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Career issues

  • 13-09-2017 9:03pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    Im looking for peoples opinions on the following issue I have. Two months ago I left a reasonably paid job located about a 2 hour journey for a position closer to home. The reason I moved back home was because I was finding it difficult to settle away from home. While the job was good and I didnt really have many problems there, I struggled on the social scene and inevitably it felt that a move home was going to happen. While I did try to settle practically all of my attempts failed and I started to go home frequently.

    The thing is the job I moved to has not worked out as I thought. While I knew going into it I would be taking a significant pay cut, the atmosphere working there is not as good, the people not as friendly and Im feeling more unhappy and frustrated career wise as a result of my decision. There is no training and it seems I have to learn from my own mistakes to learn rather than to be shown what to do which just adds to the feeling of malaise. I also feel I have limited the career opportunities open to me as there were definitely more carreer opportunities open to me in the location before I moved back home. I feel very unsure and reluctant about moving again as I know I will need to settle. My confidence is hit.

    I dont know where I stand and feel that I cannot settle anywhere I go. Should I give this job more time however I feel already that it was a mistake to take this job


Comments

  • #2
    Sir_Name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Sir_Name


    It is always daunting taking a new position especially one perhaps that is further from home. How long were you in your previous role? The reason I ask is that it always takes time to settle in a new place ad make friends and have a social life and I am wondering if you gave your previous job/lifestyle a chance.
    For instance, I moved abroad this year leaving my family/friends and boyf in Ireland for a job opportunity that I could not pass. When I moved here I literally did not know one person and a friend who previously did something similar gave me practical advice to expect to be lonely at times and that it can take up to 18 months to settle in and find my groove. Her advice was to invite people to social events, and accept all invitations that come your way! That's the only way to meet people and create a social life but it wont happen overnight.

    Did you do your due diligence on the role, or did you accept purely based on the fact that it was closer to home? If I were you I would speak to my boss regarding the workload/training environment and what is your training/progression plan. If it still isn't any better, I would start looking for another role. Would you consider applying back to the company you were in?


  • #3
    never_mind
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭never_mind


    Hi OP

    I would definitely give the new job some more time - you moved for a reason and you might see that once you have settled in the new post. You can alwasy move back into the city if you feel like you can't settle at home.

    You should try and get a social outting on the go with your new work mates, maybe?

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