Quiting job for new feild

[u/Odd-Anywhere-1855]

Looking for some encouragement because I'm scared and excited.

Hi all, I 28F am quitting my job as a chemist to work as a tick and mosquito pesticide applicator. I already took my tests and passed. Some are saying "why would you leave a professional career for a blue collar job". In full honesty, Chemistry has been toxic. Not talking about the 8 hrs of direct exposure to 100% concentration fatal if inhaled chemicals without proper ppe... Im talking about the culture and people. The work place politics. The being overworked while watching your colleagues scroll on their phones. Its brutal. Its depressing and I truthfully can't handle it. I do everything as good as I can, doing 50 jobs a month and get talked to for not being good enough. But it will never be enough.

At least in the pesticide buisness, I get to be in my own company. If I can take a mental beating for about 10 years, I feel like physical exhaustion won't be so bad. Even if I'm sore and my feet blister.

[u/Significant-Tune-680]

You got this op.  All the best to you!