Jump to content
Chickens Dogs Cats Rabbits Guinea Pigs Hamsters and Gerbils Birds
little chickadee

What do you do for a living?

By little chickadee, in The Nesting Box

Are you a teacher/ Teaching Assistant or a Nurse (or have previously been one in another life!?)  

16 members have voted

  1. 1. Are you a teacher/ Teaching Assistant or a Nurse (or have previously been one in another life!?)

    • Teacher (or Teaching Assistant)
      4
    • Nurse
      2
    • none of the above
      10

Recommended Posts

Joojoo Chatty Chicken

Joojoo

Posted
Posted
Graphic Designer for Local Authority. Been there 21 years in April - I WANT CERTIFYING!!!!! :shock:

 

 

you forgot to mention your fab wesite!

 

Thanks hun :lol: all my own work (not that I'm selling my services you understand :lol: )

 

I did have a sneaky peak earlier, looks fab. :)

 

aah thanks ever so much Chelse :lol: That's my own business where I work freelance when I'm not working for Local Government.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
fairy&cake Chatty Chicken

fairy&cake

Posted
Posted

working from home! what can i say?

 

Ive been working non stop LOL, and i can tell you its so much harder than you ever imagine,

 

like when people say '' Oh wait until you have your baby, you wont know what its like until they pop out''

 

its the same with a business!

 

but, if you work darn hard it will work, hopefully!

 

Go for it!!!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Shirl Chatty Chicken

Shirl

Posted
Posted

I'm a stay at home mum too but I do a bit of mystery shopping if I get a bit bored and also work for The Nappy Lady as a demonstration advisor. Neither are very many hours a week but that's just as well because I don't have much spare time. In life before my 2 little ones I was a software consultant.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheilaz Feathery Fanatic

Sheilaz

Posted
Posted

:) Interesting topic!

I work for Oxfam, the best but hardest-work job I've never had. :lol:

 

For 8 years I've enjoyed flexitime there (even night work!), which suited me as we also had our own company in the plastics industry which we sold 18 mths ago.

 

I'm also Mum to 4 (3 now adult, and a little dot on the end who is 12), and cook & care for my Mother who is semi independent in her own home.

 

I started out in banking a million years ago! :lol:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Couperman Chatty Chicken

Couperman

Posted
Posted

Well, I work as a Mechanical Engineer mostly in the petrochemical industry. It's quite big in this area.

 

Cathy used to be an Engineer too, we met at work (ahh office romance). I remember when she used to work all year round :wink:

 

There is an office romance going on now where I am currently based, and the lady in question was working in the same office where we met ten years ago! ish!

 

I have been busy getting my own back for the ribbing she gave us!

 

Kev.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Tina C Chatty Chicken

Tina C

Posted
Posted

 

I would love to do this. it would be so ideal. I would get up really really early and do all my "work" and then spend the rest of the day in the garden with my chooks and dog! :)

 

My idea of heaven!

 

I work from home but honestly it really isn't ideal for everyone. Sounds great in theory (and yes I do go out and have a chat with the chickens whenever I feel the need) but the work still has to be done and deadlines need to be met. You have to be very organised and also be happy with your own company - its not a very sociable life. You also have to learn to shut your eyes to all the things that need doing around the house etc or you suddenly find you have spent the morning doing chores and no work has been done.

 

However, there are lots of pluses - I am part-time and have flexible hours, which means I can spend time with my daughter before and after school rather than putting her in childcare (the downside is fitting work in when its the school hols of course). I am also available if she needs to come home from school early or is off sick. I have no travel costs and don't waste any time commuting and I don't have to buy 'office' clothes

 

Oh and what do I do?

 

I work for a marketing information company and contribute to a financial services daily news service as well as compiling bespoke reports from the advertising data we collect. The office is in Bracknell but I am networked into their systems.

 

The reason I am on here is I have just finished work and am not yet ready to sleep....and I am waiting for some files to copy over.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ziggy Chatty Chicken

Ziggy

Posted
Posted

I am also a full time mum, to four little girls... well three are now at school, being aged 10, 8 and 5, and little number 4 will be 18 months in a few days, so will still be home for a while... she will start prep school on the same day my second child starts senior school...

 

I used to work in a call centre as a software sales assistant before that, though that didn't last very long, I had my first child when I was 25 and have been at home ever since looking after the little ones...

The days are pretty filled with looking after the baby, the home, carting kids to and from school and all their other activities and social events, and looking after all the pets. I am happy to be at home and don't miss work, though it does get a bit lonely sometimes, especially as DH works abroad. Once little one is older, I hope to start a small business from home and do some volunteering, and get back into writing too, which is something I always used to enjoy a lot when I still had some energy in the evenings!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cinnamon Cocka-doodle-loopy

Cinnamon

Posted
Posted

I work from home too.

 

The Hubby & I are joint owners of a small replacement window,conservatories & plastics company & I do the admin & generally cook the books :wink:

He also fits kitchens & bathrooms, & is in HUGE demand in the area - we are booked up for months in advance & its all word of mouth.

 

He ,bless him,is out in all weathers keeping us in the manner to which we have become accustomed,while I just sit at home & write the invoices - its great 8)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rhapsody Chicken Addict

Rhapsody

Posted
Posted

We moved to a 40-acre equestrian farm a year ( :shock: ) ago and I run a livery business from there. Apart from that I look after the chooks dogs & goats and go hacking as often as the weather's good.

