For those with a significant other..

[KristinCB]

What is your FAVOURITE and least favourite thing about his/her job...

[KristinCB]

my least favourite is def that he works shiftwork and so his schedule is never the same (well it's the same but days on/days off are never the same)

I get so sad when he works weekends and especially when he works nights. He's gone for 14 hours when he's at work and so often I feel quite lonely :( Sometimes I think it would be so nice if he worked a job where he was always at home for supper and always home on the weekends but I don't want to sound whiny lol

My most favourite is that he is in a job he really likes.. He's a heavy equipment operator (he drives those big stupid trucks that are the size of a house ) so it makes me happy that he goes to work to a job he does enjoy..

[rach3975]

What I don't like is how much time he devotes to it. Most of the year he works Mon-Fri, which is good, but he leaves at 7 am and gets home at 7 pm. There are also times of year that he's gone 7-8 and works another 4 to 8 hours over the weekend. It's good that his hours are predictable, but he's often too worn out to want to spend time with us when he gets home. :(

Best parts are that he likes his job, earns a comfortable salary, and has a lot of job security.

ETA: I didn't mention what his job is, so I'll add that now. DH works for the U.S. Government, in a management position for an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services.

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[Keely~B]

My least favorite thing is the schedule, he works long / weird hours, rotating schedule and a lot of holidays, weekends etc. Also people are really mean to him, the things people say/do to him astound me.

My favorite thing, he helps people and is really good at his job.

He's a paramedic.

[MamaBee]

My least favorite part is the threat of travel. I don't mind the domestic trips, once in awhile... but I really don't like it when there is talk about overseas to places that are questionable in safety. He would be going to plants/mills and they usually are not in the best parts of the country. I also wish there was more movement for him... he is in a super small company and wants to be in management... well, all the project managers are in their late 40's - they aren't retiring anytime soon.

I think the best is that he works with some really good people - they respect him and listen to his ideas.

[KristinCB]

Ohhh I have to add that another least favourite is that because I'm sometimes a negative nelly I always have a huge fear of losing everything because we live in a town where everything about it is because of the coal industry.. if the mine were to close everyone would lose everything. Our options are also very limited if we were to ever relocate too :(

[JenM]

My husband is in the army and my favorite thing is the amount of travel we've gotten to do and that it has decent benefits.

Lately I haven't like the threats of government shutdown and how they've downsized so much he is working the job of four or five people. I also really dislike the deployments but luckily we are getting up there so the deployment likely hood is slim for us these days. We have 20+ years in and are looking at retirement soon!


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[carriesmom]

My favorite thing is that he LOVES his job and is very good at it. He worked for years as a law clerk and while he was very good at that as well, he wasn't his own boss. Now he has much more control over his destiny and he is much happier for it.

My least favorite thing is it is an elected position so every 3 years he has to campaign again and if he didn't win, he would need to find another job. I hate campaigning. It takes so much time away from the family, but I understand it is the nature of the beast.

[Sherri Tierney]

My husband works as a press operator at a printing company. He has worked there for 17 years now. He was a supervisor for a while but decided he preferred running a press.

My favorite thing about his job - He works at a company that keeps employees for a long time. Each year they give out service awards and there are always awards for like 30 and 35 years of service. It is the kind of company you can spend your whole life working for which is nice for those of us who like stability. They pay competitive wages and reward their employees for hard work. Sean gets notes in the mail every few months thanking him for his service. Acknowledgement goes a long way.

My least favorite thing about the job - Well... this could go either way, to be honest. He works a LOT. He works 12 hour days 6 days a week and will often times pick up an 8 hour shift on the 7th day. This is a blessing and a curse. He works those hours because he is reliable, he knows how to operate every machine in the building, works fast and rarely has a spoilage (misprinted order). When they get busy he is the first person they call on to work extra hours. The overtime pay has been a real blessing to our family. We got ourselves completely out of debt thanks to that overtime. It got us through tough times. However, I feel like I never see him. He works nights, from 7pm to 7am. I work from 7:15 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon. I get home and wake him up at 4pm. By 6pm he is getting ready to go to work. :( I kinda miss him sometimes. - On the other hand, they are pretty flexible with him and he can just let them know he's not going in early if we have something going on with the family. :) - The night shift part used to be my least favorite aspect. He's worked that shift for almost 15 years now so I'm used to it by now. It was tough at first.

[jacinda]

My husband is in the Army. That's where we met, so I have a unique perspective on his work. He doesn't do so many long deployments anymore, so we don't have to deal with long absences like we used to. If he goes away it's for weeks rather than months.

