Feeling empowered at your job is truly one of the best things you can have in life.
If you’ve been on the other side of that equation and you have a bad boss or terrible supervisors, you know that performing your daily tasks just doesn’t seem very satisfying and it can make waking up in the morning a pretty dreadful thing.
A bunch of folks shared their thoughts on Twitter about the things that make them feel empowered at their jobs.
Let’s see what they had to say.
1. Reduces food waste.
Simple joys!
Food Scientist : Reduce wastage of food, ensuring you feed the needy and bring simple joy in life.
— Gourinandan (@gttonpe) July 28, 2020
2. Very important.
We salute you!
Engineering: Building things useful for humanity
— Srinivas Aluri (@cnuga) July 28, 2020
3. We need more folks like you.
Thank a teacher today!
Teaching: Mostly worked with young undergrad students. Listening to them; not imposing my ideas on them, telling them how they can improve their papers.
— Souradeep সৌরদীপ | #ReleaseAllPoliticalPrisoners (@SouradeepRoy19) July 28, 2020
4. Bold journalism.
Telling the truth no matter what.
Bold journalism. Anybody can be a journalist but bold journalism requires spine which most journalists dont have.
— Rajesh Gupta (@Rajeshguptablog) July 28, 2020
5. Healing manuscripts.
An act of healing.
Editor: I see editing as healing a manuscript, making it whole, giving it the best of me to make it the best I can help it to be. Editing is an act of healing for me.
— Rukmini Kumar (@rukminikumar) July 28, 2020
6. Making folks comfortable.
We all need more comfort in our lives.
Designer :I get to make beautiful cozy bed linens and make people feel relaxed and loved and my work empowers women too!!!
— Ash JJ (@ashjjkk) July 28, 2020
7. Hold them to account.
This is crucial.
Journalism: holding those in power to account.
— Monica Sarkar (@MonicaSarkar) July 28, 2020
8. Fighting The Man.
And fighting the good fight.
Activism : Working on very complex, complicated social , cultural, political issues, working for disadvantaged communities at the receiving end of societal #power structures
— Megh (@yomegh) July 28, 2020
9. Get healthy.
Doing a great service.
Public health: reducing the morbidity & mortality of population which in turn prevent marginalization & oop expenditure induced poverty
— Bhawesh (@laybharii) July 28, 2020
10. It depends on you.
No disturbances allowed.
Marine Engineer: Looking after the maintenance of the machines in a merchant vessel so that world trade is carried out timely and without any disturbance.
— Viraj (@Virus_Shetty) July 28, 2020
11. Letting your mind travel.
Impacting millions.
Software Developer: It’s like your mind travels the world. You’re impacting a million people with the code you write.
— Avishek (@avisheksanvas) July 28, 2020
12. Capturing emotions.
We can all enjoy beautiful photos.
Photography – catch the beautiful &raw emotions.
— S (@S45467714) July 28, 2020
Do you think that your job is empowering?
If so, we’d like to hear from you in the comments.
We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!
