Can't hold down a job

McKneff

Don't take what I said literally, how can I not, its what you said.

Im not thick, I dont need it spelled out for me, you said 'walk out' you couldnt have put it plainer.
I'm not mystic Meg

re Tenerife

Your signautre says F**k England so F**k off to Tenerife if you think so little of England.
Is that plain enough for you.

sdt1986

McKneff wrote: »

Im not thick, I dont need it spelt out for me, you said 'walk out' you couldnt have put it plainer.
I'm not mystic Meg

re Tenerife

Your signautre says F**k England so F**k off to Tenerife if you think so little of England

That is the plan!!

Well what else do you do when you leave a job, fly out?

You just like jumping to conclusions as oppose to asking for clarity, with that in mind I don't see the point in you exerting energy in replying. Troll perhaps, your post count would certainly suggest so.

On another note, bloody hell as I've been on this forum that long

sdt1986

McKneff wrote: »

Don't take what I said literally, how can I not, its what you said.

Im not thick, I dont need it spelled out for me, you said 'walk out' you couldnt have put it plainer.
I'm not mystic Meg

Oh and it's not what I said is it.... You only quoted half the sentence, it's pretty obvious I meant find another first before walking out of the current one.

an9i77

OP I believe the day you stop changing jobs is the day you realise that they are all, in fact, the same (or pretty similar). It's dead easy to think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Unfortunately once you get over there you'll begin to notice after a while that it's the same shade of yellow as the patch you just left. I agree with the other person that often you have to stick it somewhere for a while before things get better. The sad fact of life is, there are very few jobs which are truly enjoyable. Most people get paid to be stressed, bored and miserable at work with, if they are lucky, a few moments of enjoyment or at the very least times when they don't actually mind being there. Once you swallow this bitter pill of truth you may find it easier to stay in a job. Because, what difference will Tenerife make, apart from the sunshine? You'll still probably end up doing a job that is boring, or horrible and wanting to quit it. Sounds to me like you're a bit of a change junkie and when you don't like something in your life, you seek a change as a bit of a quick fix? Anyway hope you manage to sort whatever it is you need to sort out to break this pattern. Recognising / admitting it is the first step.

Mrs_Z

An9i77 sums it up very well. My first job after the secretarial colleage was in a call centre. Not what I wanted, but it was a question of beggers not being choosers (got interviews but no-one was interested in someone with the qualifications but no office experience). I started as a temp, 6 months later got offered a permanent role, accepted and stuck with it for 2 years so that I could show some solid experience in my CV. That was 20 years ago, never worked in a call centre since. I have a very nice office job at the moment, and yes, ideally i'd rather be doing other things or not work!. Still, I'm realistic - grass is not usually greener on the other side and in the meantime, I take the money, thank you very much.

I think it was Richard Branson who quoted once - First figure out what you like doing and then work out how to make money out of it. So there's your receipe for happines!

hcb42

or indeed stick in a call centre for long enough, and you can actually build up a decent well paid career - if you are management or IT material

hethmar

I think you should look at starting a business of your own or being self employed. I have some sympathy as some people simply cant work in a normal 9 - 5 situation, its a miserable nightmare for them. Being your own boss you enjoy the benefits of your own hard work and you can take time out when you feel the need.

Mistral001

sdt1986 wrote: »

Opening myself up for more stick here

I'm 25 and I've had 30 jobs :eek: Naturally my CV doesn't state all of them, I only show 6 and have gaps, I've just re-written my CV to be a more skills based CV as oppose to job based as one benefit of having all these jobs is my experience is varied, I can take away best techniques from each different place however that is wehre my downfall is lying at the moment, the company I'm working for are on a new venture and I can spot all the mistakes they're making but am in no position to actually offer advice.

I'm thinking of looking into the role of business analyst in the future when I'm ready to settle down properly.

