What do you all do for a living?

Amstreagle

I thought it may be a good GTKY.
I am an Asset Protection Agent for a large company and I love my job!

tamarar5

I'm a freelance editor. Currently I work for an online publishing company.

kleigh926

I'm an RN in an endoscopy unit. I work very limited hours though. With the two kids now, the most I'll do is one day a week, except possibly in the summer when DH has off.

ericalee27

Project manager

mrr5058

I am an ER nurse practitioner.

djm31012

I work in finance for a big bank. Think "Wall Street". There was a point in time (actually for 9 years) that I loved my job. Now its too much, too political, too stressful, and I am planning to SAHM in the new year. I am nervous for the change as its a big one, but I am super excited.  Last night I came home from work and was spotting very very little (I am almost 9 weeks along). I took it as a sign that I need to slow down and do less. So this weekend I am very much looking forward to not having 100000000 things to do.

wineandcake

I'm a nurse at a small town hospital. I mostly stick to the long term care wing, but will occasionally wander over to emerge and acute care. I LOVE long term care/palliative care, not many people enjoy working in that area but I can't imagine myself anywhere else.

mishka29

I work in immigration

pebbleann

I'm an accountant for a manufacturing company.

singingsea

Working in the parts department of my family's business.

colinsfebmommy

I am a marketing coordinator for jan/san manufacturers rep

ericalee27

luxannie said:

 Really tho, I have a job that can be hard to explain, so I say I'm a consultant or analyst. I work with numbers.

Hahaha yep.  Saying I'm a PM is the easiest way for me to deal with it.

draeray

I am a Project Manager for the largest transaction Network in the world. Open your wallet, you'll see the logo on one of your debit or credit cards.  We are 'Everywhere you want to be.'

elliespiral

I do PR for a nonprofit/higher ed organization.

djm31012

@luxannie I have been very blessed, its been am amazing career and yes, the money has afforded our family some wonderful things, mostly peace of mind and comfort which is priceless.  The hours never bothered me (I leave my house at 6 and get home at 6....when I am out with clients home between 9-10, and since DS was born I wont go out more than once a week). But in the last 6 months or so they have really started to weigh. Maybe its because when DS was smaller I didnt feel he needed ME as much, he just needed a caretaker and my 2 hours at night were good bonding time for us, but now I really feel the void and I feel like he does too, and last night in the car I asked him "did you miss mom today because I really missed you?" and for the first time ever, he said "yes". and when we got out of the car, he kissed me.  Hes kissed me before alot when we are playing or when I ask, but last night just felt like an " I miss my mommy" kiss.   Ive struggled so much with this decision-DH wanted me to quit this past year...but now I am 100% positive its the right one. 

The biggest downfall of this job is there is 0 flexibility..I can work part time, I cant work from home, I cant change my hours. So its really all or nothing. If I could work 3 days a week exactly where I am, I would keep going.

ericalee27

luxannie said:

 Screw Sheryl Sandberg and her lean in theory. That's bs, IMO.

Yeppppp. Hate.It.

nlp1990

SAHM who baby sits other kids in my house. Basically daycare, but don't have my state certification.

caladpi02

Prosecutor. I am thinking of working for a startup though.

Puck1182

During the day I'm an internal auditor for local government. Then one or two nights a week and two Saturday mornings a month I don my cardigan, glasses and bun and work as a reference librarian in a public library. Down the road I want to be a librarian full-time, but the auditing gig is more flexible, so for now I'm sticking with the status quo. ;-)

SummerLove21

Mostly SAH, but I coach high school cheerleading as well. At some point I'd love to go back to school and get my masters/Ph.D in sports psychology. But it's a 3-5 year program IF I did full-time...yeesh.

jbatch

I run a daycare with a little over 100 kids in attendance. So, my daughter is here all the time and I get to see her when I have time so that makes it very nice!

Dannysmama

In the ambiguous "consultant" category, but I'll add digital as a descriptor.  

Also, I hate the whole Lean In thing.  HATE IT.  First, most days as a working mom, it's nice to just to be standing up, let alone leaning in.  

jdilorenzo

SAHM. I babysit a baby in my home twice a week.

Tulips114

I'm a CPA, but not in public accounting.  I work for my local school district.

Amstreagle

@ericalee27‌ Your siggy may require a change of panties....... So much hotness!

tamarar5

We have such a diverse group! It's so cool to see all the different careers.

lbonga1

I'm a "Genius" (computer technician) at an Apple store, working on a Masters in computer science to hopefully move up to corporate as a programmer/engineer. Ironically, my BA is in business and my AA is in fashion design. I also co-own a business with my FI.

eriannc22

CPA here too. In public accounting. But part time now.

