I would honestly *love* to get into it.
Ever since my fiance passed 4 years ago I've been very curious about death and what happens to the body after.
We had something crazy going on around here where we didn't have a medical examiner for a while..like they were fired or quit or something but it was a whole thing. So when he died they were very backed up and couldn't do the autopsy quickly. We had to have his funeral 2+ weeks after he died.
My mum died in February last year, because of the coronors enquiry and the fact that the Crematorium was so booked up, we didn't get to have the funeral until the end of April.
Same! I watched it years ago…. Loved it. Now find myself in an industry I never thought I’d be in. I’m on the cemetery side of the business now. I will never retire. I love my job!
Similar to me. Worked in veterinary medicine for 22 years and switched over to human death care. I manage a cemetery and crematory and plan on working herw forever. I joke that they'll have to wheel me from my desk over to the crematory lol.
I admit I don’t have current information but some articles awhile back indicated high $$.
Be A Tree:
Probably land costs cuz yay you are now a tree but who’s paying to keep that tree, etc? When is it ok to harvest the tree if ever? Who has that say? Sure, buy a plot but does your estate or heirs pay forever? Can they sell you as a tree?
Sorry, kinda went off on a ramble there
Composting humans will require a lot of mechanical tech and health & safety controls which cost $$
Both of these assumptions are just that.
Maybe we can r/askfuneraldirectors ?
My interest started when I was 4 and my 21 month old sister died of pneumonia. The funeral home came to our house. I saw them take her out. My brother and I weren’t allowed at the funeral. She was never discussed in our house.
I'm doing a 2 year course at my local community college. If you don't have a local mortuary school nearby, the [Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service](https://commonwealth.edu/) has a fully online course that replaces some of the classes that would normally require on-campus studies with on-the-job training. Essentially you get yourself hired at a funeral home and do both the schooling and work simultaneously, the work side of it will provide you with the funeral and embalming experience you would normally get at school. The entire course is 15 months, C's get degrees and at the end you travel to TX to show that you can embalm before being given your degree.
Edit: For clarification, you do not need to live in TX to take this program. The education satisfies the requirements to take the National Board Exams however is does focus on TX law so you would have to do your own personal study for your state's law exam.
Accountant...I live in the town I grew up in. My parents and grandparents grew up in the same town. There have been times when I have attended a lot of funerals. Up to three in one week. The local funeral home once jokingly offered me a job because I was there so often. I am on a first name basis with the funeral home employees. I have a collection of funeral home fans....
I have a coworker that used to be in a law office ( can't remember her position) she loves being in the funeral industry now! It's definitely a mid life career change for her.
Thank you! I'm so glad those resources were available to you! My big thing is getting more information about breastfeeding and the resources that are available out there during the early stages of pregnancy when a pregnant person is making a lot of decisions about their future feeding needs.
I’m in aviation, really enjoy the funeral industry. Would be cool to be like super part time (like once a week) at a funeral home, or to be a Chaplin in a hospital or work with palliative care. Funerals are just so beautiful, a body that’s just finally at rest. People who work in this industry do beautiful work for the living.
Also, binged “Six Feet Under” last year, amazing show.
I’ve seen the bodies unloaded from cargo of airliners! I know I want that when I die just because I want my body to fly one last time. Even if the funeral home is down the street. Fly me to LA and back just because! I’ll make sure I leave plenty of money 😅.
I was gonna say, it's pricey! Oo, have you ever been present when a soldier is returned home? Very emotional. I have picked up two service members, got to drive the coach on the tarmac!
I have… and choked up a little bit… at work… In front of people. Was kind of embarrassing also because when the plane parked, the body was in the wrong cargo bin. I really felt bad because not only did they lose their son, but his body was “misplaced” by the airline for a moment.
R.N., Getting ready to get my death doula certificate and start ushering them out. I figured I worked peds long enough, it’s time to do the other end, now. I also find it interesting how many nurses are in this sub.
I play in glitter everyday! I run a small at home business where I make glitter epoxy cups, and I also do custom embroidery. On top of that I homeschool my 13 year old daughter. I have no clue how the algorithm brought me here but I'm kinda glad that it has. It has helped me kinda
Former funeral director/embalmer. I was already burnt out when I came into the profession so I got out quickly. Now I am back office support for a staffing company. Still love the funeral industry though!
Barber but I got my degree in mortuary science recently. Don't have my license for it but I'm still considering my options since moving to a small town.
