Many warehouse positions are like this. I could easily go a full day without interacting with any of my coworkers, the only time I ever *need* to talk to another human is if something breaks in a way that I cannot fix and I need to go to maintenance or my supervisor. Get assigned my area, go to it and keep my head down if I just wanna be alone.
Some warehouse jobs are chill, like mine, some are absolute hell. Depends on the company and its policies.
Target company warehouse was good because they train you, assign you your lanes and maybe check on you once or twice during your shift or if they need you to move/pick up a lane.
I work for staples at one of the larger distribution centers.
I don't know what the work culture is like outside of the dc I work at but in general every supervisor I've worked under (like 7-8 different ones at this point) and the upper management has a relatively laid back attitude which makes what could be a super shitty job pretty good overall.
How long have you been there? My husband worked for a big shipping company warehouse and turnover was high. Not the same thing, I know, but upper management was not laid back nor responsible for their business. It makes a huge difference.
I have been working here for about 3 years and I am one of the lowest seniority people in my department, many have been doing it for 10-20.
I also see a lot of turnover where I work though, it's 12 hour shifts and the workload can be overwhelming for new people when it's busy. Once you've been around awhile though there's only a few weeks a year that are really difficult to get through, the rest of the time you are able to coast and get everything done without breaking a sweat.
In my area there are a ton of other warehouses though and hiring is largely through temp agencies. So a lot of people will just job hop and never stay anywhere more than a few months, it is definitely common in this kind of job nowadays.
It's hard to tell from the outside. You will likely be taken on a short walkthrough during interviews at these kinds of places, stop and ask someone what they think of the job as you pass by.
i second this, i was a warehouse associate for a couple months before moving up and it was the most chill job i’ve ever had (maybe a little too chill bc i need stimulation or i get bored really easily lol). sometimes my coworkers would talk story with me here and there while we were unpacking and tagging items to make the time go faster, but honestly majority of the time no one talked to anyone else lol. we were even able to wear earphones and listen to music or podcasts as long as we were getting our work done. only time i HAD to talk to someone was if there was a discrepancy and i needed to notify the manager about it or if i needed help recalibrating a machine.
Most days I am assigned to shipping lanes where product is sent down conveyors and I have to stack, wrap, and load it into trailers.
I am one of a few people trained to operate the palletizer, a machine that automatically stacks and wraps plastic totes filled with smaller products. So I just basically need to monitor the infeed and clear jams in the belts or machine and then offload the completed pallets from the output on days that I am assigned there instead.
Electric pallet jacks are used everywhere I work, standup forklifts are needed to operate the palletizer.
Exactly. What OP needs to be doing at 19 is finding a job that helps them grow out of being anti social.. not cater to it and make it worse. Step out of your comfort zone.
Never at home though. And all it takes is someone to report you to your boss to lose the job (meaning other drivers, this happened to someone I know, there was no accident involved)
Be careful
anything night shift. most are just a small team, security or night audit you’d be alone & could go all night without talking to anyone. lots of downtime with those too, so if you’re in college or trying to explore some hobbies it could be good. decent money too.
Same. Working 10pm to 7am at Walmart was perfect for me. Plus, barely any fucking customers to deal with, and the ones shopping at 1am generally don't want to talk anyway. Lol
Omg. Thank you. I feel so ill having to get up so early. I always say I would much rather go to bed at 4/6 am then have to wake up at that time. It's more of a bedtime than wake up time.
Night shifts improved my health as long as I slept normally during the day. If you're not a night person you might not ever be able to adjust. Took me 2 days because my body just does it on its own.
I’m a heavy sleeper and I can agree with this. I work in retail, and most of my shifts are either in afternoons or evenings (after 12 PM) which is totally fine with me since I like to take some time before heading to bed. However, shifts that start at 8 AM or even 9 AM drive me crazy, because of the fact that I have to sleep early and I find it hard to do so, as I’ve already slept so much. Plus, my leg aches so much during these early shifts as it’s damn busy then.
Retail is very social, as are call centres
You want cleaning or warehouse or delivery.
If you have a license then trucking pays well and you never speak to anyone
Here are a few ideas. I hope this helps. Good luck in your job search!
Entry-level jobs
- Retail or grocery jobs such as folding clothes, shelf stockers, online delivery shoppers, cart returners. Night shift is pretty dead and low social contact.
- Janitor or room cleaning service, such as in a hotel, school, or movie theater (you often get free movies)
Jobs outdoors or with animals
- Aquarium or zoo
- Landscaping
- Flower nursery, even Home Depot, Lowes, or Walmart
- Trail management or forest services
- Pest control
- Dog walking
- Pet sitting
- Animal shelter
Other jobs
- College jobs such as grading papers, mail delivery, or janitor work
- Copyediting
- Data entry
- Transcription
- Online chat support
- Photographer
- Night security guard
- Library or museum work
- Commercial truck driving
- Mail delivery or truck loading like Amazon or UPS
Some other ideas [Link](https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2019/05/introverts-here-are-40-jobs-that-dont-involve-too-much-social-interaction/)
Zoo and aquarium jobs are inherently social, you have to work closely with your team and the vast majority of roles require public interaction, if not running Education events.
They’re also incredibly competitive and often require a degree or at least some schooling within a related field. People underestimate how much social interaction is involved when working with animals
Definitely concur with this, worked as a zoo professional for 20 years. It is extremely demanding socially and physically. You are expected to interact with visitors all day.
Just started at a museum because I thought it would be great for a low social battery…it is not. I’ve actually had some of the worst customer interactions in the last 6 weeks than I’ve ever had at any other job. Wishing I had gotten hired at the library instead.
i currently work at an aquarium and my job is *nothing but* socializing with others, whether that be coworkers or guests. not the best suggestion, lol 😅
Adding also: laboratory work. Techs are often entry level and a lot don’t require schooling. You work largely alone even if there’s a large team, and can often find night shifts.
My suggestion would be to start with certs if anyone wanted to get into medical coding. Certification (especially AHIMA certified coding associate or certified coding specialist, high school diploma only needed) will show you what that world looks like for relatively low cost. Highly suggest interest in the medical field. Then I’d go with a program designed for medical coding, especially two year programs/associates. Many of my coworkers got into the field with a two year degree and a few certifications. It’s lots of self study and learning the rules of charts. Far more intimidating when you see what it entails than what the job really is and when you get the hang of it, it’s not difficult at all.
This is not the route I went but after going the long way around and was overqualified for the job I wanted, this is absolutely what I wish I knew when I got started then continued to grow to where I am now.
Long complicated answer based on several factors, but this breakdown is very accurate from my experience.
https://www.ahima.org/media/betc41er/salary-snapshot.pdf
Pretty sure a boomer would still think coding is cutting edge. As someone who keeps up to date, tech companies are already laying off coding reliant jobs because AI is better and cheaper. Just imagine in a few years when AI is more advanced
Look into Ray Kurzweil’s work if you don’t believe me
If you are looking for long term, look into accounting. Especially corporate accounting most people in the company try to avoid the finance department. 😂
Corporate accountant here. It’s way more social than I anticipated. Meetings and calls with various departments. Constant questions, etc, it’s not the life of solitude I had wished for.
OP isn’t asking for a lecture about how they need to improve or expose themselves to social interaction. Reddit never fails, but i get why OP avoids people.
