Your work

ReenieHJ
ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
What kinds of jobs have you had in your lifetime; what work do you do now; do you like what you do or have done?

I never went to college. Most of my jobs have been minimum wage type jobs. :/ I started out working in a glove factory, then went to the hospital kitchen and learned pretty much every job there from pot scrubber to baker to cafeteria to cook, went to an electrical parts factory(ugh, hate factory work), chambermaid, retail, but my longest running job was 39 years of operating an in-home childcare. I finally found my niche, where I was happy, plus it was nice being my own boss as opposed to working for someone else. Retired last May and am grateful for that as well. :)

So, if you'd like to, please share your work experiences. :)

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  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    edited February 2020
    Easier to list. These are both volunteer and paid positions (volunteer work is just as demanding as paid for work, sometimes):
    • Nude art model - 4 years
    • Clerk for a hotel on a college campus
    • Night shift security for a college campus
    • Cat brusher at an animal shelter
    • Le sandwich artiste
    • Illustrator (current official title, although I work for myself)
    • Committee chair for a Cub Scout pack
    • Craftsperson (I get paid more for this than I do for drawing/painting)
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    cleaned cars at a used car dealership
    army
    greenhouse
    video store
    gym
    newspaper
    gypsum plant
    video store/bookstore
    state
  • johnbtay3
    johnbtay3 Posts: 170 Member
    Ran the tilt-a-whirl at a carnival
  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    1st job was when I was 16. I washed and waxed private planes with a friend, in our bikinis. Never acts loss for customers.
    I've also worked at a lumberyard, driving a forklift, waitress, then found my calling in hospitality working on hotels. Retired after selling my small mountainside hotel with fine dining restaurant. I have been blessed in that area if my life, but have always been a hard worker.
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,188 Member
    Paper office
    Sonic
    Construction
    Factory worker
    Health insurance
    Federal government
  • ythannah
    ythannah Posts: 4,373 Member
    School science lab (cleaning equipment, chemical inventory, nothing exciting)
    Playground supervisor
    Drycleaners
    Short order cook
    Bartender and waitress
    Convenience store inventory crew
    Circulation desk, uni library
    Taxi driver
    Medical school admissions assessor
    Government
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    edited February 2020
    Grocery store clerk
    Electrical trade assistant
    Bicycle Mechanic/Salesperson
    Assistant in Nursing/Orderly
    Help Desk

    I've been working since I was 15. I have had like 8-9 different workplaces
  • angelap628
    angelap628 Posts: 1 Member
    Clerk at a dry cleaner
    Server at an old fashioned Soda Fountain/Ice Cream shop
    Pharmacy Technician
    Pharmacy Intern
    Retail Pharmacist for the past 21 years
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    - babysitter (late nights, but it bought me a car at 16)
    - Arby's drive thru girl (on lunch break in high school - arranged classes around it) (payed for gas and insurance on car)
    - convenience store clerk (random people are fun!)
    - hotel, front desk and housekeeping (liked housekeeping - bit ocd and liked working on my own and listening to music)
    - grocery store cashier (enjoyed inter-store drama!)
    - benefits administration for an electrical union (good pay, ridiculously good pay and short hours)
    - web design (loved, but people stressed me out when they didn't know what they wanted - and then wanted me to change stuff (like wtf - I asked you), + going live gave me tension headaches)
    - veterinary assistant (love the chaos and getting payed to pet and gush over cute animals - plus it's never a predictable day, and I learn new stuff all the time)
    - pet/house sitter (good pay, little work, and like a 'mini' vacation...you're not home, so you don't have to deal with your "home" stuff)

    not opposed to a "next"...I want some more experiences!
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Oh, I forgot one...probably tried to block it out

    telemarketing - very briefly as a teen. People were so mean, I started to "fake" phone calls, I just couldn't do it + people saying creepy stuff
  • epangili
    epangili Posts: 818 Member
    edited February 2020
    Fast food 2 weeks dumped for next job plus manager hit on me
    Movie theater teen job
    Aerobics/fitness instructor college job
    Paralegal college job
    Store college job
    State

  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    currently: Ne'er-do-well

    previously:
    • Slacker
    • Ragamuffin
    • Dodger
    • Shirker
    • Goldbrick
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    I've had three sales jobs in my lifetime, including stints at supervisory or management level
    1982 to 1987
    1987 to 2011
    2011 to 2020 and counting

    No, I do not like sales. Not a people person. Just can't seem to get out of sales. Probably too old to learn anything new now.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    edited February 2020
    Gypsy in a haunted house sounds so fun to me!

    When asked what I wanted to be as a kid it was
    "Gypsy, vagrant princess"
    ...still aspire to too!!
  • wandarouse8890
    wandarouse8890 Posts: 4 Member
    Board of Education
    cutting grass
    babysitting
    department store
    clothing store
    sewing factory
    United States Postal Service
  • OpheliaCooter
    OpheliaCooter Posts: 1,635 Member
    Hairstylist
    Pharmacy Technician
    Cashier
    Hairstylist
    Professional bum
    Personal shopper
    Baker

    I have hated every last one of them but I'd go back to hair if my liscence wasn't expired; for the money. I'm more mature now to care about being a pharmacy Technician and actually learn something. I'll never be a cashier again. I'll never be unemployed for a lengthy time again. Try to figure out how to get out of retail and into a job where I don't just wish the hours of my life away.
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  • TEQWAR
    TEQWAR Posts: 1,616 Member
    Started in pottery @ 16 - I can still throw a mean pot on a wheel
    Commercial laundry
    Kitchen Porter
    Kitchen Assistant
    Assistant chef
    Head chef
    Commercial Cleaning supervisor of pubs and nightclubs
    and, for the past 20 years, I.T. manager.
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  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    I'd love to be a furniture tester. Lol Or a bakery taster. :)

    My dream job was always to open a combination book and toy store but a few people have tried that idea locally and it hasn't been all that successful. Too many stores and businesses end up flops locally; we simply don't have the amount of clientele it takes to keep a business surviving for long. :(
    There have been some very interesting jobs mentioned so far!! Thank you for all the sharing. :)
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