What does your DH/SO do?

fastcarsandfreedom3319 · January 2013

I know there are highly accomplished ladies from all walks of life on here, and randomly I was just wondering what your DHs/SOs do for work.

Job title/description if unclear, hours, travel requirements?

My husband is a technician at a car dealership, works 10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. No travel required.

LoveLo2010 · January 2013

He does sales and manages a cross country trucking company. He works 10 to 12 hours a day 5 to 6 days a week with some travel. Poor guy works non stop with his phone and email constantly blowing up. I get all huffy since I want him to spend time with us but I know he's going above and beyond so i can stay home so I can't ask for any more .

JayandEmm · January 2013

DH is a supervisor for a debt collection agency. He basically sits at his desk and monitors calls all day to make sure his employees aren't breaking the law, he hires and fires, and takes angry phone calls from people who don't pay their debts. Lol.

He works 50 hours a week, 4.5 to 5 days, no travel required.

nopegoat · January 2013

DF is a lifeboat technician. He installs, repairs, and inspects special free falling lifeboats on rigs and boats. He travels all over the world constantly. He has been home 4 days this month.

Megispreg · January 2013

He's a TV news producer for a major network. He works 9 to 6ish, unless there's breaking news or an election.

jodegaard · January 2013

My DH is a behaviorial therapist for children with Autism. He's also finishing up his Masters in marriage and family therapy and just started a year long internship with a youth shelter. He's working about 60 hours a week right now, but thankfully we have the weekends!

CGorgz · January 2013

My DH is an officer in the Army. He's gone from about 6am until 530pm weekdays and works some weekends here and there. We live on post so he's only 4 minutes from work. He's gone quite often for days or weeks at a time that keeps me on my toes.

Andreabks · January 2013

DH works for the State doing Grants management with Domestic Violence shelters. unless he's traveling to do training with DV personell, showing them how to submit the required documentation etc, he works m-f 6:30-3

he's in that early to avoid traffic and to some extent most of his co-workers as well as they dont' show up until about 9am or so

SBmomma · January 2013

DH is a Real Estate Broker. His office is here at the house. Doesn't have any set hours since he's his own boss. Makes it nice for me when I need help or a break. No travel.

SpruceGrouse · January 2013

He is a researcher for the University of St. Andrews. He researches wild population genetics and measures natural selection. He is off the hook for teaching for a few years but he does have to teach an occasional grad courses.

He can work from home, at work, on vacation (he was reading about matrix population models in our tent while moose hunting). He does travel for conferences and field work. He is travelling to North Carolina next week, travelling to Lisbon in August, has month long field work in April. He has travelled all over the world for his job and research. He gets invited to run a lot of workshops and seminars at other Universities around the world.

Manda-Kay · January 2013

DH is a member of the Army National Guard and is currently serving overseas. Before leaving, he was a full time student and worked as part of the grounds crew at a golf course in the summer. I have no clue what he's going to do when he comes home.

ks3pink · January 2013

DH is a paramedic. He works 2 to 3 24 hour shifts a week. He is also in school for computer engineering and is working in the IT dept as a work study. He's basically gone all the time here lately. We are praying that a full time position opens up at the college. Then he will be Monday through Friday 8 to 5.

lady_tytah · January 2013

Membership manager at Bj's wholesale club. Whatever days he has to work, 8 to 5.longer if someone doesn't shoe up for work

mswood1977 · January 2013

Job title/description if unclear, hours, travel requirements?

DH is a regional sales manager for a company that makes airlocks used by companies when packaging powders. He works 8 hours a day MondayFriday when he is home and travels 1 or 2 weeks most months, average is 18 trips per year, but he is always home on weekends.

Whittyone12 · January 2013

DH is a maintenance manager for a couple large apartment complexes. He works 8 to 5 Monday through Friday and Saturday's in May and Aug, and takes call once a month for a week. He almost never travels, but does have to go in a couple hrs early anytime it snows.

bigbootyjudi · January 2013

He had a paid internship at Blue Cross Blue Shield developing programs. He works the regular 8 to 4, 5 days a week, with weekends and holidays off. He doesn't have to travel. They treat their employees really great...he's constantly being taken out to lunch at a swanky new restaurant or being given a gift to show their appreciation. He also goes to college fulltime and will graduate in April with two degrees; a Bachelors in Global Business Management and another in Marketing.

chaakita · January 2013

Makes lasers used to make airplanes or submarines. When he's home work hours vary but always over 40. Travels a lot, probably gone about 75% of the year give or take how their year does.

