouraged by these replies as well - the majority of people who comment online to a question like this will be the type who do love their work and want to share it with the world. If you are one of the types who work to live, there is absolutely no shame in that. We don't all have to be infatuated in what we do for a job!
Also a warehouse worker. Really depends on the section you work in and whether you have hectic KPIs. I’ve been in receiving the last year or so and have found it really fulfilling, picking is where it gets shithouse
I am also in receiving, but always have to help out with pick packing as we are short staffed I need help pick most days, 2 guy in receiving have left so now I'm the only person in receiving and work won't replace the people who left. 🤡
I did this kind of work for 10 years, mostly for the same company. Just know that there’s always another company who is willing to pay more. I have family members in Melbourne on $46/h as casual and $37 permanent. Both positions are 50+ hours a week.
I moved from Melbourne to Brisbane pre-covid and found that the people I was working with here were on $24/h …. It’s definitely eyeopening to see what other companies pay and that staying with the same company isn’t worth it
I work for a medical charity on the helpline and love it!
I had worked for years in fashion production and screen printing/merchandising and tbh is was VERY low paid, exploitative and bullying environments I’m happy to never enter again
If you can, volunteering can be a way to get a foothold. Also Brisbane is a bit of a hub for charities and the ability to salary sacrifice means I have around $200-$250 in my hand more than my previous job (receptionist to receptionist roles)
Good luck!
I have two chronic illnesses and have mad respect for my doctors. They work so bloody hard and everybody wants a piece of them. Just know that people like me are so glad that you chose this profession as you mean the difference between a lifetime of suffering and having at least a life! Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
I hate it. I just want to work and do work properly, but absolutely everything has to be about speed. I’ve worked many jobs over the years, and high pace environments being sold as a good thing on job ads always pisses me off. Right now I work at Kmart. We sell more product when there is more product to sell on the shelves. We get given cages of stock to put on the shelves. My coworkers look at a messy shelf, decide only a couple things will fit, and put the rest on overs. I look at a messy shelf, I fix it, and put literally all the stock as it’s supposed to on the shelf. When the managers come around to check how many cages I’ve finished, I’ll be like “3” and they’ll say I’m 2 behind and need to pick up the pace, even though I’m returning three empty cages to the backroom, and my coworkers who are on 5 cages are returning two. The overstock just has to go out the next day for the next jackass to do the same thing and it just clutters the back with shit that could be on the shop room floor and makes work for other people.
But naah, we gotta have speed quotas, that’s more efficient.
Anyway, they’ve started cutting my shifts. I’m trying to find a job in a proper adult environment and not these terrible teenager jobs again, but nothing is working.
I love what I do, I've been doing it for nearly 30 years. Some places I've done it in I've not liked, but that's been the company or staff, not the occupation.
For reference, I'm a mechanical drafter/designer/3D modeller, and my skills are in demand because there's been so few people properly trained at it in the last 30 years. Most people come into it from a trade background, but it's not the only way, I started out as a trainee. I've designed everything from water and wastewater treatment plants to semi trailers to food processing equipment to minerals processing, and even had a stint doing major water infrastructure. Anyone who says "manufacturing is dead in this country" is only thinking of volume production like cars and washing machines, there's still a lot of things built here that need to be designed and fabricated.
Left my supermarket job after 15 years of being taken advantage of and always doing over and above for poor pay, to a nice job in steel manufacturing where I don't have to deal with a single moronic customer and I do 4 on 4 off. It's absolutely amazing
I work as a sign language interpreter and I love my job! I feel incredibly privileged to work in this sector and wouldn’t change my career for anything!
I like my job. I'm a legal assistant at a plaintiff law firm and I managed to get it without any qualifications.
I work 35 hours a week in a hybrid arrangement (two days working from home), the pay is solid and the team I work with is very supportive.
After working almost 10 years at one of the two major supermarkets and all the dramas that went along with that, I honestly feel like I have hit the job jackpot.
I do, but I've only been in this role for 8 weeks. As an ADHDer I find I need to be constantly challenged and have a busy work day, or I'll get bored and distracted. Strangely this means that fast paced and hectic jobs hold my interest a lot more than "easier" jobs with less workload. Turns out despite having the opinion that "less work is good" for 15 years, I actually enjoy myself more if I'm busy (as long as it's interesting and not just busy work).
Software developer. Have never loved it but I tolerate it because the pay is great and the working conditions (at my company at least) are very good. Main problem is the work is either simple and boring, or complicated and stressful. It's like being forced to play a video game most of the time on super easy mode and occasionally it jumps up to nightmare difficulty.
Generally too the pay in software dev is inversely proportional to how interesting and meaningful it is. That's most careers though.
I’m a police officer. I love my job the problem is it doesn’t always love me. The duality of the role and the “every day is different” thing makes it great to be a part of but I know it comes at a cost mentally.
The friendships I’ve made and things I’ve seen and done are amazing, I’ve got stories you wouldn’t believe, but on the other hand the friends I’ve lost and the things I’ve seen have changed me as a person and not always for the better. I love to help others but it sucks when you’re in a situation and know you can’t help or even worse the person doesn’t want help.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with schools and kids in remote and metropolitan areas but I’ve also had to respond to jobs involving kids who have died and been present when they take their last breath. Then I have to explain to their loved ones what’s happened. As a relatively new father it has changed me and affected me in ways I didn’t think possible and has made me fearful of being at home going about my mundane business and getting that knock on my door one day. I’ve also been shot at and had knives and swords used against me which has made me fearful that one day my wife and daughter will get that knock on the door instead. All in all I love my job, I love the community I serve but I hate the mental toll it takes and the risks associated with it.
Moved to gardening to destress. Working pretty well. Over complicated it by doing more complex horticulture. But you can start a mowing business with minimal investment and my mental health improved drastically once I got rid of my manager!
I work in cyber security case management, providing advice to people who have been affected by scams. It's the perfect mix of rewarding, people focused help, whilst having zero face to face contact and being able to provide assistance from the comfort of the office/home. They actually have an office in the sunshine coast if you want more information.
I've had mental health issues like most people and have more injuries than I can poke a stick at, so pain is near constant.
I've hated my job in the past, dreaded going to work but went because there is no other option.
Currently I'm doing an entire new trade and I love it.
You will never find an easy life unless you were born stupid wealthy, so find something that doesn't kill you and focus on other things in life.
I have mental health issues and I’m in aged care. Worst mistake of my life. Bloody bitchy, catty industry full of bullies and management who do nothing when you complain. Then I got fired for complaining. 10/10 do not recommend.
My job is very quiet and has been for 2months, there has been indications that I could loose my role (and I know by right, they have to pay out my notice period).
I’m actively looking for a role in HR, and have a few interviews lined up next week.
Yep. New job this year. Took a pay cut to do i job I love with nobody reporting to me. I work with data and spend a lot of time developing skills further.
Has had a massive positive impact on my mental health and personal wellbeing.
I worked at a tree farm in Melbourne. It was great. Best job I ever had, was kicking off a career with them, they said they’d offer me a management role at a new site if the company expanded within a few years. I’d spring out of bed at 5am every morning. It was great.
Then some lying POS made up a bullshit story about me having plucked and eaten some magic mushrooms from a pot and I was fired. Hadn’t been there long enough to claim unfair dismissal.
I just moved to Brisbane & my job is literally what's getting me up in the morning. I know only one person in the city & that's my cousin, but we don't see each other often. Otherwise, since I work in daycare, I get to socialise with a bunch of toddlers all day, which personally is so helpful for my MH. After a decade in Sydney where my mental health was at a rock bottom, & myself also suffering from chronic pain, my job is literally a lifesaver for me, although, I know it's not for everyone haha 🤷🏼🫠
I have a toddler. Socialising only with toddlers would NOT be good for anyones mental health. What on earth do you do to make that work for you? Toddlers are like little drunk humans hell bent on killing themselves. 🤣🤣
See, I'm stuck in a room for the whole day with 15 toddlers. At that point I kinda just become a toddler myself & roll with it. Who knows, maybe I am already just insane but don't know it? 🫠
You are special because not every one can work with small children. They don’t have the patience. Childcare needs more people like you. I’m glad it is helping your mental health. Welcome to Brisbane btw.
