Convince me to work

daytona0

Deleted%20User wrote: »

Could be depressed? - sorry the love of some posters is just so embarrassing

Nothing wrong with stating that someone may be depressed...

Don't beat yourself up OP fortunately quite a few people realise a job isn't necessarily for life - I've known quite a few 50 year old's only 6 months at a job and who actually say can understand why people don't stick around

Aside from the fact that OP is mid thirties and NOT 50 years old, your advice here is sound.

My brother soon to be confined to one room (he worked) to hard and earnt to much so is proof of pick which row you sit in quite wisely

What on earth does that mean?!

- don't know what to suggest but really agree with someone else recently who posted - why be miserable if you can have the power to change something

True I guess, but maybe the OP doesn't have the power to change it? Suggestions?

daytona0

gottagofast2 wrote: »

The last job I had, the office was losing staff quicker than they could replace them. At my time of leaving two other people were also preparing to clear out their desks. These weren't flakes like me though, these were real professionals, with 10 years' experience over a maximum of 2 jobs, and masters degrees. A lead project manager was blatant about leaving the company ASAP and he had barely been there 6 months. One call center i worked in was hiring/firing at the rate of 1 person per day. That is not an exaggeration. That is what they did. Literally. That is what they were doing.

But so far no one here has convinced me that work is worth it..

Get into Maccies then! £200+ a week right there! You justified 1 job in your reply to me, but what about the other 19? I mean I'm not fussed but y'know it does ring alarm bells... I have no doubt that you're telling the truth in your reply to me, but it only covers 1/20 jobs!

I don't give a monkeys if you work or sign on. I pay a small amount of tax (quite a bit more than min wage though) so my contribution only fractionally pays towards your benefits were you to decide that you can't be convinced to work.

Be my guest and claim your £70 JSA a week whilst I earn £350+ a week. I genuinely don't care

dktreesea

OP, plenty of job losses have nothing directly to do with the worker. Take a look at this list of jobs lost announced since the new year:
Brantanos - in administration, 2,000 jobs at risk. Most will be lost because the administrators plan to close stores;
British gas has announced they are cutting thousands of jobs;
Lloyds - 1,755 job cuts
Tata Steel 1,050
Boots 350
Virgin Media 900
Pearsons publishers 4,000 worldwide, 500 of them in the UK
Ford - voluntariy redundancies across Europe initially, who knows how many involuntary redundancies they will end up with
Sheffield Forgemasters 100
Asda, 1,000
Barclays 1,200


And that's just the main ones. In the last week, plenty of other employers have announced cutbacks to their workforce
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Hot+Topics/Financial+Crisis/Job+Cuts


Things like loyalty to the workforce, secure jobs are a thing of the past, propaganda to persuade employees to stay when demand for labour is greater than supply. But that's not the case at the moment. Labour has become something, where people are a commodity, to be "ramped up or wound down" as required.


OP, if you want to work and stay in work, you need to grow a thick skin. Everyone who cares about their job comes to work on time and works hard. Those things don't differentiate you - they're the minimum requirement. You're going to have jobs, possibly quite a few, with sub optimal management, where managers or colleagues styles clash with your own, where you feel under appreciated, where you see people who seem to achieve very little but are well valued by management. Workplaces are not fair places.


If you can't live with that, then you either have to put up with being unemployed, and the very low income this will mean or go self employed.


And to everyone slating you, or saying they have never been laid off or asked to leave, (I've met someone very recently in their 30s who has just been laid off for the first time, from a £40k+ a year job), there's always a first time.

Ronaldo_Mconaldo

Maybe the OP could become some kind of professional internet troll, making up fictional stories on internet message boards to inspire debate and gain attention. The pay won't be much but a lot of people seem to get some kind of reward out of it.

nimbo

I'm 32 and have had probably more jobs than that. I was thrown out of school with no GCSEs and will soon be starting work in the subject my degree is in. I'm even working towards a masters. (Slowly) haha

I'm frankly awesome and don't feel it's my fault I've had so many jobs. ( I knew a lot of them were temporary so while I was at uni had one to three a year to fit in with my schedule. Even recently had one for 5 months before handing in my notice - and was talked out of it to reply for a different role in the company - I don't always stay for very long). Yes there can be a high level of turnover in roles - just means you haven't found the one for you yet.

I was always advised to get any job that will pay the bills - then get the person spec of my dream job and work towards the qualifications and necessary experience. Means while I worked at the hospital I was doing an evening course to get a gcse in science and volunteering at a church soup kitchen so I could get on my dream uni course. I will soon be starting a role that ties into my degree subject ( as long as my DBS comes back - which it will just taking ages) which comes with a nearly 7k pay rise.

I had several hideous jobs - cleaning toilets wasn't as bad as it could have been. Working in a gambling arcade was really awful. Felt it was trying to steal my sole so I didn't stick it. Managed maybe three months ( and only because I had bills) . Not working will drive you slowly crazy - unless you paln to audition for Jeremy Kyle - and you're looking for inspiration....

xapprenticex

Ha, ive cleaned toilets (Aircraft valeting) in the past for some xmas money, wasnt that bad and i didnt see any nasty surprises.

Anyway, ive now decided o/p is trolling.

sangie595

Perhaps screenwriting would be your forte - this all sounds so much of a drama...

gottagofast2 wrote: »

My account won't accept my password anymore, or allow me to request another one, so account number 2.
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Anyone spotting a hint here?

summerlady_2

gottagofast2 wrote: »

Ideally I would like to start a business where I buy broken or cheap computers/components, fix them up and sell them on, and do basic repair. No idea where to start though.



But so far no one here has convinced me that work is worth it..

I'm not going to try to convince you that work is worth it - you need to decide for yourself.


However re the computers - why not try to get some free ones from freecycle, freegle, facebook and local free stuff sites? You can then practice fixing them up to sell on and gradually build up a business that way. If you don't have the skills, use the library or the internet to develop them.

Serendipitious

summerlady wrote: »

I'm not going to try to convince you that work is worth it - you need to decide for yourself.


However re the computers - why not try to get some free ones from freecycle, freegle, facebook and local free stuff sites? You can then practice fixing them up to sell on and gradually build up a business that way. If you don't have the skills, use the library or the internet to develop them.

This. Just do it.

And good luck!

Towser

Yes there can be a high level of turnover in roles

If I were employing someone with a history of 20 jobs I would probably have a company that treats it's staff as disposable. It would not matter to the company if you dropped out again. These types of companies you can quickly rise through the ranks to the top. Think about that.

A change in attitude and levels of respect may get you a more stable job. What you put in you will get out.