Doug5

Its my belief that with most jobs, all you need to do is show up everyday on time and the rest is common sense. Employers for whatever reason seem to be reluctant to hire deaf/disabled. Its discouraging when you dont even get a chance.

Ive worked in different situations. One time directly for the owner where he treated me like a slave. Another time for a moderate sized company where there wasnt much work to do. How is it for you guys. Are you working nonstop wracking your brains out the entire time? Or is it more like going through the motions coasting.

When driving aroud town, I will see someone driving a real expensive car, and I think to myself, what do they do for living and how difficult can it really be that they make so much to afford such an expensive car?

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shel90

My job is hard at times cuz there is just so much to do and so little time. Because I work at a deaf school, discrimination against deafness is nonexistent but sometimes there were situations where favorism was present. I have full control of my classroom and environment. I dont have a boss hovering around me daily and she is very easy to get along with which is nice. Another thing I like about it is that it stimulates me daily because I have to be creative and do a lot of thinking.

The only time I dont like it is when I have to do IEPs...I dont like paperwork.

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rjcon88

My job is generally pretty easy, the only thing you really need to be able to do is pick up boxes. There are times though, when the volume is really heavy and you basically end up running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

But I have worked for companies in the past that didn't like to hire disabled or didn't give them a good posistion... WalMart will only let HoH employees do things such as people greet or curiosity associate. I never did tell them I was HoH, they never noticed the HAs either cause I grew my hair just over the ears LOL

Doug5

thats pretty insulting of walmart to limit hoh to greeting.

how do you like those summers of shel?

how about some input from those that arent deaf or hard of hearing.

Nika

My job is not hard. I do data entry and translation to and from English and Persian for an Iranian Human Rights foundation.

You can check out our website here.
In English: Human Rights in Iran - Human Rights & Democracy for Iran
In Farsi: بنیاد برومند - Ø*قوق بشر Ùˆ دموکراسی برای ایران

I used to do photo scanning and editing but now I just work with data entry.

The hardest part about my job is that it is emotionally wearing. I have to translate cases about people who were brutally tortured, imprisoned, hanged, etc. As compensation, our work atmosphere is very comfortable.

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Nika

Looks like the Farsi link didn't work.

Let's see if this works: در باره امید، یادبودی در دÙ�اع از Ø*قوق بشر در ایران - Iran Human Rights Memorial

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Nika

Nope. All right, I give up on the Farsi.

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Byrdie714

My job is this:

Doug5

how much do you make an hour? Do you get overtime if you sleep in?

Jolie77

My job is somewhat challenging. Some days it will be challenging but then, on some other days, it is easy to do.

I'm a quality control auditor for a health insurance company that works along on the side with the medicare system.

What I do is process and verify these errors on the papers; assign each client to a specific enrollment program that is provided as per guideline; and or to change/update the existing plans for each client. At some point, it can be complicated because of several enrollment period that is overlapped along together which results in a "cold" case which means that the case is on hold until it is sorted out.

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Byrdie714

I work 80 hours a week being an Inn Keeper. I get free housing, free internet, free cable, free use of laundry services, etc, etc.

The reason why I said that my job is " " because it is ""--9 months out of the year. Only 3 months of the year--it's slammed busy! (June, July, August)

I am so looking forward to be moving to a new city with mind stimulating jobs......

Jiro

Doug5 - go to this thread called Curious: what do our deaf members do for a living? to see what we do for living.

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Byrdie714

Jiro's post is a good start to get an idea of what our jobs are. However the OP asked--how hard is our job

Nika

Also this post does not exclude hearing and HoH members from the question.

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Jiro

yep that's what I thought so. To answer your question, Doug - I am the webmaster for university. my job is not really very difficult. It can get time-consuming at some time but most of time.... the busiest time is beginning and end of the college semester.

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naisho

Well, I spoke of my last job in the other thread, so perhaps I can restate here as well in terms of difficulty of it. I'm no longer employed at this moment but I suppose that's not the concern. I worked for 1.5 years at this job.

