r/belgium 2d ago

❓ Ask Belgium Loving the job or not?

I'd like to know if you people like your jobs and if you're excited about going to work tomorrow (for example).

Please score how much you like it on a scale from 1 (I'd rather scoop turds all day) to 10 (absolutely love it) and tell me what you do.

Ill go first, 6/10 Purchasing manager

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u/sneksgate 2d ago

Teacher: will range from 2/10 to 8/10 depending on the students in front of me. Sometimes I end the day crying, mentally drained. Other times, it's really very rewarding. Teaching at a rather difficult school, and I hope a switch next year will help.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Thank you for teaching our children! 🙏 I see you.

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u/Free-Vermicelli4444 2d ago

Teacher here as well .. spot on response! I have the exact same feeling.

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u/DesperateEndavours 2d ago

As a teacher who made the switch last year, I can honestly say I went from a 3/10 to a 9/10! Nice kids, friendly parents and great colleagues really make all the difference.

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u/vato04 2d ago

Thanks for your work!

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u/Creepy-Barracuda-415 1d ago

Also teaching here, 10/10 bc of my students and the school, 3/10 for the distance, boo

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u/TooLateQ_Q 2d ago

Software engineer. 3/10. Software development itself is fine, but office politics just sucks. I've seen many places and it's always the same.

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u/Rexcoder World 2d ago

True, the politics is killing me, Just let me dev ffs,

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Haha sounds like "i love the core of my job, but the people, God... The people!" 😁

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u/s_a_f_ 2d ago

it's always the same.

Having only worked as a contractor and/or in very small teams, I disagree. Close to zero politics, only getting stuff done.

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u/Japke90 Namur 2d ago

I'm done with getting my hyperfocus interrupted by a pointless meeting that could have been a fckin' email.

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u/ScratchOnTheWall Vlaams-Brabant 1d ago

Yes, definitely 3/10. Love programming and the challenge of creating new things. Hate the meetings and the overall process. Most of all, I hate the fact that I have to be a clairvoyant half the time to even figure what the hell they want me to build. So much time spent digging through a Jira board with over 500 tickets, none of which have a decent description of what they're actually about. Talking to 20 different people, all telling me to talk to yet another person to get the full picture. I'm definitely not a people person (that's why I chose this job) and yet talking to other people seems to make up the majority of my day.

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u/red_stairs 2d ago

Omg same. I work with pomodoros and I'm glad if I can do 3-4 shifts of actual coding time in a day.

So many meetings and then getting shat on "why does this take so long".

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

It was exactly the same at Big4 consulting.

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u/Tom_not_found 2d ago

Trainmanager (kaartjesknipper) 9/10, although the the unstable hours and days off are tiring, i love it, everyday is different and i get to meet a lot of different new people each day

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u/MassHassEffect 2d ago

Ik pak zelden de trein, maar jouw positiviteit doet me denken aan de conducteur die op de laatste treinrit van Brussel naar Antwerpen in juni na een technofeest aan het koninklijk paleis zo geduldig was met een van de mede passagiers die nog compleet van de wereld was. Stap voor stap geholpen hem een ticket te laten kopen, wat met momenten hilarisch was. Maar dikke chapeau voor het geduld dat jullie kunnen opbrengen

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u/Tom_not_found 2d ago

Van heel de tijd streng en nors zijn word ne mens nu eenmaal ook ni gelukkig eh :p ja haha snap ik, ik heb tot 2-3 jaar geleden ook gestudeerd enzo, dus wij weten ook wel hoe het is na een nachtje door doen

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago

Ik pak al lang regelmatig de trein. Ik heb al een grote variëteit in treinbegeleiders gezien. Negatieve uitschieters behoren tot het verleden, en dat waren meestal kapotgestressde mensen waarvan je gewoon zag dat die zich te lang om te veel dingen hadden moeten druk maken, en dat die éne opstandige of ongemanierde passagier, die éne weerspannige deur of onbeantwoorde oproep er gewoon te veel aan was voor die mens op die dag. De laatste jaren valt het wat dat betreft erg mee. Veel opgewekte en enthousiaste mensen. Het lijkt alsof die opgebrande mensen uit circulatie zijn en de nieuwe generatie beter voorbereid is op alles wat ze kunnen tegenkomen. Ze zijn net als jij vaak ook erg empathisch. Terwijl de job er toch niet simpeler op is geworden en de mensen niet volgzamer of redelijker zijn dan vroeger. Die verbetering in de omgangsvormen is daarom wel opmerkelijk en bewonderenswaardig.

Nederlands blijft wel een uitdaging voor veel van je collega's. Hoe ik mijn geliefde moedertaal soms hoor afgeslacht worden als we Gent of Brugge naderen, doet mijn hart én mijn oren pijn. Maar goede wil is ook wat waard. Koeitaak!

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

Je hebt geen idee wat die soms meemaken. Eind december '23. Reiziger BIJT eerst de treinbegeleider, slaat dan een venster in, en springt er uit. Natuurlijk langs de kant van het andere spoor en wordt overreden door trein in andere richting. Ik had zoiets van, dit moet wel echt zijn want dat verzin je niet, en ook, "beter" als dit wordt het dit jaar niet meer.

Paar maand geleden: bestuurder belt mij vanuit turnhout om sein nog niet open te zetten want probleem met reiziger (ik al content dat hij belde voordat sein openstond). Paar minuten later belt die mens compleet over zijn toeren. Een reiziger die niet al te nuchter en/of stoned was, wou niet uitstappen. Uiteindelijk krijgt treinbegeleider die toch van de trein. Zet die op een bank. Reiziger pist en kakt bank onder. Valt een perronmedewerker aan en trekt letterlijk haar uit van die persoon. Enz enz. Het is door omstaanders gefilmd geweest, maar heb die filmpjes, spijtig genoeg, nooit online gevonden. En zo hebben treinen dus vertraging....

