Leaving current job...to look for another one.

magenta22

rabb wrote: »

You get paid for doing nothing and think this requires mentioning it to your line manager? :eek: At worst you could end up out of a job, at best you'll have loads of more work to sort and a lot more stress!

Actually I did mention that to my line manager as I said I do think it is a waste of resources unfortunately they are now also questioning what the person who I am covering for did all day.

I would love more work to do

@ OP - how about setting yourself some goals with what you do that will then give you some motivation - it may not be possible in your role I don't know but a possibility.

Degrees - I have seen many jobs advertised that want someone with a degree and they have not all been highly skilled roles.

19lottie82

heretolearn wrote: »

This is the same problem everyone has always faced, but I've never heard of anyone leaving a job so they could have more time for interviews!

Take holiday leave, ask for some unpaid leave for emergency boiler repair, ask the interviewers if they can give you a time early morning/after work (if they are that interested in you, they will).

Throwing yourself back on the dole is an incredibly stupid idea. Supposing it takes you a year or two to find your next job? That's completely realistic at the moment.

On 'motivation', yes it's nice to enjoy your work and feel valued and motivated to work hard. But most jobs are boring and the expectation that work should be 'fun' and 'enriching' is actually quite a new one. I think it's an element of us all getting a bit spoiled these days, our expectations are too high. At the most basic level work = getting money. that's all the motivation most people have ever needed to do their job properly, and if it's all the motivation you have at the moment, take it seriously. You have made an agreement with your employer, I do X, you pay me Y. They are keeping their side. Be an adult and keep yours. Do you think people are highly 'motivated' to stack shelves in supermarkets, muck out pig styes, pander to yet another idiotic customer, paint 10,000m of brick wall, etc etc by anything other than an understanding that this is 'work', and it's what they've been paid to do. always do your job to the best of your abilities, the employer isn't here to make it fun for you, if that was the case hardly anyone would do anything.

I think you need to open your eyes a little to the realities of the working world. You can't just walk out of one job and into another - that finished in the 70s. You can't just 'not bother' at the job you are being paid to do and expect some outside force to 'motivate' you. Motivation always comes from within, from the desire to earn your own living, from taking pride in doing a good job, from self-respect.

Could not have said it better myself.

dmliverpool

cheapgames wrote: »

If I have and good advice..

don't go to university unless you really do need the degree for the job you want

apologies if im a bit late and unhelpful with my advice, I just disagree with many people going to university ( and no im not a school dropout)

Hmm uni is crap. Working a honest days work whilst these pests lord up debt's in a recession (which we are in) seems silly.

They will look back when they hit 26-27 and think opps. My advice is to stick it out otherwise its off to the JCP pit of failure me laddy!!:D

And don't think your degree will count for much as unless technical which luckily yours is an employer won't even wipe with it over experience and getting the job done!

an9i77

Be very careful how you tell your boss that you are doing nothing for 95% of your time. In these straitened times, with many employers looking to cut costs, that could be a kamikaze mission to the dole queue. I'm not saying you shouldn't say it, but spin it in such a way that they don't then question the purpose of you being there!

pineapple

So you are feeling unfulfilled in what sounds like your first job. Welcome to the real world! It's a very lucky person who has had nothing but perfect jobs/employers. And we are no longer living in a time where you could just ditch one job and pick up another. Do you realise how many people are chasing every single vacancy? Plus, though illegal, some of those vacancies are actually 'reserved'.
It's much easier to find a new job from a position of employment. And of course if you quit your current job voluntarily, you will not be able to claim JSA straight away.

Uncertain

pineapple wrote: »

Plus, though illegal, some of those vacancies are actually 'reserved'.

In what way is that illegal?

Uncertain

Everybody who has posted so far has urged caution and I would tend to agree.

However, it does depend on your circumstances.

What I would say, assuming you are financially able to be without work for a while, is to make sure you have a convincing (i.e. true!) reason to offer as to why you took a career break.

Another option (again £££££ permitting) is to use the time to get further, relevant qualifications in whatever field would make you happy.

magenta22

an9i77 wrote: »

Be very careful how you tell your boss that you are doing nothing for 95% of your time. In these straitened times, with many employers looking to cut costs, that could be a kamikaze mission to the dole queue. I'm not saying you shouldn't say it, but spin it in such a way that they don't then question the purpose of you being there!

At the same time you can't sit around twidling your thumbs all day, makes for a very long day. I am there to do/cover a job and if there is nothing to do I won't sit there and do nothing I will ask for things to do.

OP as someone has just said, as this is perhaps your first job, stick it out and gain some experience. You have your degree that you can use at a later date - it won't go to waste.

The trouble is when you sit there and think you could be doing more, I do know how you feel. It's difficult, if you are getting many offers of interviews and you think that it will continue (although remember that at this time of year it does get quieter) then you have to go with what feels right for you. People here can offer advice but at the end of it, it's down to you.

dmliverpool

an9i77 wrote: »

Be very careful how you tell your boss that you are doing nothing for 95% of your time. In these straitened times, with many employers looking to cut costs, that could be a kamikaze mission to the dole queue. I'm not saying you shouldn't say it, but spin it in such a way that they don't then question the purpose of you being there!

Well put. Its not a good place to be. I would tell the boss also otherwise a quick check on what everyone is doing will hunt out the time wasting if their any good. I would go in with a big list of things yo could spend your time doing. Doing your managers job for them and cherry picking the cool jobs.

Gleeful

rabb wrote: »

NEVER leave your job if you don't have another already guaranteed.

My banking job was being made redundant so I left to train as a teacher for 1 year.

Went into that but couldn't find a perm job, you only have a fixed time to secure a perm job to complete your 3 term induction. Well my time expired a long time ago. Im registered with agencies and will teach if they call but I would be working when the rules state I SHOULDN'T BE.

So I've got a degree plus a postgraduuate certificate and 7 years previous banking experience behind. BUT also 3 wasted years supply teaching and a now discharged BANKRUPTCY to contend with.

I've applied for easily 150 jobs since July and had 2 interviews and 1 telephone interview. Ive basically destroyed my whole life and am now resigned to a life of poverty and joblessness. THAT is how bad things are. Since start of this year, easily applied for 300 jobs. I go into job agencies they don't even wish to register me on their books. So yeah degrees and so on can hold you back, half the time the person you show your cv to is arrogant and looks down their nose at it.

DON'T be so stupid to leave your job, you're in a very enviable position. People like me, and there's many like me, are rotting away on the dole. I've zero chance of a wife, children, house or a good job. Yes I might get a job eventually, but I'd say the odds are at least 95% against me. I

I HOPE this message makes you see things aren't so bad, best of luck finding more fulfilling work but just remember you've already won the lotteryin comparison to the jobless, joyless hundreds of thousands of Brits like myself.

God Bless

On the OTHER hand, I left my teaching job without another job to go to, and am now a manager in an office.