What made you leave for something new?

TrixieB

Every time I have left a job - other than moving country/pregnancy etc - has been job satisfaction. I don't care how much I get paid, if I am not happy in my job then it's not worth it imo. Some of the lowest paid jobs I have had - Care Assistant and Teaching Assistant - have been the highest in satisfaction.

ETA* and one as I was being bullied and nobody was willing to help me sort it out and it was destroying me

paddyrg

InsideInsurance wrote: »

... lets be honest, you don't go contracting for the career progression or to make friends

Oh I don't know, as a contractor I made far more friends, and more interesting friends, than I ever did as a full-timer. FTE's have to care about company politics, contracttors get to come in, solve the problem, and escape before you have to care.

And it is easier to take half-steps progressing upwards as a contractor than as a full-timer, I found.

Every place I contracted they tried to get me to go FTE, I always declined - I preferred being a butterfly, then calling up old contract buddies seeing if there was any more meat to be picked from the bones of whatever company they were at...

Mind_the_Gap

I left teaching after 30 years because although I still loved being in the classroom with the kids, the amount of marking, record-keeping, box-ticking/admin and new, target-driven initiatives we were bombarded with, drove me almost to drink! It all conspired to make it harder to make learning enjoyable and productive. Oh, and a Head who set up a league table of staff and ranked you according to how often you issued uniform infraction slips (you got a bad mark if you didn't issue enough).

I have started my own small business painting and decorating and am loving every minute of it. Less well paid but much more enjoyable and creative.

Deep_In_Debt

I was in my last job for 10 years. Loved the company and the people but I was bored. I'd outgrown my job and there was nowhere else to go. I was hard as I knew I would miss my colleagues although I still keep in touch with them. I'm glad I went when I did as I was ready to go, I have a better job with better prospects and can go places if I wish.

unicornblue72

first job i left was due to joining the forces then left them due to having a interview ref why i wasnt getting promted (many factors like that in 93 some camps closing down which meant they got rid of some posties and didnt promont anyone so made a decison after getting married to start family then left job which i loved due to relocation of now ex hubby left last permant job due to marriage breakdown doing angency work now and hate doing these jobs but i do it with a smile and looking for a bright future

browneyedbazzi

I'm leaving my current job because it's in the wrong place....everything else about it is right (good, supportive management, interesting work, team members I love working with, training and development opportunities etc) but I've decided to put my life away from work first (for once!) so I'm relocating so I can live with my partner and be close to friends and the social life I want.

The last job I left purely because my line manager was a control freak, moody, manipulative and seemed to want to hold people back rather than encourage them to work to their potential.

scheming_gypsy

paddyrg wrote: »

Oh I don't know, as a contractor I made far more friends, and more interesting friends, than I ever did as a full-timer. FTE's have to care about company politics, contracttors get to come in, solve the problem, and escape before you have to care.

you sound like me.. I like being a contractor because I don't have to care.

And it is easier to take half-steps progressing upwards as a contractor than as a full-timer, I found.

yep, you get to stick your fingers in more pies. For me, I get more skills on my CV from using different systems.

nearlyrich

I was working for an idiot so I left.

Mrs_Optimist

Last job because I had been bullied and could not progress any further.

Current job - well I have been here for nearly 18 years. Great money, hours and holidays but morale is generally low, some colleagues are lazy and I hate being in the office. I have got to the stage where it would be the easiest thing in the world to take the money every month, do as little as possible and basically lower my personal standards about how the work should be done, just to fit in with everyone else. But I don't see why I should, and nor do I want to.

Currently waiting for written confirmation of a job offer and, if all goes according to plan (please god it does) I intend to hand my notice in next Friday, which will see me leaving at Christmas.

New Year, New start, and I really cannot wait !!!!!
Keep your fingers crossed for me.