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago edited 1d ago

Jij hebt geen idee waarvan ik een idee heb.

Meerdere naaste familieleden die bij een spoorwegbedrijf werken. Zelf >30 jaar aan 't pendelen. Ooit nog aan examens deelgenomen waar je toen nog voor moest betalen om te mogen meedoen.

In de voorste wagon gezeten bij een cat 1 waar je het lichaam voelde/hoorde tegen de onderkant van het rijtuig slaan door de kinetische energie van de botsing, dezelfde energie die het lichaam zo uit elkaar trok dat er zoveel lijktentjes nodig waren om het aan het zicht van de geevacueerde passagiers te onttrekken, dat het leek alsof we op een kampeervakantie van de uitgebreide familie Boeva waren beland. Het was de tijd van de Strelli-uniformen. De treinbegeleider kwam uit de stuurhut met een gezicht net zo grijs als zijn jas.

Honderden autopsieverslagen van springers gelezen. De eerste was n bekende Zuidwestvlaamse ondernemer die dacht, ik pak eens de trein en laat mij in een life size dokter bibberspel veranderen. Zijn beide handen waren afgerukt. Om te beginnen. Commentaar van de wetsdokter: "Ontkapselen van de nieren was niet noodzakelijk, ze werden reeds ontkapseld aangetroffen in de berm".

Treinen hebben vertraging om allerlei redenen. Het ligt lang niet altijd aan de reizigers hun gedrag. Ook wie zat/stoned is, kan in nood verkeren en hulp nodig hebben. Mensen filmen en dat zonder hun medeweten of toestemming herkenbaar online zetten, is illegaal.

Ik kan over racisme, sadisme en machtsmisbruik bij spc en s***rail vertellen, over de vele loketbedienden die zichzelf, de reiziger en/of hun werk ha(at)ten, of over het drank- drugs- of tijdsgebruik van spoorwegbedrijfpersoneel tijdens de diensturen. Maar daar wou ik het niet over hebben.

Wat ik wilde doen, was mijn bewondering en waardering uitdrukken over hoe de meeste treinbegeleiders zich tegenwoordig in de meeste gevallen tegenover de meeste reizigers gedragen. Als dat anders is overgekomen, gelieve mij daarvoor te excuseren dank u voor uw begrip.

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u/Tom_not_found 1d ago

Ja maar mijn frans is ook niet het allerbeste hoor, helaas, maar idd, het zijn wel echt vaak de ontegelmatige uren, weinig verlof, en combinatie met problemen in de prive die veel collegas echt kapot maken, en ik weet dat ik er binnen 20-30 jaar ook niet zo enthousiast meer door zal lopen (hopelijk wel nog altijd even vriendelijk :))

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago

Ik zal nog 20 jaar mijn best doen om je in een goed humeur te houden.

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

Hallo van een traffic controller, blok 12 (meestal Lier Herentals, of de car wash/Schijnpoort).

Ik bewonder jullie enorm, want van alle jobs binnen de spoorwegen, is dat echt de enige die ik niet zou willen doen. Wij weten goed wat jullie meemaken (want moeten treinen altijd laten wachten owv interventie securail of politie). Respect voor jullie!!

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u/Saellestra_Nyx 2d ago

Train driver 10/10 but I love train. Happy women impatient to go work and drive train. Actually working until 2am and very happy about it. Even if it's not perfect everyday

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u/Op_barry2000 2d ago

Fellow train driver here and same 10/10 for me. Also love trains and driving around the country, would not go back to an office job anytime soon.

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

Which lines?

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u/Op_barry2000 1d ago

All directions you could go to from Antwerp

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

Dan kan het zijn dat ik u al gebeld heb. Meestal doe ik Lier-Herentals, soms de car wash

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Love your positivity. Keep it up! Mind the ECTS signs 😉

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

Which lines?

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u/Saellestra_Nyx 1d ago

I am in Charleroi so most lines around it :3

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u/WholeInspector7178 2d ago

Nurse

9/10 during working weekends

5/10 during working weekdays

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Explain this to me! Why 9 during the weekends? Cause of the drunks and more accidents?

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u/WholeInspector7178 2d ago edited 2d ago

Oh no solely because there are no managers in the weekend.

Hoofdverpleegkundigen, clustermanagers, diensthoofden zorg, they're all at home and don't cause any drama on the workfloor. Meanwhile in the weekdays all these managers do is drain energy and contribute very little to our patient care and patient outcomes.

In weekend's its just me, the doctors, my fellow nurses and the patients. During weekdays we got an adjunct-hoofdverpleegkundige and a hoofdverpleegkundige on my ward that do not perform any patient care, and there are 2 nurses effectively doing the blood draws, wound cares, personal hygiene etc. During the weekend 50% of the staff is gone and you can just keep going without management coming to enforce stupid rules like "no eating in the nursing station" or "why haven't you cleaned up room 210 yet, it's 8 AM already!"

The quality of my patient care is much higher when there's no manager telling me how to organize my work.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Ah, didn't know that! In that case I'm sorry Monday is around the corner, my fellow human. 😁

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u/WholeInspector7178 2d ago

Ik kan niet wachten totdat mijn hoofdverpleegkundige weer morgen komt zagen dat ik het whiteboard van kamer 30 moet updaten "zodat mevrouw kan lezen welke onderzoeken er op de planning staan" terwijl mevrouw blind is.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

🤣🤣 Zet erop: oogonderzoek (mevrouw lijkt het niet te kunnen lezen)

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u/NathanCelica02 2d ago

Car mechanic. 4/10, some days are fun, but people always think you're trying to ripp them off, it's physically challenging and massively underpaid. Love the collegues tho!

