Speaking of which, job dilemma.

[Adam]

I'm in a job, which is ok - not the worse, not the best. I'm a temp but have an opportunity to apply and get the job permanently if I want it, which I don't because I want something better, if at all.

But I dunno what to do, I took the three month job nearly 18 months ago as "it'll do for now". And it has done and continues to - almost to a rut. As a temp I can pretty much take unpaid leave when I want, not argue for holidays and gives me the freedom to quickly leave with a good reference as I only have to give one week notice - I'm always looking elsewhere, no responsibility and low pay. There is a new manager in which we have decided that we mutually hate each other and I really don't want to work for her. She is so freaking annoying.

If I took the job, I'd get better pay, paid holidays, a easier chance to move up (but it still wouldn't be a good chance), it's a job after all, career breaks would be possible after a year or so service. It's the NHS who I enjoy working for, with a good union I could join and if the toryscum do manage to dismantle it within 5 years, it would pay a lump some which'd be ok but not great probably.

So do I quit my whining, suck it up and enjoy that I have a job that could be much worse. I also currently work 30 hours atm, I could bump it up to 37.5 hours and be a little richer for a while and in a year do some proper travelling assuming I don't hit a point where I turn into the generation in front of me, settled in my mid 30s to a slowly soul destroying situation for the next 30 years because of the positive reasons above.

Or do I quit, use my what is left of my little savings to do a little more travelling and while I probably will wonder back to a entry level office monkey job in 6 months time after realising I need some money again.

Also note, I quit my home office job 2 years ago, for the same reasons I am wanting to quit now. Because of the civil servant cuts I may of got a pay out of around £10k to voluntarily leave this summer if I was still there. I quit because my parents had just died and I wanted to travel a bit, I did but not nearly enough. However, I could be chasing a dream that isn't there.

Well that is the first time I've actually written the pros and cons down. It's actually helped but I'm still undecided, what do you think? I'm guessing a certain way but I won't say for now.

Woah, long post. If anyone did get as far to read to the end and does comment, then thank you. If you didn't I totally understand.

TLDR

[Lex Diamonds]

I think you need to decide what's most important to you, ie:

Money or Job Satisfaction

Current Wealth or Potential for Growth

Free Time or Financial Cushioning

Once you weigh these three choices up you can just eliminate options and look for new ones that suit your criteria.

[Adam]

well to me they are weighing about level until I wrote them down which has slightly favoured one side now. The thread was to help tip the balance one way or another.

hmmms.

[tejana]

how hard would it be to find a job again? here in the US, it's a bitch (I've been unemployed 2 years, and I'm an experienced professional).


IMO, don't quit unless
1. you REALLY hate the job: depressed, angry, using chemicals to get through. I don't mean grumpy/eye-rolling.

OR

2. you find an EXTRA good travel opportunity (didn't expect me to say that, did ya?;) ) A unique place, a special deal, something that seems once in a lifetime. And ya don't have to wait for it to come to you- go look for it, ask around/look around.

Maybe do some volunteering when you travel. I volunteered in Kenya for 3 months and did all sorts of traveling on the side... put the volunteer stuff on my CV.

Just accept that it may be hard to find a job if you spend an extra long time traveling. Good luck!(y)

[abbott]

i say travel and find something better later

[tejana]

p.s.

regarding the volunteering while on holiday: you can volunteer part-time for a week and make it sound much more important-

and the experience DURING volunteering, when in an... interesting, exotic place... can be as good as an holiday. it's not all about drinking beer or laying on a beach.

[Adam]

I decided to stay after writing this thread. In the French Alps snowboarding atm, having a job pays for weeks like this.

I can take a career break, the job is just dull, not depressing or anything. So yeah :)

[tejana]

MFer, in the ALPS!!! hate yer guts right now.;)

Yeah, there's a big difference between "this job blows" and "this job makes me want to blow my/their brains out."

