Leaving job with no job to go too?

Caroline_a

lilmissmup wrote: »

Caroline,

Thanks for your post.

I am currently studying a BTEC in animal management and my teacher suggested the part time degree afterwards to open up more doors into animal related careers including teaching etc.

I do understand how hard it is to get into and that the pay is not great but part of the reason I want to work part time is to get volunteer experience.

I am considering having a child in the next 2-3 years whilst studying/gaining experience, my OH already has two children so I am not sure if we would have more than one.

Oh dear... teaching?? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but teaching animal management jobs are really really scarce now. They will be mostly in colleges who run the courses, although the majority of animal care courses are either correspondence courses or on-job training courses. The agricultural college near me has now stopped doing all small animal care courses - probably because a great many of these are funded by job outcomes... and there aren't enough jobs!

One of the girls who works for me has 2 degrees, 8 years of excellent experience, is a qualified dog behaviourist and trainer. She's fab... but still gets minimum wage, and told me on interview that min wage was what she expected to earn as it appeared to be the industry standard!

There may possibly be other ways of getting a slightly higher income, such as if you went into equestrian work, riding instructor, that sort of thing, or alternatively set up your own business... but take it from me, that takes a LOT of cash!

I do sound really pessimistic, but I have been involved with this industry sector for many years, and see so many people drop out when they realise the reality of both the work and the pay.

j.e.j.

It is sensible advice to secure another job first and then work your notice (providing the new employer doesn't mind waiting a month or so?)

However :rotfl:

Is your current job getting you down to the point that you literally have no mental/physical energy to do ANYTHING of an evening, let alone job-searching?

Would your OH be happy with possibly supporting you for a while if you were unable to get other work straightaway/after your savings run out?

Could you justify to the DWP that you have left your current job for health reasons, in which case you may possibly not be penalised.

lilmissmup

I am not necessarily looking to go down the teaching route it was just one of the further options available, I am very lucky that I only live 12 miles away from a agricultural college at the moment and if I did do the degree its two days a week so no moving away/long travel involved.

Minimum wage does not really worry me, I am only on just under £8 per hour now and consider myself pretty good at saving/finding deals to get more out of things.

I just don't want to spend the next 40 years doing a job I hate.

j.e.j - The problem is I dont want to get another office job for 2 years as its not fair on an employer if I am thinking about how much I want to leave the whole time! If I do get a job its more likely to be in a shop/supermarket etc.

My mental state is not so bad at the moment that I feel the need to go to the doctor but only last week I left work 3 hours early in tears after being harassed by a manager due to a problem they caused me which I am trying to get out off but all I get is more hassle.

fabbman

If the job is getting you down I would quit, nothing in this life is worse than going to a job that makes you feel depressed.......I have become somewhat of a legend for quitting my jobs without one to go to, and as it stands am looking now! Depending on your circumstances I would say can you afford to quit???

I have always been an advocate of 'fortune favours the brave' worse case scenario you may have to sign on for a bit.

Irresponsible? - maybe.......Life goes on, no job is worth being miserable for imho.

Caroline_a

OP I understand how you're finding the job difficult, but maybe it's just 'that job'. Unfortunately there will be managers and work colleagues in every type of job who take pleasure in upsetting subordinates and other staff members, and the occupational area isn't really a factor. Personally I would look for another job now - even if it's another office job, you may find a more congenial set of managers and colleagues.

If you want to work with animals, firstly decide what area you want to work in, and then specialise in it with your studies, but make sure that you can get experience in that area locally - one of my staff moved 400 miles to work with us as there was nothing local to her! You should be able to do your work experience during weekends to give you a taste of what it would be like if you haven't previous direct experience, as most animal care establishments are open 7 days a week.

Caroline_a

OP I think there are 2 issues here, whether you quit before you have another job and also the vocational area you are going into. I would ask yourself how much you need the money you are currently earning, as you would get no Jobseekers if you just quit. You will be dependent on your OH until you get another job, and I think you only have to scan the threads on here to see that getting another job isn't that easy, and can take many months.

Additionally, you mention supermarket work. It would be lower paid that what you are on now I would imagine, plus, although many of the supermarkets are recruiting now for Christmas, those jobs will probably be gone by January.

Only you know how much you need to live on - I understand the not wanting to do a job you don't like - but unfortunately there are very few of us that are doing a job we love to do. It's about paying bills, and being able to do the things we do like to do.... but in our spare time.

magenta22

It's a big risk to just hand in your notice. I know how you feel in a way - I am in a FTC and I really don't like the job, I am trying to secure something else but there just doesn't seem to be anything and because I am on a FTC I have the added notice period so temping is not really an option either because they want immediate start - I could just hand in notice as you could and find in 4 weeks there are not even any temp jobs available.

Try and find something else first.

Margey

I have been in a situation where I hated my job. It' horrible. You know you can do so much better somewhere else. I would get a part tome job just somewhere (retail, or kichen) and then go to university part and time and get the qualificatons you need to move on with your career.

lilmissmup

Caroline_a wrote: »

OP I think there are 2 issues here, whether you quit before you have another job and also the vocational area you are going into. I would ask yourself how much you need the money you are currently earning, as you would get no Jobseekers if you just quit. You will be dependent on your OH until you get another job, and I think you only have to scan the threads on here to see that getting another job isn't that easy, and can take many months.

Additionally, you mention supermarket work. It would be lower paid that what you are on now I would imagine, plus, although many of the supermarkets are recruiting now for Christmas, those jobs will probably be gone by January.

Only you know how much you need to live on - I understand the not wanting to do a job you don't like - but unfortunately there are very few of us that are doing a job we love to do. It's about paying bills, and being able to do the things we do like to do.... but in our spare time.

Its not so much the job, its the being made to cry by management and the fact my job involves a lot of other people doing there job and as motivation where I work is so bad they are not doing there job properly I cannot do mine and mine holds more responsibilty and may make me be the one that get the sack!

I am not getting back on anti depressants because of them.

Saf25

Hello, I know it's been a few years since this post but I am currently in a very similar situation my self however I live at home and have savings. I was just wondering how things had turned out for yourself?