SNSUN Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 out about my job recently, because of new roster changes and the removal of some positions at LUL, I was displaced from my position in the ticket office at Heathrow and now work as a nomad monitoring gatelines. I've gone from doing a job I loved, to one I dread every day waking up for. A job I was doing 5 years ago... So do any of you hate your jobs, or are you all in dream jobs and it's only my life that sucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 (edited) You should count yourself lucky you have a job.. although I do feel sorry for you. . Edited 2 March, 2011 by Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao Cap Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 After a bit more than four years I've had enough of doing nights and working every second weekend (not at all fun getting out of work on a Saturday morning, getting 3-4 hours sleep max because of going to Saints, then going back in to work). Also the commute's costing me more and more money and the job itself has little prospect of advancement or giving me anything to put on my CV that isn't already there. So I'm trying to get into the habit of applying for at least five jobs a day on various job sites - Reed, Monster etc. Course, it's the worst time in living memory to get pished off with your job also, for all its faults my job's pretty secure, got to be careful I don't jump into something more precarious and possibly get laid off a year down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint sfc Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Misleading title IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Misleading title IMO. Dashed hopes of another kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-scooby Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I have my finger in several pies, really doubt I could ever do a nine to five ever again, I do miss that Friday feeling, but hey, your only old once xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barfy Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Right now my job's ok, but we're in the process of being restructured, and though no-one has got anything concrete over what their new role will be, I do have a reasonably fair idea given it's more specialist nature. Sadly I can see myself feeling like the OP in no time at all. However it's better the devil you know in the current climate. My job is about as safe as it gets in the public sector, and as the bulk of my experience doesn't really translate easily to the private sector and the only other jobs around are short term contracts, I'll have to stick it out until things improve or I get laid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I have, thankfully, recently got back into the industry I was working in before the crash/recession which led to me being laid off over two years ago. During that time I have really struggled to find a decent permanent job and for the last year I was working in a call centre environment for a ISP which was starting to drive me insane because it was so tedious and repetitive. This new job couldn't have come at a better time (well, actually, it could have come two years ago which would have helped) and due to the business model being all about targeting small/medium sized businesses and actually saving them money on their voice/data system bills, the company is actually doing really well out of the recession so the job should be very secure. You do have my sympathy though SNSUN. I know exactly how it feels to wake up every morning and think "F**king hell, have I got to go back to that f**king place again!?" and it's really not funny because it has a drastic negative effect on not just your attitude to work, but all other aspects of your life as well. I hope you manage to escape the cycle soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 im very lucky, i love what i do (call centres) i dont really think of it as "work", because i enjoy it so much. the travelling can be a drag sometimes though. every now and then i get a client or a contract thats a pain in the arse, but they are much fewer now than they were a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Try and get another job. I know it's hard at present, but keep applying. Whatever you do, try not to be one of those people who wastes their life doing a job they absolutely hate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_in_munich Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I love my job and every day is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I have, thankfully, recently got back into the industry I was working in before the crash/recession which led to me being laid off over two years ago. During that time I have really struggled to find a decent permanent job and for the last year I was working in a call centre environment for a ISP which was starting to drive me insane because it was so tedious and repetitive. This new job couldn't have come at a better time (well, actually, it could have come two years ago which would have helped) and due to the business model being all about targeting small/medium sized businesses and actually saving them money on their voice/data system bills, the company is actually doing really well out of the recession so the job should be very secure. You do have my sympathy though SNSUN. I know exactly how it feels to wake up every morning and think "F**king hell, have I got to go back to that f**king place again!?" and it's really not funny because it has a drastic negative effect on not just your attitude to work, but all other aspects of your life as well. I hope you manage to escape the cycle soon. Been there hated going to work every day, always stressed, excessive hours, causing arguments with the wife, and when the company decided my position was going to be made redundant, but I could apply for another position within the company, that the duties that I hated were identical, but paying 6K a year less without the pension benefits. I was informed that if I did not get the position I would be made redundant. Told them I was not in the right frame of mind and needed to go on gardening leave, it was 5 weeks to the interview, has a long talk with the wife, came back on the day of the interview and told them I was going to take the redundanc (god were they shocked with that). Took 6 weeks off and started to look for a job and got one (not as much pay) in 2 weeks and was really happy with that job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Do what I do: get a massive inheritance and live off that for the rest of your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Do what I do: get a massive inheritance and live off that for the rest of your life. If you starve to death may I have some (preferably all) of it please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I'm doing a job that I love, but unfortunately it's a job that alot of other people would love so