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"Do you enjoy it?
I work 2 jobs totalling full time hours. I work as a cleaner in my local prison (am) & then in a primary school (pm)
Do you clean the school also? Fellow cleaner here! - Xeno"
Yes clean in a primary school in the afternoons. The contrast between the work environments is certainly different 
Ngl I love my job. |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
I work in the Care sector now, in Management side.
I was a legal secretary for years and years - that was interesting - but have also worked for Royal Mail, various early morning cleaning jobs in different places (shops, banks, Golf Clubs) when I was a youngster in College to pay for my nights out!
Been around the block a bit  |
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"Bicycle mechanic and specialist...some are huge ££'s ..I do a lot of bespoke and custom work,as in gearing etc for Ultra distance & bike packing or special bike builds"
My friend’s husband is into biking & he paid 10k just for the frame  |
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"Do you enjoy it?
I work 2 jobs totalling full time hours. I work as a cleaner in my local prison (am) & then in a primary school (pm)
Do you clean the school also? Fellow cleaner here! - Xeno
Yes clean in a primary school in the afternoons. The contrast between the work environments is certainly different
Ngl I love my job. "
That's brilliant! Can't lie, the school holidays have been a welcome respite from working all day and then doing schools  |
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"Do you enjoy it?
I work 2 jobs totalling full time hours. I work as a cleaner in my local prison (am) & then in a primary school (pm)
Do you clean the school also? Fellow cleaner here! - Xeno
Yes clean in a primary school in the afternoons. The contrast between the work environments is certainly different
Ngl I love my job.
That's brilliant! Can't lie, the school holidays have been a welcome respite from working all day and then doing schools "
I hear you! I do 6-11am at the prison & then 3-5.30pm at the school so I absolutely love the holidays! |
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I work with autistic children now, after a few years in a children's prison, a few years at university, a few years as a photographer, and a lifetime in IT from the age of 16 until I saw some sense 
The last 14 years have been far more rewarding that the previous 28! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm chief pleasure officer... 
He works in sales
xx Jess
I was so hoping you were going to say Secret Agents’. The disappointment now is real "
If we were, we couldn't say though, right? 
Jess xx |
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I'm chief pleasure officer...
He works in sales
xx Jess
I was so hoping you were going to say Secret Agents’. The disappointment now is real
If we were, we couldn't say though, right?
Jess xx"
I’ll just pop some aloe Vera on my burn |
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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago
Transsexual Transylvania |
I'm a senior software engineer at an international medical software company. It's very rewarding in that my work enables clinicians to directly improve medical outcomes across a range of conditions in countries across the world. It makes me feel I'm really making a difference to people's lives. |
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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago
Dubai & Nottingham |
"I.T. Been doing it since my teens. Love it."
You must have seen so much change. I started IT professionally in 1997 (although did write compute games as a kid for C64) and used to work as both a buyer and seller on rentacoder developing educational software. Then I got a break & started a consultancy advising government and education departments on technology in education , bidding for BECTA & JISC projects right until lockdown.
I don’t miss IT , 60-70 hour weeks were normal. Now I work financing similar projects in the private sector work 35 hours max |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
Previously in emergency services. Now I work in the adventure travel industry. Part time though! WooHoo!!
Loved my previous job, love my current job.
Gbat |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Okay Op.
Church cleaner.. Loved that. Myvown boss
Police station cleaner then volunteer station clerk. Worked for the Met.
Various admin roles
Reception work
Full time retail Principles for men, marks and Spencer and Boots.
Worked as a part time youth worker
Full time care support worker
Full time carer for family and friends.
Full time child support worker
Been a barmaid too
Lots of voluntary roles.
Ambassador for Dementia UK |
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By *archelCouple
over a year ago
A field somewhere |
Carpenter/joiner but moved away from the tools and not tell others what needs to be done as well as telling architects that what they have drawn is impossible with the technology of today. |
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"Carpenter/joiner but moved away from the tools and not tell others what needs to be done as well as telling architects that what they have drawn is impossible with the technology of today."
don't get me started on architects and designers..... They don't have a bloody clue how to build things and if anything Is wrong they blame the computer!!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hotel receptionist, only just started a few weeks ago but enjoying it and I get to perv men all evening checking in and coming and going. Perfect job really lol
Danish x |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
Purchasing and stock control manager in the construction plant hire industry.
I have had similar roles in the past, but have also worked in the adult education sector, too. When I get fed up in one role I swap hats, so to speak. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I get professionally yelled at on the phone, so no, I don't enjoy it
It's you that tries to tell me that Microsoft is shutting down my computer and the IRS is after me? goddamn it"
Not quite. Just the joys of people not understanding that the customer service rep can't push a button under the desk to magically fix all their problems  |
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"I get professionally yelled at on the phone, so no, I don't enjoy it
It's you that tries to tell me that Microsoft is shutting down my computer and the IRS is after me? goddamn it
Not quite. Just the joys of people not understanding that the customer service rep can't push a button under the desk to magically fix all their problems "
My go to line when I get upset on those calls is "I know this probably isn't your fault, but..." |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I get professionally yelled at on the phone, so no, I don't enjoy it
It's you that tries to tell me that Microsoft is shutting down my computer and the IRS is after me? goddamn it
Not quite. Just the joys of people not understanding that the customer service rep can't push a button under the desk to magically fix all their problems
My go to line when I get upset on those calls is "I know this probably isn't your fault, but...""
