What is your job and what does your day in the life look like?

[AAPPKK]

I work in a central kitchen for Meals on Wheels and we provide anywhere from 400 to 600 meals a day for our county. There are only 4 of us that make the food and one person is in charge of dessert and only works 16 hours a week.

We start our day at 4:30 and the meals go out at 10. We rely on volunteers for help serving and delivery. I think our volunteer count was around 200 last I heard. Most of them are retired or people taking time during their lunch break to deliver 10 to 12 meals for their route. All the food is made from scratch and we run our operation our of an old nursing home kitchen. Our equipment is old and a little run down but we make it work.

[PEANUTUT]

I work in a central kitchen for Meals on Wheels and we provide anywhere from 400 to 600 meals a day for our county. There are only 4 of us that make the food and one person is in charge of dessert and only works 16 hours a week.

We start our day at 4:30 and the meals go out at 10. We rely on volunteers for help serving and delivery. I think our volunteer count was around 200 last I heard. Most of them are retired or people taking time during their lunch break to deliver 10 to 12 meals for their route. All the food is made from scratch and we run our operation our of an old nursing home kitchen. Our equipment is old and a little run down but we make it work.

I drove a route once every month for 5 yrs. It’s amazing how attached you get to your people. I had to stop when I made a job change but still think of those lovely ppl often, and truly admire what YOU are doing to make sure ppl who need it get food.

[ZOOOOM]

I'm an armed security guard for a night club. I get paid by shift, but if you do the math I make about $35 an hour. I get to work at 9pm and usually leave around 4am. I spend 92% of my nights checking ID's, playing on my phone and searching people for weapons. 8% of my nights breaking up fights or arguments. But I spend 100% of my nights hoping I don't get jumped, hit with a glass bottle, or shot.

[playyamy]

I work in a group home for the developmentally disabled. My day can have several different ways it can go, but its usually just hanging out in a nice house helping out some peeps who have trouble with every day tasks.

Some days I'm a nurse, others a personal chef, a handy man, chauffeur. You name it.

[KARSASA]

I work in a group home for the developmentally disabled. My day can have several different ways it can go, but its usually just hanging out in a nice house helping out some peeps who have trouble with every day tasks.

Some days I'm a nurse, others a personal chef, a handy man, chauffeur. You name it.

Same and I love it. I work 24 hrs shifts which involve sleeping in the house. I usually get woken up at 5am by a guy singing hallelujah at the top of his lungs. By 7 hes excitedly telling me that the sun is coming out like it's the first time hes ever seen it (hes in his 70s). Someone might throw a mug at me but every bit of challenging behaviour is worth it for the times I make them smile or laugh or push themselves to do something new. The downside is about half my day is taken up with paperwork or talking on the phone to various professionals trying to get them better support.

[BAOLann]

I'm a zookeeper, I love it but for the most part it's pretty unglamorous. I spend 10% of my time talking to the public, 10% of my time "playing with animals," 20% doing paperwork, and the other 60% is preparing food or shoveling various forms of poop.

And depending on the species, the poop can be easily 1000 times worse than dog or cow poop. I type this comment as I'm just getting home from a day of cleaning the otter enclosure, and my husband still won't enter the room with me even after a shower.

[viperor]

Social worker. I spend 75% of my day on the phone listening to really sad stories and do my best to find a solution or some assistance 😕 then the other 25% documenting the crap out of everything like my life depends on it.

[Photony]

Social worker. I spend 75% of my day on the phone listening to really sad stories and do my best to find a solution or some assistance 😕 then the other 25% documenting the crap out of everything like my life depends on it.

As someone who has been heavily reliant on people like you in the last while, thank you. It can really make a difference, even if that's just a difference in how we feel in the situation, and often the biggest difference is the one that's not immediately apparent on the phone.

[KBIGHTTT]

I'm a homeowners insurance claim adjuster. I handle mid to large size claims (usually fires, burst pipes, or similar) so most everyone I talk to is displaced from their home, is scared and confused about what's next, and has heard a million horror stories about how insurance companies just do all they can to screw you over.

About 60% of my day is spent on the phone explaining the process and policy to people, answering whatever questions they have, answering them again when they forget or get confused, getting to know customers because I'll be talking to them for the next 6-18 months, and doing my best to make them feel at ease and getting them to trust that I have their best interests at heart. About 20% is coordinating various vendors, contractors, housing, etc, and about 20% is spent looking over photos, estimates, and reports. We also have to document everything we do and nearly every conversation so there's a great deal of time dedicated to that.

Pre covid I typically drove 2-6 hrs each day to inspect homes so a lot of this work was done behind the wheel and in person.

[GALALAGA]

I'm a homeowners insurance claim adjuster. I handle mid to large size claims (usually fires, burst pipes, or similar) so most everyone I talk to is displaced from their home, is scared and confused about what's next, and has heard a million horror stories about how insurance companies just do all they can to screw you over.

About 60% of my day is spent on the phone explaining the process and policy to people, answering whatever questions they have, answering them again when they forget or get confused, getting to know customers because I'll be talking to them for the next 6-18 months, and doing my best to make them feel at ease and getting them to trust that I have their best interests at heart. About 20% is coordinating various vendors, contractors, housing, etc, and about 20% is spent looking over photos, estimates, and reports. We also have to document everything we do and nearly every conversation so there's a great deal of time dedicated to that.

Pre covid I typically drove 2-6 hrs each day to inspect homes so a lot of this work was done behind the wheel and in person.

Wanted to say I appreciate your work, someone of your profession saved my parents about 10 grand when their basement flooded a couple years back.

