Getting Pregnant
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

Alternatively, What is the worst part of your job?

Again, self explanatory.

Re: Alternatively, What is the worst part of your job?

  • nfp147nfp147 member
    Eighth Anniversary 5000 Comments 500 Love Its First Answer
    edited May 2014
    Having to learn/read/speak/understand French in order to go anywhere above where I am.
    Anniversary image

    Created by MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter

    TTC Since January 2011 - We have bad sperm 
    February 2013: IUI #1 = BFN 
    October 2013: We made the decision to stop TTC and live without children.

    Nestie Besties with Xan921 
  • The down time. It's really the only thing I don't care for about my job.  It can go from crazy busy and hectic for 2-3 hours, down to slow and boring for half the day.

    TTC since 1/13  DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
    Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
    1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system. 
    Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
    Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340  Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
    Riley Elaine born 2/16/15

    TTC 2.0   6/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 9/15 
    Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
    BFP 9/16  EDD 6/3/17
    Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
    www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com 
                        Image and video hosting by TinyPic

  • Our COO/owner has zero management skills. Hires friends, makes irrational decisions, and has no desire to come up with job descriptions, processes, or procedures. She pretty much makes shit up depending on how much she 'likes' a person. She also sends people in her place to client meetings and they aren't the most qualified people, they're her friends.
  • Working until 2 am sometimes.  Irrational expectations.
                                       image              image
    "I DO NOT love that you think so many things revolve around you.  I know you're bitter.  I get it.  But I'm over your feelings." The best person on the internet ever!
  • Evicting people from their homes who truly don't deserve the shit life has thrown at them.

    Tenant's telling me I'm a horrible person because I'm evicting them. I'm sorry, I'm just doing my job, please stop shooting the messenger. It isn't my fault you cannot pay your bills and this company can't afford to let you live in our apartments free of charge.

    Also, as far as working conditions, some days I feel like I should quit because I'm not treated the same as the males and Jewish employees. Some days I don't feel appreciated I guess.
    image
    TTC 24 months, IUI #3 BFP 6/4/14 Beta 6/5 58, 6/9 508, 6/11 1227 TWINS! EDD 2/15/15
    With heavy hearts, we said goodbye to our precious angels on 8/12 at 13 weeks 2 days.
    image
    IVF #1 Lup/Brav/Meno, ER 11/28 10R/10F, ET "Rudolph" 4AA embryo 12/3, 7 frosties.
    BFP! Betas: 12/12 225, 12/15 706, 12/17 1512. EDD 8.21.15
    12/29 hb 120. 1/5 perfect, GRAD DAY! 1/15 perfect at OB. NT 2/6 PERFECT, HB 158!

    Baby Girl born 8.9.15 at 38.2 due to IUGR 4lb7.8oz 17" 
    Our princess is being watched over by her older siblings every day <3
    Anniversary 

  • The fact that I don't reallllly enjoy doing accounting at all. So pretty much everything I do all day long.

    imageMags's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)
     
    TTC 19 months ~Started RE in March 2014~
    DH was not ready for IUI so we waited
    ~Started acupuncture in  May 2014~

    ~~
    BFP 7/6/14~~~EDD 3/14/15~~It's a girl!!~~
  • Editing the multiple-choice question items our sub-specialty physician authors (attempt to) write. So many of them are so far away from how they're supposed to be, that I can't even focus on editing them for style/grammar/spelling/etc. I have to try to unravel the ridiculous details they think are necessary and do NOTHING for actually creating a clear scenario for our subscribers to interpret. It makes it REALLY hard to focus on what I'm doing and not want to flit off to surf the internet to get away from the ragey-ness at people's inability to follow simple instructions.
    imageimage
    Daisypath Anniversary tickers
    TTC since July 2012
    BFP #1: 11/9/13; spontaneous m/c at 6w2d, 11/25/13
    BFP #2: 12/31/13. B/w 12/31: betas >1000, progesterone 13.6; B/w 1/2: betas 3065, progesterone 10.2
    B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
    Progesterone suppositories started 1/2. Please stick, baby!!
    Fiona Elise born 9/9/14 - welcome beautiful girl!
    image
    Badge Unicorn
    image
  • When someone messes up and I have to explain it to the employee.

