Social Anxiety Support

efren perez · 12-18-2005, 10:29 PM

Hello Again!! I wanted to post this, because i have been lately thinking that im not so crazy about my actual job. I have been on this same job for the past 3 and a half years and i don't know if it is the fear of something new that just makes me stay on it.
Well i work at a call center as a supervisor for the international customer service department of a major american based credit card company. Work rotative shifts, 6 days a week, 8 hours a day.

So what do you do??? and Do you like what you do???

thecurerules · 12-19-2005, 03:35 PM

I work at a grocery store. It sucks.

millenniumman75 · 12-19-2005, 03:39 PM

Quality control for an AutoCAD-like program. I love the job, the responsibility gets to me sometimes, but I love what I do. I see changes and additions to what the program can do, and the times when "fixing" something causes something else to crash.

Keeping track of everything that goes one with it is fascinating.

Chesca · 12-19-2005, 09:38 PM

I'm at Cambridge Uni, England and I'm studying Theology and Religious Studies. The course is ok but the amount of work is ridiculous! don't know what I'll do after, maybe teaching or psychology or social work...

Drella · 12-19-2005, 10:37 PM

I don't do anything. It has its perks.

Well, alright, I'm currently in college. It isn't so much 'rewarding' as it is 'screwing me financially.'

WinterDave · 12-19-2005, 10:52 PM

I have worked for the past 17 years in Mental Health, currently on a locked, Acute Psychiatric ward, and I absolutely hate the job....I am completely burn out with patient care....

Molten Universe · 12-20-2005, 12:12 AM

I am looking for a job...any job that doesn't involve lots of physical labor and/or trying to talk people into buying things. I have a useless college degree, which was fortunately paid for by my parents, so I'm not stuck with loans to pay back or anything. But it'd still be nice to get employed and earn some real $$.

copper · 12-20-2005, 02:23 AM

I work mainly with the developmently disabled as an assistant to the Behavioral Psychologist, also I do work with some MI clients, but most are dd. I am getting more stressed regarding paperwork. The state keeps increasing our paperwork. They keep changing the rules on us. Also, we been getting lots of budget cuts over the last few years. If I had enough money I wouldn't work, but that isn't ever going to happen. I wish I could do something else, but what. This is the only thing I know. I don't mind the clients. I hate the paperwork, and also the office politics.

Lonelyguy · 12-20-2005, 10:37 AM

I've been a mechanic for almost 11 years. I work on everything from domestic and import cars and trucks to semi trucks and trailers. I do all types of work, ranging from air conditioning to engine and transmission rebuilding. Also brakes, suspension, custom exhaust work including pipe bending, electronics diagnostics, and mounting tires. Its hard and dirty physical labor and I work an average of 50 hours a week but most of the time I don't mind it.

FailureGene · 12-20-2005, 11:43 AM

I do nothing for a living. I'm currently living off a phat student loan which I never got around to spending while I was in college.

Time is running out though.

I'm sure I've said this before, but I want to get into photography, but I also know that it's damn hard work, and not exactly a goldmine unless you're prolific at it. (and good at dealing with people)

Maseur Shado · 12-20-2005, 11:47 AM

I exist.

D'ya have any idea how hard of a job that is? Sheesh.

Kelly · 12-20-2005, 01:22 PM

I'm a career student.

They'll never let me out.

Yay me!

Have a nice day,
Kelly

Melusine · 12-20-2005, 01:44 PM

^luckies who have jobs. I guess existence is a job..it sure is not easy, but i'd rather have activities going in my life, i cannot stand living like this.
So i guess i just breathe for a living.

Squizzy · 12-20-2005, 02:11 PM

I don't really work to support myself (still live with parents) but I am a salesperson at a bakery. It's really, really boring and tedious. We do the same mind-numbing tasks every single day (there's a list of stuff we sign up to do) and it drives me mad. It's like some repeating nightmare.

refined_rascal · 12-22-2005, 02:18 PM

I work for a double-glazing firm - and i hate it! But at the moment it's a case of 'better the devil you know'.

My brother and I are hoping to set up our own portrait photography business, but it's very hard work where SA is concerned.

UltraShy · 12-23-2005, 05:39 AM

I'm perpetually unemployed (no school nor work in 10 1/2 years).

I'm bored out of my ****ing mind!

soundsgood · 12-28-2005, 06:27 PM

Occupations:

Ski intructor
Landscaper
Bar work
Club promotions
Personal trainer (currently)

Aspiring photographer/designer

Electric Synthetic · 12-28-2005, 09:47 PM

I work at a music store right now. It's a pretty cool job but I don't see myself still working there two years from now. Hopefully I'll be done with college by then and I'll be able to do something with my degree.

Paul · 12-28-2005, 10:24 PM

Self-employed doing PHP stuff. In a way I love it, though on the other hand the lack of structured time encourages my laziness and I sometimes wish I had a job that involved meeting people (until, of course, I recall again how annoying people are). Perhaps the only real annoyance is that every time anyone has ever asked me what I do for a living they've been unable to understand my answer, and look at me like I'm talking in some foreign language. Also the pay isn't very good so far. But really there's nothing I'd rather be doing.

outOfThisWorld · 12-29-2005, 05:24 PM

Been at university studying Computer Science. Now in the process of finding a job. The interview process if pretty tough having SA but I am sure I will pull through.