I

It is easy to criticise companies, but really you only know the things that the company let you know. They are not worried whether the company seems disorganised to some members of staff. The important people to them are perhaps key customers and the people investing in that company.

You do not know the whole story. You do not know what has gone on to get that company where it is today. Nor will you ever get in a position where you will be trusted with key facts about a company unless you show that you are willing to commit in some way to the people who run that company.

sdt1986

an9i77 wrote: »

OP I believe the day you stop changing jobs is the day you realise that they are all, in fact, the same (or pretty similar). It's dead easy to think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Unfortunately once you get over there you'll begin to notice after a while that it's the same shade of yellow as the patch you just left. I agree with the other person that often you have to stick it somewhere for a while before things get better. The sad fact of life is, there are very few jobs which are truly enjoyable. Most people get paid to be stressed, bored and miserable at work with, if they are lucky, a few moments of enjoyment or at the very least times when they don't actually mind being there. Once you swallow this bitter pill of truth you may find it easier to stay in a job. Because, what difference will Tenerife make, apart from the sunshine? You'll still probably end up doing a job that is boring, or horrible and wanting to quit it. Sounds to me like you're a bit of a change junkie and when you don't like something in your life, you seek a change as a bit of a quick fix? Anyway hope you manage to sort whatever it is you need to sort out to break this pattern. Recognising / admitting it is the first step.

I believe in fate, one of these days something will click into place whether it by my attitude or the job I choose. Tenerife is like most other places in Europe, it's laid back atmosphere that I crave. I don't like the way of life here, I worked in Switzerland and me myself
was so much different with my attitude, I was a lot less stressed, a lot less wanting to be/do something esle. It might have changed had it have lasted longer but it didn't so who knows, I'm willing to take a chance and get it out the way before I'm 30!!

hethmar wrote: »

I think you should look at starting a business of your own or being self employed. I have some sympathy as some people simply cant work in a normal 9 - 5 situation, its a miserable nightmare for them. Being your own boss you enjoy the benefits of your own hard work and you can take time out when you feel the need.

I am doing, I'm starting a computer repair business in spare time for pocket money, just to see what it's like more than anything, my ambition is to be self employed always has been since being a kid, but finding something that I want to do that is possible is a stepping stone I've not found a way past.

Mistral001 wrote: »

It is easy to criticise companies, but really you only know the things that the company let you know. They are not worried whether the company seems disorganised to some members of staff. The important people to them are perhaps key customers and the people investing in that company.

You do not know the whole story. You do not know what has gone on to get that company where it is today. Nor will you ever get in a position where you will be trusted with key facts about a company unless you show that you are willing to commit in some way to the people who run that company.

If they want the best out of their staff then they should present themselves better.

sdt1986

What also !!!!es me off with call centre work nowadays, is afte 9 years off and many a different company I've managed to gain quite a lot of very varied experience which I'm very proud of. I've done team leader duties, I've been an MI Analyst, I've attended and had an opinion in weekly management meetings, I've written business needs reports, etc etc, it all adds up, now maybe I'm going for the wrong jobs but now after a few years being back in a call centre on the phone I find it frustrating.

Having been an MI Analyst I've automatically without thinking set up a load of spreadsheets to collate my own stats and present them in a statistical manner in an aim to help the people above me, instead I get an email back asking for it presented in the way the senior sets it out, I had all the same information but it was presentable and it also provided further analysis... So instead I did it her way all the same stats but this time I did it in a neater format, was exactly the same but words were centered, headers in bold, un needed borders deleted etc, got an email back saying it has to be in the exact format. !!!! like that really does my head in.

Also, this job was 14-16k dependent on experience, they offered me 15k, I accepted thinking there must be more members of staff with more call centre or product experience..... Erm no, I'm the only one that has actually worked on the product before out of a team of 8. Someone who has only had 2 years call centre experience was offered 14.5k, that was just another insult making me hate this job.

I'm a whinging !!!!!!! at the best of times, but it doesn't help when presented with all these reasons.