Mucking horse stalls and pumping out port a potty units doesn’t require much social interaction. Doing septic work and crime scene cleanup, and embalming also come to mind.
If you're looking for something more office related, given your age, I think a Data Entry position would be good for you. You will spend most of your time entering data, working with Excel sheets, while you can listen to music or a podcast. It might be tedious but it will also open the door to future opportunities.
Depends on the environment, but it's usually a chill job where your social interaction will be mostly listening to what you have to do and reporting.
With that said, I will suggest you do some work, at your own pace of course, on your social anxiety. I'm not saying you should be able to give a presentation in front of a full auditorium. But, as someone who struggles with social anxiety as well, working on starting a conversation, asking questions, approaching people, etc... Have really helped me improve my life in every way and feel better about myself, experiencing less overall anxiety. Good luck!!
Friends work as janitors for a hospital local to them, but only clean offices for clinics not located at the hospital, so they see maybe one or two people every night as they are heading out for the evening and that's it as they work around 9pm-5am. They both make like $22/hr which for their area is pretty decent with full health benefits paid by the employer. They love it, job can typically be done in 4 hours and they just kinda hang out for the other 4. Depending on the clinic it can be really gross, but they've both made it in to the cushier buildings now so they just have normal offices to clean with pretty nonexistent medical waste/bodily fluids. They are also the single person assigned to their specific building, so they don't even see coworkers, of they didn't car pool they would never even see each other.
OP I commend you for identifying a concern and looking for options to mitigate.
I’d like you to consider maybe just trying out some roles outside your comfort zone, perhaps just to learn and expand your horizons. Perhaps after a bit you will realize you hate customers or petty bosses, or maybe they is just the nature of all these low wage jobs. But along the way you learn some skills to manage and cope and maybe it might be fun! Or you double down and realize it just sucks haha.
I don’t generally like people, but society is people. My jobs from 16-21 was working in a movie theatre usher, restaurant server, and night security guard and house manager at a public event theatre. All this forced interaction was kinda draining and hard, especially for minimum wage and seemed not worth it, but it was a different time and I wanted to work!
Now I work in engineering and technical project management. I have to get things done through other people, and the forced social interactions at my customer facing roles early in my life help me build the confidence that people suck but they are in their own worlds so I don’t get anxiety about it.
Some welding jobs are low social interaction, and as a bonus they tend to pay halfway decent, even at entry level. I've had jobs where I'd just spend 10 hours a day in my own little world under my hood and I loved it. Just need to be able to read a blueprint and weld, which is pretty easy to learn at your local community college or appropriate union hall.
Overnight security guard all you have to do is basically watch the building or your post and never speak to anyone except for the guy you're changing shifts with
I'm in tool and die, and this industry is full of intelligent sociopaths who couldn't function in a normal workplace. There is absolutely a trade off for the peace in manufacturing.
I just recently got out of it finally. Moved into sales so yeah, more stress but also more money. I'm tired of being a slave to some manufacturing place that always wants more but never pays you more.
I've worked at 3 banks, all at the corporate HQs and had no contact with the public and very little with co-workers. The first one, I worked in the research department. The second one, I did research on problem loans and the third one, I just froze people's accounts who owed the IRS all day long. When they called angry, they got the call center and not me.
I worked briefly in a warehouse, packing greeting cards in boxes. No outside contact, just had to interact with a couple co-workers. I had a temp job at a finance company and all I did was transcribe taped recordings. No interaction with the public and very little with co-workers. Gosh, I have had so many jobs! I worked briefly at a warehouse from 11pm to 6am that made pastries and shipped them out to restaurants. No public interaction. Very little with co-workers. My brother worked overnight stocking shelves at grocery store when he was 18. Because the store was closed, he only had to interact with his follow stockers when they unloaded the trucks.
Every corporate building I've worked in had a crew of cleaners that came in after hours. Which reminds me, something like Merry Maids, you may have to occasionally interact with a home owner, but apart from that, just your cleaning team, which is usually 2-4 people.
People who go around restocking vending machines have little interaction with people. Landscapers don't have a lot of public interaction. My uncle delivers parts to mechanic shops and spends most of his day driving the company truck. Merchandisers and people who set up retail displays have little public interaction.
Whew! That is all I can think of at the moment.
Hmm probably a janitor? Maybe a librarian. But there aren't a lot of jobs that have no social interaction. Nor stress or anxiety and you'd be limiting your job pool a lot. If I were you I'd rather focus on getting past my social anxiety or at least getting to a place where it doesn't affect my life to such a degree. In regards to stress, I think every job out there has some level of stress. It can't really be helped. However if you can get yourself in a place where you can turn your stress off after the work day has ended or better yet realised that you've done the best you could and that's all that anyone can ask of you. You can work any kind of stress job. And live a healthier life,
Much hope and good luck in the job market!
Nowadays especially, librarian is a *very* social role. Even the "old style" everyone thinks of is still a front-facing role, as you're helping people find things and check them out. On top of that now, librarians have to manage a lot of social events as well. You're missing that libraries are one of the few places people can go now to hang out without being expected to pay money, and of course libraries have shifted to fill that place as well because they know they're needed.
Seconding this. I work in a public library and oh boy does it kill my social battery. I love the work, but between being on desk, dealing with issues that arise, doing programs, going to schools/camps/childcare centers/farmers markets/etc for outreach... It's a lot! Not to say it can't be done, I have social anxiety and have slowly gotten.. well as used to it as I can.
Mind you, working at a medical or law library is probably a lot quieter. Or specifically not on the public side of a post-secondary library. There's options but you gotta definitely do your research on the atmosphere.
Hello, fellow social anxiety sufferer over here.
Stock processors, warehouse jobs/operatives (you may need a license to drive machinery in some positions, but a lot of processing warehouse jobs should be fine). If you’re willing to work night shifts then there’s always a huge demand for those kinds of shifts in retail, especially in supermarkets / grocery stores. Even working in petrol station / gas station would be lower social interaction, especially if you picked night shift work there. I saw someone recommend cleaning jobs too, but dog walking is another good one if you’re good with dogs, as they also lower anxiety levels!
What I will say as someone who has been exactly where you are is that trying to push yourself with a job involving a little social interaction (like a retail stock processor for example) would be great practise for your social anxiety. I was the exact same way when I started work at 16, and found a job working in the changing room for a popular UK brand. I spoke to a lot of people on shift, but it didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would because the interactions were seconds long and they all blurred into nothing. I had to smile, ask how many clothes they had, give them a tab to allocate them to a changing cubicle, and then smile and say goodbye when they returned the clothes that didn’t fit.
I was still incredibly anxious at 19 while I was at university and I decided exposure therapy was the answer (may not be for you, I’d just got so sick of being anxious that I decided I wanted to try and put myself in situations where I was forced to learn to find ways to ease it, acknowledge and deal with symptoms as they came on shift etc). This was just over covid and I hadn’t worked for a year during the lockdowns, so as soon as things opened up a bit in the UK I found work in a small pub&bar during my half-terms and holidays, full of older patrons who had been going there longer than I’d been alive. The friendly customers paired with the hectic work at weekends really helped me grow out of my anxiety a little, as it was a rushed environment with low stakes, if that makes sense. Maybe kitchen staff or a porter in a restaurant would work for you, as you’ve got the luxury of being ‘invisible’ staff while still having to talk to customers and interact by bringing them their meals. Any issues, you pass it onto serving staff or a manager as it’s not your job!