12-18-2005, 10:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
efren perez Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Panama city, Panama Posts: 63	What do you do for a living?? Do you like it?? Hello Again!! I wanted to post this, because i have been lately thinking that im not so crazy about my actual job. I have been on this same job for the past 3 and a half years and i don't know if it is the fear of something new that just makes me stay on it. Well i work at a call center as a supervisor for the international customer service department of a major american based credit card company. Work rotative shifts, 6 days a week, 8 hours a day. So what do you do??? and Do you like what you do??? __________________ I just want my life back!!

12-19-2005, 03:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Mentor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, OH Gender: Male Age: 38 Posts: 93,039	Quality control for an AutoCAD-like program. I love the job, the responsibility gets to me sometimes, but I love what I do. I see changes and additions to what the program can do, and the times when "fixing" something causes something else to crash. Keeping track of everything that goes one with it is fascinating. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better! TROLL ALERT STATUS: CHAT -> BERT FORUMS -> ERNIE (troll activity on the increase) WATCH WHAT YOU TYPE!

12-19-2005, 10:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
WinterDave Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 8,207	I have worked for the past 17 years in Mental Health, currently on a locked, Acute Psychiatric ward, and I absolutely hate the job....I am completely burn out with patient care.... __________________ http://www.demandaction.org/

12-20-2005, 12:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Molten Universe Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: physically near Pittsburgh, mentally elsewhere Posts: 1,530	I am looking for a job...any job that doesn't involve lots of physical labor and/or trying to talk people into buying things. I have a useless college degree, which was fortunately paid for by my parents, so I'm not stuck with loans to pay back or anything. But it'd still be nice to get employed and earn some real $$. __________________ "We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankensteinian logic." - David Russell

12-20-2005, 02:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
copper Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan Age: 42 Posts: 10,352	I work mainly with the developmently disabled as an assistant to the Behavioral Psychologist, also I do work with some MI clients, but most are dd. I am getting more stressed regarding paperwork. The state keeps increasing our paperwork. They keep changing the rules on us. Also, we been getting lots of budget cuts over the last few years. If I had enough money I wouldn't work, but that isn't ever going to happen. I wish I could do something else, but what. This is the only thing I know. I don't mind the clients. I hate the paperwork, and also the office politics. __________________ troll: man, we got a lot of snow yooper: eh? troll: three feet, man! yooper: yah troll: no school, man, it was sweet yooper: you closed school for three feet of snow?!?!??!? troll: you like excessive punctuation, don't you?

12-19-2005, 03:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
thecurerules Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,060	I work at a grocery store. It sucks.

12-19-2005, 09:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chesca Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manchester and Cambridge UK Posts: 37	I'm at Cambridge Uni, England and I'm studying Theology and Religious Studies. The course is ok but the amount of work is ridiculous! don't know what I'll do after, maybe teaching or psychology or social work...

12-19-2005, 10:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Drella Status: Magnanimous carcinoma Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Underneath Samuel L. Jackson's Kangol hat. Gender: Female Posts: 9,149	I don't do anything. It has its perks. Well, alright, I'm currently in college. It isn't so much 'rewarding' as it is 'screwing me financially.'

12-20-2005, 10:37 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lonelyguy Status: Go away Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,197	I've been a mechanic for almost 11 years. I work on everything from domestic and import cars and trucks to semi trucks and trailers. I do all types of work, ranging from air conditioning to engine and transmission rebuilding. Also brakes, suspension, custom exhaust work including pipe bending, electronics diagnostics, and mounting tires. Its hard and dirty physical labor and I work an average of 50 hours a week but most of the time I don't mind it. __________________ How can I feel this empty? I will not recover this time This loneliness is killing me ~Disturbed: Asylum

12-20-2005, 11:43 AM	#10 (permalink)
FailureGene Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England, UK Gender: Male Posts: 226	I do nothing for a living. I'm currently living off a phat student loan which I never got around to spending while I was in college. Time is running out though. I'm sure I've said this before, but I want to get into photography, but I also know that it's damn hard work, and not exactly a goldmine unless you're prolific at it. (and good at dealing with people)

12-20-2005, 11:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
Maseur Shado Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Waiting for the last train to Eternity Posts: 824	I exist. D'ya have any idea how hard of a job that is? Sheesh. __________________ Ugly never goes out of style.

12-20-2005, 01:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
Kelly Status: Après moi, le déluge Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 6,708	I'm a career student. They'll never let me out. Yay me! Have a nice day, Kelly __________________ Carefully, but full of might.

12-20-2005, 01:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
Melusine Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,407	^luckies who have jobs. I guess existence is a job..it sure is not easy, but i'd rather have activities going in my life, i cannot stand living like this. So i guess i just breathe for a living. __________________ Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars

12-20-2005, 02:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
Squizzy Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 1,747	I don't really work to support myself (still live with parents) but I am a salesperson at a bakery. It's really, really boring and tedious. We do the same mind-numbing tasks every single day (there's a list of stuff we sign up to do) and it drives me mad. It's like some repeating nightmare.

12-22-2005, 02:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
refined_rascal Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: United Kingdom Gender: Male Age: 42 Posts: 1,947	I work for a double-glazing firm - and i hate it! But at the moment it's a case of 'better the devil you know'. My brother and I are hoping to set up our own portrait photography business, but it's very hard work where SA is concerned.

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Electric Synthetic Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 53	I work at a music store right now. It's a pretty cool job but I don't see myself still working there two years from now. Hopefully I'll be done with college by then and I'll be able to do something with my degree.

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outOfThisWorld Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 276	Been at university studying Computer Science. Now in the process of finding a job. The interview process if pretty tough having SA but I am sure I will pull through.