So I started looking for a new job

wolf moon · 28-07-2011 11:01PM #1

Yes. Got pissed off today when I finally realised that the career path in my current job is nothing else but cul de sac. Thank Gods in Valhalla I'm not one of those guys scared of making a smallest step, who consider themselves "lucky to have a job". Yes, I know there is no boom anymore, I know that my job is secure and pays the bills - but I get physically sick every single day when I go there and simply cannot stand it anymore.

After Hours - wish me luck, I'm gonna need it. It's all I'm asking.

admiralofthefleet · 28-07-2011 11:03PM

best of luck, hope you find something you will be happy in

Stained Class · 28-07-2011 11:04PM

You're under 30, not married, no kids, or mortgage, right?

Go for it!

krudler · 28-07-2011 11:05PM

fair play to ya, doing the same myself as I hate my current one, not much out there aside what I'm already doing but for different companies though

Potential-Monke · 28-07-2011 11:05PM

I used to believe that it you're not happy in a job, you're better off leaving it, for your health. But that was when you could walk from one job into another. Now, even though i wouldn't strictly say i hate my job, if it was back then i would have left already.

But alas, i have loans, and a mortgage, so i have to stay...

carefulnow100 · 28-07-2011 11:06PM

Do you honestly get physically sick?

Poor co-workers!

In all seriousness best a luck with it!
Life's about takin chances as da says!

lastlaugh · 28-07-2011 11:07PM

wolf moon wrote: »

I know that my job is secure and pays the bills - but I get physically sick every single day when I go there and simply cannot stand it anymore.

Jaysus that sounds bad, what is it about the place, the people, the work itself or both?

What line of work are you in?

carefulnow100 · 28-07-2011 11:07PM

krudler wrote: »

fair play to ya, doing the same myself as I hate my current one, not much out there aside what I'm already doing but for different companies though

Maybe you guys could just switch!!!

Problem solved!

I do not charge for my services :cool:

Musicman2006 · 28-07-2011 11:08PM

Hand or blow?

wolf moon · 28-07-2011 11:09PM

Stained Class wrote: »

You're under 30, not married, no kids, or mortgage, right?

Go for it!

30+
married
kids
mortgage...

... and no more time to waste.

MidlandsM · 28-07-2011 11:09PM

Good luck to you!

starbelgrade · 28-07-2011 11:09PM

Working is for losers. The PAYE worker pays my welfare & when I see him getting home from work after a long days slog at the office, there's nothing I like better than to crack a can of cider open in his face & tell him about my impending 2 week holiday to Lanzarote.

Work. Meh.

Who needs it?

annascott · 28-07-2011 11:09PM

Good luck. Don't hand in your notice until you have been offered someyhing else. You have more of a chance of being offered a job when you already have one...

py2006 · 28-07-2011 11:10PM

Wow, not a great time for that!

I'd say if your job is secure, ride the storm for a bit!

A secure job is better in these times than no job!

Potential-Monke · 28-07-2011 11:10PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Working is for losers. The PAYE worker pays my welfare & when I see him getting home from work after a long days slog at the office, there's nothing I like better than to crack a can of cider open in his face & tell him about my impending 2 week holiday to Lanzarote.

Work. Meh.

Who needs it?

Where's the dislike button?

brimal · 28-07-2011 11:11PM

I quit my job bang in the middle of a recession and everyone said i'm crazy.

Starting my own business now and things are looking good.

Sick of this 'lucky to have a job' mentality. There is plenty of jobs out there and money to be made if you have a bit of cop on.

Good luck OP!

wolf moon · 28-07-2011 11:12PM

lastlaugh wrote: »

What line of work are you in?

I work in one of the - once mighty - organisations, which today wouldn't survive without taxpayers cash.

Seeing these faces every day, it's beyond my levels of tolerance.

py2006 · 28-07-2011 11:13PM

brimal wrote: »

Sick of this 'lucky to have a job' mentality. There is plenty of jobs out there and money to be made if you have a bit of cop on.

The unemployed need to cop on?

Any chance you would come with me to the local social welfare office and make that statement out loud?

starbelgrade · 28-07-2011 11:13PM

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Where's the dislike button?