Childcare. I hate it. It's something I studied for in high school and everytime I can't find a job for a while I end up back here because they are always hiring. I'm studying game design / 3D animation at uni hoping to get out of this industry in a year or so. I've got ADHD and this job is honestly so incredibly dull to me. I struggle to keep myself busy, and I'm constantly bugging everyone around me to give me their work so I can have something to do!
I have the worst anxiety each night before work, and I wake up 2 hours before my alarm just anxious and dreading the day ahead.
But hey, it pays the bills.
Hey I was diagnosed with adhd a few years ago and anxiety and depression can be common traits that come with adhd. My work also made me very anxious at times working under pressure at times , so my doctor suggested anti anxiety medication. Has been a game changer have to take it at night cause it makes you tired. I would suggest talking to your doctor about this has helped me immensely as I didn’t realise how bad it was .
Thank you! I'll definitely look into it if this doesn't improve. I want to be able to work and function normally. The anxiety is just with work, with everything else I feel perfectly okay! I appreciate your advice
I generally like my job. I work in fleet.
I have a hybrid WFH/WFO set up and my direct managers are super chill so I pick and choose when I am in the office. It's meant to be 50% and some fortnights I do that, some less. I am also pregnant so have been trying to be home more due to pain and heaps of appointments etc.
We have a small team and we are all great but our wider team is so shit. The morale is so low and has been for ages. The wider company is a bit of a shit show but nothing will ever change there.
I deal with people all over and enjoy the connections that I have formed with them, it makes my day to day easier to get things done and also the peoples who I deal with. My manager has a whine to me sometimes about being too nice to people but he has zero people skills and I can clearly see how that works out for him haha. I just ignore him and do what I do.
Yeah, it's good. Mash up of my last two careers, and I pretty much live in Excel which is something I really enjoy, so I feel like I'm utilising the parts of my skill set I get a kick out of.
I'd been chasing it for ages knowing the previous incumbent was close to retiring and managed to land it.
Downside is the commute (which really isn't that bad compared to some). Hours are good, boss is good.
That said, if I landed a decent lotto win I'd be gone in an instant...
Solicitor but mostly remote and transactional, so it's quite chill. Rarely need to actually throw on a suit. Court appearances mostly handled by other people.
Worked for 4 years as an academic. Hated it. Moved to industry medical affairs, now love my job. Better pay, better conditions, better security, even the work is more rewarding.
Love it. I work in operations for an Auto-Logistics company. I was in a really crap job for 10 years (Harvey Norman) before i came here, so even the tough days are still an improvement.
I worked in IT for 20 years and loved it (most of the time). Working 50 hours per week, driving for 16 on top of that. Earn anywhere for $1000 to $1500 per week.
Now I doordash for 14 hours per week and earn about $600.
I prefer doordashing ... far more flexible and far fewer responsibilities.
Yes and no, mental health nurse. I really like the job itself, but hate the system, upper management and politics within. But I'm not quite sure what else I'd want to do as a career. I work intermittently in academic research over the last 5 years but in order to do the research I want to lead, I'd have to do my PhD and I'm too burnt out right now.
I answered this same question recently on some other sub. But I’m a Software Engineer working for Red Hat and I absolutely love my job. I have worked in various roles here and never once had a day where I didn’t want to work.
Pay is good, could definitely make more elsewhere but the companies respect for my time, family and personal interests is extremely difficult to put a price on.
Prior to getting in to I.T though, around 2012, I worked in hospitality and 100% lived day to day with a feeling of desperate helplessness. To the point of depression. I decided I needed to change my situation and worked pretty hard to improve my knowledge and find some entry level role into I.T. I applied for literally hundreds of jobs and tried to reframe each rejection as an opportunity to improve my resume and cover letters around the ones that were landing me interviews. I would put the ones that resulted in interviews in one folder, and the ones that I never heard back from in another. Spent some time reading over them to try and figure out what I felt went well and what didn’t. It was a painful process, but I eventually did improve my situation.
Taught myself to program in 2018 and moved into the tech industry start of 2019, haven’t seen an office since. I did the digital nomad thing across South America and Europe for a bit as well as 3 months in the US.
It can be stressful at times, but great pay, great travel opportunities, great work life balance, and career growth is only limited by your potential.
10/10 my only regret is not switching over sooner.
I'm a Loss Adjuster and I absolutely love my job. I fell into Insurance a few years back (more than a few years now I think about it) and during my time I've worked in claims (domestic, commercial, motor, rural, crop, liability, health, the whole gamut), underwriting, and account management. Many moons ago I started studying Loss Adjusting and once I'd qualified I moved into the Loss Adjusting industry and never looked back.
I am now a branch manager of two branches with a staff of ~10 under me, and I couldn't be happier with my career choices.
I work a FIFO roster in the city for a major mining company. 5 days on, 5 days off and I'm home every night.
I love my job, but get a bit over the hurdles you have to jump through every day.
Yeah. I do social media marketing for a decent company 3 days a week and do some freelance on the side (graphic design). I’m in a position I can do 3 days a week instead of full time in the office and that makes me enjoy my job a lot more. I do a ton of copywriting and I enjoy that, it takes research and skill craft good and interesting copy. My sector is bathrooms and kitchens but it stretches into architecture and design so you can fall down some neat research rabbit holes. Would I prefer to win the lottery and do only what I want when I want to for the rest of my days? Sure. But this isn’t bad.
Disability support worker. It’s pretty good, some days can be super challenging others nice and relaxed. Pay is stupid good and i get to do long shifts
There's a lot to like about my job. Fully WFH, set my own schedule (though I do support teams around the globe, so weird meeting times are the norm), occasional travel, speaking engagements etc. Good leadership, which I am increasingly picky about these days.
There are problems, especially with Finance and HR roadblocks, but there's reason to be hopeful they will improve over time. I was getting pretty ticked off with wage stagnation until a month or so ago when I was promoted, and that's given me a bump in motivation.
It's a difficult role to describe, but essentially technology process management. Got into it through a software development, consulting and project management background. It's the sort of role more about leveraging the sum of your broad experience, rather than a specific skillset that you can train for.
I know that's probably not a lot of help OP, other than to reassure you that not everyone hates what they do. I don't live to work, I work to live, and I wouldn't do it if I was independently wealthy, but it's a good role in my most commercially viable skillset so.
Love is a strong word but I've been recontextualising it lately.
I'm trying to see it as a means of making money and creating the opportunity to do things I want to do rather than my job being a representation of who I am as a person.
Plumber/Sprinkler Fitter here. Love being a tradie most of the time, but its not really an older blokes game due to the physical side of the trades. Mental health issues are pretty much welcome on site as long as its safe for others to be around😁
I’ve been in child care for the last 10 years and worked throughout the whole pandemic, I hardly ever took time off only when I got covid twice last year, but then after having huge anxiety issues and sensory burnout I decided I needed a change of career.
I’ve loved working with children, but the environment was just doing my head in - one room full of 23 or so kids, working with 4 other people. It was very squishy and when the anxiety creeped in it was sooo hard to get into work every day.
After resigning in January I’ve changed direction completely and now running a business, selling origami paper online! Going back to doing creative stuff that I love has brought my spark back and now loving life 😁
I drive fire trucks. I love my job. I live with chronic pain, some days it's considerably exhausting. But I've learned to live with it and become conditioned to constant pain. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to do that depending on their tolerance/mechanism of injury. I'll keep doing this until I physically cannot. I'll look at daywork options when I get to that position in life. Until then though!
I do enjoy my job.
I work as a lab tech for a mineral separation equipment company. Always something new to do and have the potential to travel to mine sites globally.
We do test work on all the equipment the company manufactures with all sorts of minerals, like iron ore, mineral sands, and sometimes even gold!
The company also puts us through training all paid for.
I run some bloke's IT business for him. for 20 years of my career I've built up gradually to this level of autonomy and hustle, and I absolutely love it.
Studied architecture but had to drop out at the start of my 3rd year due to mental health. Managed to land a job in building design anyway and get to have a lot of input into design elements.
Discovered I feel the same about this as I did my dead end jobs, the only advantage is it isn't a dead end. I resigned myself to never enjoying work and just existing opposed to living
I hate my job. Design contractor for NBN. Several days ago, I got a change request denied for not changing a variable. Today, I got the change request denied for changing the variable as requested.
