Job ideas for people who can't cope with people? Help please!

snowcat75

Anything in Agriculture..

Construction work, Crane operators, Machine drivers etc, banks-man, Ground workers etc.

Engineering work, Heres a set of plans, get on with it and make this.

Fitters, Technicians, Mechanics.

Forestry work, or Horticultural work.

TBH, just about any job that involves working with your hands, will get you away from the general public, The problem is tho, these industry's really heavily on apprenticeships, or experience, The latter being the most important.

sniggings

richardvc wrote: »

With regard to being a train driver, whilst you spend your time on your own they do like you to be part of the 'team' ! You do get a fair amount of customer contact and that's when they are moaning, shouting or swearing at you !

what? I have been on tons of trains and yet to even see the driver, I train may travel 5,6,7 hours in a single trip, so I can't see how they would have much to do with any other staff never mind the public.

OP if you have a friend that is a train driver I would ask them how to go about it, the money is very good too and you will be locked away in your own little compartment...sounds ideal for you.

Jobseeeker

What about some kind of IT business you can run from home like web design? I know that would involve a course first but you could also do that from home.

heretolearn_2

There are of course factories in the south east. However, as the work is quite boring they are quite socialable environments with people chatting away. You might not mind that though, it's not the same as dealing with customers.

Something which flagged up as a problem is where you say you don't mind dealing with colleagues who are on the same level with you, or if you are in a position of authority over them. But you can't handle having people in authority over you. That's nothing to do with social skills - it's about having a problem with authority. Unless you become Chairman of ICI or something, there is always going to be someone supervising/managing you, no matter what job you do. Unless you are self employed - but then you have to deal with customers all the time.

Agricultural work could be good for you - most of it is done solo.

kitrat

heretolearn wrote: »

There are of course factories in the south east. However, as the work is quite boring they are quite socialable environments with people chatting away. You might not mind that though, it's not the same as dealing with customers.

Something which flagged up as a problem is where you say you don't mind dealing with colleagues who are on the same level with you, or if you are in a position of authority over them. But you can't handle having people in authority over you. That's nothing to do with social skills - it's about having a problem with authority. Unless you become Chairman of ICI or something, there is always going to be someone supervising/managing you, no matter what job you do. Unless you are self employed - but then you have to deal with customers all the time.

Agricultural work could be good for you - most of it is done solo.

I wonder if OP perhaps means people in a position of authority who like to show it? For instance most of my senior colleagues are very 'on my level' with me and very courteous and polite if they ask me to do something, however the odd one or two like to remind you that they're boss and exert their power. Perhaps OP has only encountered the latter? Obviously I don't know, just a thought.

Almo

sniggings wrote: »

what? I have been on tons of trains and yet to even see the driver, I train may travel 5,6,7 hours in a single trip, so I can't see how they would have much to do with any other staff never mind the public.

OP if you have a friend that is a train driver I would ask them how to go about it, the money is very good too and you will be locked away in your own little compartment...sounds ideal for you.

When the train is at a platform people will often talk to/shout at the driver through the window, particularly if they enter the platform at the driver's end. At some stations there is a long dwell time and often the driver will get out to stretch his/her legs and get inundated with passengers. At other stations the driver and guard need to change ends and can get collared by people then.

Train driver would be a bad idea OP, if you can't overlook the idea of a 9-5 job. It is anything but. Plus, while the passenger interaction isn't huge, despite what I said above, there is a reasonable expectation that you will socialise during your breaks with your colleagues.

DigForVictory

You can operate a PC - data entry at worst, bookkeeping (train for the advanced systems so you're not expected to call clients & demand money!) or programming?

Reference librarian?

As has been said almost anything in agriculture, farrier if you get on with horses & can afford the training (reputation etc is vital but the silent type is well understood, especially if he can shoe skittish young stock), animal sittting/walking for those whose lifestyle isn't pet exercise compatible.

For 9-5 in reasonable conditions I'd look hard at record keeping. If you've ever studied German (one term is more than some) you may find SAP systems make more 'intuitive' sense than others & they tend to be used by the Big Companies, whose bookkeepers are allowed a great deal of autonomy as long as a lot of complex numbercrunching is done right.

SailorSam

I hate being in a crowd of people.
I drove a taxi (black cab) for nearly 30yrs which you may think was difficult. but you just pull the screen across behind you and you know they're getting out in 10 minutes so mostly you're on your own.
Now we have the Internet though i think i'd like to find something working from home.

Sky12

Tabbit, I want to wish you luck with your future. I know how hard it is - depressed since age 14 (I amnow 54), and have just been diagnosed with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I am articulate and good with people (one to one basis) but at the same time find people en masse so hard to deal with - make any sense? I work in an office of 90 people; so much noise I wear wax ear plugs all day. It is so stressful and tiring but as an administrator I can't seem to find anything that doesn't dump me in the centre of loads of people wanting things out of me! If anyone has any ideas for me that would be good. Can't afford to pay for training as I am low waged, husband out of works for 20 months, no benefits, struggling to survive day to day. I have an IQ of 154 (ex-MENSA), 3 O levels (school problems), NVQ 3 in Business Admin, NVQ 2 in Equality & Diversity, Diploma in Holistic Therapies (no good to me at present as nobody has any money to spend on such luxuries). Housekeeper sounds fantastic - but all the ads I see in The Lady want experience.

falko89

As someone who has social anxiety and also works in a factory I would advise you to stay away from factories. The pay is peanuts which brings out the worst in folks, I have never seen so much back stabbing, politics, !!!!!ing in all my life, not to mention bullying, if you're the quite type you are target number 1.