I worked at a print shop -in the finishing end of it, collating, padding, getting things ready to send out & other stuff & then into the front office for 32 years.
Retired now.
I was a non traditional student for grad school and got scholarships because they liked my "life experience". My young (early 20s) classmates called me Mama Bear.
Musician, I thought of getting into deathcare for my day job but the funeral industry sounds brutal right now. :/ kinda just lurking on this sub instead.
Retail 40+ years. DIL is a funeral director. I'd love to do searches for graves for Find-a-Grave after I retire.I love to stumble through old parts of by the wayside cemeteries.
I’ve been on that site for 10+ years. Stop at cemeteries all over the country as I travel.
I finally finally was able to fulfill a request for a headstone picture. I was stoked!!
Lotta replies, few upvotes? Let's show some love to OP for posing such a good question. If it sparks conversation and draws a lot of comments, why not throw op an upvote. It's not like they are expensive or anything.
Former twos teacher at a private nature center preschool, current SAHM to my own toddler. I lost my dad young, so I've kind of always had an interest, as learning about the logistics is helpful for my healing process. Would love to enter this line of work but it seems hard to get into and find the right position, and the demanding hours required would take me away from my family more than I'm able to tolerate.
I’m a nurse working in Pharmaceuticals. I’ve always been fascinated with the inner workings of funeral homes. I’ve been following FH and Embalmers on IG and YouTube tube and am fascinated. Caitlin Doughty has written some amazing books, and I learned about being able to donate your body for the education of Forensics Scientists. I’d love to be able to arrange that, or donate my body to science given my nursing background.
Customer Service Manager, really have learned a lot as I truly hate death, the thought of life being over, the grief and unknown. But yet I came across this subreddit like 2 years ago been learning so much. Just curious I guess
I’m a nail tech. Joined the sub because Ive lost a lot of friends and family over the last few years and for some reason research has helped me deal with it. Also I’m extremely depressed and often think about ending things for some reason it’s been helping me with that too.
I am a Supply Chain Manager in railroad.
I have no idea why this sub showed up in my feed, but I linger because it is one of the few with insightful and meaningful questions. The SMEs seem to be genuinely patient, thoughtful and professional.
B2B grocery sales, no idea how I got here but it's fascinating. So many great questions get asked and there are always such thoughtful and kind replies. Questions I didn't even know I had are answered here! I also lost both my dog and my father in quick succession about a year ago and the whole experience left me considering what will happen with my remains.
Broadcast producer in NYC.
Always been somewhat fascinated with the industry. Have had a lot of sickness and death in my family so I like educating myself.
PhD student in cancer biology. I deal with experimental mice pretty regularly, including euthanizing them, which took me a long time to be semi-ok with. I get nightmares about that part once in a while. Somehow this sub popped up on my feed and I’m enjoying it. This is a very nice community.
Foreign Affairs Officer in US Government. This randomly popped in my feed but it’s so fascinating I can’t stop reading. I’ve also shared with my brother and best friend who now follow.
Social media/digital marketer & freelance writer. I have been very interested in death & dying since my mom died in 2011. Content like this subreddit and books about death have helped me feel less fearful about dying and have helped me find acceptance with the deaths of both my parents.
Paramedic. I’ve dealt with quite a few bodies over a 30+ year career. They are always less stressful than the live violent ones.
I’m about ready to call it quits. This thread was suggested and I’ve been following it for a while, sort of halfway weighing the requirements to get into the field or just retire altogether. I’m not mentally built to be idle, and am considering it.
SAHP, but I lost both my parents pretty close together about a year ago so that’s probably how I ended up with this in my feed. I agree, it’s very comforting
IT tech. This subreddit popped up in my feed one day. I’ve had a curiosity about funerals and related services for quite awhile, having lost a number of important people in my life at a fairly young age. I’m older now, and while I fear *pain*, death doesn’t worry me. My only concern is for my loved ones that I will leave behind.
Most recently I was a forklift operator in a warehouse. Really just a jack of all trades. I’ll be training for medical coding soon so I can wfh and be my hubby’s full-time caregiver.
English professor. Found this sub when my dad was in hospice a couple of years ago and found it tremendously comforting; stayed because it’s interesting.
I was an EMT/ER technician until I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 42. I beat it the first time, but it came back. Now terminal and on hospice 4 years later.
I manage a bar.
I follow the posts and comments because it’s wild to think how death is something that is absolutely a part of life and yet our society avoids it - there is so much involved in ‘burying’ a person that no one prepares you for. I lost my 17yo son about a year ago and I was so surprised and dumbfounded with the amount of ‘work’ that goes in to the process and I even kept everything as basic as I could. I was very fortunate to have an amazing funeral director.