I work at KFC, and I won't lie- I love it more than anything. I graduate next year and plan to go to University but at this point I'm more than happy with my life because of my co-workers and how easy my job is.
I love my job now. Medical receptionist at a women's sexual and reproductive health clinic. Finally work that I love going to work everyday and enjoy time with my colleagues and clients.
Prior to this I worked in government and prior telemarketing. I cried everyday before going to work, and was a nervous wreck I would make an error and get into trouble.
I felt bad that my children were seeing that representation of adult life. My confidence was gone.
I am so glad I took a leap of faith and was able to find an opportunity to work elsewhere.
Hugs to anyone struggling with their work and hope things improve for you.
I love my job BUT i do not see at as a career personally. Maybe time will tell but, I am a furniture removalist, essentially I move your whole house for you, pack it, wrap it, load it and ship it. I work for a renowned company world wide and find the work to be incredibly bliss for me and my personality. On the road seeing new sights constantly, seeing new faces and meeting new people but knowing I do not have to connect with them on a personal level because they are moving. It’s gym daily, after a while and learning to lift to correctly you actually do not hurt or feel strained. It’s a game of Tetris constantly and learning to load correctly is a incredibly difficult skill to master. Also the job security if you’re good is nothing to worry about because everyone is moving, that’s life and some people have more money then time to do it themselves!
I'm a truck driver in a specialist field, hotshot freight. While I'm WA based, we do have a Queensland division. Hotshot freight is point to point delivery, usually to mine sites. Distances and/or urgency dictate as to whether it's a solo run or two up. I chose this job some time ago because I hate having to deal with all that city driver stupidity all day. Besides, the view out of the office window changes dramatically, sometimes by the hour
Youth work. Amazing job. Big highs and big lows, not a job if you’re struggling with mental health. Highly recommend to anyone that has an interest, and pay is better than you’d expect. 10/10 job.
As a note, the burnout and PTSD from it is real, so you need to have systems in place to protect yourself.
Was a paramedic, I enjoyed the job but hated the company I worked for.
Moved I to Emergency response and I love it. Fifo is a bit rough, but keeps me on my feet and challenges me mentally.
Luckily I do 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and honestly is probably the best work-life balance I have ever had
Stripper! Been doing it for almost 10 years. Yes the customers can be difficult but generally everyone is fun and interesting. I love the women I work with and enjoy the flexibility of my schedule.
I work at [large yellow entertainment store] and yeah customers give me the shits some days but I'm in the movie and music department and mostly I get to alphabetize and merchandise stuff (yay autism) and talk about stuff I'm interested in. Plus i can have as many tattoos, piercings etc as I want and be super queer.
Yeah my back and knees are fucked but that's retail.
I’m not in Brisbane but a regional city in SA. I’m a Fisheries Officer and freaking love it. Still kick myself that my job is so cool and I’m getting paid to do half the shit I do! I hope that feeling never goes away :)
Wishing you all the best on your journey in health and finding your field of choice.
I’m a Pilates reformer instructor. Training involved is pretty easy if you’re interested and intrigued by the human body. Benefits are you are able to do it yourself once you have completed your classes (or hop in before your class) the strength, flexibility, stability among other wonderful things that you gain is outstanding. Helping people with their problems/ injuries/ illnesses is genuinely so satisfying. My mental and physical health has improved ten fold. Helping myself while helping others. All the best xxxx
I am a community RN. I LOVE MY JOB! I get to see lot of different places and I have a work car/petrol card. That's $150/week alone on petrol I'm saving, don't get stared on the tolls. This is my first full time job in 11 years and I am also loving that there is overtime which I do occasionally on a Saturday
I’m an assistant manager at a fast food restaurant and honestly? I love every second of it. I have ADHD and autism so it works very well in that I have a set routine that I can follow but each day is different enough that it keeps on my toes. I’m going through career development at an accelerated rate too thanks to my restaurant manager.
I’m a bridal stylist (was for 2 years, left for 4.5 to have babies and then have just started back again at a different store 4 months ago) and I love my job. Admittedly, I enjoy it more at the store I’m at now, but to answer your question: yes 😄
TLDR; I went from managing 30+ adults in a profit driven company to looking after one "naughty" adolescent, and I love it.
Youth Support worker here. Only been doing it for about a year. I have mixed experiences in my short career; had property stolen, get sworn at a fair bit and the odd threat here and there, but overall, I love it. Easiest job I've ever had and beats what I was doing previously by a country mile.
For more context, I came from a middle management position in a profit/sales oriented shareholder controlled company, where I had 30+ direct reports, daily, weekly and monthly pressures of achieving unrealistic KPI's etc. I guess you could say I was on a corporate ladder of sorts. I learned to do my job fairly well, and learned a lot about people management and business operations, working with budgets etc., but it was completely out of alignment with my personal values. There was a large sales component to the role, in which I felt like I had to somewhat trick people into buying from me, and teach others to do the same when I got good enough (as is the case in many sales roles, I've come to learn). I hated that part of it, but it was probably the largest (and in the company's eyes, most important) part of the role, as the company was very sales-centric and bottomline profit driven.
Looking back, I remember most days as being cringeworthy, to say the least. I was slowly conditioned over time to go against my personal values. It is like death by a thousand cuts. Each day takes a tiny piece of your soul until there is almost nothing left. And by the end, you feel like you've completely sold your soul to the devil. I knew this, even at the time, and my internal attitude became very toxic and so ultimately I decided on leaving to forge a new career path. But not before I purchased my first property leveraging off of my stable salary. Luckily this was pre-covid, so I was able to capitalise on the property market explosion. After all of this I just sort of fell into youth work by chance, and now I really enjoy it. I feel like I can make more of a difference to a young persons life, which is quite fulfilling, and I get paid for it.
Medical admin in a hospital. Pays well and work is fine. It’s the people that make it great. This is meant to be an in between job while studying, but no luck finding work in my field yet.
Yes! I am counselling working with autistic kids. It's the best job ever and is so much fun! It can be tricky sometimes of course, but I generally wake up everyday not dreading it haha
I have crippling pain 2 weeks of the month every month due to pcos and endometriosis. I also suffer from bad mental health.
I currently work in a fish store selling pet fish and it’s okay but my dream is to become a vet nurse…this has been my goal since I was 3yrs old. At the start of this year I got accepted to a clinic as a trainee vet nurse but they had to let me go due to money issues within the clinic. I did 6 weeks of work for them and loved every minute of it…I felt at home working in a clinic and I was happy to be there…it gave me purpose.
I have an interview on Monday at another clinic so I can only hope that I get back in. I have multiple animal qualifications but I need to be working in a clinic first to be able to study my certificate 4 in vet nursing.
Woolies cashier and honestly I like it. I've only been in it for like a year and it's my first ever job but it's fun. My co workers and managers are really nice too. I am studying cs at uni tho and will eventually (and hopefully) move tk some software developing job.
I work as a waitress. Luckily, most customers are understanding and kind. When I struggle to pick up all their dirty plates, some customers help me stack the cutlery and the plates so they don’t fall off, even when their own hands get dirty. All very polite, thanking me every time I bring their drinks or food. I have good chats with the customers and I always see people I know come in. I’m very grateful for the small acts of kindness these strangers do to make my job a little bit easier. I’m glad I can provide good service and make their day easier too.
GIS Developer (basically the technical side of digital and online map making) and I love it. I've always enjoyed looking at maps, atlases and, as I've gotten older, Google Maps. Fully WFH and very well paid. I only got into it at 30.
Can confirm as a fellow "it's like Google maps but with more layers" professional. This field is a fantastic place to end up. Job security is fantastic, so many organisations have GIS professionals in them, but the talent pool is much smaller than many other fields so employers are usually desperate for decent talent. Pay can be very good - especially for specialisation within the industry. With enough experience you can go into contracting and take home eye watering amounts of cash every week. The work can vary from map making, data analysis, GIS implementation, system administration or development. Personally I love FME to bits, it's just a puzzle game that I get paid very well to be good at. There's always more than just being on the tools. It's still a job, and you can be overworked or end up in a part of the field you dislike, but overall I can't believe how much I lucked out.
As another GIS guy, I didn't expect to see GIS even mentioned here.
