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Best and Worst Things About Your Job.

The most rewarding parts in your job, and the things that make you want to quit?

I work with kids, and the most rewarding thing is that I could change any of their lives for the better, I inspire them every day, and I get to act immature!

The worst parts are when kids don't listen, or they have challenging behaviour. Also I have to work in the kitchen a lot :frown:

What about you?

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Reply 1

MrLowIQ

The worst thing about my job is the working part.

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Reply 2

Paul PTS

Original post by TimbukChu

What about you?

I also work in education. But I really got tired and I'm stressed all the time. That's not just spring, but different social experiments, which my boss had started. For example - if professor doesn't use the card, when he enters Uni - he should be fired and shouldn't get salary. If you only knew - what fantastic missions do I get from day to day. As the boss says: if the student doesn't visit the lection of professor that's the fault of the professor and that's why we should count the % of the students who came and cut the professors salary (at the moment - this plan is just his dream, but it may become truth rather soon). And if professor leaves such a job... Exactly I have to look for a new one and in short terms.
At the moment I lead 15-20 different deals during a day at the main building, and my "fault" that I didn't check the lection of the professor in another part of the city... or make professor who works part-time to visit the lection of another one in his free time and for free.
Some how people who work part time are not going to make some work for free and that's exactly my "fault" that I can't make them work for free. And as it seems to me - that's the reason why I shoul quit and leave the Uni department for the person who is able to make the others work for free.
Meanwhile I got military subjects as the addition of my main science field... It's too expensive to have special military department at Uni... but it's really "worth" to make criminal law department to teach how to use fire arms.
And I'm not from UK, so don't look for the grammar mistakes - there are quite enough of them.

Reply 3

PinkMobilePhone

Volunteer Team

Pros - I get to create entire worlds, entertain people, there's no commute, I have flexible hours, I actually have fans, I gain a real sense of achievement with the finished product, and I don't have to put up with the crap you get from teamwork.

Cons - The earnings are virtually nonexistent, editing is mind-numbingly boring, and I have to somehow overcome my chronic blushing in order to speak at panels and perform readings and so on.

Reply 4

LSD

Pros - Flexible hours, can leave early or come in late whenever I need to, impresses everyone, is actually quite exciting, the people are great, I enjoy the actual work, tax free pay.

Cons - Low pay for 4 years, sometimes things just don't work.

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Reply 5

username360639

Pro - Nothing

Con - Need more money

Reply 6

XxSophie01xX

Pro - At the moment it's a very relaxed office with great colleagues

Cons - My company is a bit of a **** to its employees, and I personally am being pulled from department to department constantly. Things change all the time and nothing is ever consistent/stable. It's just poor management, basically.

Reply 7

Andy98

Pro - flexitime, fun, relaxed, getta say what I want, got some fans (gradually getting more), do it with my friends

Con - don't earn anything from it yet

Reply 8

Sebster12

Pro's - Good pay, flexible hours, overtime available whenever I choose, cool workmates.
Con's - Boring, menial, talking to patients.

Reply 9

username457532

The best and worst things are the same : that I don't have a job.

Reply 10

arminb

Original post by SmallTownGirl

The best and worst things are the same : that I don't have a job.

The best and worst things are mentioned above. :wink:

Reply 11

TenOfThem

Best ... Results day
Worst ... Ofsted visits

Reply 12

randomgeeza

Best: Easy, flexible hours, friendly team
Worst: repetitive, further from my other previous jobs (45 mins to get to work on car) and not really a future in terms of progression.

Reply 13

Reue

Best: Great salary, free car, work from home, excellent career prospects, sounds good on a CV

Worst: Lonely

Reply 14

Shelby95

Pro's = Flexibility in work hours, variety of jobs to choose from
Con's = Lack of communication from employers, inability to pay on time/regularly (once waited 9 months to be paid)

Reply 15

M1011

Original post by Reue

Best: Great salary, free car, work from home, excellent career prospects, sounds good on a CV

Worst: Lonely

TSR mods get a free car?!?! :tongue:

Reply 16

Reue

Original post by M1011

TSR mods get a free car?!?! :tongue:

Would you really think TSR mods have excellent career prospects? :wink:

Reply 17

Mutmit287

Pros: amazing staff and workplace, great flexibility with hours, possibility of keeping my job when I go to university and best of all the cute animals.
Cons: stupid questions asked by some customers, shifts are always full on at the weekends, management expect a lot of you even when you are not feeling too good.

Same for most work places with the cons.

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