August 2018 Moms

GTKY: Jobs

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  • I also loved seeing and knowing who was staying with us when I was at the Four Seasons.  We had tv show casts stay with us, movie casts, I have seen athletes, Justin Timberlake in person, etc..I loved it.  I worked directly for the GM so got all the good dirt and stuff.  We had a celebrity try to make advances on a massage therapist and get booted out, etc.
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  • @scottishlass1213 MOD weekends were the WORST. My boss made us work until 10 on our MOD shifts but we couldn't come in later so we were working 8a-10p and then we were on call all night. At least we didn't have to stay there! My exH would have killed me! 

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  • @calimom2524 My DH could stay in the room with me (this was before kids) and then we got to have free dinner so basically he stayed in the room and watched all the movies while I kept getting called out for parties or guest issues haha.

    I can't justify that now.  I'm too spoiled in my Mon-Fri, 8:30 - 4PM, work from home if I need to job haha

  • I love seeing all these cool jobs! 

    What is your current gig?
    SAHM, freelance vocalist, previously an elementary general music teacher. 

    Did you go to school for it?
    Yeah. I have a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy and then completed a post-bacc program to get my teaching license. 

    What was your first job? 
    Besides babysitting, I worked in a retail clothing store. My favorite job was working in a candy store in college! 

    What was your worst job?
    An accounting temp at a car rental place. So boring. 

    What is your dream job?
    Someone earlier said they are mid 30s and don’t know what they want to do and that’s me, too. These sound fun, though: 
    Travel blogger
    HS choir director
    Radio host/DJ
    Event planner

  • What is your current gig? SAHWM - I sell LipSense/Senegence and co-own a small Coffee roasting company with DH called Starship Coffee - we specialize in high end high caffeinated coffee. I also dabble in art things, and try to sell them lol.

    Did you go to school for it? No. I went to school for marketing and advertising. I wish I would have got a degree in something else but I just wanted to get a degree where I could make a decent living...but then the economy tanked. Should hve just got an art degree!

    What was your first job? Served at a retirement home. Lots of fun talking with the people and we got to eat the food which was pretty decent!

    What was your worst job? I did data entry one summer for my moms old company and that sucked ass. I couldn’t imagine doing that all day every day for work.

    What is your dream job? I have no idea. I’m so lost. I’m about to be 33. I feel like I should know what I want to do with my life. Now though I’m pretty much stuck being a SAHWM for the next 5 years with this baby on the way. No way we can afford 2 in daycare where we live. It’s one of the highest for cost in the US. Ridiculous.

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  • @legallykate I worked at Old Navy in college too!  We loved talking trash about the customers on those headsets lol
    I got sooo busted on my headset one time. I was talking to my coworker in the dressing room and bitching about our manager and was unknowingly leaning up against the counter thing and broadcasting to all the employees in the store. SOOOO embarrassing.
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  • What is your current gig?
    commercial enrollment rep for a health insurance company 

    Did you go to school for it?
    No. I have my bachelors in Operations Management a minor in accounting and a masters in HR Management 

    What was your first job? 
    Ride operator at an amusement park

    What was your worst job?
    I would have to say working in the pharmacy department for my current employer (processing prior authorizations for medications)

    What is your dream job?
    depends on the day. I honestly have no idea. I’d love to get a job in HR however I refuse to try and get one with my current company. Plus my current job allows me to work from home daily which is nice living an hour from the office and having a toddler and a baby on the way. 
  • @lolog531 there is always PTA school! Much shorter program and most are not full day. The OTA program I did had a PTA sister program. Sometimes I wonder why I didn’t go that route after doing athletic training for so long, but I love my special needs kids in the OT world. 
  • What is your current gig?

    Infectious disease epidemiologist for state government, working on reportabke diseases, and outbreaks.

    Did you go to school for it?
    BS in Health Sciences, Masters in Public Health, with concentrations in Epidemiology and Health Management and Policy

    What was your first job? 
    Lifeguard at a waterpark

    What was your worst job?
    Bartended at a college bar, during undergrad. It paid fantastically, the only downsides were having drinks constantly spilled on you, being hit on, and having a manager that insisted that on serving people no matter how drunk they already were. 