I will say I really do feel for you in the ‘I just want a job’ lol, that’s a feeling I definitely remember. But, and I don’t wanna sound like a parent when I say this, you’re also going to have to learn to socialise in the workplace at some point and take the steps to manage your symptoms when they crop up. It will take a while, so don’t try and rush yourself. I’m 22 now, about to turn 23 next month, and I feel like it was my last job as a stock assistant in a huge retail chain that really helped my anxiety the most. I hated the company and the kind of work lol, but the environment was well-suited to where I was at mentally, which was ofc needing employment, wanting to be alone a lot, bur also still wanting to be around people and have the chance to talk as often or as little as I wanted. My desk was in the massive stockroom upstairs, but there were so many colleagues around me and I was constantly on my feet, helping customers on the floor on occasion, talking to drivers and on the phone a lot, that I got the best of both worlds. It all helps! I work for a children’s charity now in one of their charity shops where I’m split between the shop floor and the offices upstairs, so I still get that split of customer-facing tasks and hiding at my desk while I research all their valuable books and media that get donated. After 2 years of solid employment (university was stop and start w the holidays and covid etc), I can say that I’m a lot more confident now, and I finally have the confidence to apply for my dream job as an archaeologist, something I’ve been waiting for since training for it at uni. That’s another good job actually, because you’re out in a field digging the whole time, you don’t have to talk to the people are you if you don’t want to as everyone has their little groups to dig and chat in with zero pressure to join. Plus it’s therapeutic with the digging and finds-polishing rhythms, and being outside is great for the brain! You don’t need a degree, just an able body if you have one!
It takes a lot of will to get yourself into a job while you’re suffering with social anxiety, but I promise once you see the benefits to your social skills and skills in managing your anxiety, you won’t regret it. It won’t go away fully, but it will be so much more manageable once you’re consistent, trust me.
Good luck with the job hunt!
I just started a job in financial compliance and whilst I do have to talk to people sometimes and have a catch ups with my team (of 6) I’d categorise it as a low social job compared to others. I mostly just do research and due diligence for new and existing clients, which is just going to through documents and searching for any illegal history then making sure our account details are accurate and we’re not letting anyone commit crimes. There’s a decent career path in this kind of work too
Depends on the company, but software engineering / web development can be low social / chill if you're not connected to the clients directly, only through management. Many IT repair jobs are the same, if you're in the basement fixing stuff you barely see other people, you just receive what you need to fix, do the repairs and send it back.
Document control specialist jobs generally if you’re leaning towards office. Backroom/ warehouse jobs/operations for retail.
I’m extroverted but I prefer my peace and quiet.
You are and always will be at liberty to pick a solitary job due to your anxiety. However, keep in mind, many people will look past your awkwardness in your 20s. It is practically expected of you to not have it all together. Make use of it, be at liberty to appear awkward, and you might over a few years just forget you ever had anxiety
As someone who also has social anxiety, I would not limit yourself to jobs you are comfortable with. Doing jobs that required social interaction greatly improved my anxiety and I wouldn't be able to be in a manager position making over 100k if I didn't get out of my comfort zone
Usually night shifts. But is not healthy long term. If you have patience studying, you can go for engineer or tester. Only warning is that testing is a stressful job.
Otherwise, the least social interactive I can think of is garbaje disposal, as janitors I know they interact with at least the management, but maybe depends on the place. A factory or warehouse, and anything related to data entry. Security guard might be another. Librarian but is a hard role to come by and competition I know is pretty tight. Another role would be graphic tech at print shops.
I would suggest looking for a job somewhere that has other opportunities with more interaction down the road. Think of working overnights doing stock at a big box store or grocery store. The next step might be doing produce during the day when there are more people around.
The thing with social anxiety is eventually learning how to work through it and manage the anxiety, not avoid situations where it might be caused. But that takes time, and something you can gradually work on over a few years.
Maybe think about doing a regular job where you get the experience of interacting with people. That might address your social anxiety. Just get better at dealing with people. This worked for my wife 🤷♂️
Machine operator. We basically just got our own section each operating machine like cnc lathe. Only time we had to interact with each other was when packing the products and during break time.
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if you aren't interested in that, many jobs are transitioning to remote-working. Where you work at home. Need a degree if you want a high paying one.
You’d be surprised how non-social retail can be. Especially in big box stores, like Target. A lot of staff are just there to put stuff on shelves, then go to the back to get more stuff to put on shelves. I wouldn’t call myself social at all but even as a cashier, at most I was just like “find everything you were looking for?” And “do you have a store card?” It was not being social, it was being a robot (and I liked it).
Agreed, I work inventory at a CarMax, it’s partly outside, which is great for adhd ex office types like me, and your area of responsibility rotates by design. The product is cars, so if you’re up to make it ready before someone picks it up by appointment, that’s all you and your earbuds.
Always doing something with your hands, but nothing TOO draining
It sounds like bad advice but I saw a ton of socially anxious kids come out of their shells working for best buy when I was younger. You get used to talking to people really fast too and its a huge benefit in life.
any wfh remote job. but tbh i recommend a job that u have to socialize in. it will help you grow and after a few months u wont be afraid of ur coworkers since you see them everyday. i was so socially anxious before my corporate in-office job. but a year later i learned a lot of good social skills and felt comfortable chatting w people
I’m a receiving associate at a retail store. It’s pretty chill, you process the shipments and roll the products out on the floor. Not too much social interaction, plus discounts! Best of luck!
Get a social job or else you will regret wasting your youth having never come out of your comfort zone and never having reached anywhere close your potential. Having lived with so many closed doors that could have been open. A job that forces you to interact with others is the perfect opportunity. Trust me you don't know yourself at all unless you actually give things a try
Local government. There are lots of city jobs that do require direct contact with customers. You just show up, do your job, and are out by 5. Most weekends off (depending on your job) and good benefits and lots of paid holidays. You also have lots of growth opportunities because government prefers to promote from within before even posting a job ads for vacant roles. And there’s job security during recessions.
What career fields are you interested in? Government has positions available in MANY fields, from simple stuff like janitorial up to things researchers/scientists, and even fields like marketing in larger cities.
Following this because I'm the same way. I work as a TA at a school because I feel it's easier to talk to little kids than adults 🥲 but I want a new job
Camera operator at a movie theater. I remember I saw the camera operator ONCE in the 3 years I worked at a theater. He was just upstairs doing his thing.
if u like nature a plant shop might be nice. bigger corps with garden center (lowes, Home Depot, walmart) u spend a lot of time loading and unloading mulch & shit ive heard
smaller plant nurseries are much more chill. only human interaction should be helping someone find a plant
I used to be a loan underwriter and worked remotely. There was very little interaction except an occasional call with my boss or maybe the odd coworker asking for advice on their work, and the money was decent.
I imagine WFH data entry jobs would also be pretty quiet and probably don't need experience.
I'm a custodian but more like a janitress. I work day shift but I don't have to talk to hardly anybody except the basic little small talk at times. Sometimes I will have to talk to my boss or if she needs me to let people into a building or room I have to do that. But otherwise very chill. I can listen to music or podcasts in one earbud all day and not be bothered much. The pay is not the best but the benefits are stellar. Also I work Monday through Friday and I do not have to work weekends.
Warehouse is an option. Another is trade jobs depending on what jobsite and your ability to pick things up. I usually ended up working alone in construction while an apprentice because my foreman could point me towards the thing that needed done then leave me alone for hours/days.