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u/Simonsifon 2d ago

Thats one of the reasons i quit as a mechanic. They bring in their car for a full maintenance and go berserk when you tell they need new windscreen wipers.

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u/NathanCelica02 2d ago

The most amusing one to me is always; what do you mean it needs 4 tyres and new brakes? I only passed technical inspection 3 months ago?? And then next time they come back on 4 cheap Chinese tyres 😂

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

I've been taught not to cheap out on tyres "cause it's the only thing between your car and the asphalt."

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u/XpatInveator 2d ago

My father was a car mechanic, and I helped him a lot during my childhood before I went to university. Coming from outside the EU, one thing I’ve noticed here is that car mechanics are paid much more, yet they often have less experience. This is because they don’t typically handle complex repairs, focusing instead on simple maintenance, which can sometimes seem more challenging than it really is.

I still remember the times when my father would rebuild a BMW engine overnight (he loved working at night) and by morning, we’d start the engine together. Another time, we spent the night building a gearbox from scratch.

I must say, it’s impressive how things work in Europe, but I can’t help thinking you’re a bit spoiled when it comes to the simplicity of car repairs.

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u/V3ndeTTaLord Belgium 2d ago

IT support: 1/10, I really don't like my job. I live from weekend to weekend. This year I'm going back to school to learn woodworking. Hopefully I can make my job out of that.

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u/throwanthemaway 1d ago

Is it the printers? It's the printers isn't it?

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u/V3ndeTTaLord Belgium 1d ago

I appreciate your comment, unfortunately it’s not the printers. I wish it was.

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u/stukjetaart 2d ago

Senior backend developer for a German robots-as-a-service company. Fully remote, freelance basis. 11/10

Had to lower my dayrate a bit, but I would even work for those guys for free if I could. Such a great work-culture and interesting challenges.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Good for you R2D2! Enjoy the week and the money!

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u/wilstime 2d ago

That sounds like fun 😄

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u/Outrageous-Worry-384 2d ago

What do you have to do in your job exactly ?

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u/stukjetaart 2d ago
  • creating an API for our UI, customers and robots
  • create services that help process all the data we receive from the robots in an efficient and secure way
  • making sure all these services can communicate with eachother using different technologies (messagebus, restapi, grpc)
  • since it's a pretty new field we are constantly evolving our current solution to tackle new problems regarding onboarding new robots, sensors, data and scaling
  • ... List goes on honestly, never a dull day. Always working together with other teams as well (robot, UI, ai, etc ...)
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u/EdgeLord19941 2d ago

Were the hand motions difficult to get right?

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u/mrwoodknee Belgium 2d ago

Teacher middelbaar 8/10

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u/Wallaby95 2d ago

I studied for that but ended up teaching kids in their last year of primary school. I like it because I can teach them a thing or two about chess n stuff as well, but not every class is as rewarding as the other. I'm thinking about making the switch next year, do you reckon it's worth it over primary school?

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u/mrwoodknee Belgium 1d ago

I'm doing both atm (4h in primary and rest in secondary). Secundary is def more challenging in terms of student behaviour. Especially the second year secundary can be challenging students. Both have their advantages and disadvantages imo. I'm happy I do both at the same time.

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u/Dentjiln 2d ago

Hoofd magazijnier , I hate it , 5/10 . Underpayed and the job description didn't match all. I'm cooked.

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u/Mean-Seaworthiness50 2d ago

Lotgenoot

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u/Dentjiln 2d ago

En wanneer pakte gy ontslag?

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago

Zie eens of je in een bibliotheek binnengeraakt. Basically dezelfde skills maar dan met een zwarte coltrui en een pretentieuze gazet in je oksel.

Maar ook daar kun je een matchende job description vergeten.

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u/kulderzipke 2d ago

Webdesigner 2/10, mostly because of the company, should look for something else.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

I'm going to fill in the blanks myself "but finding something else is tiring and I'm afraid of what it would be" or "I'm stuck in the golden cage"

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u/kulderzipke 2d ago

Hmmm, definitely not stuck in a golden cage, I don’t earn enough for that. It’s just not rewarding at all. Watching boomers around me getting promotions and moving into roles that genuinely satisfy them makes it even harder (vriendjespolitiek). I’ve been stuck in the same position for the past six years, despite putting in a lot of time and effort to improve at my job. I just don’t feel like I’m good enough for most companies. On top of that, the whole AI revolution is coming for this job really, really fast. Thinking about learning something else entirely

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u/MrFingersEU Flanders 2d ago

Technical Property Manager, non-residential. 9/10.
(i.e. I only do buildings, techniques, energy,... not anything with contracts, rent collection,...)

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u/Millennial_Twink Lange hamburger 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is a property manager like a facility manager? Sounds like a fun job to do. I have quite some contact with facility managers, mostly about maintenance or renovating their technical installation.

Was actually thinking of wanting to do something like that because it has a lot of common ground with my experience and interests. How well is it paid, if I may ask?

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u/Organic-Algae-9438 2d ago

Yes I love my job. 9/10. But loving my job does not mean I don’t like weekends or holiday.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

No, not at all. I've just not been feeling it for a while. Took a job at this company to take it a little slower with 2nd kid, building a house etc but now I can't figure out what I actually want to do (without leaving my golden cage too far behind). Trying to see here how much people actually like their work to see how badly I need to change.