TinaMabel · January 2013

He's a mechanical engineer for the shipment department of a large company. He designs machinery and systems for special projects, but manages contractors and mechanics on a day to day basis. He works from about 9 to 3 most days, but is on 24 hour call and may have to work at 3am at a moments notice. When we first started dating he traveled 100 but now there's no travel at all.

latnprincess · January 2013

He does IT at a local resort called Rosen Shingle Creek. It's a huge hotel by our convention center. They have a small call center there where he troubleshoots for the 4 smaller hotels of that chain and also he goes to the rooms a does technical repairs.

LindsayDesigner · January 2013

DH is an Environmental Engineer at an Engineering firm that specializes in geotechnical and environmental engineering. He deals with air quality, solid waste and waste water permitting for local companies. He works 7 AM to 5 PM weekdays so we don't get to see him as much. His company is nation wide so there is a chance for travel but nothing major yet. We'll see once he finishes his thesis and gets his masters.

brandyleighxx · January 2013

DH is an apprentice for submarine machinery mechanic at a naval shipyard. He just started this past Monday, actually. I am so proud of him! This is a huge shipyard and they do their year-long hiring process every other year. DH applied last April and after tests, interviews, etc. he was 1 of 50 (after hundreds) applied to be accepted. We're not exactly sure what the heck he's doing yet as this week is just orientation but he'll be an apprentice for about 2 years, working on a submarine and attending classes at the shipyard.

ETA - His hours are 7-3:30 and his commute is about 45 minutes but there's so much traffic on the base that he leave super early to be able to get a parking spot near his job site.

He may have travel opportunities to go out to San Diego for a month or two, eventually.

mollyxcate · January 2013

My husband is a Ssgt. in the United States Air Force. He works as a maintainter loading and unloading guns and bombs on jets and making sure they function properly. Lol yes there is travel included. 2 Afghanistan deployments, 1 deployment to an undisclosed location and occasionally TDYs temporary deployments that last up to 2 months anywhere from Florida to Las Vegas to places in Europe... And travel for training schools sometimes.

MPJR91910 · January 2013

DH and I work for the same large company. He is a Director of Finance and works 8a to 7p most days, but it varies based on the work load. He and his team manage the capital budget. No travel required, thankfully. Last Friday he and his team worked until 3a Saturday morning. We live about 5 miles from the office, so the commute time isn't bad at all. I'm proud of him. He works hard and loves his job. When he gets home, he jumps right into daddy mode.

Edited to fix bump mobile grammar and to add some detail.

Keoh1215 · January 2013

SO is a firefighter. He works two 24 hour shifts a week. He works one day, has one day off, works one day, and has 5 days off. He also works a side job a few days a week getting background checks at the courts for his uncle's company.

HeartsOnABand · January 2013

My DH is a motor technician for a marine company down here on the Gulf coast. He get to take apart and put together motors on pleasure boats such as million dollar yachts and sailboats but also on bardges as well. Hes currently attending University of Mercury to become a master technician. Which is awesome considering hes only been there 4 and a half months. So looking forward to the raise that comes with that title.

He works 6 days a week mostly 8 to 10 hours days. There are the occasional 12 hours days that have been more common recently.

emu0013 · January 2013

DH is the Director of Program Management for an Aerospace and Defense company. He works usually Monday - Friday 7-5ish. or so. He drops DD off and then goes to work. He travels in spurts usually in the summer when airshows are going.

exc1tedforbaby1 · January 2013

SO is a corrections officer. He works second shift 345pm 1215am. Unless someone on third shift calls out and he gets mandated until 815 am[frequently.] it's 6 on 2 off with every 6 weekends off. I hate it, but he loves his job so I can't ask for anything more.

These guys have some pretty cool jobs. Lol

CLeigh03 · January 2013

DH sells and sets up private medical exchanges for large companies and states. His job is so exciting right now with everything that is going on. He can be gone 3 to 4 nights per week traveling.

When he's not traveling he pretty much makes his own schedule.

SM0524 · January 2013

DH is a gas main for Laclede Gas, a major gas company in our area. He can do anything from run a backhoe to dig a ditch to deal with a home owner to running a drill rig in a days time. He works 7-3:30 M-S and it's an hour commute both ways. No travel is required.

He is also a taxidermist and does that on side as a hobby. He only takes in so many animals a year do to the fact that he has a full time job.

azdcpa0912 · January 2013

DH works for the Navy, although he is a civilian. He manages Navy funding for ship construction and modernizations. He prepares budgets sent to Congress and the President for approval. He is government so he works the standard 80/hrs per pay period, but works it so that he has every other Friday off. He doesn't travel but commutes about 45 mins each way.

His last job was much cooler (for me anyways). He managed ticket operations for the Redskins, so we got to go to all the games and other events held at the stadium.

Mzbr · January 2013

DH is a a parts and service director for a few car dealership. He is also a student working on his bachelors in finance.

Jessica Swanlake · January 2013

DH works as an administrator at a University and writes on the side. The University job is a 9-5, but he has to work on some of it at home. He writes after the kids go to bed, usually until midnight.

bearthebear · January 2013

Dh works as an actuary. Basically, he makes sure pension plans have adequate funding now to meet their projected liabilities in the future. It is a LOT of math. He works usually 8 to 6 but when he gets busy the hours can be crazy. He is only working an 80 percent schedule in 2013 so he can be home with the baby on Fridays. As a mother and a feminist I love that. He travels a few times a year.

Neener73 · January 2013

High school math teacher. Required to work 8 hours a day M-F, but he works more than that. He usually goes in an hour early and stays 30 minutes later. He also grades things at home. No travel required. He works several evening throughout the year for various events (parent/teacher conferences, open house, concessions at basketball games, Academic Bowl, Math Team, etc.)

Yesterday was a snow day, so he watched DS most of the day while I telecommuted.

KimnBen · January 2013

My husband is a systems engineer and team lead of his department. He used to travel quite a bit. He's been to some pretty amazing places for work. His company is international so he has been to Rome, London, Paris, Germany, Brussels, I was able to go to this trip and we extended it and took a train to Amsterdam. Actually this is where DD was conceived He doesn't really travel as much anymore, if he does it's in the US, which is a relief. He went to Germany when I was 8 months pregnant, it was very nerve wrecking.

There are a lot of hours, but he can work from home. Sometimes he works until 3 am, he's pretty much on call 24/7. When he works from home though I don't bother him at all (I'm SAHM). I love my DH, he works so hard. I use to work in the financial industry but decided to stay home and raise DD. I miss work sometimes, miss having actual conversations with people. But, I love, love, love staying home with DD and seeing her grow every day!

shakinros · January 2013

Web designer for a high tech corporation. He works 9 to 5, M to F unless they need to have conference calls with the developers in India. Those are either at 7am or 8pm. He mostly works from home cause it takes him 2hrs each way to get to his office. He does go in at least once a week and he doesn't see DD at all on those days.

Some travel when they have clients in other regions. There hasn't been any of that in the last 6 months but it sounds like he might be visiting the walmart headquarters in Arkansas soon! His trips are usually only 3 days but always scheduled super last minute.

Emmakins87 · January 2013

My H is a MD, in his last stretch of his Surgical Fellowship for Neurosurgery. He works 60 to 75 hours a week and usually has one weekend day off and one weekday off but not usually. We are in the home stretch of crazy crazy hours. He only travels to go to medical conferences right now.

ashS10309 · January 2013

My DH and his dad own a machine shop he is a machinist. Owning it means a lot of hours but it's also why I can stay home!

Jnmac83 · January 2013

DH is a costing and reporting manager for corporate finance at a bank. I always say he's a transponsterer (FRIENDS joke!) because I think his job is hard to explain.

klp28 · January 2013

My H is a RN in the ER of a large urban level 1 trauma center. He loves his job and he is fantastic at it. He works 3 or 4 12 hour shifts per week.

LissaLynn0682 · January 2013

DH is a high school health/phy ed teacher. He's typically gone for 9 hours a day unless it's during football season. He coaches and during the season he will leave the house at 6:30 and not get home until 7:00 pm.

It sure was fun having a newborn on my own during August-October!

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