I’m a corporate director at a big healthcare company. I have always thought an alternate career for me would be something in death care as I find it peaceful, thought-provoking, life-affirming in a paradoxical way, and I’m not squeamish with physical stuff or uncomfortable with grief or big feelings. Honestly wtf am I doing in corporate America where these abilities are wasted!! I love this sub. The posts and comments are always so interesting.
med school dropout. a few years in as an intern phlebotomist, i found out i pass out at the sight of needles... i was let go immediately and had to rethink my career choices lol. im very interested in the medical field, i just have to settle for reading about it instead of practicing :) now im unsure if my little issue extends to the deceased, but im not about to drop a fortune on mortuary science to find out!
I work for a college but I am working on a book and this is one of my research platforms to get better information, since my MC works at a funeral home and a lot of the story revolves around a funeral home and cemetery.
Retired ICU RN and now selling weed for 6 years in a dispensary
Wow. So you’re, like, a legit double angel, huh?
I’m a substitute teacher (mainly elementary school age). I have a fear of death and somehow this sub makes me feel better.
A fear of death is one of the reasons why a fellow director and myself decided to go into the field.
I would honestly *love* to get into it. Ever since my fiance passed 4 years ago I've been very curious about death and what happens to the body after. We had something crazy going on around here where we didn't have a medical examiner for a while..like they were fired or quit or something but it was a whole thing. So when he died they were very backed up and couldn't do the autopsy quickly. We had to have his funeral 2+ weeks after he died.
My mum died in February last year, because of the coronors enquiry and the fact that the Crematorium was so booked up, we didn't get to have the funeral until the end of April.
That’s awful. I’m so sorry that happened to you and your fiancé.
Former labor/delivery nurse, current stay-at-home-mom. No clue how I got here 6 months ago, but it’s one of my favorite subs. Absolutely fascinating!
Also a labor and delivery nurse and I agree, fascinating!
Ldr nurse checking in, I wonder if it’s the end of life that’s so interesting when we’re so overexposed to the start of it.
Oh, that would actually make sense!
Retired archaeologist. We just watched the HBO show Six Feet Under and this sub popped up on my page. It’s fascinating and I’ve learned a lot.
One of my favorite shows of all time
Same! I watched it years ago…. Loved it. Now find myself in an industry I never thought I’d be in. I’m on the cemetery side of the business now. I will never retire. I love my job!
Similar to me. Worked in veterinary medicine for 22 years and switched over to human death care. I manage a cemetery and crematory and plan on working herw forever. I joke that they'll have to wheel me from my desk over to the crematory lol.
The only reason this job was open is due a death! My co-worker has been here for almost 30 years. And a second co-worker is almost 80!
These jobs are so good that people stay until the very end.
That is SUCH a good pun.
Y'all are living my dream!
My job is absolutely a dream job. If I can have a dream job so can you!
That’s pretty cool you like your profession that much. We should all be so fortunate.
We have an embalmer who finally retired at the age of 90.
We put ‘em in, you dig ‘em up!
Haha!
Same here. Just watched 6 feet under for the FIRST time and (being 67) it has made me really think about what I want for my funeral. I am going green!
Here’s hoping human composting and green burials take off so more of us can afford that. Right now all I can save for is a cardboard cremation.
I was thinking it would be cheaper!
I admit I don’t have current information but some articles awhile back indicated high $$. Be A Tree: Probably land costs cuz yay you are now a tree but who’s paying to keep that tree, etc? When is it ok to harvest the tree if ever? Who has that say? Sure, buy a plot but does your estate or heirs pay forever? Can they sell you as a tree? Sorry, kinda went off on a ramble there Composting humans will require a lot of mechanical tech and health & safety controls which cost $$ Both of these assumptions are just that. Maybe we can r/askfuneraldirectors ?
My interest started when I was 4 and my 21 month old sister died of pneumonia. The funeral home came to our house. I saw them take her out. My brother and I weren’t allowed at the funeral. She was never discussed in our house.
Wow that is kind of sad. I am sorry
I'm really sorry for your loss ♡ I'm sure that shaped you in a lot of ways, being so young and then also not "allowed" to talk about it.
Wedding officiant who also does funerals.
Retired, burnt out PA
Retarded IT guy.
Did you mean retired?
Depends on the day.
Pmsl.
