billythekid

I hated my job, I mean *really* wanted to slap some of the people there. So I left, after 10 years. Everyone was a bit shocked that I was leaving but for me it was the right thing to do. I now do something completly different and I love it. I now look forward to getting out of bed and going into work, I cant say that I have done that for a long time!

Loost

So in conclusion MK ,


To Miss "x" were giving away 2 tickets for a slap-up supper at a restaurant of her choosing together with the opportunity to fwd her C.V.


and to you Sir - a one way ticket to the local funny farm

Jamz3k

I think the reason why i hate my job so much is the fact i take it very seriously and no one around me seems too not. And its not all the jobs fault though, alot of it is down to myself as others seem to beable to leave work at work so once its time to go home its forgotten until the next day. unfortunately i bring what has happened to me in work home with me and it not only ruins 8 hours of my day but the whole 24hours.

The main things i hate:
The Staff all complete idiots that dont understand that they have to work to get paid.
The MD is completely bipolar
Conditions i work in
Lack of staff
i am never home from work before 8pm
I NEVER GET ALL MY HOLIDAYS!!!

The Main things i like:
The money
helping people buy HiFi etc as it really enjoyable sorting people out with things they really want.

I really do feel its time i moved on but as i don't have any qualifications to my name i dont think i am very employable and can't leave work to get qualifications as they the rent etc etc wouldn't get paid.

I'm in a pickle really!

Leslie

I think that "job satisfaction" is extremely important. I was lucky in that I enjoyed my job so much and the fact that the pay was low compared to my civilian counterparts did not seem to be important.

Les

Nido

Life is too short to work in a job you are not happy with - what's the point in getting to retirement age and thinking "oh ****, I've just wasted the last 50 odd years of my life being miserable"?

Luan Pra bang

I would.

daddyscoob

I was very unhappy in my previous job - transport manager type role. So made a big decision for a complete change of job and life. Sold up in England and moved to Ireland back in Jan.
Have to say best decision I've ever made. In England we were paying £600 a month mortage and between £550 - £ 600 a month on childcare. Wife now only works partime my son is in a school where his class is only 13 pupils. We live in the country and everyone is relly friendly.
I left my job last November and when we got here had a few months just messing about and having a quiet time. Just started working for a cousin out and about repairing windows and doors at schools, shops and private homes. Although busy there's no stress and every day is different.

Sometimes you need to just decide f**k it I'm going to do something about whatever it is thas making you unhappy. Life is too short to spend a big chunck of it being miserable.

Janspeed

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Good to hear something like this.

Janspeed

iTrader: (1)

I would too, but for rather different reasons!

AndyC_772

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(Mrs C772 posting under her other half's user ID as she can't remember her scoobynet password).

I really hate my job at the moment. If I had enough time to do my job properly, the work itself wouldn't be so bad, but the project deadlines are utterly unrealistic, the clients who don't know what they want, time is wasted trying to get people to come to decisions, and it has been made perfectly clear that the fate of the whole project (on which about 50 people are working) rests on my shoulders.

My boss is not unpleasant, but too laid back, given the project deadlines.

It got to the point a couple of weeks ago that I dug out my contract to see how much notice I had to give to quit.

I'm on the verge of tears walking in in the morning.

If I had wanted to work until 9pm several nights a week, and weekends as well, I could have gone to a City firm that would have paid me 2-3 times as much as I'm currently on, but I wanted a better work life balance. Ha!

Problem is, I don't know what I'd do if I left. I'm not sure that there's anywhere else that would give me the work life balance I want while using my skills and knowledge (or if it did, there would be other stuff I really want to avoid as well).

I'd consider other jobs (even with huge pay cuts) if I could guarantee decent working hours, no commute etc, but would feel guilty about wasting my training and skills.

I don't have any hobbies that I could turn into a business (or none that I'd want to). I wish I had a pipe dream.

I'm stuck - normally, when I've been through a bad patch at work, there has always been light at the end of the tunnel, but not right now.

Jamz3k

I actually know exactly how you feel, its not that i hate the job i actually really love it but i'm having to do the job of 3 or 4 people and its wearing me down!

I've actually had my resignation letter wrote for the past 2 or 3 months now waiting to use it!

Maz

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Come on chaps I think this one has had enough mileage.

simscooby

i work for a family business and get paid well but really don't enjoy my job at all. I constantly wake up in the morning and can't be arssed with it at all. I don't feel like i could ever possibly quit though.

I dropped out of uni and had no prospects and was offered a job were i am now. I've worked my way up the ladder to quite a high position but there are certain people who would like me to go much further, to the top even.

