jay knowles

Im thinking of giving my job up,fed up with the hours,lack of holidays,no job satisfaction anymore,not seeing my kids grow up & always tired,anyone done it or in the same boat.What do i do with myself if i do chuck the towel in? JASON

Petem95

Change to another high-paid similar job, and see if that improves your situation.

You are in a better bargaining position whilst you are in the job.

jay knowles

I dont think i would get a job earning what i do now,but the money isnt the issue.Im just fed up with work and would like a change of direction.JASON

ScoobyDoo555

I gave up a really high paid job - loved the job, but couldn't keep doing the hours (not seeing the wife & kids).

The perks were great (out of this world, as a matter of fact), but had to do it.

Much happier now - I lecture in my old profession, and still get to do loads of production/studio stuff outside of hours (plenty of opportunity )

Took a MAJOR pay cut (down to about a 1/5th of my old salary), and have now worked up to a respectable income (considering what I do!!!! - that can be taken in all sorts of ways!! )

Key thing - MUCH happier. Get to see my wife and two kids all the time

If you really aren't happy in your job, just remember, "there's more to life than money"..........

Dan

davyboy

I'll be the first to ask then.

What's high paid and what do you do?

Brun

..............and what do you earn

Brun

....seriously though, i can't class myself in anything even close to your position - all i can say is think long and hard and then come up with something that will make you happy.
I've always said that life is the bit that comes between the hours of work - it is those hours that you must enjoy first and foremost

jay knowles

Im a service manager in a large indepndant garage in central London and work on a bonus scheme.One of the problems is i work for a personal friend which makes my decision a bit harder.

Brun

Can you not discuss a slightly different position within the company with ya bud?
If you tell him how you feel, he may bend over backwards to help you out

SupaMiniCupa

Work to live, not live to work

Nicks VR4

Or take your mate out for a drink and have a little chat with him
Tell him your tired pi$$ed off dont see the wife and kids and not happy

If he is decent mate / employer he will understand and change things

jay knowles

The problem with that is we run two seperate companies from the same building,he runs one with my assistance i.e receptionist,i run the other,alot of changes were made when i started which included his then partner leaving so im afraid its all or nothing on the work front.

Nicks VR4

What about employing someone to help you ?

jay knowles

Thanks for all your comments im off till tommorrow.JASON

Proby521

iTrader: (1)

I tell that my boss all the time. He don't like it for some reason. Anyway, I'm gonna tell him when I go back Thursday, my new years resolution is to find a new job!!

Wish

iTrader: (2)

I did it, walked away from a well paid job. Money isnt everything. Life comes first in my book.


So many people i know are doing this now. Employers expect too much this day and age, Sundays, late nights.......... I now work for myself. Earn more, and have a great life.

I am only earning more by default, as i didnt do it for that reason.



Good luck with what ever you do

taffyboyo

I'm in the very same boat,I've been in the army since school (15 years), allthough my job is not high paid, I will still have to take a considerable pay cut, and I'm missing out on a very good pension (army) and I havent got a job lined up, or anywhere to live, I've got a wife and 2 kids, but what will happen will be for the best, do what you feel right and that will be for the best for you, as long as your not going to go hungry then try it

mightyyid

Think of this way....

No one ever went to their grave thinking "I wish I spent more time in the office".

Sums it up for me...

Dream Weaver

I left a well paid job back in 2000/2001. Was out of work for three months, then got a telesales job for £4/hour whilst building my business up in the evenings. I then left the telesales job after 4 months to run my own business, and have just started my 5th year.

I now love my job and make twice as much as I did in the original "well paid" job

I always used to leave jobs when I didnt like them, puts you under pressure to find something else then

Castrol

Similar to ScoobyDoo555 - now lecture at University in my previous field (Advertising Photography). Less money, less travel, less perks but less hassle, less hours and a much better overall life style. Being a Professional Photographer isn't as exciting as many amateurs think...

pete1977

Im just about to start a very well paid job which takes me overseas for 10 months of the year.Ive only got a wife and no kids though so maybe this makes it easier for me.

NWMark

sod all this, see the wife and kids more.

gimme more money and ill quite happily see the wife and kid less



Mark

lordharding

iTrader: (1)

I have just given up my job as a Greneral manager after 20 years and stepped down to a deputy /floor manager

It was part of my 15 year plan and when I reached the magic 40 I would step down to a less demanding role

I work 40 hours instead of 58-62

home every night at 620 pm instead of 9 ish #]


and not have to worry about everything any more

I was lucky I dont have a morgage or any debts the boy looks after his self and the misses is content polishing the scooby and I could afford the pay drop but when you take into account the extra hours worked and tax mans chunk it isnt that much different and most of all my heath Im no longer stressed out and would have probably droped down dead soon

I had a viral plucery attack 18 months ago and when I laid in the hosplital bed i t makes you think about your one and only life .

Give the high paid job up and enjoy your life more

I dont regret it

especiaaly when i have more time to drive the scooby

tmo

Be not so busy making a living that you forget to make a life ....

scoob_babe

I took at 20% pay cut on basic salary but I'm no longer expected to work in the evenings to prepare for the next day (teaching myself the software as I go!!), don't spend over 2 hours a day on the M25, can get out of bed and be in the office in less than 30 mins, get my weekends back by finishing work at 4pm latest on Fridays, can sod off home at lunchtime if I wish and my boss is definitely not a super-annuated geeky school boy!
A much more preferable way of life - good move all round

jay knowles

Ive decided to try and make it to easter and in that time set something else up which is totolly diffrent to the trade ive been doing for the last 13 years.This job has had its advantages,its enabled me to move to a nice area and get the kids in decent schools.Just got to find something to keep paying for this.Ive got a few ideas its just a case of makeing the leap.Ive enjoyed reading other peoples experiances and they seem mainly good.regards JASON

Gutmann pug

I assume your writting under another name here Jay. If not I think its a little strange you join a new site and within a couple of posts pour this lot out?

Gary

jay knowles

Im not writing under another name i used to post as Jason Knowles for over a year but something happened to my computer & i couldnt get my old user name back for some reason so,i just started again.JASON

Gutmann pug

Aaagh right with you now ........ In which case its not so weird

jay knowles

I suppose it is a bit of a strange post but its nice to get other peoples veiws,mainly because its hard for me to talk to people i know for there veiws because the trade im in is very close knit,and mine and the bosses mates are one of the same.JASON