Left my swing shift job at the plant of 17 years and lawn care on the side and became an insurance agent, best decision I’ve ever made!!

I like my job but love the fact that we provide work that supports dozens of families and provides a service that makes a difference in thousands of lives every day. I often think about selling out but I believe that this is a calling and not just a job.

I like certain elements of my job but I don’t like my job. I like a lot of the people I’ve met and it has opened me up to my next step of being my own boss.

I loved my CG career path, fixin helos and flying/hoisting. I really enjoyed the farm too. I really love being retired, hunting 6mos a year and just making side money lol.

I won't be arrogant enough to say God made me for this job. But I think he blessed me with a job that suited my skill set. I think I was pretty much meant to do what I do if that makes sense. I'm good at it and when I'm actually doing the technical aspect of the job I don't feel like I'm "working". The administrative part sucks since I manage people now, and dealing with politics sucks. But all companies are going to have that. I consider myself blessed and am thankful.

There are always going to be people you look at and say "look at what they have, I'm jealous", but you have to know where you stack up in the broader world and realize there are millions and millions who crave what I have.

I learned a long time ago that life is too short to work a job you hate. Started my own business and really enjoy it. I also learned that what you do is not who you are.

I loved my previous job flying in the Marines, but got medically retired. Went into dentistry and love it, never a regret. I get to help people while working with my hands and figuring out complex problems. I had a commanding officer tell me once, concerning happiness: you can have location, compensation, and job satisfaction. If you get 2 out of 3 you're doing pretty good. Now, if I can only figure out these turkeys in AL.

I do love my job. Loved it more when my partner and I owned it. When we got purchased by private equity things changed. But today something happened at the office that remind me how blessed I am to do what I do. If I hit the lottery I’d still work, but only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays!

Like my job. Like that we make products that help people.

HATE regulatory. We piss away hundreds of thousands of $ per year for ZERO benefit. Regulatory auditors have very poor understanding of science and absolutely no common sense. All about documentation, and nothing to do with safety of the product or the financial situation of the company. Big Pharma loves it because it is a barrier to entry.

I'm 63 and been working on big compressors for a long time, its not as fun as it used to be. A good crew makes it more enjoyable.

My wife does love what she does and is the best nail lady/therapist in 3 Counties.

Absolutely loved my job in the Military, not a better job! Struggled to find my way for a few years but landed a great job with the VA. Love that I get to help vets and their families on a daily basis!

I won’t say I LOVE working, but if I was 4-5 min from my job, IDK if I’d ever retire. Not until it got physically too much.

Resigned two and half years ago and ain’t looked back. I love what I do. I get to help ppl accomplish things they can see and experience.

I loved my job. I was a Civil Design Lead for the power company. I had several power plants where I was the Civil Design Lead and any time those power plants had an issue that was related to anything structurally (Concrete, steel, giant flue gas ductwork, etc...) they called me. Often those calls were emergencies. Often on the weekends.

When I got the calls, I went. Some of the things were planned repairs, or upgrades, and like I sad some were emergencies where stuff broke. Usually on the planned stuff they had an idea of what they wanted, such as an access platform to a valve, or a concrete foundation for a new pump, etc... but with the emergencies usually they didn't have a good solid idea how to fix it. Regardless, my team and I (I had about 6 guys working on my team.) always figured out a way to get the job done and in a way that made the plant folks happy.

I absolutely loved it. I loved being in the mix. I loved being "The Guy" that they called when they needed help. I loved the camaraderie and all the long lasting friends I made. It was exciting, challenging and rewarding work. I loved seeing all the things that my team designed get built and see them in action working to make power for everyone in the Southeast.

Why did I retire? Well... It was also stressful. I was always worried that I had forgotten something, or worried that we weren't going to meet schedules, or I might not have enough work to keep my team intact. So there was always something weighing on my mind.

Last year for example I was the Civil Design Lead for 79 projects. That means figuring out what we are going to do, getting plant approval, putting together a game plan, researching all the bits and pieces, putting a set of design drawings together, checking those drawings, getting all the engineering calculations done, and getting those calculations checked, then issuing a virtually mistake free set of designs to the contractor to build. Then providing technical support and oversight to the project through to completion.

That's a lot of work, but I still loved it and I miss it already, however I am much more chill and relaxed now. I'll find other stuff to keep me occupied.

I loved my career with the US Forest Service for 30 yrs., the last 2 years were not that desirable because of upper management and leadership and the direction the "the new generation" was headed..... I walked out the door with 32.5 yrs and have no regrets, it gave me an opportunity to travel all over the country and to meet some great people, some of them which I still consider friends......I still can participate in wildfire management incidents as a direct hire when the need arises, get paid great money to do it a few times a year and still enjoy my retirement. I know I was blessed to have a job where I could work in the great outdoors....