I don't really have a best/worst in regards to his job. While most people hate it if their hubby works long hours or is away a lot, I'm actually OK with that. We're both very independent, and to be honest, my routine doesn't change at all when he's away. The kids miss him of course, and it can be tough on them, but for myself, I love it when he gets to go away for a few weeks. It keeps his job exciting for him, and I know he loves what he does. I get to chill out about doing housework while he's away (and I get to stay up later and scrap!), and it makes our time at home together even more appreciated. Of course I love having him home, but I'm happy when he goes away too.

[jak]

Mine (an automotive and electrical engineer) has his own company in which he is the only employee... he works 8 days a week, is always tired and stressed, barely makes any money, and is never around. I can't think of anything positive about it.... except that he's never going to get fired.

[Libby Pritchett]

Since Jeff is retired/disabled from the USAF, most of his income comes from his pension. But he also works part-time as a paraeducator for a local high school.

My favorite part is his hours. 8:15-2:45 with summers/holidays, etc off.

Least favorite part - I wish the pay was better and that his supervisor had it together. The communication is really lacking, so that leads to a lot of frustration for him.

[julifish]

For me I love that my husband works somewhere where they value him and treat him well. He has good friends at work and seems to enjoy his job.

I don't like that he often has to work weekends. I don't mind when he travels, but last minute travel stinks (especially right now with my dad being sick and it being really busy at work for me). I also don't like how much he worries that if they don't get new bids that the plant might close. Since he helps build the bids and negotiates with the companies he feels responsible to keep people employed and the plant open - when really it's totally out of his hands other than to do the best job he can.

[JennNtheBoys]

My hubby works at a mink ranch..... Smelly doesn't begin to describe it! I dont even want to see him when he gets home.... Straight to the shower when he gets home, and sometimes thats not enough. I can't stand it. �� it has been very trying... But it's slim pickin's for work in these parts, so I'm just thankful he has something.

[wimpychompers]

My hubby is a high school math teacher so I love that he gets holidays with the kids and I, as well as is home at a decent hour in the evenings.

I really dislike when he gets to go on overnight trips (AVID or teacher training) and he is out eating at these nice restaurants while I am at home eating spaghetti. It doesn't happen often but sheesh!

[LeeAndra]

I am thankful that DH has a full-time job with benefits and pretty good job security. It has been a long time since he worked full-time.

With that said, the job is not ideal as it is shiftwork (though he only has to work days, thank goodness!) with the same rotating schedule many of the rest of you have talked abt already. It is also 35 minutes away, so he gets up at 430 am, works from 6 am - 6 pm, and gets home a little before 7 pm. I'd prefer to eat earlier (it's hard for the kids to wait so long to eat) and to put the kids to bed earlier. He goes to bed at the same time they do, so he & I don't get any time together, either.

It is what it is. We are both working full-time at the same time for the first time in our married lives, so I am focusing on that.

He is waiting to hear back from two other jobs tomorrow or Tuesday at the latest, and if he gets one of those, he will work a regular 9-5 week... and I will be even more grateful! :p

[MommaTrish]

I hate, hate, HATE that he works on commission. And it's not even good enough commission that we can plan our money out to make it spread better.

What I like? They are fairly understanding if he needs to come in late or leave early plus everyone knows me and the kids and they love when we come up there and they love to hear about them. I've known the owners and office people and many of the older employees almost my whole life because my step-dad works there also.

[misfitinmn]

My husband owns his own business - a real estate and property management company. (He used to also do lawn & snow care, but sold that part of the business last year THANK GOODNESS.)

The best part of his job is that he loves it, he's VERY self motivated, he's very good at what he does, and he's excellent at anticipating housing trends and staying ahead of his competition. This has led to his business being very successful. I'm very proud of him.

The worst - well, there are a few things. Since he's self employed and only pays 2 employees for full-time work, it's not financially feasible for him to provide insurance for us. So, while I'd love to step down to even more part-time at work than I already am, I can't because I hold our health insurance. Also, there's the fact that he's pretty much always on the job. He's MUCH better about it than he used to be, but since he is the landlord to hundreds of properties, he has to be available to people 24/7 and he has no one who knows how to do his job so it's hard for us to get away. Since he's hired a few people this has gotten 100203958098% better but...it's still something that looms over us. And he still gets the middle of the night emergency calls.

[britaneejean]

I love my husband's work schedule. Depending on how busy things are, he can go in later or leave earlier. He usually works 8-5 and is on salary. He likes that it can be challenging and that he can spend days learning something new. His company spoils the employees with summer parties, insane christmas parties (including concerts), and other fun stuff. They have great insurance benefits too!

I have a hard time with the pay. Because of the fun things the company does, they pay their employees at the bottom of the pay scales for their job titles. They keep you because of those but I really wish DH would get paid what he deserves. It's also really hard to move up. He keeps trying and it hasn't happened. :(

Overall, we love the company. Better pay would always be nice though.