my boss feels no need to increase my salary which is thoroughly depressing. Having a job you love is not what it's cracked up to be, at the end of the day all that matters in today's world is money - if only they taught that at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 The job that I do I really enjoy but there are two things that are taking the edge off it, as I am in the transport industry the cost of fuel which is out of control is making it harder to make a profit and our fleet is getting tired and lack of investment in the fleet because of low margins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 At good times, I really like my job. I am, however, getting a bit bummed at the moment for a couple of reasons. I'm thinking of relocating to London for a few years in the Autumn to pocket some better cash and then possibly switching jobs/careers or moving back to the regions and taking it easy after that. I quite like the idea of working for these guys: https://www.mi5.gov.uk/careers/careers.aspx but the pay is utter turd-berry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I may or may not know someone who works for them benji..the pay is average...or poor if you take into account living in rip off London... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I may or may not know someone who works for them benji..the pay is average...or poor if you take into account living in rip off London... The salaries they advertise on their site are a joke. £25k in London. No thanks. Of course it might all be a cover up and they might pay squillions. No one knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I genuinely enjoy my work, but theres precisely zero security in it. When my particular gravy train hits the buffers as it undoubtedly will, I wont be in a position experience or training-wise to do anything else. Thats the glass half empty version, but I reckon it will last me out til I retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 Its a pain, i know a lot of people in your position, unfortunately it really is a case of atleast you have a job (i know i know easy for me to say) My job ?? I love my job, i learn every day, I have now managed to sort out the ailing desk I was put on 8 months ago into an organised, synchronised machine and put a lot of good new ideas across giving me some well earned brownie points and within the next 8-18 months I will be taking another step up the ladder and am in line for another 5 figure payrise. All because I went on a run applying for jobs that were probably out of my reach but one of them came off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 2 March, 2011 Share Posted 2 March, 2011 I did work performing for Vivid but the girls werent really hot enough so now Im with Digital Playground. Its good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 3 March, 2011 Share Posted 3 March, 2011 You do have my sympathy though SNSUN. I know exactly how it feels to wake up every morning and think "F**king hell, have I got to go back to that f**king place again!?" and it's really not funny because it has a drastic negative effect on not just your attitude to work, but all other aspects of your life as well. I hope you manage to escape the cycle soon. I have my own business and am self-employed and I also have three full-timers working for me, and yet I am getting to feel like that every morning. I've lost too much in the recession to even think of stopping at the moment. My words to my wife as I leave home in the morning are 'here I go again'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so22saint Posted 3 March, 2011 Share Posted 3 March, 2011 I have my own business and am self-employed and I also have three full-timers working for me, and yet I am getting to feel like that every morning. I've lost too much in the recession to even think of stopping at the moment. My words to my wife as I leave home in the morning are 'here I go again'. same here - we're up to 30 people, and I hate it. onwards and upwards, where's the prozac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 3 March, 2011 Share Posted 3 March, 2011 You do have my sympathy though SNSUN. I know exactly how it feels to wake up every morning and think "F**king hell, have I got to go back to that f**king place again!?" and it's really not funny because it has a drastic negative effect on not just your attitude to work, but all other aspects of your life as well. I hope you manage to escape the cycle soon. As Bexy says, been there, done that. I was never very ambitious at work though: in fact if I'd had been married and had kids I'd have probably been more focussed at important stages of my career. But I managed to bale out, live on not too much (on my own and having paid the mortgage) and now enjoy what I do. I teach kids and adults here in Italy, and in my time off go skiing if the snow is good! There was powder on Tuesday and another 20cm tomorrow so I'll be up early Saturday.:-) It really depends on your commitments and stage of your career, but a change can work wonders. I can definitely recommend paying down the mortgage rather than [say] a new car though, it gives you more flexibility down the line and an ability to tell your employers politely: no, I'm not going to do that same job for 6k less (or whatever..). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 3 March, 2011 Share Posted 3 March, 2011 As Bexy says, been there, done that. I was never very ambitious at work though: in fact if I'd had been married and had kids I'd have probably been more focussed at important stages of my career. But I managed to bale out, live on not too much (on my own and having paid the mortgage) and now enjoy what I do. I teach kids and adults here in Italy, and in my time off go skiing if the snow is good! There was powder on Tuesday and another 20cm tomorrow so I'll be up early Saturday.:-) It really depends on your commitments and stage of your career, but a change can work wonders. I can definitely recommend paying down the mortgage rather than [say] a new car though, it gives you more flexibility down the line and an ability to tell your employers politely: no, I'm not going to do that same job for 6k less (or whatever..). easier said than done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 4 March, 2011 Share Posted 4 March, 2011 out about my job recently, because of new roster changes and the removal of some positions at LUL, I was displaced from my position in the ticket office at Heathrow and now work as a nomad monitoring gatelines. I've gone from doing a job I loved, to one I dread every day waking up for. A job I was doing 5 years ago... So do any of you hate your jobs, or are you all in dream jobs and it's only my life that sucks? I've got to say I'm not keen on mine, but it's a means to an end, and I do not work any more than a standard 9-5. If I did then I dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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