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Have I made a wrong career move?

  • 11-08-2014 8:48am
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    Hi all,

    I'm in need of a bit of guidance and my apologies for the length of this post in advance. Long time registered user here but going unreg for this one which I hope you don't mind.

    I recently left quite a good, but unrealistically demanding, job in the UK in favour of returning home - really and truly to be closer to family and friends. I feel that moving jobs was in essence a cover-up for wanting to move back home, but strangely was something I didn't want to say was my principal reason at the time.

    Having applied for a job in events, I was invited over for interview and was dealt a wild-card - they wanted to interview me for three positions!? I went with it and found myself swaying towards a sales role versus my area of specialisation in hotel operations. Regardless of having no experience in direct sales, I was recruited as a sales exec and started my new position.


    With promises of training, a company laptop and phone, 10 weeks later I'm still without an actual contract, borderline no training, using my own phone (which I can't expense) and my own laptop. I've been asked to coordinate events expected to draw in over 400 people with no budget for advertising whatsoever, ridiculed indirectly at times for my suggestions and I appear to be acting as the PA to the sales manager, spending my time searching for her diary versus actually getting my own work done. General organisation within the company seems to be completely lacking, worrying amidst plans to expand in the very near future.

    I'm a highly motivated person, and have a passion for the hospitality industry. I also tend to be a very good judge of when something isn't for me, which usually takes me a few weeks to suss out. At the moment, this job doesn't seem to be for me. I'm completely uninterested, I'm wasting time which is something I would never usually do, and it's even getting to the stage that I'm not being truthful with people at work - 110% not me. My dilemma is that I'm concerned that a move now might be seen as premature, and that my references for this position may lose complete faith in me as they did, in essence, take a gamble on me for this position.

    I feel that I spend far too much time worrying about what others think of me instead of doing what I think is right for myself. Any bit of guidance or personal experience would be greatly appreciated..

    Thanks for taking the time to read my post - it feels a bit better to get it all off my chest.

    C.


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  • #2
    Tokyo
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    CorkAnon wrote: »
    With promises of training, a company laptop and phone, 10 weeks later I'm still without an actual contract, borderline no training, using my own phone (which I can't expense) and my own laptop. I've been asked to coordinate events expected to draw in over 400 people with no budget for advertising whatsoever, ridiculed indirectly at times for my suggestions and I appear to be acting as the PA to the sales manager, spending my time searching for her diary versus actually getting my own work done.


    This alone would be enough for me to put a halt to everything and either talk it out with my boss, or leave altogether. At the moment it's costing you money to do your job, with zero thanks and no safety net whatsoever in terms of a contract. Before you commit yourself any further to this event that you are organising, you need to talk to someone higher up (HR if the company you are working for has a HR department) and find out EXACTLY where you stand and what your responsibilities are.


  • #3
    LegacyUser
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    mike_ie wrote: »
    This alone would be enough for me to put a halt to everything and either talk it out with my boss, or leave altogether. At the moment it's costing you money to do your job, with zero thanks and no safety net whatsoever in terms of a contract. Before you commit yourself any further to this event that you are organising, you need to talk to someone higher up (HR if the company you are working for has a HR department) and find out EXACTLY where you stand and what your responsibilities are.

    Hi Mike,

    Thanks for the reply. I've spoken to my 'superiors' and they're aware of my concerns re having no contract/phone/laptop, but keep putting it to the back burner as I'm considered lucky to have a functioning email address at present.

    I haven't felt myself over the past few weeks, and have managed to ascertain what is behind it all. Having worked circa 70 hours a week in my previous job, sometimes two to three weeks in a row, I can only relate it to burnout - not helped by taking two days off between changing jobs.

    Alas, I now find myself thinking - do I call it a day not having another job lined up, having made some form of a good impression with my current employer, or do I stick with it and risk my reputation through poor work ethic and a general disinterest in my job and my role. I just feel like I need a few weeks out to myself, but don't know how this would go down.

    What to do?


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