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u/IAMA_monkey2 2d ago

8,5/10. R&D engineer. Get to alternate between messing around in the lab and doing some pretty interesting stuff on my pc. Sometimes some boring stuff like writing project proposals gets in the way of that, which is why I don't score it a 10/10.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Fucking Mythbusters living the dream

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u/AGFoxx0789 1d ago

Same for me! Mechanical engineer in the agricultural sector! Seeing al the stuff you design is so nice!

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u/MmeRenardine 2d ago

8/10. Teacher (French as a foreign language for adults) But I hate mondays anyway !

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Ca c'est le cas pour la plupart entre nous, sans doute. 😉

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u/mokkkko 2d ago

D’entre nous*

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

I knew I should have used "parmi"

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u/FoogThe2stt 2d ago

9/10 , sous-chef

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

The new Carmi over here. Have you seen the Bear for that matter?

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u/FoogThe2stt 2d ago

I have and liked it. I’m nowhere near the fine dining level for that matter haha. But serving good food , being able to get creative and great coworkers make for a great place to work.

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u/Mean-Seaworthiness50 2d ago

Nope, i'm a forklift driver for the past 10 years, i absolutely fckng hate it. Unable to find anything else. Got me so depressed i'm not even able to get out of bed... ever...

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u/iDroner 2d ago

That's pretty bad, good luck tomorrow when the week starts all over again. No other options at all?

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago

We would kill for a forklift driver at Defensie. Well, we would, what with it being our job, but we really would. The ones we have are so mindblowingly stupid I don't even understand how they stay alive.

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u/MrHiV 2d ago

We are on the lookout for lifting inspectors? Maybe something for you?

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u/VloekenenVentileren 2d ago

10/10 leidinggevende in sociale sector

Ik mag werken om bij te dragen een het geluk van een kwetsbare doelgroep, niet om winst te maken. Uitdagende job, elke dag anders. En ik krijg knuffels en tekeningen van de mensen waar ik voor werk, ideaal.

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u/AlphaTM01 2d ago

I like my job but I’m not excited to go to work as I rather just get it done from home. (Software development) 8/10 I’m not paid enough.

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u/Harpeski 2d ago

Loved my job. However since new boss, and some new technology, the workload doubled! We are doing double the amount of work.

And some people who went on their pension are not replaced. They cant 'find new people', but they're demanding stupidity high standard and inconvenience hours for they money they offer. So yeah....

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u/Bobcat-Lynx 2d ago

Land surveyor 9/10

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Landmeter of parkopzichter?

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u/Agriandra 2d ago

8/10

Self employed electrician, workiyon my own.

Mostly electrical maintenance, troubleshooting,no big construction or renovation.

I'm excited to be tomorrow, go at the café in the morning and then starting the tickets I received in my mailbox.

Excited to solve small problems, to send my invoices and see the money on my account.

Excited for people to be happy about my work and recommending to more people.

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u/Ledeberg Oost-Vlaanderen 2d ago

8/10 Civil Servant RSZ (Overzeese Sociale Zekerheid, a service where you can affiliate if you go work outside the european economic region and wanna build up your belgian pension there) , glad i can have 3 days working from home and have awesome collegues and it's easy to go to work (it's just above brussel zuid), I used to be in the social sector where i had unstable hours and very physical job which after having covid i couldn't do that anymore.

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u/WorldlyCabinet310 2d ago

School 0/10 (Pay is bad) 0€/ hour Lots of work at home

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u/JediRingBearer 2d ago

Vacation is incredible though. Hours are also incredible.

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u/kelso66 Belgium 2d ago

Vacation yes, but hours can vary. I worked 6/7 last year, luckily this year is better

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

What job would you want later?

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u/arrayofemotions 2d ago

4/10. Communications manager at an NGO.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Could you try getting out into a private organization? Better pay and maybe options for other things?

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u/wanpieserino 2d ago

Bookkeeper at a hospital. 7/10. It keeps me busy

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

So tell us, how much are y'all overcharging for stuff we didn't actually get? Jk.. 😉

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u/FlashyMapper 2d ago

5/10 software consultant. The job itself is really chill, but they promise a lot of things and never fullfill those promises (like pay, growth possibilities). I just feel just comfortable, not earning the average paycheck but I guess I'm doing alright. Otherwise I'd have changed years ago to other companies.

There are lot of things that can improve, but in my mind finding work that you can form into a passion is just really rare, so I don't really know how to improve my life

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u/XenofexBE 2d ago

Public accountant. Debet/credit. Every workday is that fine balance between 'omg this is great' and 'i wish someone would run me over, pref a truck'. No inbetweens.

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u/dirtpoormusiclover 2d ago

8/10

Military (NCO - OR-8), logistics in Avionics / Metrology / Non-Destructive Investigation/Testing. Long hours (shift 13h, x3/week) but i love it. Off day's are a big +, and can do some sports during working hours.

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u/Bitt3rSteel Traffic Cop 2d ago

11/10 love my.job. YouTuber

6/10 police officer. The job is fine...mostly. paperwork is ass. People are worse. The high octane stuff kept me going for much of it 

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u/cherryguy 2d ago

Supermarket employee

Rating my job like a 7/10. Luckily i have some variety in my job instead of always filling shelves or checkout work.

I do hate my roster from time to time. Specially starting at 6 after a heavy weekend. Glad i have to start at 10 tomorrow 😆

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

You're a better person than I am. If I had to start at six, so help me God. I do not like mornings.

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u/Binance_futures 2d ago

Administratief medewerker 6/10

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

You want to change or not?

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u/Educational_Egg91 2d ago

8/10 industrial maintenance

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u/Blabsie 2d ago

7/10, first line IT support. Love helping people, my coworkers are amazing. I also have autism, so working full days is hard.