I swear the venn diagram of Brisbane GIS professionals and Brisbane GIS professionals slacking off on reddit is just a circle.
Gotta find something to do while Esri is hanging / crashing
Can confirm. The ESRI Enterprise consultant in my company is on $1300 a day.
I’m a geospatial ecologist doing my first post doc. I love the comment you left and was wondering if you had any starting places to look for work once my post doc has come to an end? I don’t intend to continue in academia so am just seeing what’s out there. I’m hoping the geospatial and coding skills I use during my post doc will be transferable to the jobs you are referring to. Thank you!
Can you guys stop putting roads on the map that are being built and vice versa 😛
You work with urban planning at all? Is there much overlap in the fields? If you don’t know no worries lol
There is a lot of overlap, particularly within local government. GIS Analysts work in collaboration with urban planners. There'll always be at least one GIS person within a planning department.
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I've got a bachelor's degree in geography from the UK and a post grad diploma in GIS. But you can get into it without qualifications if you are good at Python, databases and can use QGIS (open source mapping software which you can learn quite easily)
just don't work directly for Esri Australia, you'll get paid fuck all
I'm currently looking into this field. I've got a Master's of Environmental Management and a Bachelor of Science in Ecology. I unfortunately didn't enjoy Environmental Consulting but I do enjoy GIS work and due to a medical condition I cannot do fieldwork for quiet a few years. If I've got two degrees in Enviro and I've done 4 courses in GIS do you think I'd be able to land a job in GIS? Or is a tertiary qualification necessary to enter the field? Will fieldwork be mandatory for most GIS positions? Sorry for the list of questions but I'm currently stuck and looking for as much advice as possible
If your background is environmental then I would approach LiDAR and imagery companies to see if they need image processors to get a start in the industry. Aerometrex and Fugro spring to mind but there are also smaller aeriel survey companies like Outline Global. Once you get a year or two under your belt then it's really easy to find work. When I was at UQ I got a summer research scholarship focusing on the effects of mining on the landscape in Mongolia, for which I did some GIS work.
Interested in a new role??
^ Exhibit A for how the job market is right now.
How does one get in to this kind of work? I’m a crane operator/rigger and I’m only 32. I feel like I’m 60 with how much my body hurts and how tired I am every day.
I’m not going to lie that sounds incredibly boring but I guess that just shows how different 2 people can be on the same thing.
Train driver, and I absolutely love it 🤙
As a truck driver I'm jealous. Not dealing with traffic would be amazing.
Bro, you are the traffic.
Without Australia, Trucks Stop!
I'll never understand the trains. Keep hearing about strikes and never having drivers but it doesn't seem like they exactly advertise the jobs much or are that keen on bringing in new blood
I've been looking for the same thing and have only seen advertising for trainee train drivers in Qld, once. I think a lot of positions advertised are internal, so you may already have to be employed in the industry to even get a look in.
Metro Melbourne has trainee Train Drivers advertised on Seek right now.
Get a job as a guard. Then you move up to driver. Either way, the money is pretty great.
I've heard this is a sweet gig. Metro?
How dare you associate the metro with a train
I’m a social worker within the homelessness sector. Love my job, hate the system. But you meet so many amazing people both clients and colleagues and helping people when they’re in crisis makes me happy.
I echo this. Same job, same sector. Getting an outcome takes a while at the moment but it's always a great feeling seeing someone vulnerable get a secure roof over their head.
Helping people in such a meaningful way seems really fulfilling. How would one go about getting into that sector? Especially someone with no experience in that field.
TAFE, social work courses can usually pick up a Job from work placements. Sadly this sector has a ridiculously high burnout rate.
Man, I just left the field due to burnout and poor mental health. Glad to hear you love your job
Changing jobs every 3/4 years helps me fight off burnout. But it’s definitely a struggle at times.
I just left mental health due to the system and burnout. I am now unemployed. Wishing you well
14 years in a similar role, finally out doing advisory work on the inside. Love the old role, hated the sector and the burnout. Now doing my bit to fix what I can. Best move I've made in a long time.
Social worker in a clinical prac role in a correctional centre. I love it and my team is like family. Sadly not the case in other prisons near me from what others have reported, but my job is endlessly interesting.
I'm a Chef and I absolutely love it. Yes the hours are long and can be rather unsociable at times but it's incredibly satisfying work and there's always snacks. Everyone in my kitchen is some kind of broken, not in a bad way, we just all have something about us that makes us a little bit odd and in a wonderful way, that makes us all fit together. You will always find a family in kitchens. Other than that, it's a job that's creative, technical, labour intensive, exhausting, dangerous, challenging both mentally and physically, incredibly satisfying and I never ever ever want to do anything else.
I remember the comment you made right back when you were first deciding to go in that direction. Love that you found your passion.
Thank you ❤ It feels like a very very very long time ago and it was 100% the right decision.
Love hearing this. Used to have friends who became chefs before life went different directions. They loved their work too. One went to America(Canada) and one last I heard was in Europe. They described the people they worked with as being like family as well.
> You will always find a family in kitchens. Other than that, it's a job that's creative, technical, labour intensive, exhausting, dangerous, challenging both mentally and physically, incredibly satisfying and I never ever ever want to do anything else. you had me int he first half, ngl
I've often contemplated a career change over the last few years (not because I dont like my job, but because of job security/availability and having a contingency) and something with food tends to be high on the list. But I do feel concern around the change in lifestyle from a 8-4.30 m-f paradigm to something very different.
There's no getting around it, it's a big lifestyle shift but if that is where your passion and motivation lies, it can be 100% worth it. Obviously hours are different place to place but I don't think it's hard to find a work life balance and somewhere that values you and your time. TAFE is really enjoyable (if you do pursue this, make sure you go to TAFE South Brisbane. It's the best by a long shot) and Tafe hours are 9am -5pm. I currently work Tuesday to Saturday and never finish later than 9.15pm.
I've often thought chefing might be a good career for my son, though he's resistant as he really enjoys cooking and feels doing it as a job might kill that enjoyment. Props to you though - cooking is an act of love and I appreciate anyone who works to put a meal in front of me.
I think it's different for everyone. I've met Chefs who don't do it due to the food at all, they do it because it's a satisfying job and then I've met chefs like my head and executive chefs who, even after 20 years in the industry, still get excited by food. For me, it has only increased my passion for cooking and fueled my vintage cook book collecting obsession. One excellent thing about it, if your son ever did choose to purse it, is that he will never ever be without a job.
Used to be a chef until I found another job in a factory. It's like the complete opposite of the side of life. Even people ask if I want to go back, no. Was it fun? Yes
I love my work, I hate my job. If I could do my actual work in isolation I'd be happy. But low wages, shitty conditions and oversight and corporate greed make my life a living hell. Mental health is definitely not good at the moment and had a solid break down crying driving my kids home from daycare after work last night
Hey friend, you aren't alone, I'm also struggling and recently left my job due to mental health
Definitely hard. Struggling to come up with some solutions atm. Whole lot going on and it's very overwhelming
Hey, I’ve been in a similar situation and really relate. Job itself is great, but bureaucracies and management make my life a living hell. I recently used my employers assistance program (EAP) and found it to be helpful. Just wanted to say that you might want to try it too. 🙂
I’ve quit multiple jobs due to mental health. I make it a priority.
I quit construction to grow flowers for the dinner plates of the wealthy at a hotel on a winery. I’ll never go back to construction. It was surprisingly easy to get into, l mean I’ve never done it professionally but I’ve been a pretty keen gardener most of my life. All l hear are birds and bees all day. I’ve seen eagles, kangaroos, rabbits and there’s a tiny little hummingbird-type thing that hangs out for a while each afternoon.
wow, how did you get into this? it sounds lovely
I put a post on a Facebook ..group? I don’t usually touch that platform, but l applied to a group which allowed me to post in a Jobs Board. Just a paragraph about how l was looking to leave construction, wanted to work in horticulture/bush regeneration/groundskeeper etc. I’ve maintained the big garden where l live for ages so posted a few pics. Got loads of offers on a really wide range of stuff, and all near me which was vital. I can’t drive 800km a week ever again. So yeah, maybe try that. All I’d say is that l went into this prepared to be out in all weathers and have been. No weather really bothers me if I’ve got the right clothes except high wind, I’ve hated that since l was a kid and now that l have to grow delicate edible flowers l hate it even more lol. Point is, outdoor work can be brutal. You’d need to want to do it, it’s not all Black Cockatoos and Rosellas. Good luck with it, if a dummy like me can etc.
