Showing interest in a job where you have no interest.

schmucker

mardatha wrote: »

Schmucker, I think many of us have been there. I've had some truly horrible jobs with some truly horrible people, and so has my husband. You have to keep a tight grip on your inner toughness, and be proud of who and what you are, and that you're a dad looking after his family. Well done for sticking it pet! x

Well things can only get better :j

MrsE_2

schmucker wrote: »

I'm sure non of us aspired to be check out operators, cleaners, factory workers etc when we were at school. My wife works as a check out operator, recently she had a mystery shopper in and the mystery shopper said, "The assistant looked miserable and looked like she didn't want to be there" well she was telling the truth, she didn't want to be there.

I commonly get the old "Cheer up, it might never happen" well sadly it already has happened, I'm here. Packing pieces of chicken in trays isn't high on my list of things I enjoy in life, and then there is the constant being tortured to do overtime when its a struggle to get through the day let alone do overtime, all for £6 an hour, I am just curious as to how people stick this? I'm searching to find another job but its hard as you know so i've to make do for the moment.

Any tips how to enjoy things a bit better.

I enjoy my job, its not high flying, but I earn am half decent wage & have control over my work.
I did minimum wage physically tiring work for years (till I upped my education), I know exactly what you mean.
Is upping your skills/education an option?

SevenOfNine

You didn't like being unemployed, now you don't like the job you've got. Well, that's life and you'll just have to 'suck it up' and get on with it..........unless you win the lottery and can afford to make different choices, (even THAT doesn't seem to have made some people who've won millions particularly happy).

I do sympathise with you as far as being unable to land a job you feel is more appropriate to your experience/education/skills/whatever (honestly). I too didn't like being unemployed much, I had liked the 'extra's' a salary brought in to our household. I'm not overly keen on the job I've got now (but I am aware that others would kill for it).

I did/do mostly manage to keep it all in perspective - you have family, children, ask yourself what the worst thing that could happen might be? Is the answer "working in a chicken factory"? If the worst thing you've ever experienced in life so far is a !!!! job I think you've got off lightly, which is why it's a problem for you to just get on with it.

Not a lot of consolation for me or others to say "it could be worse" - maybe you'll have to experience 'worse' before you can compile a list of things you've got going for you. Good luck with the OU and your job search in the meantime though.

Mind_the_Gap

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

they were introduced to annoy me, i'm sure of it.

And me. Using them makes me feel like a half-witted criminal (which I'm not, btw).

Spirit_2

Have a look at FISH! Philosophy.

It is on wikipedia.

The staff of the Seattle Fish market "choose their attitude" to make selling fish fun for them and their customers.

Could you suggest to your employers that there may be something in this that boost morale at work?


Good luck

vyvyan_2

'Work' is a four-letter word for good reason!

Says me who is going from one cleaning job to another but at least I have a job now.

It doesn't completely keep the wolf from the door but give him something to chew over fttb

Cheeky_Monkey

safesound wrote: »

Its honestly just a case of forcing yourself to do it so often it becomes second nature. It takes a while but it is possible to fake it until you make it

Most women are already pretty adept at that :rotfl:

mountainofdebt

schmucker wrote: »

I'm working there going on for 6 years now and been looking out since I started, at the time I took the job I was desperate, I had been unemployed for a year, gone through a bout of depression and well things were grim. Admittedly I've not done all I can to get out of there but I do check the job centre every other week, choice is shocking and i've got kids, I just can't walk out.

So if you hate the job why aren't you looking every day for a different job? It's not like you've been there 2 minutes!

schmucker wrote: »

I don't think fake it till you make it is great advice. If you don't like something for me anyway your never gonna like it. For me I get used to, I certainly don't like it. I notice at Christmas or in summer holidays for example when I am off for an extended period my mood and general outlook on life definitely improves but the old saying the high you go the further you have to fall is certainly true because once you return to work you feel totally depressed, its like it better not to actually have time of.

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But you've been there 6 years! You can't hate it that much otherwise you'd get off your backside and find something you'd enjoy.

Couldn't be a case of then you'd have nothing to moan about it could it?

What else do you suggest we say - moan like a trooper until you get the sack?

purple.sarah

Actually I do want to be a checkout operator. I've been out of work for nearly a year and a major supermarket company has offered me a chance when no one else did, which I'm very grateful for. I will look into advancement within the company, like going for a team leader role and pursue my other interests like animal care in my spare time, maybe through volunteering.

I've also worked as a cleaner before, I would get up at 5am to travel across the city and clean a big store (including the toilets) before it opened. I felt it showed my willingness to work. I looked on the positive side, I was getting work out of the way early so I could enjoy the rest of my day!

One job I hated was working in telesales, initially I enjoyed the challenge of meeting targets but I burned out and got sick of the abuse. I regret leaving that job without a plan, I wish I had found another job first but I couldn't stand it any longer and thought it would be easier to find work. I was told by an advisor at A4e who had also worked at the same company before that they have a high turnover of staff and it's an achievement that I stuck it out so long!

Working at a job you don't enjoy is difficult, but being unemployed is much worse!

SlopingBird

smileylondongal wrote: »

I think a lot of how you feel about work is with the people you have around you - I remember having the worst job I'd ever had and found it difficult not due to the tasks but because it was such long hours and so much was unreasonably expected of us, but the team is what kept me in the job for the time I was there. It was the fun we had through tough times. Not sure if this would help you but it's worth keeping motivated through others as well as yourself.

I agree with smileylondongal. Years ago I worked in a call centre but I still look back on that job fondly because I worked with such a lovely group of people and we had great fun. My most recent job was in local government at a reasonably senior grade and I absolutely loathed it and had trouble dragging myself in most days (again, mainly due to some of the people I worked with). If you really hate your job it's definitely worth looking around for something else. Life is too short to be miserable most of the time and even if you can't find something better-paid, you might enjoy the company more. Good luck.