Do you have a few beers to numb the pain and tell yourself that tomorrow’s another day, or do you tell yourself to MTFU and stop being so full of self doubt?
Well, I just received a very negative email bombshell outcome of something I have been working on for several years at around 5pm just now.
It’s like going to highest court of appeal only to be told that the decision goes against you.
To say that it is a massive disappointment is an understatement. I got numb just by simply reading the email because it has practically ended my career … kaput! It is that serious.
I now need to find new ways earning a living. No, I was not fired from my job as I am already working PT as low level bureaucrat.
Nahhh … my experience only confirm my view that zombies and maggots are ruling the world.
A bit of both of the above but also a smash fest at the gym/bike etc. I only go to work to pay the bills you still have your health, family and social life (I hope!) 😉
I am my boss so unfortunately I know what I look like naked. Beer sounds good as do pancakes,but kicking a kitten or shagging a hooker probably wouldn’t help. Seems that I should be worrying more about you lot and your gun/murder spree fixations. Chewke-I hope all is not lost and you can see a way through it?
I’ve had some pretty grim stressful days at work over the past 2 months, not talking deadlines etc its more like one mistake and I’m dead.
That and having very terse conversations in the middle of the night with our ops directors about said job meant I came close to telling him to F off.
Along with caring for my wife I don’t mind admitting coming close to looking for a way out.
I am lucky enough to come home to a beautiful wife (of 29 years) who will quite often have a chilled beer and a great home cooked meal ready. I have many hot/noisey/crap 12 hr shifts to deal with, but what I come home to makes it all seem worth it. I hope this doesn’t make me seem smug, just appreciative of what I have 🙂
I try and get out on the bike or go for a run. If not I’ll try and phone friends to stop me running the previous day round my head, as I sit and watch rubbish telly. If I can’t do any of that I will potter in the garden or do some housework – sad but true!!
It’s all about perspective and depends on your job – I’m now a fairly low level civil servant, a bad day means I get pissed off about a couple of minor things.
In a previous career, I dealt with injury claims, used to have to read and assess some pretty awful accident and medical reports with accompanying photographic evidence. (This was back in the day before whiplash was invented)
My attitude changed when I met MrsMoreCash – she works in child protection. When she says “It’s been a bad day” it really will have been a really bad day. Which puts my minor issues into perspective.
A point of view that is not always shared by some jumped up, over-promoted middle managers, but hey….. 🙄
Some grim sounding tales here folks…all the best with things!!
My go to happy place is sitting having a nice evening meal and a glass of wine with my lovely wife, flicking through pictures of holidays and our wedding…happy times funded through our hard work!
I shouldn’t say this but in the past two years I’ve only had one bad day at work (more like about two hours), sorry but I love my job…
If you love your job I do not see any problem with that so long as you earn it properly. i.e. not at others’ expense.
Tom B – Member
Some grim sounding tales here folks…all the best with things!!
My go to happy place is sitting having a nice evening meal and a glass of wine with my lovely wife, flicking through pictures of holidays and our wedding…happy times funded through our hard work!
You should be happy if you earn it through hard work at your own expense. That’s how it should work.
In my case there are others that got involved who feel that they are the best …
Do you have a few beers to numb the pain and tell yourself that tomorrow’s another day, or do you tell yourself to MTFU and stop being so full of self doubt?
Just hop that tommorow you have a job, 500 just lost their jobs today making curtains, and quite a few last weEk lost their jobs and company cars,many miles from home when THOMSONS DIRECTORIES MADE THEM REDUNDANT.
Run or ride it off. Push til the pain and endorphins washes my mind clean.
Drinking never works for me, some temporary relief, but waking up at 3am with a handover and drink induced anxiety doesn’t exactly set me up for the next day.
ffs, shit day at work yesterday, now in crap hotel 160miles from home, no bike, migrane (so cant get drunk) from crap nights sleep due to argument with boss and director over straigh forward (to me)issue. Where can I get a gun? – arrggghhh!
Go easy Yetidave. Wash down a couple of migralieve with something from the minibar. My mum swears by Bournville chocolate for migranes so go and raid the vending machine.
just written a fantastic e-mail to both of them, may wait until tommorow to send as its a little bit inflamatory and not good for future work commitments, cocodamol done the trick, off to the bar… 8)
Used to be an embedded software engineer, interesting at times but it took over your life, now spin spanners fixing cars/vans for a living. Can’t take work home, get the odd duff day but it usually finishes at home time, and it’s out on the bike after a short walk home. Find my singletrack calendar helps when running low on motivation, look at a decent trail and imagine ripping it along. All my races are written down on it as well, so go back to thinking about what I need to do to try and improve for that.
Nothing work wise is worth losing it all, make a change, but above all as they said in trainspotting chose life.
Just got in from a tough late shift and some less than ideal customers, but some of the positive stuff on this thread has picked me up no end. Apart from all the meals with GFs, as mine is on the other side of the world for another 2 weeks