*sigh* this may take a while

enthusiasticsaver

Sounds like you have done the right thing then.  Less than a month to go. 

dawnybabes

Sometimes you just have to make a stand and do what’s right for you. 

mark55man

I hope you made sure to tell them that they failed you not the other way around.

ohdearhowdidthathappen

mark55man said:

I hope you made sure to tell them that they failed you not the other way around.

They didn't care... one of them said 'this is a vocation, not a job'.  Hmmmm, I've heard that one before and it doesn't offset being treated like poo.
Interviews... one is with a private healthcare company doing my current job but with nicer hours and more money.  The other is for an application specialist role, so mainly training others in using new equipment.  Both similar wages, one is clinical and the other isn't.  We'll see... I'm going to take a month off whichever role I accept (or locum), I'm hoping I can recharge a bit and go back to work feeling less grumpy and cynical than I do at the moment  

Sarahwithlove

Sounds like you will have some options available to you either way. Good luck 

mark55man

is being an NHS manager a vocation then - it feels like a train wreck at the moment. 

a break sounds like a good idea - I have one last piece of work this year and then will be off for Christmas, and well into January.  it would be nice if you could carry on doing what you have been trained to do even if its a bit less or in a different place.  it feels like you are bit too young to go into training, whilst it would probably be really satisfying for a year or two then you would miss the clinical side of it (as long as that was in a more positive and supportive environment). 

savingholmes

Brave decision but sounds like the right one. I left without a job to go to once for a job on less pay closer to home. It led to the job I am in now still close to home and on much better £. Hope you get a job that you can be happy in.

clearmydebts

Hello stranger! Haven't caught up in a while!
Very brave of you to resign. I worked in a maternity hospital in senior management for a year and I could write a book on the level of insanity in there! I also quit without a job to go too and have been a SAHM for the last 18 months. Am loving it and am now feeling ready to dip my toe back into part-time employment again

Congrats on being DF too. Super stuff!

Drawingaline

I quit a well paid job to temp in a low paid job. I couldn't deal with the shift work anymore. The temp job was half my prev salary but we had already bought our flat and I took a year to get a permanent job (worked the temp job during that time) and it gave me the hours and pay so we could start a family. Doing so working shifts would have been almost impossible.

ohdearhowdidthathappen

Thanks everyone...  a few days later and I feel zero regret.  I'm naturally quite risk averse, so I've been surprised that I've had no wobbles, I still feel like a weight has been lifted and I'm counting the days until I leave.
None of my colleagues who've also handed their notice in are backtracking either.
First interview today went well.  Private hospital, much slower pace, more money.  I don't really rate private hospital tbh... they often have old equipment and it's all about the profits.  Managers are often non clinical and business orientated.
I liked this place though; modern equipment and a nice set up.  Manager obviously didn't have much clue about the radiology side of things, not in a bad way, more of a 'as long as you get on and do the x-ray stuff, you're as free as a bird' kind of way  
He said to think about it and let him know.  I've got a couple of other options open, so I'll see what happens wit those too.