    Employees who don't understand something no matter how many times or ways you clearly explain it.

    I had the best boss evah and he left. :-( now boss is still getting adjusted, So I hope he will be good.
    "How long till my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach the highest light? Except for Galileo, god rest his soul, king of night vision, king of insight." ~ Indigo Girls Anniversary
    When you've been married this long, you need a ticker to remind you.

    Baby Boy M - 08/01/2013
  • mrsvedomrsvedo member
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Love Its 1000 Comments Name Dropper
    The shift, the actual work is boring most of the time, and everyone thinking we can fix anything regardless if situation.
    image

    my read shelf:
    Sarah (mrs.vedo)'s book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf) 


    Pregnancy Ticker
  • Bureaucracy crap. For example, we have 1 week to turn in our professional development write-ups after the event. Seriously? While I'm in the middle of correcting and lesson planning and catching up on the stuff the kids did when the sub was there? Gah!
    TTC #1 since Feb. '12. dx: "unexplained" IF
    After 2 shitty IVF cycles and 1 loss at 6+2 (EDD 11/7/14), DH and I are pursuing DIA.
    11/17/2014 - ACTIVE AND WAITING!
    image
    Pregnancy was never the end goal; being a mom was.
    I've been holding out on GP: I got drunk once and started a blog: Here it is (11/7 update)
    3T<3

  • bodily fluids (and solids) LOL and actually I wouldn't say that's the worst part of my job. 
    The absolute worst would be having an inept boss, not always knowing who will be covering my breaks or how I will be able to get out on time (ratios of teachers to number of kids means when we are short staffed (which is a lot of the time) I might not be able to get out on time if there are too many babies and no teacher to replace me)

    ~Jenny~
  • Some of the teaching supervisors (who we get assigned to on a semester-by-semester basis and find out a few days before duties start) are assholes. Like, actual jerks who will yell at you or otherwise embarrass you in front of hundreds of students while you're in the middle of fixing a minor mistake, instead of helping you fix it.

    We also got a new teaching manager a couple years ago who is far from the level of awesome of his predecessor.

    image

    "You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." - Dr. Seuss

    TTC #1 August 2014. BFP 9/26! EDD 6/9/15
    Baby A born 6/17/2015
  • I think it would be a tie between the stinky customers that come in with such a stench that I have to try really hard not to gag in front of them and the male customers that think it is totally cool to be creepy and say suggestive things to female tellers. 



    Me: PCOS and Hypothyroidism.
    Currently on Metformin and Synthroid
    BFP: 10.7.14
    EDD: 6.15.15

    image
  • Some of the parents, mainly those who should not be fertile and are...

    The flexibility... And the unpredictable ness of the availability of families...

    All. The. Driving. :(
    Ashley & Jeremy 10/10/10

    Getting fit for IVF! :) (add another 20lbs and you have my total weight lost! :) )

    11440622
  • Being required to give passing grades to certain students because we're "not allowed" to give students with IEPs the F's they've earned, we have to fudge their grades to make sure that they "pass" to the next grade. I don't fail my students, they fail themselves. Except when I'm required to pass them; then, I'm failing them. :(
  • Watching PDA and having people act like they are I'm a Nicholas Sparks novel saying goodbye. Ugh gross. Kiss in the car and deal.
  • Watching PDA and having people act like they are I'm a Nicholas Sparks novel saying goodbye. Ugh gross. Kiss in the car and deal.
  • The lack of services and/or the ridiculous hoops my families have to jump through to get services for their child that are medically necessary. Then, to add to that the parents that come in looking for an autism diagnosis to try to explain away their struggles with parenting, and somehow they manage to get said services without any trouble at all.


