Help Please....

Autumn86

princess*daisy wrote: »

Oh, I hope that one day I too am fortunate enough to own a house in Cloud Cuckoo Land.

So you would go weeks or even months of your life,
spending the entire day doing things which you found boring/hated doing,
just to earn slightly more than you would get if you didn't do that job??

Autumn86

salfordgirl wrote: »

Doing a job doesnt mean that you enjoy it...it means that you are paying your way to support yourself and your family. Surely a better way of life?

Even if you dont like your job, it pays and is a lot better than expecting others to compensate you through benefits.

Some people may be pyschologically ok spending their days doing boring jobs which they find dull, broing and hate.

Others, like me, are just not ok to spend even a few months of our lives doing that though.


Each to their own i guess though. :A

sarahg1969

vik6525 wrote: »

i think ive paid enough taxes in my time to be allowed to be picky now. theres so many shoddy companys, and Im old enough to be allowed to be choosy, surely?

Sure - be choosy. If you can afford it, without relying on taxpayer's money.

Surely if you've been paying taxes for some time and you are a grown up, you know you're better off looking for a job while you're in work. You can't jack it in after just one week. Especially after you packed the last one in. Keep doing that and you'll be unemployable.

Hmm71

Well said Sarahg, the OP cannot afford to be choosy, especially in a recession.
OP why not start looking for another job and stick this one out until you get a new one?

seven-day-weekend

Stay in the job and look for something else.

Anyway, a week is no time to decide whether you like it or not. You need at least three months.

Walking out of two jobs will look very bad on your work hstory, and yes, you will be sanctioned for Benefits purposes.

seven-day-weekend

McKneff wrote: »

Nowhere in my post did I say I hated the dirty smelly jobs now did I? It was a means to an end I just got on with it so I could pay the mortgage, no hand outs from the government in my day pet........You dont know youre born these days.........


Well, well, you know what you can do with your pity mate, stick it where the sun doesnt shine, this was in my earlier life, for about 7 years of it then I studied in night school, in adult college, for the sake of looking after and feeding my kids. Now my kids are reaping the rewards of my work ethic, both my kids are paying top rate tax, own their own homes becuase they learned from my work ethic, they wont be like you or your kind,
I never looked on it as a waste, i was providing for my family, a concept which you and the op fail to grasp, its you and your kind that deserve the pity, but you wont get any from me, you'll get all you deserve in this life, I'm probably glad I wont be around you to witness it.

I cant believe that Toontron has 'thanked' this To ss ers post. The world has gone mad.............

People should take responsibility for themselves - see my signature.

Absolutely, what a terrfic post.

I too have done 'menial' work (although I never saw it as such), to help support my family. Needs must.

Jennifer_Jane

We should be extremely grateful that there are people who do these (dirty, difficult, possibly dangerous) jobs for us. All jobs like this are honourable, and we should be honouring the people who do them.

Re the OP, I'm afraid that most people are doing jobs that they hate, amongst people and bosses who are awful. Of course leave your job if you hate it, but don't be lured into this by people who say 'We only have one life' and so on. This is a dangerous route.

Instead, try to make the most of the job and if you really dislike it, stay in the job, show some persistence and self-discipline (especially to your son), enjoy the time off and holidays, save and save and save so that you can retire earlier rather than later, and find another job.

As someone here said, paying taxes isn't into your own savings pot, it isn't how it works.

And please don't ask the taxpayer to pay for, what may appear to be, capriciousness.

Good luck with finding the new job, there may well be something that suits you better. I hope you find it.

seven-day-weekend

Jennifer_Jane wrote: »

We should be extremely grateful that there are people who do these (dirty, difficult, possibly dangerous) jobs for us. All jobs like this are honourable, and we should be honouring the people who do them.

Re the OP, I'm afraid that most people are doing jobs that they hate, amongst people and bosses who are awful. Of course leave your job if you hate it, but don't be lured into this by people who say 'We only have one life' and so on. This is a dangerous route.

Instead, try to make the most of the job and if you really dislike it, stay in the job, show some persistence and self-discipline (especially to your son), enjoy the time off and holidays, save and save and save so that you can retire earlier rather than later, and find another job.

As someone here said, paying taxes isn't into your own savings pot, it isn't how it works.

And please don't ask the taxpayer to pay for, what may appear to be, capriciousness.

Good luck with finding the new job, there may well be something that suits you better. I hope you find it.

Another terrific post. Well said.

just_trying

Why is the job not what you thought it would be ?. If you simply don't like the job and decide to leave then you will be sanctioned though if the job was not as described you may be able to appeal the sanction. I would stay another month anyway and you might come to enjoy it alot of people when they start a new job don't enjoy it to start with but once your settled in you may like it. Give it a chance it's only been a week. Good luck.

no-oneknowsme

OP , please try to stick with the job and give yourself some time to fully settle in.

I know it is hard when you start in a new job and everyone seems to be familiar with everyone else and for a while you may feel like the outsider.

Its also difficult when you sense that everyone else knows the ropes and you can seem a bit "lost" but this feeling may well pass.

If you leave now without giving yourself time to adjust then you may well regret your rash decision down the line.

I started in my job 4 years ago and although I already knew most of the people who worked there as my Mum had worked there for 20 odd years (and still DID when I started!!) and as the job was local I knew most of the other workers to talk to, I still felt like the outsider and the new girl . Infact on my first day I got halfway through my shift and felt like downing tools and walking out lol. I think I felt this way until I had been there several weeks and knew more about what I should/shouldnt be doing.

I am so glad now that I stuck at it and gave myself time to settle in as I can honestly say that I LOVE my job!

Please take some before you give up the job. Getting another one wont be easy .