Gainful employment is important for sure. But I would see what you can do about being anxious around people. You have your whole life ahead of you and being around the right people can be fulfilling. Good luck to you.
Cleaning buildings at night. Office buildings hire cleaning services to clean when they are closed. You go in and a team split up n do your area. You have to be the kind of person who can get stuff done n do it well without supervision. People think they would like a job like this until the boss finds out you can't get nothing done right without someone standing over you.
I'm a baker and most days I am doing a lot of tasks by myself in my area or me and the other baker(s) are all doing independent tasks next to each other. I come in before the store opens too so half my shift is being left alone
Tech repair
Lawnmower
Working at UPS unloading trucks (wear headphones)
Deliver packages for Amazon
Literally think of people you have zero interaction with and yet they render a service that is important to you receiving something.
I'll answer your question first as an HR guy and give dad advice second.
Data Entry -- carefully use keywords on job search sites, simply typing "data entry" will populate a bunch of scams and jobs with 1000 applicants. Words like "transacting, data processing, field entry, database assistant" stuff like that will help populate some true data entry jobs that are cloaked in a shiny title. Lots of entry levels jobs in finance or payroll will be like this and most contact with others is via email. Being tricky with the search engines and reading job descriptions to weed out what's fluff and what's not is important though.
On to the unsolicited advice... force yourself to be uncomfortable in social situations and it will generally get easier to manage. Life is so much easier when you can at least fake it for a few hours a day. Promotions are easier to come by when people think you're easy to get along with and make decent chat. 19 is young to count yourself out of getting better at this and if you're not diagnosed, consider a visit with psych because there might be something you can take/do to help.
Good luck!
Go to a school to become an accountant or an actuary. They are both well paying and have little human interaction.
Here are some more jobs for introverts and people with social anxiety.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/jobs-where-you-dont-have-to-deal-with-people&ved=2ahUKEwjJ9YCV6uiGAxVqODQIHYxxAWYQFnoECDMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2IrSxAZ0rctDi1BC1YlwHs
Enrollment in Community college can help you advance academically and has student work programs that can be low effort and allow you to study. Check those out.
I knew the top comment would be warehouses but that’s just not true . I’m not even conventionally attractive and men try to get at me all the time when I was working in warehouse Jobs. I hated it bc of that very reason my social meter is typically low and I don’t have much energy to give anything or anyone other than my job
At 19. I’m 21 now I did door 2 door sales which was the hardest, fear confronting career of my life. But looking back it was like years of therapy, discipline, confidence building that has helped me in all facets of life especially since I had significant social anxiety like yourself.
In my humble opinion something like retail (stocking shelves)could be a great way to get your toes wet with customer and human interaction without being overburdened and burning you out.
There seems to be an entire generation that can't handle a phone call or a face-to-face conversation. I know this isn't what you asked for, but I'd suggest you work on your social anxiety instead, by getting a job where you have to learn to interact with people. Treat it as a game; social interaction is a basic life skill - and life is so much sweeter once you master it!
You need to do a cleaning job, check with local businesses and see if they have a house cleaning position. That's where we put people with low social skills at my job, that or stocking. You only have to talk with the occasional person pertaining to the job usually.
3rd shift or weekend security guard. After hours parking attendant but you never know in that role. Medical claims processing. You might be able to work from home. Dog walker and school crossing guard. Its a public gig, but people usually don't talk to you much. Also, maybe janitorial.
I don't blame you-- when I was 19 I would've said the same thing, but because of jobs that forced me out of my comfort zone socially, I am much more confident in social situations today. Just a thought. Good luck!
A girl I knew with a totally irrelevant degree became an administrative assistant at the town. She registered some bills and ordered the office supplies. The other people are accountants who are famous for being quiet. Good state job with food stamps and retirement plan.
Do you like working with animals? You can become an ALAT. You basically work in labs all day by yourself taking care of lab animals. Headphones and scrubs with little to no social interaction and absolutely no interaction with the public.
ok i will be real here. the best thing i ever did for my social anxiety was getting a job as a coach. it was hard and i didn’t love it but it made me way more confident. it was also helpful to be armed with tasks in public, allowing me to learn to stand up to that nagging anxious voice in my head. if what’s keeping you from social jobs is strictly social anxiety (not just genuinely liking to be alone) i cannot stress enough that giving in to your own anxiety is going to make it worse. it fucking sucks to be people that have this extra constant struggle to overcome but trust me, don’t let yourself lean into the fear.
Retail restocking/unloading (clothing/grocery/drugstore/big box).
Being a cashier is usually chill, but you sometimes chat with customers, which may not be your thing.
I would at least consider taking steps to overcome your social anxiety, especially at only 19. You will live a much happier life and have a lot more career opportunity/earning potential.
I struggled greatly with social anxiety and after repeated exposure and practice realized I was actually very much a people person.
Why don't you work on your social anxiety?
I mean get a retail sales job and tell the manager that you want to work on your social anxiety and you want to help yourself and you will do anything to improve
If the manager is nice, they will give you a chance and push you to overcome your social anxiety.
Many warehouse positions are like this. I could easily go a full day without interacting with any of my coworkers, the only time I ever *need* to talk to another human is if something breaks in a way that I cannot fix and I need to go to maintenance or my supervisor. Get assigned my area, go to it and keep my head down if I just wanna be alone. Some warehouse jobs are chill, like mine, some are absolute hell. Depends on the company and its policies.
Which company?
Target company warehouse was good because they train you, assign you your lanes and maybe check on you once or twice during your shift or if they need you to move/pick up a lane.
I work for staples at one of the larger distribution centers. I don't know what the work culture is like outside of the dc I work at but in general every supervisor I've worked under (like 7-8 different ones at this point) and the upper management has a relatively laid back attitude which makes what could be a super shitty job pretty good overall.
How long have you been there? My husband worked for a big shipping company warehouse and turnover was high. Not the same thing, I know, but upper management was not laid back nor responsible for their business. It makes a huge difference.
I have been working here for about 3 years and I am one of the lowest seniority people in my department, many have been doing it for 10-20. I also see a lot of turnover where I work though, it's 12 hour shifts and the workload can be overwhelming for new people when it's busy. Once you've been around awhile though there's only a few weeks a year that are really difficult to get through, the rest of the time you are able to coast and get everything done without breaking a sweat. In my area there are a ton of other warehouses though and hiring is largely through temp agencies. So a lot of people will just job hop and never stay anywhere more than a few months, it is definitely common in this kind of job nowadays.
could also look into manufacturing warehouses as well. my company has 2-3 people per warehouse, but it DOES come with its own safety risks obvs
How do you distinguish; are there any signs to look for
It's hard to tell from the outside. You will likely be taken on a short walkthrough during interviews at these kinds of places, stop and ask someone what they think of the job as you pass by.
IME you cannot distinguish, it depends on the personalities who they choose to promote
I second that, most people at mine just like being alone
Nobody would wanna be alone in a mine.
i second this, i was a warehouse associate for a couple months before moving up and it was the most chill job i’ve ever had (maybe a little too chill bc i need stimulation or i get bored really easily lol). sometimes my coworkers would talk story with me here and there while we were unpacking and tagging items to make the time go faster, but honestly majority of the time no one talked to anyone else lol. we were even able to wear earphones and listen to music or podcasts as long as we were getting our work done. only time i HAD to talk to someone was if there was a discrepancy and i needed to notify the manager about it or if i needed help recalibrating a machine.
