What do you do for a living?

[Ghostpumpkin]

I’m a senior officer in a housing repair team! I love it but it can be exhausting sometimes dealing with people who want something for nothing and equally the vulnerable who are living in extremely poor conditions and don’t realise!

 

[TJ90]

I work in IT. To be honest I haven’t a clue how I got there or what I’m doing

 

[Trolleydollycoffeelover]

That makes me feel so sad it was bad enough when my age group were at school, I remember we all wanted to be skinny and would be on diets but faces weren’t such a focus. What are their career aspirations?

Same, we just wanted to be skinny, wear fashionable (not necessarily expensive) clothes and also have thin eyebrows not these tattooed ones now. Really unusual now to hear young girls obsessed with big arses all of a sudden! Where and when did this trend start?

 

[Belulah]

To all those who work in schools - have you/what would you do if you caught one of your students on their phone and they were posting on Tattle!?

“Off and away” it would be an instant detention for having an electronic device! Then I would delete my account
I’m doing a scheme at the moment looking at the power of the pen. One of the things we are covering is being critical of social media posts.

 

[JoeBloggs]

I’m intrigued by the fish monger part!

It was my first ever part time job, did it full time for a few years before going to uni to do silversmithing. I love it, I wanted to go back but my husband says the smell is too much

 

[Gembo]

Secondary school teacher, so I see the effects some of these influencers have on our young people.

Can you elaborate? I’m really curious. I can’t imagine it’s good

 

[StiflersMom]

I’m a bid manager for a well known British architect based in London.....landed it back in august when I got made redundant whilst on Mat leave from my job in a construction firm based in Surrey.

Turned out to be the best career move I’ve had!

 

[under the ivy]

Financial admin...I’ll be honest though I’ve not actually worked for quite a long time due to severe mental health issues and things that have been going on in my life. I feel such a deep sense of shame and unworthiness, it really effects my self esteem and I feel so...pointless. I hate when anyone asks me what I do, the dentist asked me the other day and I burst into tears I want to return to work but have had a lot of really hard knocks and think it’s going to be really difficult to get my confidence back.

I’ve been in this position before - an admin job in the NHS gave me a mental breakdown. I avoided going places because I hate the small talk that always seems to revolve around what you do for living. Hope you feel better and strong soon. A job isn’t worth making your mental health worse x

 

[If i told you …]

Happily retired at the grand age of 54

 

[shirleymaclaine1]

Part-time Customer Sales Assistant for a well-known retail establishment....I work just enough hours to keep me in handbags & coats....and out of mischief!!

 

[Carmen 6]

Kitchen assistant in a primary school, i used to be a carer but left when i had my eldest, was very fortunate to be able to stay home with my children until the youngest started school. Would love to train to be a paramedic once they are old enough to get themselves home safely from school!

If you have any spare time at all, some volunteering can help before actually trying for paramedic courses.
St. John's ambulance service or an NHS ambulance service.
Also, getting a first aid certificate can help.
Hope you get there!

 

[LittleMy]

Full time dole bum. This entails letting my kids do whatever the fuck they want, I get my benefits on a Friday and by Monday they're all gone. Most of it up my nose, in my lips or on my face. These benefits never give me enough for nappys, milk, electric and gas though. Cunts. I miss Jezza Kyle and seeing my mates on it most days.

Way to even it up a bit in here

 

[Mulholland Drive]

Freelance IT grunt/consultant.

Qualified, Certified and Degreeified,

 

[Mrs Cucumber]

Kitchen assistant in a primary school, i used to be a carer but left when i had my eldest, was very fortunate to be able to stay home with my children until the youngest started school. Would love to train to be a paramedic once they are old enough to get themselves home safely from school!

 

[Itsmedoctortea]

Palaeontologist.....jokes work in admin

 

[bubbadabut]

I 'retired' almost a decade ago at the age of 30 to look after my kids. Prior to that I worked for local government in both Financial and Electoral Services and the also for the UK Consulate in Madrid. I'm lucky in that I don't need to work anymore, don't feel like going back either. What I do now is harder than any job I've had but I do miss the intellectual stimulation.

 

[Diha]

I’m a social worker, working in family and children services/child protective services

 

[Notothefakes]

That makes me feel so sad it was bad enough when my age group were at school, I remember we all wanted to be skinny and would be on diets but faces weren’t such a focus. What are their career aspirations?

It varies, some have very high aspirations I can’t say it’s all of them that are influenced. They want to be lawyers or actually one lad wanted to be a window cleaner and they were laughing at him and I was like what’s wrong with that if that’s what he wants. He’s contributing to society, he’s getting out abs about keeping himself fit and healthy. They ended up agreeing with me. But they are always on TikTok and using snap chat filters etc. Not in class obviously but I used to run after school gcse revision classes and at the end they’re always trying to show you stuff.
I don’t teach pshe always but it’s one of those subjects you get roped into and I really enjoy doing the self esteem stuff. We always start out with pictures of celebs anc I say do you want to look like them and they say yes and I say so do they and Show them the filtered photos vs their real photos. They’re usually more shocked that men use filters too. It’s very eye opening for them.

 

[under the ivy]

Studying full-time for a PhD in medical sociology researching young people’s experience of juvenile arthritis. Hoping to go down the academia route when I graduate in 2 years to be a lecturer

 

[Londoncailín]

College lecturer here.

You forgot scummy trolls...that are deeply unhappy with their own lives

And jealous of influencers