Your exactly the type of friend I need lol
Retired but still recovering engineer who had a funeral home in the family and have done part time work at a local funeral home.
Previously an auto/bodily injury claims adjuster. I left the industry and am now studying Mortuary Science to get my funeral director license.
I really want to do this. I need to get moving!
I'm doing a 2 year course at my local community college. If you don't have a local mortuary school nearby, the [Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service](https://commonwealth.edu/) has a fully online course that replaces some of the classes that would normally require on-campus studies with on-the-job training. Essentially you get yourself hired at a funeral home and do both the schooling and work simultaneously, the work side of it will provide you with the funeral and embalming experience you would normally get at school. The entire course is 15 months, C's get degrees and at the end you travel to TX to show that you can embalm before being given your degree. Edit: For clarification, you do not need to live in TX to take this program. The education satisfies the requirements to take the National Board Exams however is does focus on TX law so you would have to do your own personal study for your state's law exam.
Perhaps a morbid question, but I assume you are embalming humans? Are they from a local FH or did the predeceased volunteer their bodies?
Hospital donations, they go back for cremation once we're done. We're still waiting on our cadavers for the semester.
Ah, good ol' lab work.
Retired federal geek.
Wedding florist
Accountant...I live in the town I grew up in. My parents and grandparents grew up in the same town. There have been times when I have attended a lot of funerals. Up to three in one week. The local funeral home once jokingly offered me a job because I was there so often. I am on a first name basis with the funeral home employees. I have a collection of funeral home fans....
Paralegal that used to contemplate going into the funeral industry and kind of regrets not doing so 👋🏻
Never too late to start! This is an industry that you can be in easily until you want to retire.
I’m definitely considering making the switch!
I have a coworker that used to be in a law office ( can't remember her position) she loves being in the funeral industry now! It's definitely a mid life career change for her.
Geologist - still practicing.
Breastfeeding Support Counselor for WIC
Such important work!!! I was so grateful for lactation consultants when my son was little
Thank you! I'm so glad those resources were available to you! My big thing is getting more information about breastfeeding and the resources that are available out there during the early stages of pregnancy when a pregnant person is making a lot of decisions about their future feeding needs.
Wannabe artist
I’m in aviation, really enjoy the funeral industry. Would be cool to be like super part time (like once a week) at a funeral home, or to be a Chaplin in a hospital or work with palliative care. Funerals are just so beautiful, a body that’s just finally at rest. People who work in this industry do beautiful work for the living. Also, binged “Six Feet Under” last year, amazing show.
There are people that scatter ashes from planes! I've never worked with one personally, but it's usually small planes that stay local.
I’ve seen the bodies unloaded from cargo of airliners! I know I want that when I die just because I want my body to fly one last time. Even if the funeral home is down the street. Fly me to LA and back just because! I’ll make sure I leave plenty of money 😅.
I was gonna say, it's pricey! Oo, have you ever been present when a soldier is returned home? Very emotional. I have picked up two service members, got to drive the coach on the tarmac!
I have… and choked up a little bit… at work… In front of people. Was kind of embarrassing also because when the plane parked, the body was in the wrong cargo bin. I really felt bad because not only did they lose their son, but his body was “misplaced” by the airline for a moment.
Fly in a very small plane, while you are still alive. You'll enjoy it more.😆
R.N., Getting ready to get my death doula certificate and start ushering them out. I figured I worked peds long enough, it’s time to do the other end, now. I also find it interesting how many nurses are in this sub.
Childcare
Software Development Project Manager 👋🏻
Just a SAHM and grandma these days. Was an inspector for an electronics company making radios for cop cars and first responders.
Laboratory Supervisor (Biology)
Administrative government job
Pastor
I play in glitter everyday! I run a small at home business where I make glitter epoxy cups, and I also do custom embroidery. On top of that I homeschool my 13 year old daughter. I have no clue how the algorithm brought me here but I'm kinda glad that it has. It has helped me kinda
Former funeral director/embalmer. I was already burnt out when I came into the profession so I got out quickly. Now I am back office support for a staffing company. Still love the funeral industry though!
Barber but I got my degree in mortuary science recently. Don't have my license for it but I'm still considering my options since moving to a small town.
Im retired.
RN
Is a Supply Chain Analyst a buyer?
Not really. Kind of more so tracking part shortages, mitigating issues, etc
Material Control??
I worked at a print shop -in the finishing end of it, collating, padding, getting things ready to send out & other stuff & then into the front office for 32 years. Retired now.