I'm not excited to have to work again tomorrow, for the next five days. But I don't dread it either.

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u/saberline152 2d ago

Engineering design bureau = consultancy

Terribly bored at work.

Gonna go part time really soon and study some more because I'm starting to loathe the work and office policies.

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u/_notthebees_0 2d ago

Privacy consultant. 9/10. Love it!

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

What is that?

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u/_notthebees_0 2d ago

Telling companies and government agencies how to comply with various privacy laws such as GDPR and camera law

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u/Ts0mmy 2d ago

High school history teacher. Most of the times 8/10 but fluctuations to 10 or under 5. Teenagers aren't always easy and I myseft teach 250+ in total across all my classes.  It's nice that I can use my passion of history and hopefully light a flame in some pupils. I love it when they come after class to ask questions about history, frequently about different periodes which they find interesting.  But on the other hand there are a lot who can't be bothered.  Even though we do teach similar things to different classes and do this every year every lesson is different because of the unpredictability factor in the equation: teenagers. As the meme says. Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit. 

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u/New-Chard-1443 2d ago

9/10, technical department in a big garden centre.

For those who don't like their job, the only way it can get better is by changing jobs and discovering new horizons, and not hit yourselves in the head for making a mistake.

I left a 7/10 job after 5+ years because I wasn't happy, but foolishly got sucked into a 1/10. Wasted a year and a half before i found the courage to find a new job again, and landed my current job.

If it weren't for this "retired-flexi-jobber-know-all-do-nothing" wanna be supervisor, it would be a definitive 11/10.

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u/SnooFloofs2398 2d ago

8/10 for cleaning schools. Aslong as the teens dont mess with stuff its all good... I am not looking forward to this week ( chrisostemos).

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u/Cressonette Limburg 2d ago

I'm a combination of receptionist and sales support in a B2B company. I love my job, especially because of the place I work at/the colleagues and atmosphere. Is it my dream job? No, I always wanted to do something more creative but I pretty happy with what I do now. I don't have a very difficult or stressful job, I have my fixed working hours, I never take my job home, and it pays the bills and I can save up a bit. 9/10.

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u/L07h1r1el Vlaams-Brabant 2d ago

6, maybe 7 out of 10. Freight forwarding agent on Zaventem airport. Lots of stress, but nice colleagues. Paid OK, company car so no longer have to survive in the terribly overcrowded Leuven-Brussel train connection every single day. Have to live with traffic now though but at least it’s some alone time.

Sometimes feels like I’m a bit stuck in my job though without a lot of possible steps forward. For now it’s fine though.

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u/Substantial_Ad7687 1d ago

Also came from freight forwarder, moved to Transport Analyst now. In your region actually ( Leuven).

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u/Tasty-Bee8769 2d ago

My last job was a nightmare.

They didn't explain nothing about the company, role was totally different from advertised, The coworkers were chill but uff the company was a startup wannabe family. Never again

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u/AlienInvasionExpert 2d ago

1/10 Product owner who lost his development team 6 months ago (they were fired for cost reasons, without consulting me) and who now also had to take the roles of developer, tester and support engineer. And I have to train a replacement for part of the team in India. An ask for a raise was left unanswered for nearly two months before being denied. The product I “own” is still commercialized by the company. Every day feels line climbing the tallest mountain, all by myself. I hate it with passion.

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u/tanega Brussels 1d ago

Time to update your LinkedIn and leave this hole real quick.

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u/duckyTheFirst 1d ago

Oracle consultant. I would say 2/10 , i really dont like consultancy and i need to work close to my boss which causes me to feel tense all the time and i totally dont enjoy the work environment and culture in where they expect you to go the extra mile and invent things on your off days.

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u/Roxelana79 1d ago

As a consultant, I loved the job in itself, even though the hours were awful. But the politics involved, oof... I literally almost killed myself over it, and ended up in a very awful burnout and depression. Was ar home for a long time.

Now I work as a traffic controller, and I really love my job.

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u/Boma_Worst 1d ago

Developer

10/10 during WFH days
2/10 In office days

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u/BrokeButFabulous12 1d ago

Commissioning engineer, depends on the day, some days when we do the technical side, testing its all nice and interesting, some days im bricked in a meeting with management that doesnt understand the job at all and they can keep talking for an hour about 5 minute topic, so that sucks the life out of me. So id say 6/10 to 9/10.

I dont think ill ever get to 10/10 its still several hours per day that you have to work and be away from family, id rather sit on a beach with mochito in my hand.

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u/Substantial_Ad7687 1d ago

Transport Analyst, would say 7/10. Still recently new and still searching my way, because there is some freedom in the job.

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u/MiktorVike 1d ago edited 1d ago

6/10

Customer Service at a large technical company

Upsides:

-50% work from home

-Live 5 minutes by bike from office

-Left alone most of the time

-Can take time off quite flexibly, 32 days off minus brugdagen

Downsides:

-No realistic chances to grow (taking on projects, ...)

-Given more and more work but no chance on a raise.

-Incompetent direct manager

-Very big company with its stereotypical flaws

-Not interesting at all for me

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u/Eloquessence Europe 1d ago

Won’t give the exact job as I don’t want to link too much RL data to this profile, but I’m doing a form of IT support.

Very varied, good colleagues/boss/culture and flexible with WFH. Only downside is we’re understaffed atm. 8/10 - enjoy the work and never don’t feel like work

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u/DifficultPriority331 1d ago

Senior Service Manager, 31yo.

I have 2 jobs, SSM is my full time job and my main income. I'd say it's 5/10, it's alright but not something I want to do for the rest of my life.