Had lots of jobs in the past including bilingual PA, admin for small business, temp sec and so on. Most enjoyable was my 8 years as a Fitness Instructor working around South London teaching Body Pump, Body Combat, Step and Aqua. Also trained up Aqua teachers for a very big name brand. Turned 40 and decided I didnt want to wear lycra for a living anymore so concentrated on the horsey stuff.

Next!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted

I teach ICT and I also do a bit of web design on the side. I look after the website for he band I used to play in (a charity - so no fees for me!). I've also been working on a few other sites for Mediums - not something that interests me but the bandmasters wife who is another old friend is doing promotional work and keeps asking me to do them - she pays so I'm happy.

 

I do it mostly because I love it and it helps to improve my own skills - its very time consuming as F & C is just finding out! Of course the one for the Band is the worst as they like me to do loads of updating, adding pictures all the time etc and that's the one I do for free.

 

Oh the other one I do for free is my personal teaching site which contains all of my resources that I produce for KS4!

 

The last thing is I'm working on a textbook - sometimes I wonder why I do so much!!!!

 

I hope this isn't promotion - this is really just a hobby getting a bit out of hand.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BeckyBoo Effusive Egg Layer

BeckyBoo

Posted
Posted

Wow, what fantastic jobs some of you have, I could never work from home, I'm not disciplined enough, I don't even manage to get the ironing done as I'm on here too much! :oops:

I'm old bill, have been for nearly 16 years :shock: I joined that because it was a caring profession, now it's more of a numbers game and I wouldn't join now for all the money in the world. Sadly because I've been in for so long I'm tied to the money, I'm part time but I couldn't do 27 hours a week anywhere else and earn what I earn, I only do 3 9 hour shifts a week but do them back to back so I'm 6 days on then 8 off (yippee 8 off starting tomorrow, last one tonight!) And work have been good with my hours, I basically wrote my own shift pattern. I work from 5pm til 2am so I'm there for the school run both ends of the day, home all day with my smallest one who is 2 and I'm only away evenings when OH is home. Plus because I work thursday to Tuesday it only mucks up two school days a week. Downside is only 4 hours sleep a night for 6 nights but there you go! If they're off sick (like today :roll: ) I'm here and work isn't affected - mind you one with a urine infection and one with chickenpox, looks like a good excuse for an annual leave day!! :lol:

 

Mrs Bertie

Link to comment
Share on other sites
little chickadee Chatty Chicken

little chickadee

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Working from home does have it's ups and downs I must admit, but we've really got into the swing of things now. My Father in Law doesn't know how we manage to work together without killing each other! ( I think we have rather a different relationship to him and his wife!!!)

 

It is difficult in the school holidays - OH tends to lock himself in the office and hope that the screams from the hall aren't audible to his clients!!!

I then pop into the office and do my stuff when he's having a break.

 

He does get to chose his own hours to some extent, but then again, work is always there and he quite often spends a lot of the evening on the phone because that's the only time some people can talk. I'm sure he actually does a lot more hours than he used to when he worked "in an office" - We just get to see a lot more of him!

 

You do have to be very self disciplined (which he isn't - so it's good I'm here to organise his day!)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Omletina Kyckling Chicken Addict

Omletina Kyckling

Posted
Posted

I used to be a primary school teacher and then worked as a technical adminstrator in the Automotive industry working for Jaguar and Ford on prototype builds, then as a Business Analyst and most recently as a temporary PA.

Since moving back to Northants (bought back the same farmhouse we sold 5 years ago, strange...) I haven't worked because I've developed arthritis in my hands so I'm a Lady wot lunches....or I'd like to be!

My hubby works/lives in Sweden and comes home once a month so my cats and chicks are my sanity between these times!!

I miss the camaraderie of work to be honest. I don't mind my own company but at times it can be very quiet! I also miss the heating (!) - my old house is very cold and draughty and I don't run the heating during the day unless I absolutely have to so I'm often chilly!!! Heck, I sound pathetic!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Egluntyne Eggsistentialist

Egluntyne

Posted
Posted
I used to be a primary school teacher and then worked as a technical adminstrator in the Automotive industry working for Jaguar and Ford on prototype builds, then as a Business Analyst and most recently as a temporary PA.

Since moving back to Northants (bought back the same farmhouse we sold 5 years ago, strange...) I haven't worked because I've developed arthritis in my hands so I'm a Lady wot lunches....or I'd like to be!

My hubby works/lives in Sweden and comes home once a month so my cats and chicks are my sanity between these times!!

I miss the camaraderie of work to be honest. I don't mind my own company but at times it can be very quiet! I also miss the heating (!) - my old house is very cold and draughty and I don't run the heating during the day unless I absolutely have to so I'm often chilly!!! Heck, I sound pathetic!

 

Not pathetic...just aware of the carbon footprint you are leaving.

 

I turn lights off like a thing possessed and try to manage without heating whenever I can.

 

I turn it down a lot as Him Indoors tends to turn it up rather than put a jumper on in the evenings. :?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Aunty e Chatty Chicken

Aunty e

Posted
Posted

I wish :? I want to get a promotion before we have a baby - we don't want to have lodgers, and we can't afford not to right now. We're losing one this summer, so only one to go after that. It would be nice if my OH wasn't touring too, or he'll miss a lot. Two years I reckon - then I'll be thirty, which is the age I always wanted to have my first baby.

 

Six of my friends (including my BABY brother) have had new babies in the last three months. I'm starting to feel the peer pressure quite badly. I haven't been to see any of them yet, in case I dissolve into a dribbly heap. I'll just have to keep on with the cat breeding.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...