Employer looking overtime?

custardy

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

Don't be so ridiculous. I pointed you at a source that spends time and effort researching this question. Why would I think my random opinion was superior to that? Only a fool would think they could pluck a figure out of the air without putting in the work.

Now, for the third time, start a new thread if you want to discuss this as it has nothing to do with the OP.

Not me.I was replying to the OP.You waded in.

silverwhistle

I seem to recall that the OP has posted before, as he noted that he was a qualified cabinet maker and his pay hadn't gone up in 15 years.

If it's the same person (and I can't be a**ed to check) various people made various suggestions of how he could proceed. There was always a reason why he couldn't, never a positive response, couldn't afford tools, etc, etc.

Now as a somewhat unambitious cow myself I can appreciate not having drive and ambition, but then I've never had three kids to support. I moved from IT to teaching via miscellaneous P/T jobs, and all were more than MW. But where's the imagination? Kitchen fitting, installing wardrobes and other related tasks, an employer higher up the food chain, working away for a bit, even if only to save for his own tools?

At the moment it's all self-fulfilling and won't change, so all I can suggest is don't do the overtime, and the potential loss of the job might be the needed kick in the backside that I needed too. (Mind you, I resigned from IT out of boredom!).

n1guy

silverwhistle wrote: »

I seem to recall that the OP has posted before, as he noted that he was a qualified cabinet maker and his pay hadn't gone up in 15 years.

If it's the same person (and I can't be a**ed to check) various people made various suggestions of how he could proceed. There was always a reason why he couldn't, never a positive response, couldn't afford tools, etc, etc.

Now as a somewhat unambitious cow myself I can appreciate not having drive and ambition, but then I've never had three kids to support. I moved from IT to teaching via miscellaneous P/T jobs, and all were more than MW. But where's the imagination? Kitchen fitting, installing wardrobes and other related tasks, an employer higher up the food chain, working away for a bit, even if only to save for his own tools?

At the moment it's all self-fulfilling and won't change, so all I can suggest is don't do the overtime, and the potential loss of the job might be the needed kick in the backside that I needed too. (Mind you, I resigned from IT out of boredom!).

Yes that was indeed me. I have no interest in this line of work, never did, woodwork or technology as its called these days was the only subject I failed at school so law of sod it would be the career path I ended up with, hence why I have no big interest in going anywhere with it.

As I mentioned in that other thread I would be interested in getting my personal trainer certification and going down that route but its expensive and no guarantee of work.