I’m a writer
Retired Federal Prison employee.
Public health consultant
Finance/Legal nitwit
Screenwriter and filmmaker.
Freelance artist with a forensic science degree that I’m definitely 100% using for things other than trivia
Full time non - traditional (read: old) biological anthropology student
I was a non traditional student for grad school and got scholarships because they liked my "life experience". My young (early 20s) classmates called me Mama Bear.
Musician, I thought of getting into deathcare for my day job but the funeral industry sounds brutal right now. :/ kinda just lurking on this sub instead.
I was a musician before becoming an embalmer. I changed because I thought the music industry was brutal!
I'm a retired nurse, experienced with end-of-life hospice care. I think I could have made a good funeral director.
Web/Graphic Designer during the week, but church organist on the weekends, so I feel somewhat close to this industry.
Retail 40+ years. DIL is a funeral director. I'd love to do searches for graves for Find-a-Grave after I retire.I love to stumble through old parts of by the wayside cemeteries.
I’ve been on that site for 10+ years. Stop at cemeteries all over the country as I travel. I finally finally was able to fulfill a request for a headstone picture. I was stoked!!
I just found that website recently it’s an awesome concept. Was surprised on finding some of my relative gravestones on there
Lotta replies, few upvotes? Let's show some love to OP for posing such a good question. If it sparks conversation and draws a lot of comments, why not throw op an upvote. It's not like they are expensive or anything.
I’m a mild mannered tax accountant.
jack of many trades. master of none
Home hospice nurse. Seems i can’t get away from death 🤷🏻♀️
Retired librarian.
Medical laboratory scientist
Physical Therapist
Retired school Principal
Psychologist.
Chief of Staff at an insurance company.
Retired nurse
Retired nurse who recently watched SFU for the first time.
Retired City Clerk
Finance!
I'm a technologist for a scchool district, but I'm absolutely fanscinated with this sub.
Geriatric RN
I'm disabled now, but I used to be an ambulance technician and of an evening I taught kids how to play musical instruments.
Cook. I'm tired of foodservice and want to get into this field.
RN
Retired high tech guy. Fascinated with medical stuff in general....as well as certain aspects of the funeral industry and cultural practices.
SAHM who once had pipe dreams of being a forensic pathologist. 😅
Former twos teacher at a private nature center preschool, current SAHM to my own toddler. I lost my dad young, so I've kind of always had an interest, as learning about the logistics is helpful for my healing process. Would love to enter this line of work but it seems hard to get into and find the right position, and the demanding hours required would take me away from my family more than I'm able to tolerate.
I'm considering becoming a death doula (after 10+ years as a hospice volunteer) and have found the insights here helpful.
Nurse, oncology and hospice and I find this sub fascinating!
I love seeing all of the other fellow nurses on here:)
Nanny/ stay at home mom for now
Retired from television news industry... don't hate me please.
High school history teacher.
IT person, huge fan of Six Feet Under, and the sun just randomly showed up for me a couple months ago. I also find it fascinating.
I work at a National Cemetery, so funeral home adjacent.
Retired Public Health worker (Federal level). I now travel and sell crafts at small craft fairs.
Commercial insurance broker and wannabe writer. Just always have been fascinated by this topic.
I'm a baker in a grocery store bakery
Medical physicist here...Retired and completely fascinated with this!
oncology nurse practitioner
I’m a nurse working in Pharmaceuticals. I’ve always been fascinated with the inner workings of funeral homes. I’ve been following FH and Embalmers on IG and YouTube tube and am fascinated. Caitlin Doughty has written some amazing books, and I learned about being able to donate your body for the education of Forensics Scientists. I’d love to be able to arrange that, or donate my body to science given my nursing background.
Operations Manager at a hotel. Not sure hot this sub ended up on my page, but I have been fascinated by what I have learned.
Customer Service Manager, really have learned a lot as I truly hate death, the thought of life being over, the grief and unknown. But yet I came across this subreddit like 2 years ago been learning so much. Just curious I guess
Financial Advisor
I’m a nail tech. Joined the sub because Ive lost a lot of friends and family over the last few years and for some reason research has helped me deal with it. Also I’m extremely depressed and often think about ending things for some reason it’s been helping me with that too.
I just finished re-watching Six Feet Under and this sun came up. Retired historic preservation archives manager.
I am a news reporter. I follow a lot of niche subs like this and it comes in handy for my job more often than you may think.
