Leaving the Army advice needed

Sparky29

tajna wrote: »

I know so many people who after getting out, end up going back in; as previous poster has said, grass is not greener on the other side as they thought.

The Army policy at the moment is that they aren't allowing trained soldiers to re-join unless they are in Operational pinch point trades e.g RLC Ammo tech, RE GEO.
If you burn your bridges there's no going back.

Esoog

Can he not get his posting changed? Depending on how "valuable" he is the Army might rather move him than lose him...

jackomdj

My OH left the army in 2000. He had a good trade behind him & has done fantastically since he came out. I think for everyone there are pro's & con's & it depends upon your OH, his current trade, what jobs are available to him in civvy street (& their salary etc).

Good luck in whatever you decide

disney2007_2

My husband left the army and hated civvy street. He then heared of the MPGS and its the best move he ever made, 4 days on 4 days off great we get more family time together and can still stay in the quater we have.
Civvy street just was not for him

oscardog

Remember that you need to do 2 yrs in the rank to get the pension rights for that rank.

bubbawelsh

i left the army 2007 and i can honestly say its hard on the outside, my advise is to use your resettlement well and make sure your not going to have any hidden costs on your resettlement (i did a course then found out i had to pay for exams)

look to see how many jobs are avaliable (people leaving the army always say they will earn £500 a week) and what they pay, people also think they will walk into jobs becasuse they have the correct qualification which is not the case a company will not take anyone on for the sake of it the avalibility must be there, then you get the question how much experience have you got doing this job and the answer is NONE so the company will look to employ people with experience

i agree that transfering will help and will give you more experience and qualifications i would consider going to transfer to the raf they have a totally different way of working and seem to be closer to the civi way of working,

hope this helps