    What is your dream job?
    I can honestly say I love my job, and that it is pretty close to a dream job, especially with the benefits I have. I would love to work for the US Public Health Service one day, maybe after DH retires from the military. 
  • @nll0803 I work with some epidemiologists in my line of work. I think it makes my sickness anxiety worse. Haha! Cool job. 
  • @ecwk @Firemanswife11 the outbreak of Ebola showed me that while a zombie apocalypse may not be realistic, its completely realistic for a disease to cause countries to fall apart, and that these diseases can even spread in US healthcare systems. Heck look at the flu this year. Its so fascinating to me, and never a dull day. 
  • @nll0803 I primarily do weather-related emergency management (tornadoes, yay) but a small portion of my job involves training volunteers to be able to mass vax our entire population. I hope we never have to do that. 
  • @ecwk I’m cracking up over here :lol:
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  • @ecwk now I need to know what your ideal bus is lol!
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  • ssthompsssthomps member
    edited February 2018
    What is your current gig? 
    I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therspist and a Licensed Mental Counselor. I did therapy for 6 years with people who struggle with addiction and their families. My current position is managing the grant funds for substance abuse and mental health facilities, to ensure they are utilizing the grant funds appropriately. It is a interesting time with this Opioid epidemic. 

    Did you go to school for it?
    Yep I have a Bachelors in Business Management and a Master’s in Mental Health counseling and Marriage and Family therapy. 

    What was your first job?
    Sonic I started as a car hop and made my way through the whole restaurant. Pretty much did every position. 

    What was your worst job?
     I worked at a dental continuing education school. Dentist are a** holes. They have a complex because they don’t get the respect they feel they deserve in the medical field. They made the job suck. 

    What is your dream job?
     I am not sure I always wanted to be a therapist and now that I have done that I wonder what else is out there. I think I would like to go back into private practice in the future. I did part time/second job before my DD was born, but it was too much when she came. It just isn’t consistent pay and insurance companies reimburse crap. 

    Edit for clarification. 
  • @ssthomps
    I spent too much time trying to figure out what you were doing before your dad was born before I realized it was a typo.
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  • @ssthomps
    I spent too much time trying to figure out what you were doing before your dad was born before I realized it was a typo.
    Bwahwhahwaha
  • @legallykate I worked at Old Navy in college too!  We loved talking trash about the customers on those headsets lol
    I got sooo busted on my headset one time. I was talking to my coworker in the dressing room and bitching about our manager and was unknowingly leaning up against the counter thing and broadcasting to all the employees in the store. SOOOO embarrassing.
    That happened to me once when I worked at American Eagle, except me and my friend were telling each other 'Lord of the Rings' jokes. So then everyone knew we were giant nerds. 
    Me: 28 DH: 29
    Married: 6/2016
    TTC #1: 12/2016
    Benched due to deployment- Off the bench 8/8/17!


  • What is your current gig? I am a family and children's pastor and love it!

    Did you go to school for it? Not really. My bachelors degree is in Child and Adolescent Development.

    What was your first job? I nannied throughout college, but my first post-college job was teaching Pre-K.  I did that until I had DS1 and quit to stay home with him.

    What was your worst job? I worked at a terrible preschool while I was in college.  They were understaffed and totally breaking the law with teacher/child ratio limits! I spoke out against it multiple times and then finally quit.

    What is your dream job? What I do now!  I absolutely love what I do and I get to do a lot from work from home, which is perfect since I have two (almost 3) LOs.
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  • @hezzer78 I have a master's in Educational Psychology, too!

    What is your current gig? 

    I am a data manager in the college of education at a university.

    Did you go to school for it?

    Yep!  I have a BS in psychology, an MA in Educational Psychology, and most of a PhD in Educational Psychology.  I just have to write that damn dissertation...

    Then again, all of my coworkers have degrees in things like anthropology and art history.  So the education isn't exactly necessary.  But I'm hoping to be in charge of all of them soon, if I ever finish the doctorate.

    What was your first job?

    Teacher assistant at a preschool.  It was fun!

    What was your worst job? 

    Research assistant in a psychology lab.  We did experiments with rats, and I really struggled with it.  I also became very allergic to rats.

    What is your dream job?