[britaneejean]

I don't really have a best/worst in regards to his job. While most people hate it if their hubby works long hours or is away a lot, I'm actually OK with that. We're both very independent, and to be honest, my routine doesn't change at all when he's away. The kids miss him of course, and it can be tough on them, but for myself, I love it when he gets to go away for a few weeks. It keeps his job exciting for him, and I know he loves what he does. I get to chill out about doing housework while he's away (and I get to stay up later and scrap!), and it makes our time at home together even more appreciated. Of course I love having him home, but I'm happy when he goes away too.

DH used to work & go to school full time so he was gone A LOT! I honestly didn't mind it for me. I got more stuff done because I was on my own and I could do it on my time. I did wish that my girls could see him more but it made family time so much more important and we valued it so much! Phones & computers were put away so it was just us. It was the highlight of those years. He traveled a little too and we thought it was a fun thing to see & hear about his travels.

[nietis]

My husband is a lecturer.
What I love about his job is the job security (he is highly unlikely get sacked), he gets yearly health check up, some national holiday he gets gifts such as 10 kg rice, juice, big box of eggs, fruits, things that helps our grocery spending and they always give best quality too. His salary is quite good, above average. The schedule changes every semester, but I like that he always gets at least a weekday off from lectures so we can go have our family day (or run errands), instead of weekends (when it's almost too crowded of people everywhere!).

What I hate? It takes up lots of his time, if I don't insist him to organise his work hours. He gets texts, calls from his higher up and students early morning, late nights, AND weekends too! There are Sundays where he has to go on meetings. Ugh!
He can't take long holidays/leaves, even during the students' summer holidays! On top of teachings, he's trying to do research of his own, which I supports, but his higher up is a person that I really dislike. I feel that she 'uses' my husband to her advantage; asking him to translate documents, write papers for her, doing lots of tedious tasks... Somehow, here, the rule is, if you don't do 'favor' (or kissing asses if I may say rudely), you'll be stuck where you are and never go up the ladder. And the fact that they just expect you to work work work all the time, as if you don't have family to spend time with, is just so ridiculous to me!

[anelia]

My husband is a tech support in an international web hosting company.
I like that they appreciate his personal qualities there and his salary is above average. He was promoted to supervisor a few month ago and I'm proud of him.
The thing that I least like is they work 24/7/365 and usually he's not home for the holidays.
I've already gotten used to the night shifts so they don't bother me.

[jumbbumble]

i love that my husband works in to times , so one week he is home really early and one week i have the eving for myself to do what i want i also like the payment of his job

i hate that the alarm is going really early on the weeks he is home early

[carrie1977]

My least favorite (and his) thing about his job is that he works an hour away and has to leave the house by 3:30am to arrive early enough to open everything up. It worries me on the foggy days that he has to drive a lot of country roads. I watch the news every morning to make sure I don't hear of any accidents.

I guess the best part of his job is that he is considered to be a vital part of the way the shop runs. They rely on him to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

[DawnMarch]

My husband is a law professor and director of an academic research center. He routinely wins professor of the year and other awards and absolutely loves his job. So I like that he is appreciated and enjoys what he does. The downside is that travels all over the world (and in town) giving lectures. I'm pretty independent so that isn't a huge deal for me but it's hard being a "single" mom with my own full-time lawyer job when he's not around. Also, he works for a state university in a state that does not value (or fund) education very highly, so the pay is paltry compared to other universities. He gets offers all the time to move elsewhere but with our kids in middle and high school, we don't want to uproot the whole family.

[Saar]

My least favorite thing is that he has two jobs. He can combine it during winter, but during summer he is so so so buzy. He works from 7 a.m. 'till 10 p.m. And can't take a week off.
He is partly self-employed, but has to have a 2nd job, because during the winter, he can't make a good living from his self-employment job.
I have to say... summers are hard and I'm always happy when September ends.

What I like most is that he really loves his job! It's one of the things that makes him happy, so I don't want him to give that up because of me.

[cherrygutz]

I'm very thankful that he has a good job, I love that he can leave the house late in the morning since his work time is that of UK time, the health cards are amazing (not that we always use them), if an employee is gonna get a car, the company has a share for the monthly payment like that. The least I like about it is the time he goes home, since he leaves late, he comes home late too. Also, he's occasionally sent to another country, for 3-4 months which is something that I get sad about.

[lovely1m]

My favorite part is that he loves the job and it makes him happy. My least favorite, that they furloughed him last spring for goodness knows how long and he's having to work his butt off at other jobs he doesn't love as much. He works for the railroad.