I quit my 9 to 5 job and first month is great.

Mister Vain · 24-12-2020 03:53PM

OP, will we be seeing the youtube video with the obligatory Lamborghini in the background soon?

Pcgamer · 24-12-2020 03:54PM

Kraftwerk wrote: »

So you chose to waste all our lives with bull**** instead.

No one forced you to read my thread did they?

Jealous of my new quality of life perhaps?

Antares35 · 24-12-2020 03:56PM

Pcgamer wrote: »

No one forced you to read my thread did they?

Jealous of my new quality of life perhaps?

People define quality in different ways. What's good for one might not be good for another. You seem to think anyone who doesn't align themselves to your views on what determines quality means you can look down your nose at them, a quality that won't get you very far if you go out on your own.

Pcgamer · 24-12-2020 03:58PM

Mister Vain wrote: »

OP, will we be seeing the youtube video with the obligatory Lamborghini in the background soon?

Once I can hit 400 a week I'll be happy, but aiming for ten times that.

Pcgamer · 24-12-2020 03:59PM

Antares35 wrote: »

People define quality in different ways. What's good for one might not be good for another. You seem to think anyone who doesn't align themselves to your views on what determines quality means you can look down your nose at them, a quality that won't get you very far if you go out on your own.

Not really, didn't criticise anyone until they criticised me.

Antares35 · 24-12-2020 04:04PM

Pcgamer wrote: »

Not really, didn't criticise anyone until they criticised me.

Maturity will also carry you very far.

RoboRat · 24-12-2020 04:09PM

You're thinking of getting into clothing... good luck with that. I've have my own sports apparel brand for 8 years and it's painful.
The margin on paper looks good until you factor in returns, faulty stock, wrong sizing, plain crazy sizing, orders being left short, the ever fluctuating exchange rate and the current **** show regarding logistics.
If you're going down the clothing route, be a distributor and not a manufacturer.

IAMAMORON · 24-12-2020 04:09PM

Quiters are losers.

French Toast · 24-12-2020 04:12PM

I've often thought about it, going down the route of self employment with my own business.

Currently on a decent public servant contract, so the security of a salary and yearly increments is a big reason not to make any moves.

cloudatlas · 24-12-2020 04:23PM

Setting up your own business is going to be 10x harder and most probably if it is successful you will have to work hours that you never worked before.

I've seen people do it, I've seen some fail and have to go back to their regular job as well. It's not the panacea that people think it is, you have to work harder than last time. It doesn't sound like you have a business plan or really thought any of this through or you haven't told us.

firemansam4 · 24-12-2020 04:25PM

The grass is always greener and all that.

There are some people who are self employed right now struggling to keep afloat and barely enough money to feed them selves every week just to keep there business afloat or to keep there employees in work.

I bet some of them would think a steady 9-5 job with a regular income would be bliss to them.

BTW I'm not one of them, I have thought about going down the self employed route in the past but decided against it.

xlogo · 24-12-2020 04:38PM

Pcgamer wrote:

First month has been great and have enough savings to do me for five years but probably longer.

How much are you budgeting per year for the 5 years?

dasdog · 24-12-2020 05:09PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

First month is bliss, second month is motivation month, third month is dark depression waking up at 4pm and ordering domino's twice a day.

I packed in my job almost 5 months ago - the first time I've been out of work since the dot com bubble burst and I have loved it. I kept a routine with exercise, passed a couple of exams, watched the Tour De France, Snooker Championship and countless movies. Basically kept my mind and body healthy and I've never felt better. My days centre around things like meals, procuring decent ale/stout/cider and whatever Western/War movies are on but if the sun is out I generally go out.

I thought about moving to a cheap country and completely packing it in but I'm not done yet and I'm starting a new position in the New Year. It was bliss though - a taster of early retirement.

beachhead · 24-12-2020 05:12PM

Win the Euromillions tomorrow night and ignore all previous advice and continue the fantasy

Ubbquittious · 24-12-2020 05:30PM

Why the hate? Are people so attached to their mundane routine of office job, new build in an estate and their fecking hape of sh1t on the PCP?