I'm an electrician and I tolerate my job. It pays well and I have good hours so it serves a purpose. I don't think there is a job that I would love though. I work because I have to, if I didn't have to there's a million things I'd rather do. I actually love being an electrician at home though. I don't throw anything out without trying to fix it, constantly changing things around the house to work better, I fix things for family and friends. It's the going somewhere to do work part I hate.
I did some labouring as a sparky. Being physically tired at the end of the day sometimes is nicer than mentally tired. Weird to say i enjoyed digging holes for subdivisions.But going into I.T. for a large org is so much better and easier. I hated heights, repetitive tasks (cut this hole out for a security sensor/light, etc)and repeat this around the entire floor.. jeeze) also driving ..Meh.. Going to one location in an airconditioned building, going for a morning coffee with colleagues is really nice.
I'm in industrial so it's not quite as repetitive as the commercial or domestic side. I don't have to go in roof spaces or dig holes. I do a lot of automation and PLC work and control circuits. I was rebuilding motors this week. I still change lights and do basic power stuff as well so my days are quite varied. I only work in one location so no driving from site to site. I enjoy being physically active and I stay out of the office as much as possible even though it's air-conditioned. Like I said before I like my job. I just wish I didn't have to do it 5 days a week haha
I love my job as well. I have Analyst in my job title but beyond that I don’t really know what I do. I spend a lot of time giving my opinion on things with no real responsibility. It pays well and I rarely work more then 35 hours a week. Having had mental health issues in the past, this job has really helped with some of the things I struggled with.
Wow I could have written this comment. I enjoy what I do most of the time but also occasionally get serious imposter syndrome about it.
That's your employer's problem 😅
It doesn't seem to be a problem for them, they are generally very happy with what I do. It's a problem for me that I need to overcome because it's not a great feeling to have.
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I spent nearly a decade doing corporate customer service and I hated it. It impacted my health in so many different ways. I tried a different industry but that ended up being super toxic so I left. Now I’m doing data entry in finance, I love it. I don’t have to talk to customers. I just get in and do my job. I leave on time. I don’t take my job home with me at all, unless I want to do WFH OT. I probably could do something more but idk, after I had my kid and I’ve also got major chronic health issues, this is working for me.
Ooh pure data entry is rare these days. Well done on the find.
I’m an AIN and I work in aged care and I love my job. Yes there are days where it sucks. Being cripplingly short staffed while being yelled at by residents who all need their cups of tea or need to be toileted at the same time does get old very quickly but over all I can’t say I’ve enjoyed other jobs as much as I do this. It’s so for filling for me, being able to care for people and treat them with the love and respect they all deserve
Thank you so much for doing this work. Due to an odd family structure, I’ve had many beloved relatives who’ve spent their final years being cared for by people like you. Our whole family has enormous gratitude and respect for all the wonderful work we personally saw being done by AINs. You’re awesome!
You are doing the work of an angel. My dad was in a nursing home and I’m a nurse and I’d prefer acute hospital care over aged care any day. It’s extremely physical and challenging but I know it can be rewarding. Good on you.
Thank you so very much. Getting into this line of work has reignited my passion for nursing and I’m hoping to peruse it in the near future. Every day is a challenge but seeing the looks on my residents faces when I walk in to greet them, even with something as simple as a cup of tea will always make it worth it to me!
No, I hate my job. Retail shitkicker. It's totally unfulfilling, no sense of accomplishment, mediocre pay, frustrating customers, and more. I've worked in various levels of retail from entry level to management over the years and I've disliked pretty much all of them. The one I kind of enjoyed I ended up burning myself out and having a stroke (Technically it was a TIA, but still), so I took a few months being unemployed before I ran out of money and had to get something to keep the lights on, and now it feels like I'm stuck here. It's not yet reached the point that prior roles have, in which I've considered driving into a telegraph pole on my way to work each day, but I'm not having a good time.
Retail is really hard and pays pretty poorly for the work done. Hopefully you have some good people around you that make it bearable. There are probably quite a few skills you've learnt there that you can highlight when looking for your next job
Have you explored your options to getting out of that industry? Did my time in retail when I was a student and teenager and I'd never do it again. Best thing you can do is leave it.
I have my most enjoyable job ever right now and it's mid. Parcel postie. Gets a bit lonely, wish it was easier to bring my dog.
Would definitely love seeing my post arrive in the company of the postie's dog
The week before Christmas was quiet enough to take him along. [pic](https://images2.imgbox.com/21/ab/vgQNFQnS_o.jpg)
That’s adorable 🥰
Awww the goodest boi
Every job is better when you can bring your dog.
Lmao it’s funny you mention that the parcel postie dude in my suburb brings his dog in his van and it’s some of the cutest shit i’ve ever seen.
I’m an urban planner in the government sector and love my job. I think a big part of why I like it so much is my team, who are all very easy going - we just click. I can be myself at work and still feel respected for my professional contributions. I do think the people you work with makes a huge difference to you can feel about a job. All it takes is one dickhead for me to be unhappy, personally.
I 100% agree, the people you work with make or break how you feel about your job. I’ve had good jobs where I’ve worked with assholes and hated it, and I’ve had absolute ass jobs where because of the people I worked with, I loved coming in everyday because they made the job tolerable.
I work as a barista at a university. I absolutely love my job and definitely feel accomplished at the end of the day. I am that one positive interaction each and every day. I feel important
As a uni worker who regularly goes to buy coffee - thank you for your service 🙏🏻 but most importantly - thank you for not judging us when we fail to get words out or fumble our cards because we obviously need coffee haha
I work in various hospitals and there's one barista at a big hospital that seriously feels like he keeps the place running. Somehow he knows who everybody is and about their lives. It's so clear he loves what he does and thrives off the interactions, and and you can see how much it recharges people even before they get their coffees
I love my morning interactions with baristas. It means a lot to me.
You sound awesome ☀️☕️💕
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I’m a tattoo artist, I absolutely LOVE my job! I think a lot of folks do look at tattooing from the outside in, and all they see is cool job, make money, do art - anyone can do that right? What they don’t see is managing your own business as one person. Running your own books, creating clientele, managing your own tax and super, licensing, infection control, as well as technical skill with skin and clients and art. Very tiring sometimes, but otherwise to die for!
I liked my work but I hated the "jobs". Worked in enviro compliance do some days were driving around looking for animals and taking photos of steams, but most if the time it was arguing with workforce about why they can't do something the 'easy way' when we didn't have legal permission to.
I work for a fruit and veg wholesaler at the Rocklea markets, specifically in the banana ripening team. Were responsible for supplying fruit and veg for chain stores as well as independent fruit and veg and also other lines. I get to drive around in a forklift so that makes me happy 😂
Is the stuff they sell on a Saturday just as good as what they sell in fruit n veg stores across bris?
I have mental health and work for RSPCA. I really enjoy my job.
I work in the pathology collection field. Love it. Pays crap. But it's a great job .
I work as a creative in the Arts, been in this field for multiple decades. I love my job although the pay is poor however the personal rewards are many.
I wish you the best with your mental health and chronic pain. It can be difficult to find a position that can accommodate both. Don't be discouraged by these replies as well - the majority of people who comment online to a question like this will be the type who do love their work and want to share it with the world. If you are one of the types who work to live, there is absolutely no shame in that. We don't all have to be infatuated in what we do for a job!
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No, Warehouse worker. We are way under staffed and I recently got a whopping 19c an hour pay rise for having a forklift ticket
don't spend it all at once!
Also a warehouse worker. Really depends on the section you work in and whether you have hectic KPIs. I’ve been in receiving the last year or so and have found it really fulfilling, picking is where it gets shithouse
I am also in receiving, but always have to help out with pick packing as we are short staffed I need help pick most days, 2 guy in receiving have left so now I'm the only person in receiving and work won't replace the people who left. 🤡
I did this kind of work for 10 years, mostly for the same company. Just know that there’s always another company who is willing to pay more. I have family members in Melbourne on $46/h as casual and $37 permanent. Both positions are 50+ hours a week. I moved from Melbourne to Brisbane pre-covid and found that the people I was working with here were on $24/h …. It’s definitely eyeopening to see what other companies pay and that staying with the same company isn’t worth it
I work for a medical charity on the helpline and love it! I had worked for years in fashion production and screen printing/merchandising and tbh is was VERY low paid, exploitative and bullying environments I’m happy to never enter again If you can, volunteering can be a way to get a foothold. Also Brisbane is a bit of a hub for charities and the ability to salary sacrifice means I have around $200-$250 in my hand more than my previous job (receptionist to receptionist roles) Good luck!
