From Housing to Healthcare (plus post-shift update) “I was working a lot more than my contracted hours, which was significantly impacting my social life and well-being.”
From Advertising to Art plus (post-shift update) “I got to a point where my heart wasn't in it anymore. I'd lost all my energy and motivation.”
From Media to Weddings “This amazing one-off, honour-of-a-lifetime thing suddenly dawned on me as being a proper job.”
From Education to Animal Welfare (plus post-shift update) “I felt a constant sense of imposter syndrome.”
From Document Control to Email Marketing “I rarely had the chance to innovate or to see the direct impact of my work.”
From Public Services to Portfolio Career “Losing my job forced a change journey that I’m still on nine years later.”
From PR to UX Design “I found that what excited me most was designing solutions that truly worked for people.”
From Non-profit to Portfolio Career (plus post-shift update) “Working from an office felt so rigid and soulless.”
From Charity and Insurance to Funerals “I wanted to take the step to support families from beginning to end, and to do so with compassion.”
From Charity to Expeditions (plus post-shift update) “It sounded really good on paper. In reality, I found it pretty dull.”
Opera Singer to Management Consultant (plus post-shift update) “It was embarrassing and I felt like a failure, but I just couldn’t go on.”
From Finance to Counselling “I was utterly miserable in my job. Everything was about profits, not people, and I was being inauthentic every day.”