PropJoe10 · 24-12-2020 05:31PM

Pcgamer wrote: »

Anyone else do similar, with the company 8 years. I'm done with the rat race and never going back.

No more performance reviews, No more deadlines, No more pretending to like work colleagues, no more setting the alarm for 8am, no more been constantly tired, no more stuck in traffic(well I was working from home during covid), go to bed when I want, no more putting up with bull **** that I have zeroe interest in, no more pressure.

First month has been great and have enough savings to do me for five years but probably longer.

Now I have time to do what I like. I'm giving myself six months to see what the next step holds for me and decide what I want to do.

Might move to a cheap country for a while. Who knows.

Sold my car for 8k and bought a 1ltr for 800 euro. Will do me the finest.

Fyck you rat race office work never again.

We will see what happens.

Planning on doing pretty much exactly this in 2-3 months. Fair play to you.

bilbot79 · 24-12-2020 05:41PM

Congratulations on withdrawing from normal productive life. I'd say you were just in the wrong job. Performance reviews are great when you're performing well and so are the salary increases and bonuses.

Personally I just get up in the morning and let the annoying things about work wash over me. Absolutely no way I would retire or quit all jobs with just 6 months of living expenses. Hope you hulled up the pension

whisky_galore · 24-12-2020 05:48PM

Ubbquittious wrote: »

Why the hate? Are people so attached to their mundane routine of office job, new build in an estate and their fecking hape of sh1t on the PCP?

Life is far too short to be stuck in a sh1t job working for an arsehole.

The White Wolf · 24-12-2020 06:00PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Quiters are losers.

There should be less shame on quitting. A bad working environment can really cause serious health problems to the point where looking for a new job won't cut it. The person needs a complete break given the toxicity they're dealing with.

Easy to say for someone with no responsibility other than wanting to earn a good wage, but how many oul lads took their job frustrations out on their family when they went home? It's not worth that.

IAMAMORON · 24-12-2020 06:47PM

The White Wolf wrote: »

There should be less shame on quitting. A bad working environment can really cause serious health problems to the point where looking for a new job won't cut it. The person needs a complete break given the toxicity they're dealing with.

Easy to say for someone with no responsibility other than wanting to earn a good wage, but how many oul lads took their job frustrations out on their family when they went home? It's not worth that.

You can always move job?

The OP is quitting full stop.

I often worked a shight job before. It never caused me to go home and cause grief. People need to disassociate themselves from their jobs and inherit their lives.

If the OP thinks that giving up a job and starting their own business is going to make their life a lot easier the OP is going to be disappointed. Owning your own business is the key to a whole new real world of worry and strife, it will not suit everyone.

When you have a job your clients and customers are your employers and by association your colleagues. You phuck up every now and then you are generally still getting paid.

When you own a business everything is involved, only people who own one will understand what I am talking about. You certainly do not get the option of " quitting" lightly.

The White Wolf · 24-12-2020 07:06PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

You can always move job?

The OP is quitting full stop.

I often worked a shight job before. It never caused me to go home and cause grief. People need to disassociate themselves from their jobs and inherit their lives.

If the OP thinks that giving up a job and starting their own business is going to make their life a lot easier the OP is going to be disappointed. Owning your own business is the key to a whole new real world of worry and strife, it will not suit everyone.

When you have a job your clients and customers are your employers and by association your colleagues. You phuck up every now and then you are generally still getting paid.

When you own a business everything is involved, only people who own one will understand what I am talking about. You certainly do not get the option of " quitting" lightly.

My point and apologies if they didn't make it clear is that moving jobs is redundant if you're near that breaking point as it will carry on to the next job. In that circumstance quitting is a more than worthy option.

I think you're taking quitting in the literal sense as well. Quitting doesn't mean handing in your notice and walking out same day. For some people it's anywhere from a month to 6 month process depending on your role. There's nothing cowardly about doing a gradual handover and walking away with a clear conscience.

