It's happened. In the last few weeks I've really started clock watching and procrastinating (hence this post). I need a new job as a matter of urgency or my sanity will be compromised.
The trouble is the location and working hours are very compatible with family life and there aren't too many possibilities advertised at the moment.
Anybody else in the same boat?
David Milliband?
Right now I'm grateful to have a job... and money coming in.
Don't forget though, that lots of jobs aren't advertised, there may well be options but you need to create them or find them for yourself...
yes, very much so. heard some news this morning about my manager telling another team i wouldn't be interested in joining them, without asking me.
furious.
Is anybody else ready for a new job?
Yep, but;
If it's fairly cushy in terms of hours and convenience, then use it to your advantage and start studying/training in something that either pays better or will provide you with a good level of satisfaction.
Think yourselfs lucky.
I work as a truck driver. Long hours, bad pay, treated like shit.
I don't need a new job, I need a new career.....
I thought I might not be alone.
I think David Milliband is a step ahead. He has the new job.
Don't get me wrong I am grateful to have the job and I enjoy the environmental sector but there is no progression/training here and after four and half years it’s time to move. I have one part time possibility in the pipeline and I need to figure out how to fill the other part if it happens. I have also put in an application in this week with another two to potentially fill in during the coming week if the wife approves (one would need relocation).
Given I live in Aberdeenshire I really need to make myself employable by the oil industry.
8 months in to a job and I'm about ready for a move, first 4 months were great, then it's all gone a bit to quiet for my liking. I'm restricted in what I can do to increase business and I'm working withing another business who seem to be quite happy bumbling along.
I never thought I'd say this but I'd love to be back in the bike trade..........
Yep.
boring job ,corporate politician style management , but it pays reasonably well , very reasonable commute time (apart from when i cycle đŸ˜‰ ) , plus new baby to consider.
Sometimes I think I've become too comfortable , I admire people who give something new a go.
I'll probably keep on playing the safety card.
too much work, too much pressure, not enough support, work life balance totally non existent..yep total career change needed, but I'm so qualified in what i do where ever I go it'll be same S--t, different day.
or just Stuff it all and start again in something totally different and tell the family they can sod off as i'm not going to kill myself to provide for them, as long as I've got a shed in the woods and bike I'm happy.
Not a new job but wouldn't mind a change to working solo, not sure I like picking drunks up anymore.
[quote=uselesshippy ]Think yourselfs lucky.
I work as a truck driver. Long hours, bad pay, treated like shit.
I don't need a new job, I need a new career.....
go work in australi on the roadtrains to / from the mines. Long hours and everything like that but 100,000k a year...
and tell the family they can sod off as i'm not going to kill myself to provide for them
Yeh right, like they'd listen you, I know mine wouldn't đŸ˜†
Me being the only bloke in a household of 4, I tend to cave to pressure from my girls. It beats having my head-pecked to death any day.
Started a new role on Monday in a completely different sector doing something that I have no experience in and with a whole raft of things to learn and some significant business challenges. New things are out there for anyone who is up for a change and life is way too short to do something that you hate. Left my last job after 6 months but so far I'm not regretting it. Only time will tell, you have to take a risk now and then.
My job isn't safe enough to stay put for the next x years. The good lady doesn't mind how much I earn as long as I cover household bills plus a bit extra (as I just about do now) and once the boys start school (18 months) the amount I earn is slightly less important.
I sit all day in an office on my own which doesn't stretch the grey matter. I guess its the routine I'm most sick off. Hopefully I'll join those that have changed, and enjoyed it, in the coming weeks/months.
Really I need a small lottery win so I can live life like Stoner & Mcmoonter.