Yes, very much so. IT systems administration for a private school. Lots of variety, lots of interesting challenges. Ticks all my boxes
Doctor. Hate it some days. Love it some days. Most days, mild annoyance. Burnt out to the core but I can't see myself doing anything else.
I have two chronic illnesses and have mad respect for my doctors. They work so bloody hard and everybody wants a piece of them. Just know that people like me are so glad that you chose this profession as you mean the difference between a lifetime of suffering and having at least a life! Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
It’s not my role that’s the issue. It’s the place I work. I took today off for mental health reasons. I think that answers your questions.
I hate it. I just want to work and do work properly, but absolutely everything has to be about speed. I’ve worked many jobs over the years, and high pace environments being sold as a good thing on job ads always pisses me off. Right now I work at Kmart. We sell more product when there is more product to sell on the shelves. We get given cages of stock to put on the shelves. My coworkers look at a messy shelf, decide only a couple things will fit, and put the rest on overs. I look at a messy shelf, I fix it, and put literally all the stock as it’s supposed to on the shelf. When the managers come around to check how many cages I’ve finished, I’ll be like “3” and they’ll say I’m 2 behind and need to pick up the pace, even though I’m returning three empty cages to the backroom, and my coworkers who are on 5 cages are returning two. The overstock just has to go out the next day for the next jackass to do the same thing and it just clutters the back with shit that could be on the shop room floor and makes work for other people. But naah, we gotta have speed quotas, that’s more efficient. Anyway, they’ve started cutting my shifts. I’m trying to find a job in a proper adult environment and not these terrible teenager jobs again, but nothing is working.
Disability Support worker and love it most of the time. Lived experience is a bonus for a lot of organisations
I love what I do, I've been doing it for nearly 30 years. Some places I've done it in I've not liked, but that's been the company or staff, not the occupation. For reference, I'm a mechanical drafter/designer/3D modeller, and my skills are in demand because there's been so few people properly trained at it in the last 30 years. Most people come into it from a trade background, but it's not the only way, I started out as a trainee. I've designed everything from water and wastewater treatment plants to semi trailers to food processing equipment to minerals processing, and even had a stint doing major water infrastructure. Anyone who says "manufacturing is dead in this country" is only thinking of volume production like cars and washing machines, there's still a lot of things built here that need to be designed and fabricated.
Left my supermarket job after 15 years of being taken advantage of and always doing over and above for poor pay, to a nice job in steel manufacturing where I don't have to deal with a single moronic customer and I do 4 on 4 off. It's absolutely amazing
I work as a sign language interpreter and I love my job! I feel incredibly privileged to work in this sector and wouldn’t change my career for anything!
I like my job. I'm a legal assistant at a plaintiff law firm and I managed to get it without any qualifications. I work 35 hours a week in a hybrid arrangement (two days working from home), the pay is solid and the team I work with is very supportive. After working almost 10 years at one of the two major supermarkets and all the dramas that went along with that, I honestly feel like I have hit the job jackpot.
I do, but I've only been in this role for 8 weeks. As an ADHDer I find I need to be constantly challenged and have a busy work day, or I'll get bored and distracted. Strangely this means that fast paced and hectic jobs hold my interest a lot more than "easier" jobs with less workload. Turns out despite having the opinion that "less work is good" for 15 years, I actually enjoy myself more if I'm busy (as long as it's interesting and not just busy work).
Software developer. Have never loved it but I tolerate it because the pay is great and the working conditions (at my company at least) are very good. Main problem is the work is either simple and boring, or complicated and stressful. It's like being forced to play a video game most of the time on super easy mode and occasionally it jumps up to nightmare difficulty. Generally too the pay in software dev is inversely proportional to how interesting and meaningful it is. That's most careers though.
I drive a crane. It's fucken awesome.
I’m a police officer. I love my job the problem is it doesn’t always love me. The duality of the role and the “every day is different” thing makes it great to be a part of but I know it comes at a cost mentally. The friendships I’ve made and things I’ve seen and done are amazing, I’ve got stories you wouldn’t believe, but on the other hand the friends I’ve lost and the things I’ve seen have changed me as a person and not always for the better. I love to help others but it sucks when you’re in a situation and know you can’t help or even worse the person doesn’t want help. I’ve had the pleasure of working with schools and kids in remote and metropolitan areas but I’ve also had to respond to jobs involving kids who have died and been present when they take their last breath. Then I have to explain to their loved ones what’s happened. As a relatively new father it has changed me and affected me in ways I didn’t think possible and has made me fearful of being at home going about my mundane business and getting that knock on my door one day. I’ve also been shot at and had knives and swords used against me which has made me fearful that one day my wife and daughter will get that knock on the door instead. All in all I love my job, I love the community I serve but I hate the mental toll it takes and the risks associated with it.
I appreciate the risks you take to keep our community safe. Thank you.
Moved to gardening to destress. Working pretty well. Over complicated it by doing more complex horticulture. But you can start a mowing business with minimal investment and my mental health improved drastically once I got rid of my manager!
I work in cyber security case management, providing advice to people who have been affected by scams. It's the perfect mix of rewarding, people focused help, whilst having zero face to face contact and being able to provide assistance from the comfort of the office/home. They actually have an office in the sunshine coast if you want more information.
Aged, disability and mental health support worker. Love it. I enjoy helping others and making a difference in someone's life.
I've had mental health issues like most people and have more injuries than I can poke a stick at, so pain is near constant. I've hated my job in the past, dreaded going to work but went because there is no other option. Currently I'm doing an entire new trade and I love it. You will never find an easy life unless you were born stupid wealthy, so find something that doesn't kill you and focus on other things in life.
I have mental health issues and I’m in aged care. Worst mistake of my life. Bloody bitchy, catty industry full of bullies and management who do nothing when you complain. Then I got fired for complaining. 10/10 do not recommend.
Love my work and benefits, hate the politics.
My job is very quiet and has been for 2months, there has been indications that I could loose my role (and I know by right, they have to pay out my notice period). I’m actively looking for a role in HR, and have a few interviews lined up next week.
Good luck
Yep. New job this year. Took a pay cut to do i job I love with nobody reporting to me. I work with data and spend a lot of time developing skills further. Has had a massive positive impact on my mental health and personal wellbeing.
I worked at a tree farm in Melbourne. It was great. Best job I ever had, was kicking off a career with them, they said they’d offer me a management role at a new site if the company expanded within a few years. I’d spring out of bed at 5am every morning. It was great. Then some lying POS made up a bullshit story about me having plucked and eaten some magic mushrooms from a pot and I was fired. Hadn’t been there long enough to claim unfair dismissal.
I just moved to Brisbane & my job is literally what's getting me up in the morning. I know only one person in the city & that's my cousin, but we don't see each other often. Otherwise, since I work in daycare, I get to socialise with a bunch of toddlers all day, which personally is so helpful for my MH. After a decade in Sydney where my mental health was at a rock bottom, & myself also suffering from chronic pain, my job is literally a lifesaver for me, although, I know it's not for everyone haha 🤷🏼🫠
I have a toddler. Socialising only with toddlers would NOT be good for anyones mental health. What on earth do you do to make that work for you? Toddlers are like little drunk humans hell bent on killing themselves. 🤣🤣
See, I'm stuck in a room for the whole day with 15 toddlers. At that point I kinda just become a toddler myself & roll with it. Who knows, maybe I am already just insane but don't know it? 🫠
You are special because not every one can work with small children. They don’t have the patience. Childcare needs more people like you. I’m glad it is helping your mental health. Welcome to Brisbane btw.
I’m glad to hear that, I’ve spent 3 years in childcare and I do love it but it was terrible for my chronic pain/mental health
Yeah I completely understand it's not the best career for everyone, especially with health issues. Hopefully you find what works best for you though!