My last job was doing Software and IT support/being a technician and systems admin, so it was really versed in the world of computers.

We received client orders, notices, office dispatches through our PDAs and cellphone. Upon receiving them, we'd dispatch ourselves to the site where we were required to do pretty much anything with our client's computers or even set them up for them.
There wasn't much difficulty involved, as I had to train myself in the beginning over the basics of the software and how to work out problems that people had. Everything else I learned prior beforehand, in tech support and problems in IT.

So it was basically drive to client offices, work on their PCs/network alone or help someone who had a problem there, or be in the office and connect remotely to other people's machines and fix it for them over the internet.

It was a pretty simple job in terms of doing what you were supposed to do, You get presented with A and you're supposed to finish A in your own methods. But it by no means wasn't laid back, as I was constantly stressed trying to meet the quota and deadlines of any tasks because I'd get called by a lot of people requesting my presence at their offices while I'm working on someone else's at the same time. We also didn't get paid overtime, just by salary so there wasn't any benefit for working after 5PM.


I'd totally take your job Byrdie, I'd rather have a slow relaxing environment than the stress involved with deadline type jobs. BTW, why are those 3 months the busiest? Ours were like Nov-Jan, Jul-Aug. similar to yours.

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shel90

I love them not because I am off which I am not cuz I have a 2nd job working at the public schools during the summer. I love it cuz of the variety of each year with new classes and new students. I like finding out who will be my aide and who will be my new students. The school where I work at is so small so we feel like a family so it is like elementary school anticipating the new class schedule to see which of my friends are in my classes...same thing with the teachers and aides..it is a lot of fun!

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sequoias

At Enterprise, my job is generally easy but the physical thing is pretty tough. There is a lot of moving the cars, rinsing them, scrubbing, rinsing, vaccumming, cleaning windows, etc. It can get tiring if it's on a busy day.

At Shared Journeys, not really easy job. You have to take care of the develop disabled clients. Nothing's easy about the job and it involves communication, the observations of their behaviors, all that stuff. Of course, we take classes to help efficently communicate and observe their behaviors when needed.
It does varies client to client because some are not so demanding and others can be really demanding.

shel90

I used to be a full time resident counselor for a group home on the weekends a few years ago...I can relate to what u are saying. I had one client who was so demanding ...it was exhausting but that was part of his illnessness so I couldnt hold it against him. Poor thing died last year.

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sequoias

Awww that sucks. The sad thing that develop disabled clients have a shorter lifespan on average...most don't live no more than 50-55 years old due to that they don't have a good life like the normal humans do.

cattlefarmer

I’m an equal opportunity employer. If you’re a good tractor driver and have unlimited text that works on my farm then you’re hired after your drug test. Well I do not think seeing eye dogs work with tractors ;-). If I do hire you my 15 year old daughter would be your supervise when she’s not in school.

Now for how hard is my job. I work in temps from -12 to 101. Depending on the time of year I work from 3 to 19 hours a day. Sometimes my work is thinking and some times its manual labor.

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Jaspheth

It's been a very long time since I've posted here. I hope some of ya'll remember me as the Deaf girl who's husband was mean to me. Good news, he isn't anymore. My dad got involved and things have been much better.

As for my job, I work at an animal clinic been there for nine years. Started when I was 17 and I am still in the same position. I'm the "janitor". It's a pretty easy job but I feel it limits me greatly. I'm the only Deaf person there. I would love to be trained to be a vet tech but I have given up trying to get my foot in the door. I am so jealous of everyone else's jobs!

S.

shygirl1999

My job ... I'm a Courtesy Clerk ... I bag groceries, bring in karts, clean, ect. I have been wanting to move up; they know I want to move up too. I think the reason why its hard for me to move up is because my fiancee also works there.

Most of the people I work with know that I am HoH. If I am not at the front of the store and they need me, they will use the intercom; that I don't always hear. Sometimes my supervisor will tell me to do something on my right side (which I am deaf in) and it gets me frustrated when I am with a customer. It makes me turn around to ask them to repeat what they said. I hate turning my back on customers; it makes me feel rude. Maybe they just forget? IDK.