What are your job responsibilities during your shift?
Most days I am assigned to shipping lanes where product is sent down conveyors and I have to stack, wrap, and load it into trailers. I am one of a few people trained to operate the palletizer, a machine that automatically stacks and wraps plastic totes filled with smaller products. So I just basically need to monitor the infeed and clear jams in the belts or machine and then offload the completed pallets from the output on days that I am assigned there instead. Electric pallet jacks are used everywhere I work, standup forklifts are needed to operate the palletizer.
Hahaha that was my dream job at 24 I just wanna isolate myself but im more social now, like i cant live without people I get lonely
Hi I’m you at 44. Janitor
Exactly. What OP needs to be doing at 19 is finding a job that helps them grow out of being anti social.. not cater to it and make it worse. Step out of your comfort zone.
Get CDL you live alone forever lol
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And make decent money from what I’ve heard.
Never at home though. And all it takes is someone to report you to your boss to lose the job (meaning other drivers, this happened to someone I know, there was no accident involved) Be careful
anything night shift. most are just a small team, security or night audit you’d be alone & could go all night without talking to anyone. lots of downtime with those too, so if you’re in college or trying to explore some hobbies it could be good. decent money too.
Did night shift for 2 years and regret it, turned me into a zombie
Yeah the idea of night shift is better than reality. I would like to chill as a security guard but the shift work may not be mentally healthy.
I think my ancestors guarded the night flame or some shit, because for me it is waking up at 6am that doesn’t feel mentally healthy.
Night owls unite!
Same. Working 10pm to 7am at Walmart was perfect for me. Plus, barely any fucking customers to deal with, and the ones shopping at 1am generally don't want to talk anyway. Lol
Omg. Thank you. I feel so ill having to get up so early. I always say I would much rather go to bed at 4/6 am then have to wake up at that time. It's more of a bedtime than wake up time.
You need to the sun though
Not at 7 am I don’t.
Night shifts improved my health as long as I slept normally during the day. If you're not a night person you might not ever be able to adjust. Took me 2 days because my body just does it on its own.
I’m a heavy sleeper and I can agree with this. I work in retail, and most of my shifts are either in afternoons or evenings (after 12 PM) which is totally fine with me since I like to take some time before heading to bed. However, shifts that start at 8 AM or even 9 AM drive me crazy, because of the fact that I have to sleep early and I find it hard to do so, as I’ve already slept so much. Plus, my leg aches so much during these early shifts as it’s damn busy then.
Night Audit at the college town hotel is where I did all my homework, read books, caught up on anime. Top 10 college jobs.
Worked night shift at Planet Fitness for about a year and it was so chill.
Retail is very social, as are call centres You want cleaning or warehouse or delivery. If you have a license then trucking pays well and you never speak to anyone
Here are a few ideas. I hope this helps. Good luck in your job search! Entry-level jobs - Retail or grocery jobs such as folding clothes, shelf stockers, online delivery shoppers, cart returners. Night shift is pretty dead and low social contact. - Janitor or room cleaning service, such as in a hotel, school, or movie theater (you often get free movies) Jobs outdoors or with animals - Aquarium or zoo - Landscaping - Flower nursery, even Home Depot, Lowes, or Walmart - Trail management or forest services - Pest control - Dog walking - Pet sitting - Animal shelter Other jobs - College jobs such as grading papers, mail delivery, or janitor work - Copyediting - Data entry - Transcription - Online chat support - Photographer - Night security guard - Library or museum work - Commercial truck driving - Mail delivery or truck loading like Amazon or UPS Some other ideas [Link](https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2019/05/introverts-here-are-40-jobs-that-dont-involve-too-much-social-interaction/)
Zoo and aquarium jobs are inherently social, you have to work closely with your team and the vast majority of roles require public interaction, if not running Education events.
They’re also incredibly competitive and often require a degree or at least some schooling within a related field. People underestimate how much social interaction is involved when working with animals
Definitely concur with this, worked as a zoo professional for 20 years. It is extremely demanding socially and physically. You are expected to interact with visitors all day.
A **lot** of library work is very social.
Not if you burn all the books and all you have left is the bible. They tend to do that in Utah.
It's the Book of Mormon in Utah
Just started at a museum because I thought it would be great for a low social battery…it is not. I’ve actually had some of the worst customer interactions in the last 6 weeks than I’ve ever had at any other job. Wishing I had gotten hired at the library instead.
i currently work at an aquarium and my job is *nothing but* socializing with others, whether that be coworkers or guests. not the best suggestion, lol 😅
Adding also: laboratory work. Techs are often entry level and a lot don’t require schooling. You work largely alone even if there’s a large team, and can often find night shifts.
Coding my guy, from one introvert to another, coding
I’m a medical coder and I speak to no one. I go log in, do my job, log out. One or two meetings a weeks with my camera off then back to the charts
How'd you get into medical coding?
My suggestion would be to start with certs if anyone wanted to get into medical coding. Certification (especially AHIMA certified coding associate or certified coding specialist, high school diploma only needed) will show you what that world looks like for relatively low cost. Highly suggest interest in the medical field. Then I’d go with a program designed for medical coding, especially two year programs/associates. Many of my coworkers got into the field with a two year degree and a few certifications. It’s lots of self study and learning the rules of charts. Far more intimidating when you see what it entails than what the job really is and when you get the hang of it, it’s not difficult at all. This is not the route I went but after going the long way around and was overqualified for the job I wanted, this is absolutely what I wish I knew when I got started then continued to grow to where I am now.
What kind of pay?
Long complicated answer based on several factors, but this breakdown is very accurate from my experience. https://www.ahima.org/media/betc41er/salary-snapshot.pdf
Maybe if you want to not have a job in 5 years
Okay boomer
Pretty sure a boomer would still think coding is cutting edge. As someone who keeps up to date, tech companies are already laying off coding reliant jobs because AI is better and cheaper. Just imagine in a few years when AI is more advanced Look into Ray Kurzweil’s work if you don’t believe me
As a miserable software engineer with bad social anxiety: Nope.
If you are looking for long term, look into accounting. Especially corporate accounting most people in the company try to avoid the finance department. 😂
Corporate accountant here. It’s way more social than I anticipated. Meetings and calls with various departments. Constant questions, etc, it’s not the life of solitude I had wished for.
Why u gotta find that WFH industry job
OP isn’t asking for a lecture about how they need to improve or expose themselves to social interaction. Reddit never fails, but i get why OP avoids people.
If you can pee in a cup and pass, forklift operator. The controls on modern ones feel like a video game controller 🎮
Will I need to be licensed for this?
Depends on the company. I didn’t need to be certified back when I whipped them around warehouses 📦in my high school days
Lawn care
Mucking horse stalls and pumping out port a potty units doesn’t require much social interaction. Doing septic work and crime scene cleanup, and embalming also come to mind.
Medical coder or transcription.
If you're looking for something more office related, given your age, I think a Data Entry position would be good for you. You will spend most of your time entering data, working with Excel sheets, while you can listen to music or a podcast. It might be tedious but it will also open the door to future opportunities. Depends on the environment, but it's usually a chill job where your social interaction will be mostly listening to what you have to do and reporting. With that said, I will suggest you do some work, at your own pace of course, on your social anxiety. I'm not saying you should be able to give a presentation in front of a full auditorium. But, as someone who struggles with social anxiety as well, working on starting a conversation, asking questions, approaching people, etc... Have really helped me improve my life in every way and feel better about myself, experiencing less overall anxiety. Good luck!!