Recently started refurbing furniture and building out play kitchens like you see on Pinterest as a side job. But since that pays nothing at this point, DH says I have to keep my grown up job.

sjames2

SAHM. Before DD I was a CNA working towards nursing school.
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holly321

I work PT, I am an opthalmic technician. I mainly do visual field testing and contact lenses.

Tulips114

Wow 3 CPAs! Crazy!

ohlordy

I am a Sign Langauge Interpreter; I currently work in the K-12 setting (benefits, vacation, retirement) at a high school and also the Video Relay Service (flexibility, I make my own schedule) setting where I interpret phone calls between Deaf and hearing individuals. Together, they make the perfect job, especially since they are a few miles apart and DD daycare is between both. My long-term goal is to get involved in the mental-health setting as an interpreter, but that is a ways away when I am prepared to be in that kind of setting.

cinnasugar

I work in HR.

Rosebean

I am on maternity leave from a job as an Account Executive at two local radio stations (marketing). I also ran their marketing FB page. As I am on leave, I am working on an at home business with a skin care line called Rodan+Fields. Basically, the creators of Proactive created these new lines and are launching into Canada this fall. I am going to be filthy rich, y'all!

djm31012

@jbatch I have such a random question for you.  Do you get parents who call in weekly or daily or whatever to check on their little ones (infants)? If so, does it drive you nuts or are you and the teachers ok with it? Just asking because DS started daycare at 9 months and until probably 13 months I called every day he was there to check in (only twice a week at the time). Just a one minute conversation. A few friends of mine do the same thing. I have since stopped since he got older and we got more comfortable, but just curious if there are many parents that do that.

jbatch

Some parents do that. If they have a young child I don't think to much of it. If they have an older child we start to role our eyes a bit but it isn't really a big deal. I think if your child was there every day of the week and you still called every day that would be a bit much but considering it was just 2 days a week it makes sense. At this moment I don't think we have any parents that do that but there have been times that we have had more parents that called. Usually if a parent calls it is because their child had a bad drop off and they want to check to see how they are.

StephPeth

I sell property and casualty insurance in PA. It's nice because I technically work part time ( 34 hours a week) so I can still make good money, but also have time with my LO at home And when I come back from maternity leave I will have the option to work from home 1-2 days a week

fignewt74

I work in Finance.  Before kids, I was a marketing manager and had a job I LOVED.  But I took a step down so that I could work part-time.  Now I work Tuesdays and Thursdays (which is why I am mostly on TB on those days  ) and I don't like my job at all but I love the lifestyle it affords me.

tamarar5

@jbatch‌ I was one of those every day parents calling. "> What makes it even more flameful, my mom worked at the day care, just not in DD1's room.

But in my defense, DD1 hated her daycare so much, I literally had to peel her off me like a second skin, hold her back and slam the door to get out. I was running out of the building daily so i wouldn't have to listen to her screaming and pounding on the door after me. Drop off was the worst nightmare you could imagine every day. It was exhausting. She hated daycare. They did since things that I didn't really like, but overall, it was a pretty good daycare, so it's not like they were harming my child or anything.

jbatch

tamarar5 said:

@jbatch‌ I was one of those every day parents calling. "> What makes it even more flameful, my mom worked at the day care, just not in DD1's room. But in my defense, DD1 hated her daycare so much, I literally had to peel her off me like a second skin, hold her back and slam the door to get out. I was running out of the building daily so i wouldn't have to listen to her screaming and pounding on the door after me. Drop off was the worst nightmare you could imagine every day. It was exhausting. She hated daycare. They did since things that I didn't really like, but overall, it was a pretty good daycare, so it's not like they were harming my child or anything.

I know its hard to leave your child in someone else's care. I get why parents call, especially when the child is screaming when they leave!

I'm at the daycare all day and my daughter still freaks out when I leave some days. I have to be careful about stopping in her class because it makes her day harder!

SummerLove21

ohlordy said:

I am a Sign Langauge Interpreter; I currently work in the K-12 setting (benefits, vacation, retirement) at a high school and also the Video Relay Service (flexibility, I make my own schedule) setting where I interpret phone calls between Deaf and hearing individuals. Together, they make the perfect job, especially since they are a few miles apart and DD daycare is between both.

My long-term goal is to get involved in the mental-health setting as an interpreter, but that is a ways away when I am prepared to be in that kind of setting.

I have always wanted to get into ASL interpreting. It is so interesting to me. I know only a few signs I taught myself...I probably don't do them very well. How do you get certified for that?