So long as you're calm and polite, it's all good. The amount of times I've heard "I'm not having a go at you but" and then proceeds to have a go at me... |
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"I get professionally yelled at on the phone, so no, I don't enjoy it
It's you that tries to tell me that Microsoft is shutting down my computer and the IRS is after me? goddamn it
Not quite. Just the joys of people not understanding that the customer service rep can't push a button under the desk to magically fix all their problems
My go to line when I get upset on those calls is "I know this probably isn't your fault, but..."
So long as you're calm and polite, it's all good. The amount of times I've heard "I'm not having a go at you but" and then proceeds to have a go at me... "
Yeah. I had a brief stint at a fast food call centre, so I sympathise.
Yes, mate, I'll personally drive 300km to fix the oven that exploded because you need your fix. Sure. And this is entirely my fault and going slightly out of your way is a tyrannical suggestion. I know. My heart fucking bleeds.
I try to keep it to "this situation sucks" rather than "you suck". Because the person who sucks (if applicable) is probably ten layers up the food chain |
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"Bicycle mechanic and specialist...some are huge ££'s ..I do a lot of bespoke and custom work,as in gearing etc for Ultra distance & bike packing or special bike builds
My friend’s husband is into biking & he paid 10k just for the frame "
yep... some of my customers do the same |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
I enjoy some days more than others, I'm a cook in a residential home for the elderly and ill. It's long hours for naff all pay.
I love spending time with the residents, I go in on my days off with our dog to make the residents happy. |
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By *acktopervMan
over a year ago
Stourport-On-Severn |
For the last 40 years or so i have been a kitchen fitter. Before though, from leaving school i became a sound engineer. If i had stayed in the music industry though, i wouldn't be posting in this thread now. So i'm more than happy doing what i do now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Self employed gardener and handyman. Been working for myself couple of years and yes loving it. No ahole of a boss giving me grief and if I get stroppy customer I don’t go back, Simple |
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"I run my own Engineering Consultancy, providing technical support, procurement and design services to the power industry, renewables/green energy, research and development into alternative fuels."
We should talk! |
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By *.L.0460.Woman
over a year ago
Bognor Regis |
I look after kids in full time residential care. It's bloody tough- we put up with alot of verbal & some physical abuse. There are some highs, though. One of our teens left us for a semi independent placement this week & they wrote us the most beautiful thank you letter
Moments like that make it all worth it! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I look after kids in full time residential care. It's bloody tough- we put up with alot of verbal & some physical abuse. There are some highs, though. One of our teens left us for a semi independent placement this week & they wrote us the most beautiful thank you letter
Moments like that make it all worth it! "
That's an admirable job. You deserve to go to that party and let your hair down!
How lovely to receive that letter. |
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By *.L.0460.Woman
over a year ago
Bognor Regis |
"I look after kids in full time residential care. It's bloody tough- we put up with alot of verbal & some physical abuse. There are some highs, though. One of our teens left us for a semi independent placement this week & they wrote us the most beautiful thank you letter
Moments like that make it all worth it!
That's an admirable job. You deserve to go to that party and let your hair down!
How lovely to receive that letter."
Thank you |
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"I’m outstanding in my field
Have you tried sitting down instead?"
I did but I wasn’t so outstanding at sitting, besides, I’m short enough when I’m standing, you would hardly see me if I was sitting |
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"I’m outstanding in my field
Have you tried sitting down instead?
I did but I wasn’t so outstanding at sitting, besides, I’m short enough when I’m standing, you would hardly see me if I was sitting "
Who said that?! |
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"I look after kids in full time residential care. It's bloody tough- we put up with alot of verbal & some physical abuse. There are some highs, though. One of our teens left us for a semi independent placement this week & they wrote us the most beautiful thank you letter
Moments like that make it all worth it! "
We do virtually the same job but my home is a therapeutic home for autistic children. The rewards, verbal and physical abuse are very similar though, though far less than the time I spent in a Secure Training Centre with 12-18 year olds, in custodial care (the rewards were the same though; I never thought I'd go to a book launch at The House of Lords for one of the boys that I used to work with who wrote about me in his book). I cried a lot that day |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Leather worker and crafter of bags for life.
I make pocket wallets out of goat foreskins. They easily fit into your pocket but when you need something larger, stoke it gently and voila… it turns into a hold-all.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Ex military for most of my life including the years as a private contractor. Stopped doing that and had a couple of years finding a job I enjoyed and felt settled in, worked in a quarry, interesting but boring driving machines all day.
Then a year specialist ceramic coating jet engine turbine blades. Now I’m a railyard shunter/driver and I love it. Physical, demanding and always changing. Today I’ve managed 30,121 steps 8,000 of those where walking the dog the rest at work. |
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