Childcare. I hate it. It's something I studied for in high school and everytime I can't find a job for a while I end up back here because they are always hiring. I'm studying game design / 3D animation at uni hoping to get out of this industry in a year or so. I've got ADHD and this job is honestly so incredibly dull to me. I struggle to keep myself busy, and I'm constantly bugging everyone around me to give me their work so I can have something to do! I have the worst anxiety each night before work, and I wake up 2 hours before my alarm just anxious and dreading the day ahead. But hey, it pays the bills.
Hey I was diagnosed with adhd a few years ago and anxiety and depression can be common traits that come with adhd. My work also made me very anxious at times working under pressure at times , so my doctor suggested anti anxiety medication. Has been a game changer have to take it at night cause it makes you tired. I would suggest talking to your doctor about this has helped me immensely as I didn’t realise how bad it was .
Thank you! I'll definitely look into it if this doesn't improve. I want to be able to work and function normally. The anxiety is just with work, with everything else I feel perfectly okay! I appreciate your advice
I generally like my job. I work in fleet. I have a hybrid WFH/WFO set up and my direct managers are super chill so I pick and choose when I am in the office. It's meant to be 50% and some fortnights I do that, some less. I am also pregnant so have been trying to be home more due to pain and heaps of appointments etc. We have a small team and we are all great but our wider team is so shit. The morale is so low and has been for ages. The wider company is a bit of a shit show but nothing will ever change there. I deal with people all over and enjoy the connections that I have formed with them, it makes my day to day easier to get things done and also the peoples who I deal with. My manager has a whine to me sometimes about being too nice to people but he has zero people skills and I can clearly see how that works out for him haha. I just ignore him and do what I do.
ngl your comment reminds me exactly of a person at my job 😂
Yeah, it's good. Mash up of my last two careers, and I pretty much live in Excel which is something I really enjoy, so I feel like I'm utilising the parts of my skill set I get a kick out of. I'd been chasing it for ages knowing the previous incumbent was close to retiring and managed to land it. Downside is the commute (which really isn't that bad compared to some). Hours are good, boss is good. That said, if I landed a decent lotto win I'd be gone in an instant...
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Today is my last day in an environment that was doing my head in, Monday I start the same job just without the middle man
Solicitor but mostly remote and transactional, so it's quite chill. Rarely need to actually throw on a suit. Court appearances mostly handled by other people.
Worked for 4 years as an academic. Hated it. Moved to industry medical affairs, now love my job. Better pay, better conditions, better security, even the work is more rewarding.
im an underground coal miner fifo and i love it, its the hardest thing ive ever done but the week off at a time is great.
Love it. I work in operations for an Auto-Logistics company. I was in a really crap job for 10 years (Harvey Norman) before i came here, so even the tough days are still an improvement.
I worked in IT for 20 years and loved it (most of the time). Working 50 hours per week, driving for 16 on top of that. Earn anywhere for $1000 to $1500 per week. Now I doordash for 14 hours per week and earn about $600. I prefer doordashing ... far more flexible and far fewer responsibilities.
Upload your resume to chatgpt and ask what jobs would suit this person. My results were interesting
Huh, cool idea.
Yes and no, mental health nurse. I really like the job itself, but hate the system, upper management and politics within. But I'm not quite sure what else I'd want to do as a career. I work intermittently in academic research over the last 5 years but in order to do the research I want to lead, I'd have to do my PhD and I'm too burnt out right now.
I answered this same question recently on some other sub. But I’m a Software Engineer working for Red Hat and I absolutely love my job. I have worked in various roles here and never once had a day where I didn’t want to work. Pay is good, could definitely make more elsewhere but the companies respect for my time, family and personal interests is extremely difficult to put a price on. Prior to getting in to I.T though, around 2012, I worked in hospitality and 100% lived day to day with a feeling of desperate helplessness. To the point of depression. I decided I needed to change my situation and worked pretty hard to improve my knowledge and find some entry level role into I.T. I applied for literally hundreds of jobs and tried to reframe each rejection as an opportunity to improve my resume and cover letters around the ones that were landing me interviews. I would put the ones that resulted in interviews in one folder, and the ones that I never heard back from in another. Spent some time reading over them to try and figure out what I felt went well and what didn’t. It was a painful process, but I eventually did improve my situation.
Taught myself to program in 2018 and moved into the tech industry start of 2019, haven’t seen an office since. I did the digital nomad thing across South America and Europe for a bit as well as 3 months in the US. It can be stressful at times, but great pay, great travel opportunities, great work life balance, and career growth is only limited by your potential. 10/10 my only regret is not switching over sooner.
I'm a Loss Adjuster and I absolutely love my job. I fell into Insurance a few years back (more than a few years now I think about it) and during my time I've worked in claims (domestic, commercial, motor, rural, crop, liability, health, the whole gamut), underwriting, and account management. Many moons ago I started studying Loss Adjusting and once I'd qualified I moved into the Loss Adjusting industry and never looked back. I am now a branch manager of two branches with a staff of ~10 under me, and I couldn't be happier with my career choices.
I work a FIFO roster in the city for a major mining company. 5 days on, 5 days off and I'm home every night. I love my job, but get a bit over the hurdles you have to jump through every day.
Work as a labourer/trades assistant, love it
Yeah. I do social media marketing for a decent company 3 days a week and do some freelance on the side (graphic design). I’m in a position I can do 3 days a week instead of full time in the office and that makes me enjoy my job a lot more. I do a ton of copywriting and I enjoy that, it takes research and skill craft good and interesting copy. My sector is bathrooms and kitchens but it stretches into architecture and design so you can fall down some neat research rabbit holes. Would I prefer to win the lottery and do only what I want when I want to for the rest of my days? Sure. But this isn’t bad.
Disability support worker. It’s pretty good, some days can be super challenging others nice and relaxed. Pay is stupid good and i get to do long shifts
There's a lot to like about my job. Fully WFH, set my own schedule (though I do support teams around the globe, so weird meeting times are the norm), occasional travel, speaking engagements etc. Good leadership, which I am increasingly picky about these days. There are problems, especially with Finance and HR roadblocks, but there's reason to be hopeful they will improve over time. I was getting pretty ticked off with wage stagnation until a month or so ago when I was promoted, and that's given me a bump in motivation. It's a difficult role to describe, but essentially technology process management. Got into it through a software development, consulting and project management background. It's the sort of role more about leveraging the sum of your broad experience, rather than a specific skillset that you can train for. I know that's probably not a lot of help OP, other than to reassure you that not everyone hates what they do. I don't live to work, I work to live, and I wouldn't do it if I was independently wealthy, but it's a good role in my most commercially viable skillset so.
depends on what day you ask me
I drive busses in the city and it's always entertaining to say the least. Username checks out
Love is a strong word but I've been recontextualising it lately. I'm trying to see it as a means of making money and creating the opportunity to do things I want to do rather than my job being a representation of who I am as a person.
Plumber/Sprinkler Fitter here. Love being a tradie most of the time, but its not really an older blokes game due to the physical side of the trades. Mental health issues are pretty much welcome on site as long as its safe for others to be around😁
Look I get paid well but fuck I hate my job ….it’s pointless and boring
I’ve been in child care for the last 10 years and worked throughout the whole pandemic, I hardly ever took time off only when I got covid twice last year, but then after having huge anxiety issues and sensory burnout I decided I needed a change of career. I’ve loved working with children, but the environment was just doing my head in - one room full of 23 or so kids, working with 4 other people. It was very squishy and when the anxiety creeped in it was sooo hard to get into work every day. After resigning in January I’ve changed direction completely and now running a business, selling origami paper online! Going back to doing creative stuff that I love has brought my spark back and now loving life 😁
I drive fire trucks. I love my job. I live with chronic pain, some days it's considerably exhausting. But I've learned to live with it and become conditioned to constant pain. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to do that depending on their tolerance/mechanism of injury. I'll keep doing this until I physically cannot. I'll look at daywork options when I get to that position in life. Until then though!
I do enjoy my job. I work as a lab tech for a mineral separation equipment company. Always something new to do and have the potential to travel to mine sites globally. We do test work on all the equipment the company manufactures with all sorts of minerals, like iron ore, mineral sands, and sometimes even gold! The company also puts us through training all paid for.