IAMAMORON · 24-12-2020 07:12PM

The White Wolf wrote: »

My point and apologies if they didn't make it clear is that moving jobs is redundant if you're near that breaking point as it will carry on to the next job. In that circumstance quitting is a more than worthy option.

I think you're taking quitting in the literal sense as well. Quitting doesn't mean handing in your notice and walking out same day. For some people it's anywhere from a month to 6 month process depending on your role. There's nothing cowardly about doing a gradual handover and walking away with a clear conscience.

It is still quitting??

Don't be a quiter , take part in something, make a change.

And by the way, if you are quiting, quit in style. Don't hang around the office pawning your underpaid ass off to a gang of chunts who have been disrespecting your hard work for the last 8 years?

Tell them to go and stuff their job up their hole and walk out the door. 6 months my winking brown eye, any company that can't survive without the one employee they have abused for 8 years deserves to go down the swanny. Don't waste your time faffing around for 6 months, doing what?

2lazytogetup · 24-12-2020 07:32PM

Great another scrounger. Someone who can work but too lazy to.

I prefer to work and know my paye is paying for health care, education, police

The White Wolf · 24-12-2020 07:41PM

2lazytogetup wrote: »

Great another scrounger. Someone who can work but too lazy to.

I prefer to work and know my paye is paying for health care, education, police

Garda well earning their money these days aren't they? We have restrictions that aren't being enforced and is probably the biggest reason we're putting up with more lockdown dirt, so one less person paying their wage is hardly anything to lament.

Pcgamer · 24-12-2020 07:41PM

2lazytogetup wrote: »

Great another scrounger. Someone who can work but too lazy to.

I prefer to work and know my paye is paying for health care, education, police

A scrounger? Nope.

Not too sound harsh but would you be lost in life without a job working for someone profiting off you? I'm sick of office politics and putting on a smile for people i dont even like.

I still may end up contracting if things don't go to plan and thats me getting a daily rate where i pick and choose where i go and can take six months off in the year if i feel like it. I'm not signing on or hiding 200K in a bank account unbeknown to the dole office or anything.

IAMAMORON · 24-12-2020 07:49PM

Pcgamer wrote: »

A scrounger? Nope.

Not too sound harsh but would you be lost in life without a job working for someone profiting off you?

I still may end up contracting if things don't go to plan and thats me getting a daily rate where i pick and choose where i go and can take six months off in the year if i feel like it. I'm not signing on or hiding 200K in a bank account unbeknown to the dole office or anything.

I don't think you will be able to handle the transition between having to work and liking your work.

Nothing harsh about it. You will take what you get, picking and choosing is a fantasy that window gazers daydream about.

If I were you are I would get cracking, a month is a long time to be faffing around, idle in the real world. I would advise you to stop wasting your own time for starters.

xlogo · 24-12-2020 07:50PM

Pcgamer wrote:

I still may end up contracting if things don't go to plan and thats me getting a daily rate where i pick and choose where i go and can take six months off in the year if i feel like it. I'm not signing on or hiding 200K in a bank account unbeknown to the dole office or anything.

So much per year have you budgeted to live off?

IAMAMORON · 24-12-2020 07:51PM

The White Wolf wrote: »

Garda well earning their money these days aren't they? We have restrictions that aren't being enforced and is probably the biggest reason we're putting up with more lockdown dirt, so one less person paying their wage is hardly anything to lament.

Blames a global pandemic on the cops....

Probably never worked a day in your life?

The White Wolf · 24-12-2020 07:53PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Blames a global pandemic on the cops....

Probably never worked a day in your life?

I'll have you know I'm going on 8 years in my current well paying job come march. :cool:

Just calling it as I see it, there are rules in place that obviously haven't been enforced whether it be because of our government or police.

dublin49 · 24-12-2020 07:58PM

your situaton is practically unique ,inherited a house and no dependents.If that was the norm half the population would be doing their own thing.Its a nice situation to be in but hardly relevant to most posters on here.If you had 300K mortgage and 2 kids I suspect you would not be doing what you are doing,You have very little financial responsibility and are acting accordingly.Nothing to see here

I quit my 9 to 5 job and first month is great.

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