stressful jobs
Pediatric Oncology Nurse……I like nursing!
I was given the task of deciding what to do with my future at 16…like you know then. I chose business, but i didn’t really have a passion for business, i wanted to be a nurse, I had secretly wanted to be a nurse for years, but truly felt i wouldn’t have the brains nor [...]
moreLong Term Care Nurse….I fear growing older
Its amazing how my career has come around full-cirle. It doesn’t seem like long ago that I was the eager newbie, the one that wanted to make a difference. I envied some of the nurses that I knew that worked the night shift. They had already been where I wanted to be; [...]
moreMcDonald’s Job – Sexual Harassment
I used to really like my job. I got hired as crew and was promoted to manager. I liked the people I worked with and we got a long well. I liked it so much I stayed.
I stayed way to long. All of the employees I liked quit. New ones got hired and we got [...]
domino’s pizza delivery…..easy job, but the customers are too demanding
ok, so a while ago i used to work at domino’s pizza and unfortunately i wasted a bit of time there…
1. If you are an alien, walk on 4 legs, still born fetus, stuffed animal or have a horn growing out of your forehead or ass the good news is YOU CAN BE HIRED [...]
Consumer Collections….The human bull’s eye
I spent too much time as a teenager playing video games when I should have been attempting to figure out what I should do for a career (I still have little more than an idea). I tried to put myself through college, but couldn’t afford to do it while earning $4.25 per hour at [...]
moreXmas Furniture sales job…..don’t trust us.
I used to work for MFI as a salesman. I wasn’t allowed to sell kitchen because it was too valuable to the business so I sold furniture and bits and bobs. It was just over Christmas….everybody goes down there for Christmas because they need extra stuff and I got the job somehow.
These people, [...]
Being a teacher….We aren’t the problem
I am a public school teacher who has been in the classroom for thirty
years. Kids are different in many ways as are schools. Most of the time I love my job, but
there are many days when the frustration at student apathy, cockiness, and just rude
behavior get to me. I hear people say they are bored [...]
Medical Resident…..My life is not my own
I am a emergency medecine resident…I commit all kinds of atrocities. I manage
patients who present with the entire spectrum of acute illnesses from pediatrics to major
penetrating trauma….under the supervision of attending physicians. Before this, I was in
college.
I decided to be a doctor…I always wanted to be a doctor…I always found the
intellectual aspects of medecine interesting. [...]
Inner city spanish teacher….too much stress
I was a middle school teacher. Before that I was in college….I always wanted to be a
teacher…my mother was a teacher, I loved my teachers. I just wanted to be a teacher. I
looked for the job, saw it in a trade journal…educational newspaper for the east
coast…I had been subbing for a while, filling in for [...]
