Hellobee Boards

I'm an ultrasound tech and I love my job! It probably helps that I only work every other weekend, so I don't get burnt out, which I think is really common with FT techs.

I really like my job for the most part. I work for a non-profit that supports a mission I feel strongly about. Most people are very nice here and the physical location of my office is very unique and can't be beat.

Although I really like working here, my job encompasses so many different responsibilities that it gets a little overwhelming at times. I wear many different hats here, which I think is common at a lot of non-profits. Some of my responsibilities I really don't like at all, but I'm ok with doing them since I love the organization. I do think I will end up moving to a different department at some point though.

@Mrs. Carrot: I'm a fed and we've had like 0 training budget for the past 2-3 years! I can't remember the last time I had training. It's a shame!

@ValentineMommy: I'm sorry to hear that. We see a lot of variation across agencies, and especially if you're in the field vs HQ. It seems to be getting worse now, though, with higher levels of approval needed. I'm hoping it won't last long.

I work as a translator and love it. It might not be my dream job, but I love being self-employed and all of the flexibility that comes with it. I am constantly learning new things, which keeps it interesting.

i love my job (i work in marketing) but my company is a mess. so that makes every day pretty intolerable. but i just received an offer to join a new company so hoping to go from dislike to loving it again here shortly!

I'm somewhere between like and love. I wish I could limit my schedule to 40 hours a week, with one of those days from home. I wish a couple of my co-workers didn't have crap attitudes, they are mostly miserable to be around. I wish a couple of my co-workers weren't so damn busy, they are super sharp and I want to learn more from them.

I am an rn. I use to love my last hospital/unit but hated the hours, now at my new hospital I love the hours but the unit is just Meh. I don't get the same pride, satisfaction and fun with coworkers like I did with my last job.

I like my job. I work as a nanny, so I have the huge bonus of being able to bring my 18 month old to work with me. I'll also be able to continue working with the same family after I have another baby this fall, and bring both kids to work with me. I love spending the day with my daughter, enjoy being a nanny, and really like the family I work with. It's a great fit and beneficial to everyone involved.

In a perfect world, I'd be staying at home and not working while my kids are little. But in reality, this is the best fit for our family right now. It's not my number one choice, but I do really enjoy it.

Being a nanny is also not my dream job. While it's something I like, it's not something I want to do long term. My eventual plan is to go back to school and get a masters in teaching. I absolutely want to continue working with kids, but I want more of a career than nannying will realistically provide.

I'm a veterinary technician and I love almost everyone I work with except for the Office Manager who I think is seriously going to senile..she puts the practice at risk with her bizarre actions sometimes so that bugs me the most. I wish I was able to work from home but obviously that's not possible in the field I'm in.

I literally just started a new job this week. I love the organization. The job itself is not my ideal, but I like it and I'm excited to be working after 3 years at home. There's a possibility of a better job with them down the road.

I really really like my job right now.... Although I really dislike my COMMUTE (1hr+ each way), but the job is perfect for me right now... I'm a graphic designer, but I work in a big corporate environment with great benefits, great pay, excellent hours and work/life balance (despite commute) and some great people. It's not super challenging, but it is creatively rewarding most of the time, but I think as my kids get older I'll probably look for something a little more exciting and definitely closer to home.

Right now I feel like I am tolerating my job. It is not my dream job, but the hours are ok and I get to work from home a couple of afternoons a week. I don't feel fulfilled at all here, which is why I say I am tolerating it. It's all about the give and take, so having ok hours and some flexibility makes it ok, but the actual work makes me feel kind of worthless a lot of the time. I generally feel unappreciated.

I deal with the same thing lots of you have mentioned. I like my job and I'm good at it, but it doesn't really challenge me. I can do it in my sleep and I'm super efficient so while some days are busy, I also have days where there's not a ton to do. I work in finance and our clients are low maintenance and there are three of us in our firm and we split the load. We've made some big changes recently that I've had to manage the transition on and that has been a ton of work, but things are slowing back down a bit now. The trade off is that the pay is good, and the flexibility is amazing. My bosses love me and my family and not only accept but expect that family comes first, so at this point in my life with two young kids, it's too good of a gig to give it up.