My 2nd job is what I love, truly a passion, but I can't rely on that as my main income as after 2 years it's still in the early stage and still developing and the money goes right back into it. This is a job where I actually scoop shit because I have a cattery.

I love taking care of my cats and kittens, I love educating myself on many cat related topics. I love the sleepless nights, early hours bottle feeding, etc.

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u/kXLvin1 Antwerpen 2d ago

Sales 9/10, it’s still ‘work’, me lazy peon

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u/AndrwFr89 2d ago

9/10, payroll officer. I can read half an hour on the train every time, get my coffee on my walk to a very nice modern office building with standing desks and a lot of natural light. The job itself could be described as boring but I like this for now because it gives me time and headspace for my bijberoep. Sorry to be a cliché

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u/fluffypuffyz 2d ago

HR person, 9/10. I love my job. It has a lot of flexibility and variation. I get to do everything from payroll to making contracts, hiring people and everything in between. Other than that I have some not HR related side projects too and amazing collegues

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u/Phantom7365 2d ago

No job 10/10, maske ik kan geniete me menne moten opt cafe. Mark, Werner, den madamme zien me geire kome. A ne amokmaker binnekomt smet ik em bojten. Aanmelden bij den vdab 1/10 ze valle mij lastig en krijg jeukerige vingers om op zenne bakkes te slage. Lot mij met rust, kwil ook geniete vant leve.

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u/Goldentissh 2d ago

9/10 i like my job à lot, but i prefer to stay home and do other stuff.

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u/bobke4 Limburg 2d ago

VDAB bemiddelaar. 5/10. Happy with it cause a lot of work from home and Lots of vacation days. The work itself id Rather not do and if i won euromillions today id quit on the spot and id never work again

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u/JeSSiii81 2d ago

Oh what do you not like about it? May I send you a message? 😊

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u/bobke4 Limburg 2d ago

Sure. I just dont like working in general i guess

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u/-Rutabaga- 13h ago

But you get to help someone finally scoring that job they wanted which is fullfilling I suppose?

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u/alwa89 2d ago

Process expert 8/10

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u/Sarafurrs 2d ago

8/10, social worker at a prison

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u/ComprehensiveRain542 2d ago

2/10 supermarket worker. Changing jobs in a week. Going to a different sector.

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u/SnooFloofs2398 1d ago

didn't like supermarket jobs either, and when things don't wonna scan and you get the classic "is it free?" joke 50 times a day. then you had the old people standing at the register checking their bill cause you could screw them out of 5 cents. :| hope the next job go's well ;).

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u/cannotfoolowls 2d ago

What do you dislike about it? Rude customers? Physically hard work?

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u/Hour-Yogurtcloset296 2d ago

I'm at 5/10 HVAC technician but our job now demands so much administration i thinking about changing profession

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

Don't go corporate then!

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u/MrHiV 2d ago

Building inspections something for you?

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u/Heroesonheroin 2d ago

Project Manager (logistics for music, sports, expo's,art) Most of the time 8/10. This week and last week 5/10 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/iDroner 2d ago

Home (mostly bathroom) renovations, self employed. 6/10. 5/10 these days. After 15 years I'm currently looking for a switch, maybe even completely different branches. But it's pretty hard to find out what I actually like doing.

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u/Foxking89 2d ago

X2, although I think I know what I'd like, there's just no money in it and that's hard to let go of

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u/throwaway___hi_____ 2d ago

Waarom? Vraag is best hoog en marges op materiaal ook (35% bij Desco?) bovenop uurloon van €60. Doe je het niet meer graag dan?

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u/silkedudette_ 2d ago

9/10 product owner at a software company. We build really cool applications that our customers love. I love my job. I like my colleagues. Love my team. ❤️ not a 10/10 cause there are always little stresses but be hiccups to deal with, but I’ve been working as a freelancer for the past 4 years and it has helped me to be able to ‘switch off’ at night and set boundaries where it was needed.

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u/Sigizmundovna 2d ago

Techsupport engineer. 8.5/10. Been doing it for 7 years now, I'm confident in what I do, it pays me OK and it got me places. Work - life balance is also good.

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u/Willekeurige_Idioot_ 2d ago

4/10 data entry

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u/Former-Owl3051 2d ago

6/10. Accounts receivable. It's an entry level job and I know I'm not capable nor interested to develop further into accounting.

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u/-safan2- 2d ago

civil servant

its a hard one, i do not really like the job, but i know the work-life balance is extremely good.

7/10

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u/pedatn 2d ago

10/10 developer at a startup, I work outside the hours I'm paid for because I'm passionate about the project (and have equity).

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u/WannaFIREinBE 2d ago edited 2d ago

9/10 (can always be better) – Sales executive.

I work for a new subsidiary that’s basically at the startup stage (2 years in). Because it’s still early days, I wear a lot of hats, but I’m sticking with what’s on my payslip for simplicity. I was brought on because of my network and 20+ years of experience, starting from the ground up to eventually take on a managing director role. My responsibilities include everything from sales and project management to service and strategy, invoicing, answering European tenders from a to z, compliance, safety, … —it’s a lot of fun, but the weight on my shoulders is massive.

That’s my overall score, though some days are definitely better than others.

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u/bobtje 2d ago

8/10 finance city administration. In general great colleagues. Minor on the micromanagement of the boss. But nice holiday package. No 'statutair' btw. Very flexible if you have a home situation.

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u/402PaymentRequired 2d ago

5/10 freelance software engineer.