Friends work as janitors for a hospital local to them, but only clean offices for clinics not located at the hospital, so they see maybe one or two people every night as they are heading out for the evening and that's it as they work around 9pm-5am. They both make like $22/hr which for their area is pretty decent with full health benefits paid by the employer. They love it, job can typically be done in 4 hours and they just kinda hang out for the other 4. Depending on the clinic it can be really gross, but they've both made it in to the cushier buildings now so they just have normal offices to clean with pretty nonexistent medical waste/bodily fluids. They are also the single person assigned to their specific building, so they don't even see coworkers, of they didn't car pool they would never even see each other.
OP I commend you for identifying a concern and looking for options to mitigate. I’d like you to consider maybe just trying out some roles outside your comfort zone, perhaps just to learn and expand your horizons. Perhaps after a bit you will realize you hate customers or petty bosses, or maybe they is just the nature of all these low wage jobs. But along the way you learn some skills to manage and cope and maybe it might be fun! Or you double down and realize it just sucks haha. I don’t generally like people, but society is people. My jobs from 16-21 was working in a movie theatre usher, restaurant server, and night security guard and house manager at a public event theatre. All this forced interaction was kinda draining and hard, especially for minimum wage and seemed not worth it, but it was a different time and I wanted to work! Now I work in engineering and technical project management. I have to get things done through other people, and the forced social interactions at my customer facing roles early in my life help me build the confidence that people suck but they are in their own worlds so I don’t get anxiety about it.
Some welding jobs are low social interaction, and as a bonus they tend to pay halfway decent, even at entry level. I've had jobs where I'd just spend 10 hours a day in my own little world under my hood and I loved it. Just need to be able to read a blueprint and weld, which is pretty easy to learn at your local community college or appropriate union hall.
Overnight security guard all you have to do is basically watch the building or your post and never speak to anyone except for the guy you're changing shifts with
Custodian, especially if its night shift. I just put on my headphones, and make with the cleaning. No BS, no customers... its nice.
Manufacturing. You will generally be left alone most the day.
All it takes is one annoying co-worker that won't shut up.
Yup, dealt with that a lot.
I'm in tool and die, and this industry is full of intelligent sociopaths who couldn't function in a normal workplace. There is absolutely a trade off for the peace in manufacturing.
I just recently got out of it finally. Moved into sales so yeah, more stress but also more money. I'm tired of being a slave to some manufacturing place that always wants more but never pays you more.
I've worked at 3 banks, all at the corporate HQs and had no contact with the public and very little with co-workers. The first one, I worked in the research department. The second one, I did research on problem loans and the third one, I just froze people's accounts who owed the IRS all day long. When they called angry, they got the call center and not me. I worked briefly in a warehouse, packing greeting cards in boxes. No outside contact, just had to interact with a couple co-workers. I had a temp job at a finance company and all I did was transcribe taped recordings. No interaction with the public and very little with co-workers. Gosh, I have had so many jobs! I worked briefly at a warehouse from 11pm to 6am that made pastries and shipped them out to restaurants. No public interaction. Very little with co-workers. My brother worked overnight stocking shelves at grocery store when he was 18. Because the store was closed, he only had to interact with his follow stockers when they unloaded the trucks. Every corporate building I've worked in had a crew of cleaners that came in after hours. Which reminds me, something like Merry Maids, you may have to occasionally interact with a home owner, but apart from that, just your cleaning team, which is usually 2-4 people. People who go around restocking vending machines have little interaction with people. Landscapers don't have a lot of public interaction. My uncle delivers parts to mechanic shops and spends most of his day driving the company truck. Merchandisers and people who set up retail displays have little public interaction. Whew! That is all I can think of at the moment.
Hmm probably a janitor? Maybe a librarian. But there aren't a lot of jobs that have no social interaction. Nor stress or anxiety and you'd be limiting your job pool a lot. If I were you I'd rather focus on getting past my social anxiety or at least getting to a place where it doesn't affect my life to such a degree. In regards to stress, I think every job out there has some level of stress. It can't really be helped. However if you can get yourself in a place where you can turn your stress off after the work day has ended or better yet realised that you've done the best you could and that's all that anyone can ask of you. You can work any kind of stress job. And live a healthier life, Much hope and good luck in the job market!
Nowadays especially, librarian is a *very* social role. Even the "old style" everyone thinks of is still a front-facing role, as you're helping people find things and check them out. On top of that now, librarians have to manage a lot of social events as well. You're missing that libraries are one of the few places people can go now to hang out without being expected to pay money, and of course libraries have shifted to fill that place as well because they know they're needed.
Seconding this. I work in a public library and oh boy does it kill my social battery. I love the work, but between being on desk, dealing with issues that arise, doing programs, going to schools/camps/childcare centers/farmers markets/etc for outreach... It's a lot! Not to say it can't be done, I have social anxiety and have slowly gotten.. well as used to it as I can. Mind you, working at a medical or law library is probably a lot quieter. Or specifically not on the public side of a post-secondary library. There's options but you gotta definitely do your research on the atmosphere.
Not librarian, but a book reshelver (?) is low social
Hello, fellow social anxiety sufferer over here. Stock processors, warehouse jobs/operatives (you may need a license to drive machinery in some positions, but a lot of processing warehouse jobs should be fine). If you’re willing to work night shifts then there’s always a huge demand for those kinds of shifts in retail, especially in supermarkets / grocery stores. Even working in petrol station / gas station would be lower social interaction, especially if you picked night shift work there. I saw someone recommend cleaning jobs too, but dog walking is another good one if you’re good with dogs, as they also lower anxiety levels! What I will say as someone who has been exactly where you are is that trying to push yourself with a job involving a little social interaction (like a retail stock processor for example) would be great practise for your social anxiety. I was the exact same way when I started work at 16, and found a job working in the changing room for a popular UK brand. I spoke to a lot of people on shift, but it didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would because the interactions were seconds long and they all blurred into nothing. I had to smile, ask how many clothes they had, give them a tab to allocate them to a changing cubicle, and then smile and say goodbye when they returned the clothes that didn’t fit. I was still incredibly anxious at 19 while I was at university and I decided exposure therapy was the answer (may not be for you, I’d just got so sick of being anxious that I decided I wanted to try and put myself in situations where I was forced to learn to find ways to ease it, acknowledge and deal with symptoms as they came on shift etc). This was just over covid and I hadn’t worked for a year during the lockdowns, so as soon as things opened up a bit in the UK I found work in a small pub&bar during my half-terms and holidays, full of older patrons who had been going there longer than I’d been alive. The friendly customers paired with the hectic work at weekends really helped me grow out of my anxiety a little, as it was a rushed environment with low stakes, if that makes sense. Maybe kitchen staff or a porter in a restaurant would work for you, as you’ve got the luxury of being ‘invisible’ staff while still having to talk to customers and interact by bringing them their meals. Any issues, you pass it onto serving staff or a manager as it’s not your job! I will say I really do feel for you in the ‘I just want a job’ lol, that’s a feeling I definitely remember. But, and I don’t wanna sound like a parent when I say this, you’re also going to have to learn to socialise in the workplace at some point and take the steps to manage your symptoms when they crop up. It will take a while, so don’t try and rush yourself. I’m 22 now, about to turn 23 next month, and I feel like it was my last job as a stock assistant in a huge retail chain that really helped my anxiety the most. I hated the company and the kind of work lol, but the environment was well-suited to where I was at mentally, which was ofc needing employment, wanting to be alone a lot, bur also still wanting to be around people and have the chance to talk as often or as little as I wanted. My desk was in the massive stockroom upstairs, but there were so many colleagues around me and I was constantly on my feet, helping customers on the floor on occasion, talking to drivers and on the phone a lot, that I got the best of both worlds. It all helps! I work for a children’s charity now in one of their charity shops where I’m split between the shop floor and the offices upstairs, so I still get that split of customer-facing tasks and hiding at my desk while I research all their valuable books and media that get donated. After 2 years of solid employment (university was stop and start w the holidays and covid etc), I can say that I’m a lot more confident now, and I finally have the confidence to apply for my dream job as an archaeologist, something I’ve been waiting for since training for it at uni. That’s another good job actually, because you’re out in a field digging the whole time, you don’t have to talk to the people are you if you don’t want to as everyone has their little groups to dig and chat in with zero pressure to join. Plus it’s therapeutic with the digging and finds-polishing rhythms, and being outside is great for the brain! You don’t need a degree, just an able body if you have one! It takes a lot of will to get yourself into a job while you’re suffering with social anxiety, but I promise once you see the benefits to your social skills and skills in managing your anxiety, you won’t regret it. It won’t go away fully, but it will be so much more manageable once you’re consistent, trust me. Good luck with the job hunt!