I voted “love” and it’s true. I love my job and I love my company. I’ve been here 3.5 years and gotten 2 promotions and ample opportunities to “shine” on high profile projects in that time; so I believe that if you prove yourself, you will be noticed and rewarded here (which is a huge change from the previous place I worked!). The work I do is mentally challenging and varied so it rarely gets boring or repetitive. I have a good mix of “quick” case-level work and broader scale project work. I am paid well and have good benefits. I have a lot of flexibility in my work (and option to WAH some) but a lot of that is position-specific and also career-level specific. My co-workers are generally all very low drama and very supportive, which makes a huge difference.

Additionally, my company is extremely involved in community giving and social responsibility in all of its footprint areas, which is something that means a lot to me and which has given me a lot of outlets for giving while/through working (for example, I am on the company’s giving committee and have the opportunity to organize and lead corporate giving events, which gives me additional exposure to senior leaders and to showcase my leadership skills – aka, career development and opportunities!).

The cons are that the work is very high volume and often *very* high stress. There is very little room for error or for “do-overs” so I need to be right and quick, a lot. The company as a whole is meeting heavy – on average I have 3-4 hours a day of just meetings and I never have less than 40 hours of work to do, so it’s a constant juggle to get everything done. But I know that’s the case for many professions and the trade-offs are well worth it.

I voted "love". I run my own business (design & brand strategy studio) ... and while all of the stresses of time management/money/project management/etc. fall on me, I have so much pride in what I've built over the last 8 years.

I have the ultimate flexibility to take vacations when I want, and I was able to stay home with my baby for 2 months before we hired a nanny. I do complain about day-to-day stress (while I can take vacations, my work weeks are usually packed full of to-do list items that I'm usually struggling to complete on time), but I know that I am so lucky to work at home in the breadwinning role. I would eventually like to grow a team to lighten my individual load, and work on passive income ... other than that, I'm very, very happy.

Between I like and love. I'm a teacher and since I teach a foreign language it is a lot less stress and pressure than other subjects. I love my hours but also wish I had more flexibility. Obviously I can't work from home and less than full time is not an option at my school. Because of the number of years I've been teaching and my education level I actually make a pretty good salary but that also means I am stuck at my school. I could never make this much elsewhere/would be too expensive for another school to want to hire me.

But regardless of those drawbacks, I am so happy for all the time off I get throughout the year, the fact that I'm home early and I am generally happy going to work every day.

I vacillate from day to day. I'm an attorney working at a nonprofit. I love that I am working daily for something I'm passionate about (working in a law firm to make $$ for the firm sounds like death to me). They are super flexible and understanding with family requirements, it's no big deal if I have to come in late/leave early, I have tons of vacation/PTO, very generous leave.

The pay is crappy and I have a long commute.

BUT - we are WAY understaffed b/c of federal funding and I am really handling the case load of 2 people, which is incredibly stressful. I am so behind, ALL THE TIME. And the only way to catch up is to work nights/weekends, which I don't want to do with a LO. Most of my clients are extremely difficult and it is exhausting and I feel so burned out after a day of dealing with them.

It's to the point I'm looking for something else. Ideally I would love to work part time 3 days/week but it's not happening in my job, and it's pretty hard to find in the legal field. I don't know what I'm going to do. I am so burned out and hate being gone 10 hours a day.

I love my job. I've been working with the same company in some capacity for nearly 20 years. I've had the opportunity to work for them on two continents, travel across the US, develop relationships with people all over the globe. It's been fantastic.
But it's also at the point where I've come to a fork in the road. I either need to go permanent and join the ranks or I need to incorporate and go independent. I have an additional 3 months to think about what to do and I am really not sure right now.