I am a Supply Chain Manager in railroad. I have no idea why this sub showed up in my feed, but I linger because it is one of the few with insightful and meaningful questions. The SMEs seem to be genuinely patient, thoughtful and professional.
Retired research administrator
B2B grocery sales, no idea how I got here but it's fascinating. So many great questions get asked and there are always such thoughtful and kind replies. Questions I didn't even know I had are answered here! I also lost both my dog and my father in quick succession about a year ago and the whole experience left me considering what will happen with my remains.
A “hairapist” jk who’s constantly in search of understanding humanity
2nd grade teacher
Broadcast producer in NYC. Always been somewhat fascinated with the industry. Have had a lot of sickness and death in my family so I like educating myself.
Unexpected career in healthcare
i make donuts in a small family owned donut shop
QA Specialist
PhD student in cancer biology. I deal with experimental mice pretty regularly, including euthanizing them, which took me a long time to be semi-ok with. I get nightmares about that part once in a while. Somehow this sub popped up on my feed and I’m enjoying it. This is a very nice community.
Elementary school reading specialist turned Ed tech content specialist.
Children’s librarian
I work for a health insurance company. My dad was a funeral director and we lived next a funeral home for a good portion of my childhood.
Foreign Affairs Officer in US Government. This randomly popped in my feed but it’s so fascinating I can’t stop reading. I’ve also shared with my brother and best friend who now follow.
Social media/digital marketer & freelance writer. I have been very interested in death & dying since my mom died in 2011. Content like this subreddit and books about death have helped me feel less fearful about dying and have helped me find acceptance with the deaths of both my parents.
Paramedic. I’ve dealt with quite a few bodies over a 30+ year career. They are always less stressful than the live violent ones. I’m about ready to call it quits. This thread was suggested and I’ve been following it for a while, sort of halfway weighing the requirements to get into the field or just retire altogether. I’m not mentally built to be idle, and am considering it.
SAHP, but I lost both my parents pretty close together about a year ago so that’s probably how I ended up with this in my feed. I agree, it’s very comforting
IT tech. This subreddit popped up in my feed one day. I’ve had a curiosity about funerals and related services for quite awhile, having lost a number of important people in my life at a fairly young age. I’m older now, and while I fear *pain*, death doesn’t worry me. My only concern is for my loved ones that I will leave behind.
Most recently I was a forklift operator in a warehouse. Really just a jack of all trades. I’ll be training for medical coding soon so I can wfh and be my hubby’s full-time caregiver.
Stay at home mom and grandma
Disabled, former MRI technologist.
English professor. Found this sub when my dad was in hospice a couple of years ago and found it tremendously comforting; stayed because it’s interesting.
I was an EMT/ER technician until I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 42. I beat it the first time, but it came back. Now terminal and on hospice 4 years later.
I manage a bar. I follow the posts and comments because it’s wild to think how death is something that is absolutely a part of life and yet our society avoids it - there is so much involved in ‘burying’ a person that no one prepares you for. I lost my 17yo son about a year ago and I was so surprised and dumbfounded with the amount of ‘work’ that goes in to the process and I even kept everything as basic as I could. I was very fortunate to have an amazing funeral director.
I'm a caregiver for elderly people, sometimes it's for disabled people too
Hospice nurse here. I've always been interested in what happens after I help the funeral home transfer the body to the cart.
I’m a corporate director at a big healthcare company. I have always thought an alternate career for me would be something in death care as I find it peaceful, thought-provoking, life-affirming in a paradoxical way, and I’m not squeamish with physical stuff or uncomfortable with grief or big feelings. Honestly wtf am I doing in corporate America where these abilities are wasted!! I love this sub. The posts and comments are always so interesting.
Self-employed software consultant.
High school teacher
med school dropout. a few years in as an intern phlebotomist, i found out i pass out at the sight of needles... i was let go immediately and had to rethink my career choices lol. im very interested in the medical field, i just have to settle for reading about it instead of practicing :) now im unsure if my little issue extends to the deceased, but im not about to drop a fortune on mortuary science to find out!
I work for a college but I am working on a book and this is one of my research platforms to get better information, since my MC works at a funeral home and a lot of the story revolves around a funeral home and cemetery.
I'm a SAHM/homeschool teacher/babysitter. I babysit 3 kids a week, homeschool 3 of my kids, the other 2 of my kiddos go to public school.
Former LE
New Home Specialist
I’m a fabric artist who makes & donates chemo hats, shawls & lapghans. I’ve also made angel wraps, bonnets, baskets, lovies & blankets.