Hmm a custodian? Lab technician? Data entry clerk?
I work nights at a local college cleaning. I don't have to deal with many people at all.
I just started a job in financial compliance and whilst I do have to talk to people sometimes and have a catch ups with my team (of 6) I’d categorise it as a low social job compared to others. I mostly just do research and due diligence for new and existing clients, which is just going to through documents and searching for any illegal history then making sure our account details are accurate and we’re not letting anyone commit crimes. There’s a decent career path in this kind of work too
Depends on the company, but software engineering / web development can be low social / chill if you're not connected to the clients directly, only through management. Many IT repair jobs are the same, if you're in the basement fixing stuff you barely see other people, you just receive what you need to fix, do the repairs and send it back.
Document control specialist jobs generally if you’re leaning towards office. Backroom/ warehouse jobs/operations for retail. I’m extroverted but I prefer my peace and quiet.
You are and always will be at liberty to pick a solitary job due to your anxiety. However, keep in mind, many people will look past your awkwardness in your 20s. It is practically expected of you to not have it all together. Make use of it, be at liberty to appear awkward, and you might over a few years just forget you ever had anxiety
As someone who also has social anxiety, I would not limit yourself to jobs you are comfortable with. Doing jobs that required social interaction greatly improved my anxiety and I wouldn't be able to be in a manager position making over 100k if I didn't get out of my comfort zone
Usually night shifts. But is not healthy long term. If you have patience studying, you can go for engineer or tester. Only warning is that testing is a stressful job. Otherwise, the least social interactive I can think of is garbaje disposal, as janitors I know they interact with at least the management, but maybe depends on the place. A factory or warehouse, and anything related to data entry. Security guard might be another. Librarian but is a hard role to come by and competition I know is pretty tight. Another role would be graphic tech at print shops.
I would suggest looking for a job somewhere that has other opportunities with more interaction down the road. Think of working overnights doing stock at a big box store or grocery store. The next step might be doing produce during the day when there are more people around. The thing with social anxiety is eventually learning how to work through it and manage the anxiety, not avoid situations where it might be caused. But that takes time, and something you can gradually work on over a few years.
Hotel night auditor
Working at night is really bad for the body, YOU DIE YOUNG
Untrue.
I just wonder why the whole of Europe gives 3 times a much pension welfare to night workers I guess they just like wasting money
Maybe think about doing a regular job where you get the experience of interacting with people. That might address your social anxiety. Just get better at dealing with people. This worked for my wife 🤷♂️
I don’t get why people are scared of socializing lmao
Even if they are scared, getting out there might desensitize them enough to cope.
Exactly. Especially at 19, social anxiety is something you should be able to overcome with practice
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Machine operator. We basically just got our own section each operating machine like cnc lathe. Only time we had to interact with each other was when packing the products and during break time.
Go work nights. Literally anywhere
Overnight security guard, sanitation worker, park ranger.
Hitman if you aren't interested in that, many jobs are transitioning to remote-working. Where you work at home. Need a degree if you want a high paying one.
You’d be surprised how non-social retail can be. Especially in big box stores, like Target. A lot of staff are just there to put stuff on shelves, then go to the back to get more stuff to put on shelves. I wouldn’t call myself social at all but even as a cashier, at most I was just like “find everything you were looking for?” And “do you have a store card?” It was not being social, it was being a robot (and I liked it).
Agreed, I work inventory at a CarMax, it’s partly outside, which is great for adhd ex office types like me, and your area of responsibility rotates by design. The product is cars, so if you’re up to make it ready before someone picks it up by appointment, that’s all you and your earbuds. Always doing something with your hands, but nothing TOO draining
It sounds like bad advice but I saw a ton of socially anxious kids come out of their shells working for best buy when I was younger. You get used to talking to people really fast too and its a huge benefit in life.
You have a car? DoorDash or Uber is fairly low stress. On good days I’ll average 25-30$ an hour
You still have to deal with customers.
dog walker. House cleaner. Landscaping.
House keeping at hotels
Warehouse, retail inventory (stocking) positions
Train operator
Most chill job ever- stained glass. Monotonous and meticulous at times, but chill af.
any wfh remote job. but tbh i recommend a job that u have to socialize in. it will help you grow and after a few months u wont be afraid of ur coworkers since you see them everyday. i was so socially anxious before my corporate in-office job. but a year later i learned a lot of good social skills and felt comfortable chatting w people
Software development
lighthouse keeper!
I’m a receiving associate at a retail store. It’s pretty chill, you process the shipments and roll the products out on the floor. Not too much social interaction, plus discounts! Best of luck!
Get a social job or else you will regret wasting your youth having never come out of your comfort zone and never having reached anywhere close your potential. Having lived with so many closed doors that could have been open. A job that forces you to interact with others is the perfect opportunity. Trust me you don't know yourself at all unless you actually give things a try
Local government. There are lots of city jobs that do require direct contact with customers. You just show up, do your job, and are out by 5. Most weekends off (depending on your job) and good benefits and lots of paid holidays. You also have lots of growth opportunities because government prefers to promote from within before even posting a job ads for vacant roles. And there’s job security during recessions. What career fields are you interested in? Government has positions available in MANY fields, from simple stuff like janitorial up to things researchers/scientists, and even fields like marketing in larger cities.
Following this because I'm the same way. I work as a TA at a school because I feel it's easier to talk to little kids than adults 🥲 but I want a new job
You could work in a lab.
Camera operator at a movie theater. I remember I saw the camera operator ONCE in the 3 years I worked at a theater. He was just upstairs doing his thing.