I'll send good vibes that some better job op lands in your lap... but w time for a jolly holiday before ya start, of course!(y)

[Adam]

MFer, in the ALPS!!! hate yer guts right now.;)


Home now since last night, it was a pretty freakin awesome week. I few minor injuries though but all over my body so I ache right now. Was on the codeine for a couple of days. One of the party came home on crutches to. Poor D.

But I managed some black runs from the summit even after I was totally drained (and drugged). Need to get a little bit more snowboarding fit before the next trip as I'm technically still a beginner.

[TAL]

I've been unemployed for 2 years in 2 weeks.

[Adam]

I've been unemployed for 2 years in 2 weeks.

I realise that my whining about my job is actually a job which is a lot easier than looking for a job. Especially for someone like me who doesn't really have a trade.

[tejana]

I realise that my whining about my job is actually a job which is a lot easier than looking for a job.

Very smart.

[Dorothy Wood]

I've been unemployed for 2 years in 2 weeks.

Tal, has anybody on here asked you why you're often not working? why is that?



also, I have a job dilemma too. Basically, a friend/former employee of mine has branched out and started his own company. He has asked me to leave my very secure, yet low-paying job to work for him. I would be able to have about the same amount of freedom, and the potential to make a lot more money...but also the potential to get paid little and then have no job if the business fails. My job now is fine and pays the bills and I can do whatever I want, but often have to deal with insufferable clients and bosses who are kind of set in their ways.

My friend and I have a tendency to argue, but work well together when we aren't yelling at each other. and if the business works, I'll end up with more of a career than a job, I guess.

obviously I should choose the new job! duh. but I still can't decide. I wish I had a bigger savings. :(

[silence7]

My advice, go with whatever job you enjoy. I've currently been at the same job (Place) (although moving up) for the last 20 years. Rare, I know, but I like the people, and I like the job. TODAY, I was offered a job that would make it so I would be doing something I like even more than I like what I'm doing now,(I.T.) and would put me at a higher pay rate, office instead of cube, etc etc...

I said yes.... Understand, that I turned down jobs with them in the past that would have paid as much, but I REALLY wasn't in-to, Into, how do you write that? anyway, I picked poverty, or close to it, to keep my level of sanity, and self happiness. The jobs I was offered, would have killed me with boredom. This one however is actually doing something I do anyway in my normal life for fun.

My whole point I guess, don't do it, unless you would like the job. Hating your job is the worst. I know, lucky to even have a job, etc.... But if you actually have a choice, better to be happy than rich...

[Adam]

DW - go with the start-up.

On your CV (Resume, whatever) the reason you left your old job will be because the opportunity to be at the grass roots of a new company with your skills etc was a no brainer. It won't look like you left because you was bored which means if the new company does fail you can fall into another job a little easier.

My ideal job would be getting my foot into a tech start up as some admin, that way I can get my code monkey skills back up to scratch through trade since I think the world has moved on from HTML and Javascript. I'm also more likely to work harder for a new business and a cause I believe in because I want to make it work rather than wanting to just earn a wage.

And yeah
happiness > money

[Adam]

So after all my whining, I find out today that I might be losing my job anyway - in less than two weeks. The promised vacancies haven't materialised and because of the dismantle of the NHS, 1st of April is when fan and poop collide.

Hmmms.

[TAL]

Tal, has anybody on here asked you why you're often not working? why is that?
No, no one has asked. And I don't know why they haven't :p

[Dorothy Wood]

haha, well why don't you work very much?!:cool:

[TAL]

I'm just awesome like that.

[tejana]

might be losing my job anyway -

Hmmms.


"MIGHT"= hope for the best, prepare for the worst! let me know if you want me or anyone else here to review your resume/cv.


meanwhile TAL chooses to be vague.

why does this thread cheer me up?

sincerely, 2 years unemployed old lady:D

[Adam]

On Tuesday I was without a job for about 2 hours because the fucking thing is a mess.

I might be losing it but not as soon as 1st of April. I've gotta big worries anyway, the news kinda made be smile and shrug my shoulders. I can't handle stress well. I hide and try to ignore what is going on when I have major stuff to deal with..

[abbott]

i say travel and find something better later

Fck that shit