GTKY - Favourite Thing About Your Job

jackie_dunny

What is your favourite thing about your current job? 

jackie_dunny

I’m quite lucky in that I actually really love my job so it’s hard to pick one thing as my favourite. I suppose I’ll go with the hours (alternates each week between 7-3 and 10-6) so I either get to finish early or sleep in yet still finish at a good time 

marbellie

The pay 🥴💀😅

If not for that I wouldn't be here, though my coworkers are second on my list, so that's actually nice that I like them.

mayoduck

Most of my coworkers have kids, many of them young kids, so they all totally get that family comes first and sometimes you just have to take a day off to take care of a sick kid.

eggsandwich2019

Academia can be brutal but I'm employed at a great college, with awesome colleagues and smart students. It's a pretty sweet gig, I mean we literally only have to work on a schedule 8 months out of the year

gingerale87

Working at an animal shelter can be emotionally draining, deciding which animals to be euthanized (then doing them) or dealing with cruelty cases is so mentally exhausting.  But I'm am the only tech at my shelter and while it is super stressful managing all the medical and population concerns, the happy endings make it so worth it.   To see an animal turn around behaviorally or medically and find that perfect family is just awesome!  I always hope to never see them again!!

jenharvey84

@gingerale87 that is a tough job but one that I admire. Thanks for doing what you do. I have a rescue dog and forever thankful that she's in my life. 

I work in large tech, so the benefits are pretty sweet, I really did just stick around for the mat leave 😜 it's been 11 years until I had to use it but still. 

From the work side I loved traveling the world and seeing new places. I write stories in my job for startups and I get to meet inspiring people from all different backgrounds. Obviously with the pandemic travel hasn't been an option but I'm excited to get back to it! 

Oh and I can take my dogs to the office 😊🐾

gingerale87

@jenharvey84 My brother went into tech and I always tell myself I went into the wrong "tech" field, lol. The travel sounds amazing and I know their are great benefits at alot of those companies.  And sticking around for mat leave... I mean we all need goals! I'm just trying to hit 5yrs at my current job so I can be 100% vested for retirement, haha.

doodleoodle

I’m a SAHM and it used to seem like you weren’t allowed to complain about that, but now it almost feels like you can’t talk about how great it is… BUT I will say that my favorite thing is being able to decide (most days) what the day looks like. If you want to spend the day outdoors, or baking, or doing art projects, or being lazy with a movie marathon you usually have the freedom to do that once your kids are 2 and older.

Marz1pan

My job plays to a lot of my strengths and I get a lot of trust to lead my program however I see fit because I am the only one who specializes in my work.