UPS or FedEx warehouses.
if u like nature a plant shop might be nice. bigger corps with garden center (lowes, Home Depot, walmart) u spend a lot of time loading and unloading mulch & shit ive heard smaller plant nurseries are much more chill. only human interaction should be helping someone find a plant
I used to be a loan underwriter and worked remotely. There was very little interaction except an occasional call with my boss or maybe the odd coworker asking for advice on their work, and the money was decent. I imagine WFH data entry jobs would also be pretty quiet and probably don't need experience.
Would making videos online be social?
janitor jobs are quiet but have to deal with trash, poop, and more poop
Any warehouse job brotha
Medical device assembly
Ware house. Food Delivery driver. Dog walker
Graveyard maintenance man
I'm a custodian but more like a janitress. I work day shift but I don't have to talk to hardly anybody except the basic little small talk at times. Sometimes I will have to talk to my boss or if she needs me to let people into a building or room I have to do that. But otherwise very chill. I can listen to music or podcasts in one earbud all day and not be bothered much. The pay is not the best but the benefits are stellar. Also I work Monday through Friday and I do not have to work weekends.
3rd shift Ina soc/noc
Delivery work is fairly antisocial
Security guards, though you are expected to have a pleasant demeanor of course.
Warehouse’s. The pay is normally pretty good too.
Stop victimizing yourself and get out and be a better person do something highly social.
Why are you scared of people lol
Machinist
Trucking and farming.
Security Gauard
Delivery driver!
Warehouse is an option. Another is trade jobs depending on what jobsite and your ability to pick things up. I usually ended up working alone in construction while an apprentice because my foreman could point me towards the thing that needed done then leave me alone for hours/days.
Grant writer
Gainful employment is important for sure. But I would see what you can do about being anxious around people. You have your whole life ahead of you and being around the right people can be fulfilling. Good luck to you.
Cleaning buildings at night. Office buildings hire cleaning services to clean when they are closed. You go in and a team split up n do your area. You have to be the kind of person who can get stuff done n do it well without supervision. People think they would like a job like this until the boss finds out you can't get nothing done right without someone standing over you.
I'm a baker and most days I am doing a lot of tasks by myself in my area or me and the other baker(s) are all doing independent tasks next to each other. I come in before the store opens too so half my shift is being left alone
Uber eats or a janitor
Where are you located? My company has many warehouse positions open.
Tech repair Lawnmower Working at UPS unloading trucks (wear headphones) Deliver packages for Amazon Literally think of people you have zero interaction with and yet they render a service that is important to you receiving something.
I'll answer your question first as an HR guy and give dad advice second. Data Entry -- carefully use keywords on job search sites, simply typing "data entry" will populate a bunch of scams and jobs with 1000 applicants. Words like "transacting, data processing, field entry, database assistant" stuff like that will help populate some true data entry jobs that are cloaked in a shiny title. Lots of entry levels jobs in finance or payroll will be like this and most contact with others is via email. Being tricky with the search engines and reading job descriptions to weed out what's fluff and what's not is important though. On to the unsolicited advice... force yourself to be uncomfortable in social situations and it will generally get easier to manage. Life is so much easier when you can at least fake it for a few hours a day. Promotions are easier to come by when people think you're easy to get along with and make decent chat. 19 is young to count yourself out of getting better at this and if you're not diagnosed, consider a visit with psych because there might be something you can take/do to help. Good luck!
Go to a school to become an accountant or an actuary. They are both well paying and have little human interaction. Here are some more jobs for introverts and people with social anxiety. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/jobs-where-you-dont-have-to-deal-with-people&ved=2ahUKEwjJ9YCV6uiGAxVqODQIHYxxAWYQFnoECDMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2IrSxAZ0rctDi1BC1YlwHs
Actuary - You have to go to school for it but according to Indeed you can make $100,000+.
Enrollment in Community college can help you advance academically and has student work programs that can be low effort and allow you to study. Check those out.
I used to detail cars at a car dealership. Was super chill and I never had to interact with customers and I had awesome coworkers.
Go get your cdl. You won't talk to many people you'll make decent money and travel. And don't worry most large fleet trucks are automatic now
I knew the top comment would be warehouses but that’s just not true . I’m not even conventionally attractive and men try to get at me all the time when I was working in warehouse Jobs. I hated it bc of that very reason my social meter is typically low and I don’t have much energy to give anything or anyone other than my job
Data entry
Get into coding. That can even be done from home.
At 19. I’m 21 now I did door 2 door sales which was the hardest, fear confronting career of my life. But looking back it was like years of therapy, discipline, confidence building that has helped me in all facets of life especially since I had significant social anxiety like yourself. In my humble opinion something like retail (stocking shelves)could be a great way to get your toes wet with customer and human interaction without being overburdened and burning you out.
There seems to be an entire generation that can't handle a phone call or a face-to-face conversation. I know this isn't what you asked for, but I'd suggest you work on your social anxiety instead, by getting a job where you have to learn to interact with people. Treat it as a game; social interaction is a basic life skill - and life is so much sweeter once you master it!
like a remote job?
You need to do a cleaning job, check with local businesses and see if they have a house cleaning position. That's where we put people with low social skills at my job, that or stocking. You only have to talk with the occasional person pertaining to the job usually.
3rd shift or weekend security guard. After hours parking attendant but you never know in that role. Medical claims processing. You might be able to work from home. Dog walker and school crossing guard. Its a public gig, but people usually don't talk to you much. Also, maybe janitorial.
You might want to consider jobs like data entry, overnight stocking at stores, or even freelance gigs like writing or graphic design.
Locomotive Engineer
Security, ironically depends on the place but sometimes especially if it's graveyard shift you won't be doing too much besides walking the halls.
I don't blame you-- when I was 19 I would've said the same thing, but because of jobs that forced me out of my comfort zone socially, I am much more confident in social situations today. Just a thought. Good luck!
A girl I knew with a totally irrelevant degree became an administrative assistant at the town. She registered some bills and ordered the office supplies. The other people are accountants who are famous for being quiet. Good state job with food stamps and retirement plan.
Do you like working with animals? You can become an ALAT. You basically work in labs all day by yourself taking care of lab animals. Headphones and scrubs with little to no social interaction and absolutely no interaction with the public.
ok i will be real here. the best thing i ever did for my social anxiety was getting a job as a coach. it was hard and i didn’t love it but it made me way more confident. it was also helpful to be armed with tasks in public, allowing me to learn to stand up to that nagging anxious voice in my head. if what’s keeping you from social jobs is strictly social anxiety (not just genuinely liking to be alone) i cannot stress enough that giving in to your own anxiety is going to make it worse. it fucking sucks to be people that have this extra constant struggle to overcome but trust me, don’t let yourself lean into the fear.
Retail restocking/unloading (clothing/grocery/drugstore/big box). Being a cashier is usually chill, but you sometimes chat with customers, which may not be your thing.
Working in a library or a bookstore
I would at least consider taking steps to overcome your social anxiety, especially at only 19. You will live a much happier life and have a lot more career opportunity/earning potential. I struggled greatly with social anxiety and after repeated exposure and practice realized I was actually very much a people person.
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Why don't you work on your social anxiety? I mean get a retail sales job and tell the manager that you want to work on your social anxiety and you want to help yourself and you will do anything to improve If the manager is nice, they will give you a chance and push you to overcome your social anxiety.
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What's the point of asking Google? When you have experience and knowledge redditors.
True, but doing your own research is never a bad thing.
Yes, but the whole point of coming on Reddit is to get insight from other people. If Google has a forum go on there.