With countless occupations and professions people do in this world, it’s easy not to know much about how a day at work looks for everyone else except you.
In that sense, we know very little about what doctors, journalists, firefighters, truck drivers and all the others really do while on duty.
So Bored Panda created this list of pictures that show the invisible side of different jobs we don’t get to see often, if ever. The photos from on duty speak stories without any words, so pull your seat closer and enjoy the ride!
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A Dog I Knew In My Last Job. My Job Was To Receive And Redistribute Things Like Food, Medication, Clothing, Blankets And Toys To People Who Need It
"The absolute perfect job probably doesn’t exist," Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur, told Bored Panda in an interview. Having said that, she believes that it’s possible to get a job that is 90% perfect.
"Where most people go wrong, however, is by thinking they can achieve this in a few months, whereas especially if they’re looking for a career change, you need to think long-term and be willing to work hard to achieve this," Christine explained.
She added that even in a fantastic job, there will be bad days or even weeks. "So you always need to keep the big picture in mind, as well as get clarity on what work values are most important to you."
Sometimes Working Night Shifts Has Rewards
Firefighter Buddy Saving A Tiny Kitten
We also wondered why our society puts so much importance on careers while we know that it leads to burnouts or our lives being put on hold.
Christine explained that it’s maybe because for decades, people did work just to survive: “after wars and economic downturns, people are happy to have a job that puts food on the table.” But as things have improved, she argues, “people expect more from their job than simply a pay check, you could say it’s a result of how well we’re doing overall.”
To The Karens That Can't Wear Masks. I Have Asthma And Work 13-Hour Shifts In This
We need to do something about your attitude! Can I speak to your manager???
Exhausted Firefighters Resting After Fighting Multiple Fires That Are Still Fustigating Central Portugal. They Are Our National Heroes
Fustigating? Just looked it up. To beat or cudgel. I learned a new word! 'I feel totally fustigated today'. Like it.
I Work At A Cat Shelter. These Are The “Can We Keep Him?” Photos I Sent To My Partner. It Worked
In fact, “You could argue that some people now expect too much from their jobs (aka happiness and fulfillment), and they might be wise in considering whether they could achieve more happiness and fulfillment from other parts of their lives too.”
The main signs that a person is happy at work can come down to asking yourself these questions, according to Christine. “Are you able to switch off over the weekend and not think of work? Do you even look forward to Monday morning? Do you feel work is getting the best out of you?”
What makes someone happy at work is very individual, Christine said, but often a mix of being stimulated, supported, rewarded, and having great colleagues and bosses.
I Work In The Film Industry And I'm Usually Too Shy To Ask For A Picture With An Actor, But I Had To Get One With This Little Guy
Dutch Firefighter After Dousing A Fire In Freezing Conditions
This looks miserable. I never considered this, thank you for this picture and thank you firefighters!
I Work At A Call Center. Whenever I Get A Particularly Rude Caller, I Like To Draw What They Might Look Like. Here’s Lorraine From Today
If there’s anything the worldwide pandemic taught us, it's rethinking our priorities and values in life, including our work and life balance. Many employees switched to partially or fully remote work, while others quit en masse, which caused the Great Resignation.
In a previous interview with Bored Panda, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, the best-selling author and CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, explained that the Great Resignation is a phenomenon that began in 2021, where a large number of people across various industries and countries decided to voluntarily leave their jobs.
“This mass exodus from the workforce was primarily driven by a combination of factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, changing work-life balance expectations, and increased demand for higher wages and better working conditions.”
I Work At A Funeral Home And During A Service Today, Bumped Into An Old Painter
Insanely Jealous Of My Wife's New Working Conditions
While North America Freezes, These Guys Are Fighting Bushfires In Tasmania, Australia As The Mainland Bakes At 116F
The pandemic prompted many workers to reevaluate their priorities, leading them to seek out more fulfilling and flexible work opportunities. Additionally, government stimulus packages and unemployment benefits provided a safety net for some people, enabling them to take time to reconsider their career paths.
I’m Working At A Pop-Up Animal Shelter At A Local High School For Hurricane Ian
Found This Little Guy At Work Today
Every Thursday Morning My Little Nephew Waits For The Garbage Man To Arrive So He Can Help. Today They Brought Him A WM Hat To Wear
My Uncle, Who Works On An Arctic Research Vessel, Got An Unexpected Visitor Today
Found This Little Trash Heart In My Work Dumpster This Morning
A Firefighter From Washington State After Battling The Wildfire
Exhausted Firefighters In Australia
We Use Hulk Hands To Move Cacti At My Work
My Mum Is A Florist Who Occasionally Sends Me Pictures Of What She's Working On
I found a lost dog once and turned out the owner worked at a florist! She gave me a beautiful flower arrangement to say thanks for rescuing her good boy.
Photos I've Taken While Working As A Flight Paramedic In The Canadian Arctic
I Work In A Bar Owned By A Lord And Lady Who Live In A Castle On An Island You Can Only Walk To At Low Tide
I Am A Remote Worker. I Chose This Desk To Work From Today
This Is The Hand Of A Doctor After Removing His Medical Precautionary Suit And Gloves After 10 Hours Of Duty
Northern Lights This Morning At Work
My Sister Caught Her Husband Sleeping On The Job. He’s A Very Hard-Working Dairy Farmer In Wisconsin
Let's hope he wakes up before the cow decides to stand up. Getting trampled by a cow hurts, a lot.
My Mom Works At Amazon And She Sent Me A Photo Of One Of The Trucks She Loaded
Part Of My Night Shift Tasks At My Job Is To Feed The Outside Cats That Come Every Night
One Of My Favorite Things About Working In The Ski Fields
My Friend Sent Me A Before/After Photo Of Him Cable Managing The Servers At Work
My Friend Mike Is A Veterinary Dentist. Sometimes His Job Takes Place Inside A Lion's Mouth
My Work Buddies Sometimes Take Pics Of Me On The Job. My Mom Is Not A Fan
Got My First Job In An Observatory
Took This Photo Yesterday At Work. Thought I'd Share It With You Guys
Being A Pilot In Northern Canada Has Its Perks
"the walls will ooze green slime?! oh wait, they always do that"
This Is My Husband After Working All Day In -57F
We Have A Cutout Of Our Boss At The Office For When He Works Abroad
These Carrots That Grew Around Each Other At The Farm I Work At
We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels
It Is -45°F (-43°C) Where I’m Working Today (South Dakota)
I cannot go outside when it’s 45F (around 7C), this takes superhuman strength as far as I’m concerned
My Arm After Grinding Fiberglass All Day
Album From My Work As A Field Geologist On The Remote East Coast Of Greenland With Mountains, Ice, And Polar Bears
Be Nice To Your Trash Man When It's Raining And It's 30 Degrees Outside. We Are Not Invincible. This Is My Hand After Working 4 Hours In That Weather
We had to stop for new gloves otherwise I probably woulda got frostbite.
My Sister Works In The Photo Department And That's Who She Was Asked To Photograph For Documents
Mineral Named Turgite - Found This Today While Working In An Iron Ore Mine, Remote Western Australia
It’s Someone’s Job To Hoover The Whale At The American Museum Of Natural History (NYC)
I Work At A Hotel, A Guest Left This When They Checked Out
these are magic: the gathering cards. Either someone ditched all their low-value ones, or this is someone's collection and there could be some serious dollars in that pile
My Dad Worked At A Place That Makes Car Windshields. Here Is The Excess That Gets Blown Out The Side. Person For Scale
Life Of A Sailor
We live in cabins, each one by one. Depending on the position, the cabins can be better and larger. There is also a separate bathroom, shower, toilet, and wash basin.
This feels wrong, where are your beards and glass eyes?
Driveway I Just Finished Working On. I Do Decorative Concrete Work For A Living. 3655 Square Feet Total. Almost A 1/4 Mile Long In Length
I Work With A Canadian Airline In The North. Showed Up To Work One Morning With This Stunning View
Must be an interesting job to have. What is it, please? Am a little jealous. Please send us lots of pictures.
That's My Firefigther Brother After A Mission Done
He looks like he is seeing a kid playing with matches about to start a new fire
Working From My Dialysis Bed, Because I Needed To. Hard Time But It'll Pass
Best of luck to you in health and happiness! I hope things get easier.
I Used To Work At The Customer Service Desk
That's a creative and hilarious review. I'd have framed it and displayed it as well.
I Work As A Dog Groomer And Got This Absolute Gem Of A Picture. I Laugh Every Time I See It
What a happy pup. I imagine mine look like this when they’re being groomed although I’m probably very wrong.
Me At Work Yesterday, Stay Safe People (I'm Just The Guy Who Wash The Sheets In A Hospital)
Someone Crashed Into A Fire Hydrant Outside My Apartment In LA And This Firefighter Stood Directly In The Stream For 30 Min In The 40 Degree Weather To Turn It Off
I’m learning so many miserable aspects of being a firefighter this morning
My Cousin's Sister-In-Law Works On A Tugboat Which Tows Oil Platforms Across The Ocean. In All Weather Conditions
I Got A Job At A Secondhand Book Exchange, This Is One Of Three Warehouses Of Books
This Guy Whose Whole Job Appears To Make Coffee And Tea For A Metal Band While They're On Stage
My Brother Is A Carpenter And Leaves Small Easter Eggs When He's Working
I Took A Picture While I Was At Work
I Work As A Professional Princess On Weekends. My Kitty Insists On Inspecting Each Costume For Detail Accuracy
A Giant Allen Wrench At Work
The Ice Machine At My Work Has An Ultraviolet Light To Keep The Ice Sterilized
I Kept My Hotel Key Cards From My First Year Working For The Airlines
People Being Trained To Work On Power Lines
My Brother Works Outdoors, And Wears The Same Hat Every Day
Hispanic Workers On Their Way To Different Job Sites
They are all laying down because it is illegal and dangerous to ride in the bed of a truck. They will get seriously hurt if there is a accident.
My Mom's Arrangement Of Shirts At Work
My Friend Is A Lineman Working In Houston To Help Restore Power. He Says There Is A Mosquito Problem
I live in central Florida, there is definitely a mosquito problem. Never fails to amaze me they can bite your a$$ through a patio chair while you’re wearing pants.
Had A Guy Bring A Opossum Into The Pawn Shop Where I Work Today
A Day In The Life Of A Hematology Registrar. And How To Do A Bone Marrow Biopsy
I Work In Antarctica And Can't Wear A Watch On My Wrist Because Of All Of The Layers I Wear, So I Wear This On A Lanyard Attached To My PFD With A Sailing Shackle
Got To Work On The Wienermobile Today
I was five years old in 1958 when I saw it driving down the street. I got so excited just to watch it pass by
At My Job We Have 2 Of These Foam Things Hanging, Specifically For People To Poke, So That The Others Don't Get Destroyed And We Don't Have To Throw Them Away
These Days I'm Working In Nigeria. Since The Workers Don't Have Proper Tools They Get Creative
This Huge Wrench That Needs A Forklift To Pick It Up. For Working On An Engine On A Cargo Ship
I Worked In The Arctic Circle For A While, This Was One Of The Emergency Response Vehicles
I Work At A Paint Store. This Ledge Is Where We Wipe Our Thumbs After We Test Paint Colors
My Mom Works For Trader Joe's, This Is Her Hawaiian Shirt Collection
Great collection. I wonder who most people think of when they see Hawaiian shirts. Thomas Magnum? Don Ho? For me it's always John Nathan-Turner (1980s producer on 'Doctor Who'), which tells you a lot about me I guess :)
I Work At A Small Coffee Shop. My Boss Just Absent-Mindedly Poured Unroasted Beans Into A Batch Of Roasted Ones. Here's Us Separating 10,000 Beans By Hand
I Found This Locked Suitcase In The Back Of A Storage Closet At The Hotel Where I Work. I Pried It Open And It Was A Little Time Capsule
I see Dahmer kept a spare pair of specs in the suitcase he forgot...
Had Some Down Time At Work Today So I Decided To Take A Few Pictures. These Are My Favorites
This Ibm Terminal We Just Replaced At Work
Did it get a golden watch as thanks for all the hard work over the years?
The Amount Of Staples I Amassed After 2 Months Of Unstappling And Scanning Documents As My First Summer Job
It's Pretty Awesome Being A Geologist
I Work At A Summer Program For 11 - 13-Year-Old Kids. Today We Tie-Dyed, This Is My Deck
My Cousin Works For Gibson And Just Built A Custom Guitar For Elton John
I Work In A Movie Theater That Is Having End Game Shows Ever 15-30 Mins. This Is The Mess We Found In One Theater. Please Be Nice To Staff And Clean Up After Yourself
What is wrong with some people?! Ugh! So sorry workers deal with this!
So I Work At A Gas Station And Found A Gun In The Bathroom
Remote Work Is The Best Work. Finishing The Week In A Rooftop Tent Overlooking The Pacific Ocean
Taken At Midnight While I Was Working In The Arctic During The Summer Of 2010
2-Hour-Old Brand New Off-The-Shelf Red Wing Boots Disintegrated. Cost My Friend A Day Of Work
There’s A Vending Machine For Tools Where I Work
Makes sense. Dispensing supplies from a central location in an organized way.
It's So Cold In The Bathroom At Work That The Toilet Water Froze Today
I'm Working For My State's Abandoned Mines Program. Here Are Some Of The Interesting Stuff
Giant Espresso Martini The Restaurant I Work At Just Added To The Menu
Thank you for providing a universal measure of the size. So much easier than trying to convert imperial to metric.
I Spend Most Of My Year At Sea Working On A Research Ship, We Get To See Some Pretty Cool Sights
These Photoshop Floppy Discs I Found At Work
My Job Is Wearing Down My Fingerprints To The Point Scanners Don’t Recognize Them Anymore
My Job Consists Of Spending 30 Minutes Watching Poop Settle
Firefighters Working To Extinguish A Blaze Today In Alberta, Canada In Freezing Temps
how quickly does the water freeze? if you shot it straight up in the air, would it look like rain, or hail?
The Welding/Blacksmithing Company I Work At Was Hired To Move The Entire Building
This Dude On The Construction Team I Work With At The Airport Collects Zipper Pulls He Finds On The Ground. There Are 4 More Of These Cables Full
Kinda neat! Sounds like something I would do. I live in a very rural area and tend to pick up any spent shells that I find (as long as I know the area!). Store them in a large glass jug with other little findings/trinkets. :)
This Massive Wrench I Use At Work. Size 11 Boot For Comparison
I Got Transferred To A New Location At Work. This Is My New Break "Room"
Specifically named as you are likely to break a bone knocking things over if you turn around too quickly.
Got A New Job Where I Have To Wear A Uniform And Gloves While Working Outside, Now I Look Like This
I Work At A Tire Shop And Have Been Collecting Items Found Inside Customers' Tires For The Past Few Years
A Group Of Teenagers Came In Just To Trash The Theater
Every one of them should be forced to pick up the popcorn with toothpicks
Temperature Working On The Roof Today
Drained A Machine With Melted Plastic At Work And It Made This Weird Sculpture
The Supermarket I Work At Sells Horizontally Sliced Bread
Hanging Out At Work
Levels Of Clothing Working On The North Sea
My Job Puts Molten Iron By The Break Area To Keep Warm When It Cools Off Outside
Um…wow, there’s something you don’t hear everyday. Seems like a portable heater might be a little less trouble.
My Collection Of Shopping Lists I've Found Over A Few Years From Working At A Grocery Store
My Job Has A Opioid Overdose Kit
My daughter keeps these in her truck. She’s a nurse but you never know when you might encounter someone that needs this unfortunately (especially in Florida, the rehab capital of the country I think)
I Work In A Restaurant At 2900 Mt. Above The Sea Level, The Photo Isn’t Blurry And The Fog In Reality Is The Clouds That You See Below
Just Another Day At Work
A Picture Of Me At Work Enjoying This Weather
Yes, it's nice when you have a moment of pleasant weather; enjoy it because the baddie it's coming!
I Work In A -25°F Freezer Everyday
I know someone whose sight is failing from spending work days working in a freezer
We Have 2 Blocks Of Encased Depleted Uranium Where I Work
The Life Of An IT Specialist Is Hard And Unsightly
That looks like a blue refrigerator with a satellite on top. Someone needs to upgrade their evil lair.
Hard Life For Hands In A Cement Manufacturing Plant. I'm A Maintenance Boilermaker And This Is After A Day Working In The Dust. Choose Your Profession Wisely
I Work Near A Pool, And All My Tape "Grows"
The Church I Work At Has Encapsulated The Blood And Body Of Christ
I Work Outdoors, This Is The Color Difference Of My Hand And My Foot
Everything Inside One Of The Tractor Trailers At My Job
My Tan Line From Wearing Gloves At Work (Laborer On A Trash Truck)
My Handwritten Notes From Officially Working 1 Year At My Job
This How We Stabilize Lithium-Ion Battery At Work
My Job Has A Room For Taking A Nap. The Room Also Has A Gigantic Roll Of Paper Towels In Case You Have A Cold
Every Staple I've Removed From Client Documents At My Office Job
The Vending Machine Where I Work
My Job Involves Putting Labels On Boxes, I Hold Them With My Left Hand And Put Them On The Box With My Right. This Is What My “Clean” Hands Look Like
My Job In Metallurgy Bought Some Scrap Aluminum From Tesla Where It Will Be Recycled And Reused
I Work Nights And Every Day I Wipe Down The Truck And Tank So It's Clean. This Is What The Day Shift Left Me
Contractions: always Possessives: usually Plurals: never
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