With this pressure i just don't think i could ever quit even though as i would love to be doing something else or even go back to uni.

It's only the money and the thought of earning lots more that keeps me here.

sorry to bore you all with my sob story haha.

EddScott

I'm not sure how I feel about my job. I would love it but I feel under constant threat from the regulations.

I work for a small firm of IFAs. My mother is also a director. She set up the business here in West Wales and I was stuck in a rut in Oxford repairing pressure washers of all things.

I'm qualified to advise although not registered to do so and currently working to a diploma level of qualification. I'm not very good talking in public or to strangers which makes me fearful of advising clients (go all hot and embarassed being "on the spot")

The regulations bother me in that if we don't do things in the exactly the right way, we got nailed to the flag. I have no worries over the type of business our advisers do because they all have a great work ethic and don't need to hunt for business/commission.

If it wasn't for the reglulation and fear of the sword coming down, I'd look forward to the day when my mothers client bank and indeed her part of the business is handed to me. At the moment, it worries me to death being put in charge. I know I should be jumping at it but I'm a born worrier!

RMA26

Same here!

Gav

If someone asked me to get 2 pints of milk i'd get 2 seperate pints of milk. If someone asked me to get a litre or 2 litres then that is what i'd get. Dont see where the girls gone wrong to be honest

Anyway my job, i was a professional golfer for 4 years traveling round from tournament to tournament and loved the fact i was doing something everyday that i have a passion for. But i got tired of being away from home all the time and not seeing my family and friends. So last october i packed it in for a carreer change in property developing. I bought my house in Jan and i'm about to make a substantial profit on it. I get a lot of enjoyment out of seeing a house go from a run down mess and into something really nice that someone can live in.

So i like my job

The Chief

I count screws and washers

The Chief

Seriously though i do Purchasing and sometimes its really boring - especially the day to day stuff but get a huge buzz from the procurement/sourcing side of things getting stuff cheaper and saving stacks of money.

Would love to do this as a self employed basis somehow and save companies money and make a good living out of it.

Snazy

Love my job, just the people I work with irritate the hell out of me.!

J4CKO

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Current job is great, only problem is when I cant sort something, I aim to sort anything out I have thrown at me and when I cant I get frustrated, still, usually get there.

Last job was a bit dull, some good people there (Still there Steve ?) but I worked with a quite bossy lady, she good at her job but was very rude and demeaning, it was improving but I got offered another job so went !

TopBanana

Sounds like she was rubbish at her job, especially if she was managing people.

Moley

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At the moment i kinda hate mine.

I have a 1 and a half hour drive to get there, then work 9-6 with no lunch (my choice) then normally stay untill at least 7 sorting paperwork out, followed by another 1 and a bit hour drive home.
And at the moment more of my day is spent dealing with other peoples s**t, whilst those same people that i'm helping won't lift a finger to help me or my clients.

Then get home, try to chill, to read the posts in the insurance section moaning that i haven't got back to everyone who tried to get hold of me!!!

The Chief

I think its the 90 minute drive thats killing you especially if it involves a lot of heavy traffic.

in that respect i'm lucky door to door 6-10 minutes.

Love to know what all these who have give up and work 20-30 hours and earn loads do.

give me some of that

lpski1

my previous job became quite boring and i was glad when the contract expired, i wasnt interested in renewing. The last 6 weeks i've been a man of leisure, playing golf, spending time with my Sister and her children, friends (playing golf), getting down the gym, aswell as getting my nose in a few books. A few fun Leos in the pub aswell

I start a new contract on Monday and im really looking forward to it, im going to be really busy and im up for the challenge.

chocolate_o_brian

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everyone knows on here i hate my job, but its the trap of the money. im 23 have a mortgage and loans etc to pay, and its just not viable to leave a warehouse job that pays around 70-80% more than the other (usually minimum wage) warehouse jobs.

im doing something wrong i know, because everyone on here is a manager this, or a self employed gazzilionaire i dont mind working hard for something (if any of you have seen my commission work, you can vouch for the effort side of things), but there are no opportunities round here. cant move either. so im miserable at work, happyish at home, have my scooby, my records, sky, internet, oh and the missus, so makes up a little for a crappy job thats ageing me and crippling my bones

The Chief

I think thats half the battle mate, If you have a crap job then if it is balanced out by a decent home life, nice house, nice car, decent supportive missus then things dont seem so bad


tbh it really could be a lot worse

chocolate_o_brian

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yeah i guess so. i could be short, fat , bald... oh wait