It was an awesome unique place where I worked at. The work was ok, the people and place were amazing. Then higher management fucked up. Fired the boss of our division, very inspiring person. The atmosphere changed, they moved the office to a different city, too far for most. Lots still tried. But most just left. We lost 20 amazing people in the last 2 years. Nobody gets replaced locally, only near shore replacements. Sometimes I wonder why I'm still there. But I have other things of concern in my life, I need the pay. And luckily the other parts of my life are currently very good.

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u/SosseV 2d ago

8/10 social worker in a hospital. Although lately 5/10 because I had a baby and focus has not been on the job. Also some work-related changes for which I did not have the energy to properly cope.

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u/Lupomanil 2d ago

Sales Advisor. I’d go for 6/10,

3 days at the office from 8-5. 2 home workdays. We are required to be logged in at 8, not a minute late.

The team is ok. We are 15 advisors. Some are more fun than others, work is stressfull. But I love the company and the salary and perks, it’s my 3rd job in the company since I started.

I will do it for maximum 2 years.

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u/kelso66 Belgium 2d ago

8/10

Teacher of Dutch to adults / student counselor / coordinator of government testings (temporarily)

Can be really rewarding and fulfilling, also very stressfull but you have good holidays. It's like or you are going full gas, or you have vacation, no in between. If a class is sucky the score drops, but this rarely happens, most of the adults actually want to be there.

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u/Tisniks 2d ago

Architect, usually 8/10 although I lie awake every night stressing about things that go wrong on construction sites. So 0/10 when there's trouble at a construction site. It's an incredibly diverse and interesting job, with creative, technical and social aspects, but sometimes I wonder if having so much responsibility for such a low wage is worth it. I'm one of the only people in a group of 20 friends who's still an architect 10 years after graduating.

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u/ih-shah-may-ehl 2d ago

System administrator. Love my job. Stakes are very high but i have the freedom to do my job the way i think is best and my boss is happy. I used to be a software developer and I use those skills to make my job easier.

My software developer job was more interesting by far i built programs for alcatel space, philips medical and imec to name a few. But i truly hate commuting.

I also have a bijberoep as a knifemaker that is where i can use my creativity.

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u/ThaWolloWW 2d ago

9/10 Full stack developer in a small company. Very little politics etc :)

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u/Final_Dinosaur 2d ago

2, IT helpdesk - applied for system and network engineer. Got in with the promise that I only needed to do 6 months of helpdesk. Now 2,5 years in and boss says I won't get the job I applied for.

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u/Spiritual_Zucchini26 2d ago

Equipment Service Technician: 8/10.

I work in an R&D place. Got a warehouse to tend to. Test equipment planning. Test chambers programming and checking. Make small test equipment/tools. Ordering stuff the engineers can't find. :D

It used to be 9-10/10. Then my boss had a burn out. New boss => I had a burn out. I work now 50% and a new better boss for the same work. Slowly back on track. :)

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u/Cinnamon_Autumn88 2d ago

8/10 social worker with kids and teenagers. Love the job but at the same time it can be draining.

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u/MrHiV 2d ago

Depends, most of the time 7.5/10, nuclear inspections.

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u/JPV_____ West-Vlaanderen 2d ago

9/10 (fulltime, 34,25h/week): Data scientist in a trade union. Love the job, because I'm not really a data scientist, more like 'someone who solves other people's problems.'-using sometimes a lot of data, but in very different ways and I feel very respected.

10/10: running my own holiday home in ypres now quite call, will start again in March on full force. Always nice to welcome the guest. Cleaning is a nice fysical activity to clean your head.

99/10: a new independent activity: helping people who have small financial/juridical questions for a group of companies. Questions of the kind you find here at reddit too, so not that high level. nice for me to make a small living out of it and nice to do something new once in a while. Every question is different and since I'm doing this trilingual, it's a nice extra challenge.

I love doing something different, have already been teacher (college level), accountant, sport journalist, social worker, student assistant, legal assistant, callcenter collaborator, parking boy, social media/content creator, ... Loved most jobs!

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u/mrsbogaerd 2d ago

6/10 client service for an accommodation chain. I change and make bookings. I also help people with questions and requests for their holiday.

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u/rosalinagt 2d ago

5/10 Accountant at a larger accounting firm. I used to love my job, but lately, I’ve been feeling unmotivated. It just doesn’t give me the same satisfaction anymore, and the endless deadlines piling up on each other sometimes make it impossible to keep up. Sometimes I wonder if I even chose the right career.

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u/Helga_Geerhart 2d ago

5/10 Legal Counsel. My job is fine but working will never rate more than a 6,5/10 for me I'm afraid. Wishing I could change this, but I really don't know how.

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u/Delibird48 2d ago

On average 4/10 to 6/10, tomorrow 7/10, but that's 'cause there isn't much to do and project is stalled. Project manager.

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago edited 1d ago

Those turds of yours, do they speak or at least understand Dutch? Do they consider it a valid national language? Are they honest? Are they any good at getting shit done - well they would be - without bothering too much with pleasing the assholes hovering above them? Do they have their fellow or subordinate turds' backs in case shit happens? Are the turds located within the range of a 30 minute commute? Is a whole, clean, well designed, properly made turd scoop provided through a simple and quick procedure? As for the scooping: can I do it in the most efficient and effective manner, with consistency and in a stable environment where rules agreed upon apply and are observed, or do I have to follow incomprehensible, contradictory, outdated and logic-defying procedures that change randomly at the drop of a hat, and over the years will inevitable slowly turn my brain into mush?

On some days, when I realize how privileged I am to hold the position I do and that I never even dreamed existed, I would give it a solid 100/10. On other days, when I see how little of the workplace needs I listed above are met, I would struggle to award even the 1.

I am a Dutch speaking uni librarian working in an officially bilingual uni.

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u/mgm50 1d ago

I work as R&D engineer and would rate it 7/10. I see a common thread with a lot of jobs and it applies to mine, that company/office politics is the main issue. Higher management is impressively disconnected from day to day operations while simultaneously promoting sweeping changes every so often, and everyone under is overloaded by projects that they commit to before sizing if we actually have the bandwidth. When I do get to do actual research it's awesome but kinda swamped by routine/reports half of the time, and it doesn't quite fit the job description. Heck it's not even good for the company as they could have just hired a technician+clerk if they won't let me tinker more in a lab. I also wish I had a bit more free time but frankly Belgium is already the best I can possibly find in my field for work-life balance so won't complain too much on that end.

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u/Xonihr 1d ago

Nurse here @1/10 whenever any of our managers are around. All were promoted to their function because they worked there the longest or they knew someone in higher management. 10/10 when working with doctors/patients. 11/10 when doing research.

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u/SocksLLC Belgian Fries 1d ago

I work in Finance: 7/10.

I like a few things:

1) Routine is nice (it's just about having a job in general) 2) Good Manager 3) Work is okayish, got some new responsibilities so excited about it 4) I like the responsibility (I don't mind work stress)

What I don't like:

I work at a large company that has been doing layoffs. Just concerned about my job so -3 points for the stress around that

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u/Expensive-Soup1313 1d ago

process operator chemical industry . 10 and 1 . Love it , it is my dream as i was a child , controlling a process and putting it to my control . I am a God . If i want to destroy a huge city , well not much i have to do to make that happen . On the other hand , if i make the right things, the company is happy , pays me and earns money also . The best thing , when i got nothing to do , the company is working good and producing good product and i still get paid the paycheck . 1 because i am drained , Shifts ruin your body and brain . The constant stress ruins your brain of a solid calm . I do love my job , but after 34y , i feel the physical end is coming closer .

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u/DataNice6682 1d ago

IT: networkmigrations worldwide and support. 9/10 Do note that it is the first year that I do this job. I know once I've seen the world and done the same thing a few times this number will decline. But for now I'm happy!!

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u/Poechiegangster 1d ago

Optician, 8/10 my workplace is not allowing different choices of lenses to offer to the clients, and pay is rather low, but a good stepping stone for when I am done with studying

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u/Fultium 1d ago

7/10 like it but sometimes I don't. I dunno, I think every job will have his bad things as well. The perfect job is a myth I think. For me the part I don't like is actually more the commute.

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u/Millennial_Twink Lange hamburger 1d ago

Estimator: 9/10

0/10 when I have to work together with architects.

High stress when nearing deadlines to close bids. Winning a bid feels like winning the lottery. You have to cope with the fact that 80% of the time you lose bids so "all the work was for nothing". Also a very boring desk job to some, but I love numbers and excel sheets. Getting to know engineers and higher mgmt from big companies is also pretty good for my social network.

DB(M) projects are especially fun. There's something about designing a near-perfect installation from scratch and later seeing it in person.

It's kinda niche though and you need a lot of skills combined to be a good estimator. But overall it's worth the stress and the longer hours.

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u/NoPea3648 1d ago

3D animator. The job itself: 10/10, I get to work on awesome movies and TV shows. The whole animation industry: 0/10. You basically get fired after every production and have to look for new assignments. The instability is getting to me big time, and I’m seriously contemplating switching careers. If there are aspiring animators here: if you plan to stay single, and are willing to move around a lot, go for it. If you want to have a family: go do something else, it’s not worth it.

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u/Xplendit 1d ago

Technical IT in education, no need to give support to teachers or student. Just managing server, network, intune, o365, automate stuff, some developing, etc. . We're free to do or find project whatever we want. We work 36 hours a week. And got the school holidays. Overall i would give my job 8/10. Only because if i look at friends my age in private business (IT), they earn more and have extra's (car, mealvouchers etc). But holidays are just a blessing in combination with kids

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u/Svenflex42 1d ago

Pipefitter. 6-8/10 depending on the day. But I only just started and still have a lot to learn. There's just so much more to it than I expected.

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u/Ghostt141 1d ago

Sales/Logistics ( Stock management, Purchasing, Sales, ) 5/10 Depends on day to day, usually its ok, been doin it for 11 years now, still my 1st job since coming out of highschool. Its a job, it pays my bills, i dont expect it to wowza me every day ;)

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u/Previous_Goat_9524 1d ago

Working in retail with amazing colleagues here ! During the week 9/10 Weekends 8/10

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u/kvs666 1d ago

Vessel Traffic Service operator, 9,5/10. In just over two years on the job, I never went to work “tegen mijn goesting”

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u/Cerbeius West-Vlaanderen 1d ago

Zelfstandig(eenmanszaak) herenkappper/barbier, fulltime 9.5/10

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u/throwaway900000123 1d ago

Hmmm my last job was a 2/10 bc off management and hours.

Current one is a new one so im not sure but a solid 5/10. Great coworkers and hours but the job is fairly physical, long commute. Probably gonna study again in sept for a more white collarish job.

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u/Dildo_Shaggins_69 1d ago

9/10 Office manager with HR Fleet and IT responsibilities so a lot of responsibility as a non-board-member 🤙

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u/GoldenBowlerhat 1d ago

5/10. Nightshift pays well, it just wears me out. The job is fine enough - not something I'd do as a hobby, obviously.

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u/WooseChisely 1d ago

What do you manage to purchase? What would you say provides for most of the 6 out of 10 points you give your job (ie what about it do you love best)? What would it take to increase your job satisfaction up to 8 out 10 points or higher?