depressing jobs

Okay, here goes. I am a male nurse that works the ER in a small 6 bed ER. We see approx. 30-40 patients every 12 hr shift. I had been working in this ER since graduating nursing school 1 1/2 years earlier, and so the story starts. It was my first night back. I [...]

It’s been brewing under the surface since my 1st job and the truth has now hit me head on. I hate nursing.
I came to this realization after I googled, “I hate nursing”. After reading what other nurses were saying it was like everyone somehow had the power to read my mind.
Now before all of you [...]

I am an Indian man in my early 30s who came to Melbourne in the hope of finding good employment. I have been a pastry chef for over 10 years now, and was able to get a job with Laurent Bakery at the factory in Clayton – a well respected pâtisserie. I signed [...]

My job at McDonalds was Shift Manager. I was only getting paid $8.50 an hour even though I had been working there for 4 years.
The Store Manager and her supervisor are hypocrites. They tell you to do one thing and then when you do what they say, they get mad at you and [...]

Over a decade in nursing, almost 2 in medical field. I’ve worked in ICU, home health, medsurg, neuro, cardiology, burn unit, bone marrow transplant, renal dialysis, and even a few days in a nursing home. I’ve tried and done it all. Employers love to hire me because I have such extensive knowledge. [...]

For my first ever job I worked in a Poundland store, the pay was bad, but I figured it was a cheap store so easy to get a job at, I was right. Once you got your job you reliazed your mistake. You were given a hundred and one jobs to do and if you [...]

I been working on Fort Lewis for a year now I used to be a soldier but got out and got a job doing the same thing that I used to do as a soldier, the only difference that not that I am a civilian I don’t just get to walk away from my desk [...]

Majored in political science, and will be graduating soon, but in the meantime, I picked up a part time gig as an assistant admin for an academic research group. It’s got a grandiose name with very little to show for it. Hell, the website hasn’t been updated in 3 years.
I was first hired on a [...]

I’ve been caring for patients in one capacity or another for over 30 years. I’ve been an RN for twelve and like many others who have written on this site, I was surprised to learn that choosing this career was one of the worst things I ever did to myself.
I make much more money than many [...]

I had trouble choosing a career and recently chose nursing because it would enable me to help people, use technology, and have a clear career focus. But I am just about to finish my first semester as a second degree nursing student and feeling doubtful about this career path because I’m not particularly enjoying the [...]