    TTC since 3/2012 
    DH - 36; nml swimmers; Me - 36; almost no AMH (last 0.081), low AFC, nml FSH/LH
    Clomid + IUI #1 (6/2013) - BFN; #2 (7/2013) - BFFN
    IVF 1.0 5R/5F/2T (ET 6/11/2014) - no frosties, but BFP 8dp5dt (EDD 3/1/2015) 
    Lost our sweet baby boy, Lincoln Alexander 10/3/2014 (19w)
    IVF 2.0 - ER 3/25/2015 - 3R ZERO mature.
    Ovaries are done...
    DE IVF ER - 12/2/2016 (17R/10F = 8 frosties); FET 1.0 (1/27/2017) - BFP 6dp5dt (EDD 10/16/2017)
  • aggiebugaggiebug member
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Love Its 1000 Comments First Answer
    edited May 2014
    Money. I didn't get into my profession for money but it is a conversation I have to have on a daily basis. It stinks. Along with that: the people who berate me for "stealing" their money when I work hard to be cost effective and efficient for my clients.
    image
    DD born 1.25.15

  • AimothyAimothy member
    10000 Comments Seventh Anniversary 500 Love Its First Answer
    The worst part of my job is parents thinking it's a "me vs them" mentality, instead of both of us wanting their child to succeed.  Parents "demanding" things that are just not realistic when I have 26 other children to watch.  

    image
    Baby Boy born 5.3.15


  • Xan921Xan921 member
    Seventh Anniversary 5000 Comments 500 Love Its Name Dropper
    The drama.  I have a staff of 26, most of which are women, and the gossiping, drama, rumors, etc are just ridiculous.  They are all adults and yet half of them act like they are in middle school.
    image

    TTC since March 2012 w/irregular and anovulatory cycles.  
    Moved to an RE October 2013  HSG- All clear , S/A- Normal , Bloodwork -Normal
    Uterine polyp found-  Hysteroscopy and D&C 12/6/13  DX w/complex endometrial hyperplasia
    Endometrial Biopsy 3/21/14 - Hyperplasia still present  Endometrial Biopsy #2 6/24/14 - All clear!
    IUI #1  w/stims and trigger - Started stims 7/7/14 - IUI 7/24/14 = BFP 8/7/14
    Beta #1 8/8 - 47  Beta#2 -137  Beta#3 - 96 Beta#4 -287 Beta#5 -519 Beta#6 121 = early miscarriage 5w4d
    Nestie Besties with Nfp147 
  • Corporate bullshit. I work with senior management in a global Forbes 100 company sooooooooo....lots of stress. Tons of it. 

    Cheering on all of my 3T ladies!  DX with PCOS - 11/2012 DH S/A & HSG - Normal - Too many rounds of Clomid = BFNs - New RE 5/2014 - Repeat Testing - Losing 40lbs before injects/IUI



    image

    Created by MyFitnessPal - Nutrition Facts For Foods

  • @xan921 I hear you on the gossip and drama.  I work in a mostly female environment and good lord the gossip train is busy.  I have never been that type really so it drives me crazy. 
    image
    DD born 1.25.15

  • jt305jt305 member
    100 Comments 25 Love Its Name Dropper
    Parents and their lack of appreciation.  I teach special ed, so I feel like my parents are sometimes like helicopter parents on crack.  My paras and I work our asses off for our kiddos (and we LOVE them, so it's worth it), but often, the parents don't even say "thanks".  It would just be nice to be appreciated.  But it's summer vacay now--finally--so I can get over it :)

    Anniversary
    TTC since Jan 2014
    BFP: 1/14; spontaneous m/c at 6w
  • Telling people what it is that I do. I just say I work in the Med Group now. I let them assume I'm a physician, nurse, or med tech. I'll even go so far as "I work in mental health" to avoid saying I'm a psychologist. Though as I type this I'm a bit ashamed for not embracing the fact I provide a service that people should not be ashamed to receive. Today I started proudly saying "I'm a psychologist!" And educate those who give me the "oh shit he knows I'm crazy" look and want run. I do not have the ability to peer deep into your soul...at least not without your consent. :)
  • Having to make 'the call' to family members telling them that their family member has passed away. I'm a new nurse. I can deal with the body fluids/solids, drains, doctors taking their anger out on anything near, anything. But making that phone call, seriously sucks.
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards