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I work for a very large county forest preserve district and it's been great so far. It's nice working with a lot of crunchy people who cancel meetings because they conflict with the eclipse viewing. It's about 50/50 desk/outdoors (well 90/10 in the winter and 10/90 in the summer) and for the first time in 20 years I work 8-4 instead of random nights and weekends.
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This is my first ever season almost entirely out of the field since I started field work as a junior in high school. I have a new baby and a five year old and my wife does night shift work. I'm hoping it's not the beginning of the end because field work is still where I feel most myself. I'm a little worried about my depression as I sit at home in the lab coordinating my crews while they travel to my favorite places to be.
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Apr 5, 2024 05:06
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I'm a little worried about my depression Honestly, one of the main reasons I don't want to give up where I am. I get paid to be on a beach, listen to/watch the birds, and keep an eye out for sea turtles (big mamas laying nests, and little ones on their way to the water). There's a certain magic to the coast here that can at least hold the depression at bay enough for me to mostly function, and as soon as I'm away from the beach for any length of time it all comes roaring back hard.
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Apr 5, 2024 18:12
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Field work can definitely be nice but we work year round and I was literally out of the house and camping 208 days a year so it came down to fun questions like "Why the gently caress am I paying rent" and "How do I date someone/maintain a relationship" when im gone that long. So after a couple years of that I'm happy to do office work for a bit and go out with the crews once a project to check in on things.
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Apr 13, 2024 20:55
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Telsa Cola posted:Well, I finally got the promotion I have been wanting for awhile so my field work days may soon be mostly over. Losing the shift differential and holiday pay was pretty sad pay wise the first year I transferred out of the field. I'm in my third year though and my pay is now substantially more due to the class I transferred into. And yea, field work is brutal on the body. Pretty sure I've got the start of carpal tunnel or something from chainsaw work and I'm only in my 30s...
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