Other than that, my job is easy for the most part. Not hard at all. I have been there for almost a year now. I like the people that I work with too, they are all nice

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KarissaMann05

I had my job before and.. no, it was not really hard for me. I got along with workers and my boss & former bosses pretty well. I really enjoy my job.

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VamPyroX

My job is very easy. 1% of the job involves teleconferencing, but I've been waived from participating since someone in the teleconference types up the report of what happens in the meeting and emails everyone. What is shared in the meeting is pretty much common sense and already shared from my supervisor days to weeks before.

My other jobs in the past have also been easy too. I've had a few challenging moments, but as long as I looked at myself as that particular role I was taking... I was able to follow through.

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LDNanna

Hard - well, I do a lot of lifting, bending, and lots of sitting! It requires a chair with an "eject" though!
I work as a university mail room clerk. It is getting a bit more difficult as the hearing continues to go. The job requires quite a bit of customer contact. A few students are learning basic signs. Yay! I want an envelope, stamp, etc is pretty easy. What's your mail box #? Well, their answers can seem pretty funny! We lost our only interpreter this year, and we have only one student who signs fluently (much better than me). He is awesomely helpful!
It can be very difficult in some seasons, that is physically. It is emotionally stressful most always. Mostly I do the books, like what to charge each department for their mails, and recording it. I prefer questions by emails, but it has some phone use that is nearly impossible if the speaker has a soft voice or if the mail machine (meter) is running.
We are running a small staff for a large client base.
The boss is not understanding and our student helpers are not so great at understanding either.
Good things are benefits!! Ok insurance and time off.
I would like to be home for a while, but must stay for benefits, pay is ok.

frostywolf

I currently have two jobs. My FT job is as a Senior Teller at a community bank. My PT job is at a veterinary hospital.

My FT job is not hard in an of itself. The most difficult part is the fact that it is basically customer service, and being hoh can make communication difficult at times. My employer has been great, though. They ordered me a special handset for the phone, because I couldn't hear on our regular phones, and they offered to take down the glass that divides the customers and tellers if that would help me. They also are happy to take over a phone call if I cannot understand the customer on the line.

My PT job is sometimes hard, sometimes easy. At the hospital, my official position is Animal Care Specialist. Basically, I primarily work in the boarding hospital. Except in peak periods (summer, school vacation weeks) when we are booked solid, it's not hard as in difficult to do, but it is still tiring work. At our hospital, our kennel staff is also utilized as technician assistants, backup receptionists and some can also be called on to to tech work. I get called on by the technicians whenever there is a particularly difficult pet to handle. I am very often requested to restrain the most difficult dogs and cats. I find this to be the most difficult part of my job because I cannot let technicians or doctors get bitten/scratched. And some of the pets that come in can be quite nasty, but you can't have any fear or you (or someone else) will get hurt.

DURAY

like Stephen Hlibok said at a Gallaudet forum years ago, think yourself as a professional, not as a deaf professional.

society's_child

Thanks.

I'm a Staff Assistant for U.S. Courts. I do alot of editing documents, checking for misspelling, answering phone calls and directing to the correct departments. I also keep reciepts of purchase and call our vendors when one of our (old as dirt) machines breaks down. Lots of copying, faxing, running errands and other things too boring and routine to mention. It's not a hard job by any stretch of the imagination.

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passionksr

I am hearing, I worked for 25 years then I quit my job of a bookkeeper/assistant fiscal officer. I worked in an accouting department for that long. I did payroll, coded the payroll, did deposits, receipts, wrote checks for the whole agency. Did reports. There was alot to do for the non-profit organization. I also did taxes on the side in the evenings after work, I stayed at work late at nights when needed to. I worked on weekends, I was paid a salary, never paid for any over time I worked. Now I still do taxes and I baby sit, since I quit that job, I am less stressed and happier. My husband is the one that is deaf so I do alot of the communication for him as I did when I worked.