    I think what I'm doing now, but with a whole lot more influence.  I feel like there are a lot of changes we could make to prepare better teachers, but our faculty is pretty traditional.  The job is already really flexible and pretty good money.  I certainly wouldn't turn down shorter hours and more money, though.
  • What is your current gig? I work pseudo-retail with an emphasis on services. I fix computers.

    Did you go to school for it? No. I went to college for a year studying Environmental Science, but it didn't pan out for me.

    What was your first job? I was a tour guide at a cavern. Most fun job I've had to date!

    What was your worst job? Um, the portrait studio in Sears. It got increasingly more stressful with sales goals, there were never enough appointments and I hated harrassing people with cold calls and randomly trying to pull people from the store for impromptu photo shoots, and being expected to guilt them into spending money. One day I showed up for my shift and the studio was torn down. Company went under with zero notice--at least none that was provided to me. I got pretty good with the camera and post-processing though!

    What is your dream job? Now? SAHM. Maternity leave was the best, hoping someday to cut the cord on my current job and either work from home doing something I'm passionate about or just not worry about income in general. Hah!
  • What is your current gig?
    Maintenance

    Did you go to school for it?
    Nopppe, unless you count the welding classes I took. But that was before I got this job. But! Having those certificate Helped me land this job..

    What was your first job? 
    Worked in a city park

    What was your worst job?
    Mmm, don't really have one. Went from the city, to waitressing, to a Production job, then to this one. I've liked them all

    What is your dream job?
    Someday I would like to think I could convince myself to go to school for computers. And end up with a job I can worm from home with and still .ale good money
  • aj1327aj1327 member
    edited February 2018
    What is your current gig?
    Stay at home mom

    Did you go to school for it?
    Ha-No although my bachelors is in early childhood education with a specialization in readings, so I guess kind of...

    I taught first grade for 4 years and 4th grade for 6 years before DS was born.

    What was your first job? 
    Babysitter/nanny. 

    What was your worst job?
    working retail. I hated it. I’m pretty terrible at selling stuff.

    What is your dream job? 
    Probably a yoga teacher or opening my own studio. I’m a long way from that though! 

  • @ecwk O.M.G. that's so funny. 
  • I meant to comment on my response. I cracked up @ecwk
  • What is your current gig? I’m an RN in a busy level 1 trauma center. I work in the ER. 

    Did you go to school for it? Yes - BSN. It was awful and expensive. 

    What was your first job? Target. It was a terrible experience and I got sexually harassed by my 29 year old boss (I was 16). He literally looked my address up on company files and then parked outside my house. When my parents went to target over the issue they threatened to terminate me because my boss said I had “lead him on”. It was a bad experience. 

    What was your worst job? I’ve had a LOT of bad jobs. Any retail job is pretty high up there. 

    What is your dream job? I wish I could work part time doing what I do now. I love fixing people in their worst moments. Unfortunately it’s rarely that good though. I would also love to find a work from home job that pays decent - I’ve been looking for two years and haven’t gotten anywhere. 
    Me: 32 DH: 34
    Baby #1 - January 2010
    Baby #2 - March 2017

     
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  • What is your current gig?
    own and design my own clothing line, all made in the USA. Side gig: manager of an online vintage store, I do the photography, copy writing, shipping and customer service, it’s too much.

    Did you go to school for it?

    yes for fashion design, minor in textile design.

    What was your first job?
    Baskin Robbins

    What was your worst job? 
    Tie between Baskin Robbins and this TERRIBLE pizza place I worked at in NY. Both places my bosses set up cameras and would spy on the employees, psycho. I mean I get being paranoid but just watch the videos if something bad happens, like missing money from the till.


    What is your dream job?

    I love what I’m doing now, it’s a lot of work owning my own business and making things happen but it’s super exciting. Can’t wajt to quit the vintage side gig once baby comes.

    Happy Valentine’s Day y’all!

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  • edited February 2018
    What is your current gig? I am a governmental accountant. Basically I do a lot of grants, auditing, and budgeting for government programs.

    Did you go to school for it? Yes. Got my BA in accounting and my CPA.

    What was your first job? I was a tutor for fourth grade kids while in highschool and college. After that I have worked where I work now

    What was your worst job? Being a tutor. I was not cut out to teach... other people's kids anger me.

    What is your dream job? I think my dream job would be working with animals like running a rescue ranch or volunteering in Africa at a sanctuary. That would be so awesome.
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