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Do you consider you job to be stressful? Yes/No? What do you do?

Just curious. I am currently leaving a job I considered to be uber stressful job (ie. thinking about job 24/7, even during sex... lol!) to take a less stressful job in order to improve my quality of life.

Would a mod please move this to the Lounge? Didn't mean to put this in the beehive section.

@MissShork:

What is this stressful job you have?

I am a female in the construction industry, so yes it can be stressful, but also very rewarding, so it's worth it.

I've been working in property management, which is a difficult industry because you are dealing with peoples homes and lives, but trying to run it as a business. Definitely not for me (i"m a softy), but my main stress came from my managers who are immature b****S, who gossip and cut down everyone.

To everyone who is responding with high stress jobs, do you actually like your jobs?

Would you trade your work for something less stressful if given the option?

@Diet Coke: Omg! i have never dealt with anything like that. (but I don't park my job on property in fear of getting keyed. The personal threats just became too much for me)

I'm a paralegal for a Social Security Disability firm.  I consider it stressful at times due to deadlines and knowing that what I write in one of our clients appeals could either make them a lot of money or delay them from getting a lot of money. Also, the clients can be a bit, demanding.. But definitely not the most stressful job there is.

I work retail in a bookstore and it is INCREDIBLY stressful. People are so incredibly rude about books, and I find that as more idiots like Glenn Beck and his ilk produce books, the more idiots we get in the store, ready to start fights. I spend a good portion of my day, trying to get the buyers of conservative propaganda to shut up and stop attacking me for working in a book store and having an education. Oh, and stop accusing me of hiding the conservative books. And, yes, these things REALLY happen.

Customers leave piles everywhere. they jam books on top of books, with no regard to damage. they pull books off the shelves and leave them sitting on the floor. They wait until the very last minute to get up to leave the store, and leave a mess. I've had customers pull every magazine from a section of the stand, and then leave them stacked on a table. I had a 14 year old girl ask me if iCarly counted as a classic book. Throwing temper tantrums because a book isn't in stock. Demanding free shipping because they want to use their coupon NOW. Demanding a new ereader because it doesn't charge fast enough to suit them.

I could go on for days.

@SandyDollHair: so far you are the only one saying you don't have a stressful job. Definitely a sweet job though!

I suppose the tough thing about a question like this is that everyone defines stress very differently. I always love hearing about the different jobs people have.

I work as a policy and program analyst for the provincial DOJ.  It is very stressful, because I support both the Minister's office and the regions, but at least the hours are sane.  I left private practice because of the crazy work hours, so being home for supper is a nice change :)

I'm a teacher and  my job is stressful!  Even when I go home at night it doesn't leave me.  I'll still be finishing lesson plans or grading papers.  But I absolutely love my job, getting the summer off and weeks off in between (for holidays) is also a nice perk! :)