• Replies 55 replies
  • Subscribers 113 subscribers
  • Views 2721 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Those of you who work - what is your job?

illustrated.lady

If you don't want to read and would just like to answer the question then thank you - feel free to skip Slight smile

I suppose I'm looking for some inspiration.

In what is a familiar story for many, I am completely burnt out from my work, struggling to cope in an office environment and really just feeling at a loss of what to do. 

A bit of background on me for anyone interested - I'm fairly intelligent and well educated (BSc Psychology and Criminology, MA Sociology - graduated 2018) but I have never been able to transfer this over to the workplace, I have ended up off sick with stress/anxiety/overwhelm in every job I've had and the longest I have lasted in any job is my current three years.

My jobs have included - 

Food service

Retail

Care (elderly, dementia, mental health)

Call Centre

Medical reception/admin/secretarial (current job)

I have worked all hours from 12 hour days, 12 hour mights, 9-5, full time, part time, zero hour contract. I always end up burnt out. 

Ultimately, I have to work and ideally full time. Office work is a struggle because there's people there, constantly with their smells and their noises and their conversation. 

As much as I loved elderly care, I think my sense of justice made it too difficult to overlook the poor management that understaff care homes in order to make as much money as possible. 

I just don't know what to do, I don't need to find a dream job, I just need something I can do and go home and not feel like all my energy has been drained. 

Any ideas, comments, suggestions, all are appreciated.

Parents

  • I do agency work around schools I’m supposed to be in a classroom as a TA but at the moment I’m working in a school kitchen as a dishwasher it’s not great tbh but working with children in a classroom I love especially the little kids in the infants their easy to work with. I have also worked in an autism unit at a school that was more of a challenge as a lot of the kids were non verbal but I found wearing my special cardigan made from a rough fabric worked as one of the kids liked the feel of it. I’m not sure what experience you have with children or if you would consider working with them maybe in a school environment. 

Reply

  • I do agency work around schools I’m supposed to be in a classroom as a TA but at the moment I’m working in a school kitchen as a dishwasher it’s not great tbh but working with children in a classroom I love especially the little kids in the infants their easy to work with. I have also worked in an autism unit at a school that was more of a challenge as a lot of the kids were non verbal but I found wearing my special cardigan made from a rough fabric worked as one of the kids liked the feel of it. I’m not sure what experience you have with children or if you would consider working with them maybe in a school environment. 

Children
No Data