What do you do for a living?

[Dorothy]

Alternatively: What's your job? I'm a paralegal in the legal department of a security company.

 

[Insanish Danish]

I was unfortunately laid off from my job back in April 2020 due to the pandemic, but until then I was an administrative assistant in the school of social work at a local university for four years. I honestly really liked that job, so I've been looking for a similar position elsewhere ever since things started opening up again, although sadly I haven't been successful. Makes me think I should just give up and start looking into different jobs entirely.

 

[Dorothy]

I was unfortunately laid off from my job back in April 2020 due to the pandemic, but until then I was an administrative assistant in the school of social work at a local university for four years. I honestly really liked that job, so I've been looking for a similar position elsewhere ever since things started opening up again, although sadly I haven't been successful. Makes me think I should just give up and start looking into different jobs entirely.

That blows :/ I quit my job back in June 2020 because at the time I worked as a teacher's assistant and didn't trust schools reopening during the pandemic. I ended up living in a camper for six months while I studied to get my paralegal certification and get a job in law, and I only ended up breaking into the field because I got a job for a while with an old professor from college.

 

[dig]

Kitchen Team Leader, so third in charge of a kitchen.

 

[skywaffles]

Im not old enough to have a job at most places, but when I have one, I'd like it to be at a clothing or shoe store at the mall

 

[ToxicWhiskers]

Assistant manager of a charity gift shop warehouse. On the side, I also run a small business where I make and sell handmade jewellery and accessories on Etsy and the occasional craft fair.

 

[Aulos]

I work in an office doing data entry. I was originally going for receptionist, but I'll take this. I'll take this a hundred times because I don't do much interaction with people and get to listen to my music a lot. lol

Overall, I'm just so happy to have finally gotten such a job. I needed a desk job because of my chronic pain. Trust me, I couldn't be any happier to be making money without hurting. I associated working with unbearable pain for so long I forgot I could make money without it.

 

[Neo Blaze]

I'm currently employed as a mailman, sort of as an inbetween job while I'm looking for a job that connects to the field that I graduated in. It's not ideal since it doesn't pay very well, it can be quite stressful at times (especially the busier days; and I don't think I'll ever get used to working under time pressure) and I am wholly dependant on the weather and my phone and bike (which I both need for this job) being in a good state.

But on the flipside it allows me to be outside a lot and I get a lot of excercise. Plus I only do it 3 days a week, so that's not too bad.

 

[RexMissingno]

Currently a full time student. The plan is to stay to get financial aid as long as possible by getting multiple degrees - and when that dries up then going ahead and getting a job and hope that the job scene is no longer as bad as it is now in three years.

 

[WyndonCalling]

In short and very broad terms, a lobbyist for a financial services firm - but I don't actually deal that much with politicians these days. I monitor politics and the media, help formulate our own policy positions, and carry out reputational risk assessment to make sure we don't put our foot in it (in UK terms, that's trying not to do 'a P&O').

 

[pokemoll]

Also currently a full-time student, for about another month or so when I finish my final year. I have a part-time job lined up starting in the early summer working as front of house staff for my cousin's newly opened restaurant, and I plan to begin volunteering in SEN schools and for various related charities to gain some experience before I start pursuing my career proper; I'd like to become a teacher in a Special Educational Needs school, or a a speech and language therapist if that somehow doesn't work out.

 

[Archaic]

Currently working primarily as a consultant/contractor in the online marketing and community management space.
I was previously working as a marketing academic, however the higher education sector here in Australia was hit pretty hard by COVID and, like many early career researchers, I didn't keep my lecturing position. I still keep my toe in the door with a little online teaching (well, "a little" compared to what I used to do anyway, it's still roughly 15 hours of work a week), and trying to get the research from my PhD published, but I'm no longer actively pursuing an academic career.

 

[Beer&Nyquil]

im a teacher

 

[Silverwynde]

I work retail, namely Costco. I'm usually Member Service, which is by the entrance and exit doors, either checking receipts or counting the number of members who are coming in every half hour or I'm on the Front End as a Cashier Assistant, loading and unloading the carts for purchases. It's not glamorous, but I make a decent amount of money, so I can't complain.

 

[Arceusgjengen]

Work glamour is bollocks. It does not matter if you pick up rubbish from the streets or you repair computers. You are still something.

 

[Archsage]

Being a drain on society

 

[colours]

as of right now, i work at a restaurant. working in the food industry is actually ass so i plan on leaving as soon as i land something else. @_@

 

[Zexy]

I am a part-time work-from-home proofreader and translator (Greek to English) for a firm that helps Greek self-help authors self-publish their books. All the work is on deadline, so the hours are super flexible.

 

[Herbizarre]

I work in a hearing-aid industry, and I take care of the packaging we receive, I do the picking for the items, and due to some vacations and sick leaves, I'm mostly at the packaging part of the process, which is the last step. I'm good at pointing out potential mistakes or a problem with the order itself, so they love having me there. Main downside is having to stay upright for a long period of time, but at least it keeps me in shape.

 

[Proxima Centauri B]

Im in retail as a Self Checkout Cashier/Occasional cashier and also do File Maintanence overnight(hanging sales tags).