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Do you have a stressful job?
Tell me about it. I feel lonely in my stressful job-ness.
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Re: Do you have a stressful job?
Lucky for me, I don't take my job home with me at night, so it's more stressful while I'm there the 10 hours. It's hard to take phone calls from people needing assistance, when really they should be contacting the irs. Now dh, on the other hand, teaches massmedia - Radio, and manages the radio station, and also helps with the athletic teams at his school. I would say his is more stressful than mine is.
I do and sometimes feel very lonely too. I read about others that are bored at their jobs and have very little to do and I'm jealous. For the most part, I'm ok with my job and I'm not willing to give up the salary to move to something less stressful...so I just deal.
I constantly think about work at home. I snap at my husband after a particularily stressful day and sometimes long to be pregnant again just so I can have a 3 month "break" (aka maternity leave).
To top it all off, I have to get on a plane Saturday and leave my daughter for two weeks. I can't even figure out how I'm going to talk to her because of the 8 hour time difference.
Ugh. Sometimes I just want to cry and I know I should do something about it, like change jobs, but I'm the primary breadwinner and really can't imagine how we would live without my salary.
Yes. Being a mom & spouse on a tight budget. Stress!
Oh is that not what you meant? heehee
Yes, I am a pediatric nurse for complicated, chronic, life long patients. Also we are the only international center in the world for what we do so we are sort of the only ones they can turn to. But I do love it because even on the days that I don't get a lot accomplished I've still made a difference, but it can be very draining.
What do you do?
Yes. I don't even know where to start. We're trying for a January '11 baby. I'd like to go on maternity leave & never go back.
Go Phils!!
Yes. ?I'm a corporate attorney (litigation) and I'm trying to do that "part time" (i.e. around 40-45 hours a week). ?It never works out very well. ?Rather, it means I took a 50% paycut to work the same amount and stress even more. ?I'm a senior associate, up for partner in a few years, the partners expect me to do everything, and the young associates who are supposed to "help" me are completely clueless.
But the good news is that I have massive student loan debt, so there's no way out.?
Sort of. I'm an ER nurse, so there are definitely stressful moments, but I actually thrive on those.
I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, so when someone gets dumped at our ambulance doors not breathing and the car screeches out of the parking lot it's a total rush but I love it! Or the other night someone pulled into the ER and was followed by 6 cop cars-the police all jumped out with guns drawn and after about 30 seconds came and asked if we could come get the patient from the car. Um, no I don't really want to go the hell out there! LOL! So yes, stressful, but I love it!
The sad part is that the most stressful part of my job is the super craptastic management issues that we have. Everyone is walking on eggshells worried that they will get fired over nothing (it's happened to 2 people in the last month). Moral is horrible and management is only making it worse-that's the most stressful part for me.
This is exactly my situation, with the exception of travel. I also snap at my husband, think about work all the time, and I am also the primary breadwinner so my options are limited.
I'm so sorry that you have to leave your family for two weeks. I'll be thinking of you. Thanks for relating!
I am the Clinical Director for a specialized psych inpatient unit that treats children with co-occuring mental illness and Developmental Disabilities. The kids are great. The pressure from upper management is unbearable. It's just a huge responsibility and I often feel overwhelmed.
I SAH. I attempt to send out resumes and write cover letters while my DS shoves the mouse out of my hand, turns the desk chair around and attempts to drag it down the hall, and reaches up to type on the keyboard.
ETA: Plus there's the all-encompassing fear that I will never find work, ever again. Or that I'll end up working at a Dairy Queen while my degree goes to waste. . .