[FAKerOR]

I'm in school and my day to day goes wake up go to online school where I watch YouTube and work a bit. when I'm done I go on discord to talk to my online friends who are the best. if no one is on I watch YouTube and shit till the night when I chill on my phone and sometimes practice my guitar but that's it besides my daily walk with my dog.

[RainbowcityDAO]

I am a case manager for an aged care organisation. I spend my days monitoring clients aged care packages and assisting them to remain in their homes for as long as it is feasible, then assist them to find a suitable facility, or help them to have a dignified and pain free passing in their home. I liaise with families, health professionals and suppliers to ensure all aspects of care are implemented. I work with nursing and scheduling staff to provide care workers for domestic assistance, personal care, transportation, shopping and social supports. My day consists of dealing with concerns that have arose overnight, then managing care plans and budgets. Occasionally, there might be an urgent issue such as a client suffering a fall or medical episode, or even a care worker finding a client deceased. Its my job to supervise the response. I fucking love my job. It's hard, and there's red tape everywhere but it means I am getting very good at fitting round pegs into square holes.

[Pavel leslie]

I’m a computer butcher. More formally, I’m a disassembler at an electronics recycling place. We mainly do computers, but we take just about anything that isn’t radioactive (aka fire alarms) or has some kind of gas in it (refrigerators and stuffs).

My average day involves taking old-ish computers apart (mostly late 00’s to mid-2010’s) and sorting the parts: CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, laptop batteries, button batteries (aka hearing aid batteries), heat sinks, plastic, power supplies, RAM, metal, wires, and what’s left tm. That’s where my job ends. Save for RAM and CPUs which get resold if possible, the parts are melted down for their metals somewhere else; mainly gold, copper, and probably steel. As for hard drives, we shred them before sending them out. Not wipe. Shred.

My main tool is a drill with a bunch of different screwdriver bits. I have two short extenders - the first one in the drill chuck, and the second one in the first. I actually have a few seconds, which I put different bits in to swap them out more easily. My other tools are a set of wire cutters, a hammer, needle nose pliers, a few hole-making drill bits, a left-turning drill bit for dealing with stripped screws, and a couple magnets I got from hard drives and speakers that I use for picking up stray screws.

Is it monotonous? Yes, but it’s enjoyable, almost like speedrunning or grinding games. It’s particularly interesting when you get a bunch of the exact same model (office buildings and such) and basically start speedrunning. I’m also able to listen to music (aka YouTube) while I work, so that helps a lot.

I’m not realllllly supposed to do this (my boss is cool with it), but sometimes I get bored and build stuff for a few minutes. I turned an old drill and other nicknacks into a classic sci-fi raygun, and attached some HDD magnets to my bench and belt for more convenient tool storage, to name a couple.

[canyouer]

Im a paramedic. Most of my day is spent explaining that the emergency department probably isn’t the right place to go for the ailment that started in 2012 and you saw the GP yesterday. Or that perhaps you need to give the antibiotics more than two hours since the first tablet to start working. Or explaining to the triage nurse that the patient denied neck pain all twenty times I asked. On the upside there are the occasional patients who genuinely need help or vulnerable patients who just need a bit of support and they make it worthwhile. We also have by far the best work mates anywhere

[Cullly]

Im a paramedic. Most of my day is spent explaining that the emergency department probably isn’t the right place to go for the ailment that started in 2012 and you saw the GP yesterday. Or that perhaps you need to give the antibiotics more than two hours since the first tablet to start working. Or explaining to the triage nurse that the patient denied neck pain all twenty times I asked. On the upside there are the occasional patients who genuinely need help or vulnerable patients who just need a bit of support and they make it worthwhile. We also have by far the best work mates anywhere

I call shenanigans. Y’all just love dumping those people on us and smile your shit eating grin when you leave them in triage huh.

Much love from an ED nurse.

[XUNing]

Senior software engineer. I spend most of my day in meetings planning future projects and explaining to stakeholders that we don't have their project done because I spend most of my time in meetings.

When I'm not in meetings, I'm researching various technologies and APIs, peer reviewing my teammates' code changes, writing unit tests, handling end-user questions and maybe spending 5% of my week actually writing code to implement features.

It's one job where being the most experienced person on the team means you get to do less of what you're experienced in.

[BlackPinker]

Obgyn. Depends on the day.

In the office I see anywhere from 20-30+ patients with a variety of issues ranging from prenatal appointments to annual exams, STI check, pain, discharge, etc.

On call I am at the hospital if someone is in labor or home if nobody is. I answer calls from patients, check labor progress on my patients, deliver babies.

Overall it can be rewarding but it is long hours, hard work, and patients often do not trust or respect doctors anymore so I spend a lot of time explaining why I’m recommending stuff based on science and not what they read on some mommy blog telling them I’m trying to take their money and kill their baby.

Burnout is real.

[StevieRay]

Content writer and SEO by day, crime junkie by night. I've always felt like I've been a detective/agent in a past life or I will be in a future one  During the day, I do a lot of research and blogging. I'm also working on Scrabble Word Finder and other word game tools with CrosswordSolver.com. If you're a word puzzle geek, check it out and let me know what you think!

[peter0425]

This is a Very Private question and i'm not sure why those posters can easily drops their Job here even OP , Unless they are controlled by Single person ?

I have Been seeing a multiple threads that has posting here in Off topic in which almost created same date and posting at the same thread over and over again.

[Jolankaa]

I work as a gymnastics coach. I love my job because of the success of my athletes, travel and creativity