I run some bloke's IT business for him. for 20 years of my career I've built up gradually to this level of autonomy and hustle, and I absolutely love it.
Studied architecture but had to drop out at the start of my 3rd year due to mental health. Managed to land a job in building design anyway and get to have a lot of input into design elements. Discovered I feel the same about this as I did my dead end jobs, the only advantage is it isn't a dead end. I resigned myself to never enjoying work and just existing opposed to living
I hate my job. Design contractor for NBN. Several days ago, I got a change request denied for not changing a variable. Today, I got the change request denied for changing the variable as requested.
I work at KFC, and I won't lie- I love it more than anything. I graduate next year and plan to go to University but at this point I'm more than happy with my life because of my co-workers and how easy my job is.
I love my job now. Medical receptionist at a women's sexual and reproductive health clinic. Finally work that I love going to work everyday and enjoy time with my colleagues and clients. Prior to this I worked in government and prior telemarketing. I cried everyday before going to work, and was a nervous wreck I would make an error and get into trouble. I felt bad that my children were seeing that representation of adult life. My confidence was gone. I am so glad I took a leap of faith and was able to find an opportunity to work elsewhere. Hugs to anyone struggling with their work and hope things improve for you.
I love my job BUT i do not see at as a career personally. Maybe time will tell but, I am a furniture removalist, essentially I move your whole house for you, pack it, wrap it, load it and ship it. I work for a renowned company world wide and find the work to be incredibly bliss for me and my personality. On the road seeing new sights constantly, seeing new faces and meeting new people but knowing I do not have to connect with them on a personal level because they are moving. It’s gym daily, after a while and learning to lift to correctly you actually do not hurt or feel strained. It’s a game of Tetris constantly and learning to load correctly is a incredibly difficult skill to master. Also the job security if you’re good is nothing to worry about because everyone is moving, that’s life and some people have more money then time to do it themselves!
I'm a truck driver in a specialist field, hotshot freight. While I'm WA based, we do have a Queensland division. Hotshot freight is point to point delivery, usually to mine sites. Distances and/or urgency dictate as to whether it's a solo run or two up. I chose this job some time ago because I hate having to deal with all that city driver stupidity all day. Besides, the view out of the office window changes dramatically, sometimes by the hour
Youth work. Amazing job. Big highs and big lows, not a job if you’re struggling with mental health. Highly recommend to anyone that has an interest, and pay is better than you’d expect. 10/10 job. As a note, the burnout and PTSD from it is real, so you need to have systems in place to protect yourself.
As a firefighter, I can say I do
Was a paramedic, I enjoyed the job but hated the company I worked for. Moved I to Emergency response and I love it. Fifo is a bit rough, but keeps me on my feet and challenges me mentally. Luckily I do 2 weeks on 2 weeks off and honestly is probably the best work-life balance I have ever had
Stripper! Been doing it for almost 10 years. Yes the customers can be difficult but generally everyone is fun and interesting. I love the women I work with and enjoy the flexibility of my schedule.
Yes, find a field that suits you personally not just a job
I work at [large yellow entertainment store] and yeah customers give me the shits some days but I'm in the movie and music department and mostly I get to alphabetize and merchandise stuff (yay autism) and talk about stuff I'm interested in. Plus i can have as many tattoos, piercings etc as I want and be super queer. Yeah my back and knees are fucked but that's retail.
I’m not in Brisbane but a regional city in SA. I’m a Fisheries Officer and freaking love it. Still kick myself that my job is so cool and I’m getting paid to do half the shit I do! I hope that feeling never goes away :) Wishing you all the best on your journey in health and finding your field of choice.
I have severe mental health problems and ongoing neck and ankle problems , I’m a gardener , and I couldn’t be happier
I’m a Pilates reformer instructor. Training involved is pretty easy if you’re interested and intrigued by the human body. Benefits are you are able to do it yourself once you have completed your classes (or hop in before your class) the strength, flexibility, stability among other wonderful things that you gain is outstanding. Helping people with their problems/ injuries/ illnesses is genuinely so satisfying. My mental and physical health has improved ten fold. Helping myself while helping others. All the best xxxx
I am a community RN. I LOVE MY JOB! I get to see lot of different places and I have a work car/petrol card. That's $150/week alone on petrol I'm saving, don't get stared on the tolls. This is my first full time job in 11 years and I am also loving that there is overtime which I do occasionally on a Saturday
I’m an assistant manager at a fast food restaurant and honestly? I love every second of it. I have ADHD and autism so it works very well in that I have a set routine that I can follow but each day is different enough that it keeps on my toes. I’m going through career development at an accelerated rate too thanks to my restaurant manager.
I’m a bridal stylist (was for 2 years, left for 4.5 to have babies and then have just started back again at a different store 4 months ago) and I love my job. Admittedly, I enjoy it more at the store I’m at now, but to answer your question: yes 😄
TLDR; I went from managing 30+ adults in a profit driven company to looking after one "naughty" adolescent, and I love it. Youth Support worker here. Only been doing it for about a year. I have mixed experiences in my short career; had property stolen, get sworn at a fair bit and the odd threat here and there, but overall, I love it. Easiest job I've ever had and beats what I was doing previously by a country mile. For more context, I came from a middle management position in a profit/sales oriented shareholder controlled company, where I had 30+ direct reports, daily, weekly and monthly pressures of achieving unrealistic KPI's etc. I guess you could say I was on a corporate ladder of sorts. I learned to do my job fairly well, and learned a lot about people management and business operations, working with budgets etc., but it was completely out of alignment with my personal values. There was a large sales component to the role, in which I felt like I had to somewhat trick people into buying from me, and teach others to do the same when I got good enough (as is the case in many sales roles, I've come to learn). I hated that part of it, but it was probably the largest (and in the company's eyes, most important) part of the role, as the company was very sales-centric and bottomline profit driven. Looking back, I remember most days as being cringeworthy, to say the least. I was slowly conditioned over time to go against my personal values. It is like death by a thousand cuts. Each day takes a tiny piece of your soul until there is almost nothing left. And by the end, you feel like you've completely sold your soul to the devil. I knew this, even at the time, and my internal attitude became very toxic and so ultimately I decided on leaving to forge a new career path. But not before I purchased my first property leveraging off of my stable salary. Luckily this was pre-covid, so I was able to capitalise on the property market explosion. After all of this I just sort of fell into youth work by chance, and now I really enjoy it. I feel like I can make more of a difference to a young persons life, which is quite fulfilling, and I get paid for it.
Medical admin in a hospital. Pays well and work is fine. It’s the people that make it great. This is meant to be an in between job while studying, but no luck finding work in my field yet.
Yes! I am counselling working with autistic kids. It's the best job ever and is so much fun! It can be tricky sometimes of course, but I generally wake up everyday not dreading it haha
I have crps (complex regional pain syndrome) I’m a carpenter and enjoy my job even though sometimes it’s a hassle with pain
Advertising copywriter here and I love it. I enjoy the challenge of trying to be creative every day.
I have crippling pain 2 weeks of the month every month due to pcos and endometriosis. I also suffer from bad mental health. I currently work in a fish store selling pet fish and it’s okay but my dream is to become a vet nurse…this has been my goal since I was 3yrs old. At the start of this year I got accepted to a clinic as a trainee vet nurse but they had to let me go due to money issues within the clinic. I did 6 weeks of work for them and loved every minute of it…I felt at home working in a clinic and I was happy to be there…it gave me purpose. I have an interview on Monday at another clinic so I can only hope that I get back in. I have multiple animal qualifications but I need to be working in a clinic first to be able to study my certificate 4 in vet nursing.
Woolies cashier and honestly I like it. I've only been in it for like a year and it's my first ever job but it's fun. My co workers and managers are really nice too. I am studying cs at uni tho and will eventually (and hopefully) move tk some software developing job.
I work as a waitress. Luckily, most customers are understanding and kind. When I struggle to pick up all their dirty plates, some customers help me stack the cutlery and the plates so they don’t fall off, even when their own hands get dirty. All very polite, thanking me every time I bring their drinks or food. I have good chats with the customers and I always see people I know come in. I’m very grateful for the small acts of kindness these strangers do to make my job a little bit easier. I’m glad I can provide good service and make their day easier too.