Just beside the "on" button for the sarcasm detector.

smilerxxx · 28-07-2011 11:19PM

I left a secure job last year. A lot of people said I was crazy. I told them jog on. I always wanted to be a nurse, so here i am. Going in to 2nd year nursing surviving on .. well we won't go there. But it was the best decision I've ever made. Go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best of Luck

cassid · 28-07-2011 11:19PM

brimal wrote: »

I quit my job bang in the middle of a recession and everyone said i'm crazy.

Starting my own business now and things are looking good.

Sick of this 'lucky to have a job' mentality. There is plenty of jobs out there and money to be made if you have a bit of cop on.

Good luck OP!

Fair play to you and wish you well.

I have been dealing with loads of Irish companies in the last few weeks and the amount of times I have to send follow up emails, phone calls to businesses to get quotes or actually buy items. I thought most businesses would be really customer friendly now with the recession and would love people buying from them but apparently not.

The Marlboro Man · 28-07-2011 11:20PM

brimal wrote: »

Sick of this 'lucky to have a job' mentality. There is plenty of jobs out there and money to be made if you have a bit of cop on.

+1. Stupid mentality, both from an employer and employee perspective. If we all think like this then we'll be fúcked for a long time to come.

Stained Class · 28-07-2011 11:25PM

wolf moon wrote: »

30+
married
kids
mortgage...

... and no more time to waste.

Brave move.

Best of luck.

As long as I'm not paying for it...........

wolf moon · 28-07-2011 11:27PM

Stained Class wrote: »

Brave move.

Thank you sir. I am a brave man.

chucken1 · 28-07-2011 11:29PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

Working is for losers. The PAYE worker pays my welfare & when I see him getting home from work after a long days slog at the office, there's nothing I like better than to crack a can of cider open in his face & tell him about my impending 2 week holiday to Lanzarote.

Work. Meh.

Who needs it?

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phasers · 28-07-2011 11:31PM

If you have kids then you shouldn't take risks like that.

I hope it goes well for you, for your kids' sake.

the groutch · 28-07-2011 11:36PM

wolf moon wrote: »

I know that my job is secure and pays the bills - but I get physically sick every single day when I go there and simply cannot stand it anymore.

food tester for Tesco's?

The Marlboro Man · 28-07-2011 11:36PM

phasers wrote: »

If you have kids then you shouldn't take risks like that.

I hope it goes well for you, for your kids' sake.

Of course s/he should, and I hope the OP teaches the kids to do the same. Great attitude to have. I know the kind the OP is - they're the kind of folk who will come out on top!

the groutch · 28-07-2011 11:39PM

The Marlboro Man wrote: »

Of course s/he should, and I hope the OP teaches the kids to do the same. Great attitude to have. I know the kind the OP is - they're the kind of folk who will come out on top!

very thin line though between risk taking and pure stupidity

holystungun9 · 28-07-2011 11:39PM

wolf moon wrote: »

30+
married
kids
mortgage...

... and no more time to waste.

You lunatic! I wish you all the best. Everybody has their own perspective about where the balance lies between doing whatever it takes to pay bills/ keep the family on track etc, and the other side, the enjoying your life/taking risks, giving things a go, making opportunities etc, in order to knock a bit more good out of this life.

Each person has to weigh up their own situation. But if you are just slogging endlessly through the sh1t and having your soul destroyed it certainly merits examining all your options.

If you need to get out then that's what you gotta do. Follow whatever the sensible procedure is to leave your job on good terms. (don't mail your boss a bag of dogsh1t!). I don't know what your profession or skill set is but if you want to make something happen, then you will exhaust all options and when no one can provide you with the role you want, then I'll bet you can make it happen yourself.

To those who say you shouldn't give up your job and pay packet, I do understand that point of view completely. Having a mortgage and dependents is a huge responsibility and not something you should gamble on 17 red at the roulette wheel. But an unhappy or unfulfilled mother / father / provider, will have a negative impact on the family also. I believe it's always worth reviewing your complete life situation and see what can be done to improve it to your benefit and to that of your family / those around you.

Best of luck again, whatever way you tackle your situation.

hatrickpatrick · 28-07-2011 11:40PM

Your job is either a passion, or a means to an end.
If, to you, it is only the latter, then it's clearly not worth it in the long run.
I'd much rather be broke doing something I believe in every day, then have piles of money in the bank whilst waking up every morning wishing I was an 'auld fellow so I could retire. You only live once. If you're miserable, or pining for the distant future, then you're not living.

So I started looking for a new job

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