Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Serious question though. What was the point of the thread? You weren't asking for advice, you've made your mind your mind up what your doing. Was it a "look at me" thread either I'm so happy with everything else or my life is so sh*t because I hate my job? Or was it another reason which I've missed? Answered this in above post. The thread is serious and I was looking for experience from other people on the forum who had done the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Serious question though. What was the point of the thread? You weren't asking for advice, you've made your mind your mind up what your doing. Was it a "look at me" thread either I'm so happy with everything else or my life is so sh*t because I hate my job? Or was it another reason which I've missed? Read the opening thread, it is just the job, I love life thank you. Just finding it a little boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Read the opening thread, it is just the job, I love life thank you. Just finding it a little boring. Well thats great then, like you say in September when you start looking for a new job you'll have to all. The great marriage, the house, kids etc and a brilliant new job. Round of applause for Dr Who. Well done sir.* *is that the kid of acclaim you were looking for?? Or should it have been more "dont worry hun, we all av fings dat we r unhappy wiv, u keep smili and everyfink will b alrite, lolxxxx" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 If you think you know me so well, then why fuel my thread with intention for me? Troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 If you think you know me so well, then why fuel my thread with intention for me? Troll OMG, troll FFS. I don't know how I'll ever recover from such an attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Well thats great then, like you say in September when you start looking for a new job you'll have to all. The great marriage, the house, kids etc and a brilliant new job. Round of applause for Dr Who. Well done sir.* *is that the kid of acclaim you were looking for?? Or should it have been more "dont worry hun, we all av fings dat we r unhappy wiv, u keep smili and everyfink will b alrite, lolxxxx" As mentioned before read my posts, I was looking for feedback from others on here who had been through the same thing. Nothing more nothing less kind sir. Sounds like you have a few issues though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Yeah Dr, Turkish would never start pointless, look at me threads. Get a grip son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 As mentioned before read my posts, I was looking for feedback from others on here who had been through the same thing. Nothing more nothing less kind sir. Sounds like you have a few issues though! * considers starting an 'I'm bored/overjoyed with my life to get feed back from others thread* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Tel49 Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 So you've made up your mind what you were going to do then. Any point starting this pointless, attention seeking thread then? I can only spot one attention seeker on this thread and it sure as hell isn't Dr Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Yeah Dr, Turkish would never start pointless, look at me threads. Get a grip son. Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_saint Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Well....this seems to have rapidly deviated from the original intent of the OP!....personally, I agree with Turkish to an extent; the grass isn't always greener on the other side and there does come a point where such a thread can be percieved as a bit whiney. But it doesn't hurt to aspire to better, but you need to keep you're feet on the ground and not jepordise the job you already have (i.e. cutting your nose off despite your face). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Well....this seems to have rapidly deviated from the original intent of the OP!....personally, I agree with Turkish to an extent; the grass isn't always greener on the other side and there does come a point where such a thread can be percieved as a bit whiney. But it doesn't hurt to aspire to better, but you need to keep you're feet on the ground and not jepordise the job you already have (i.e. cutting your nose off despite your face). "to spite your face" surely?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_saint Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 "to spite your face" surely?? I'm in the middle of a long-winded research project report so I'll have to hold my hand up to that one; also most of my other posts are written while doing 3 things at once so yes, that is indeed what I meant...cheeky blighter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Well....this seems to have rapidly deviated from the original intent of the OP!....personally, I agree with Turkish to an extent; the grass isn't always greener on the other side and there does come a point where such a thread can be percieved as a bit whiney. But it doesn't hurt to aspire to better, but you need to keep you're feet on the ground and not jepordise the job you already have (i.e. cutting your nose off despite your face). My thruppence worth; Turks has a valid point about being happy to have a job at all in the current economic shltstorm. That is undeniable, I know so many people out of work and applying for hundreds of jobs that have thousands of applicants, it is a pretty horrible experience. My mrs lost her job after 20 years as a nurse, you would think theres plenty of call for that given the state of the NHS but every post she looks at has a queue of others in the same boat. I happen to be self-employed, I've been in my trade for thirty-two years now and I have never known it as bad as this. The other thing I would advise against is the catering trade/sweetshops/kids playgroups. In the boom times, any of these would be hard to turn a profit on, but at the moment?.... forget it. Just take a look down any high street at the restaurants and takeaways,they are going down like ninepins. My sister in law ran a restaurant/deli in the marlands, back in the day when the place was doing really well, even then it was hard to turn a profit, but nowadays its near impossible unless you already have a massive outfit like wetherspoons with infrastructure and enormous bulk-buying power. As for sweetshops and playgroups, well hardly anyone with a family can afford to use them nowadays, and if they can they have a choice of desperate suppliers about to go out of business vying for their custom. Romsey used to be chock full of quirky little shops like that ten years ago, if you really want to depress yourself just spend a day there and see what its like now. By all means learn a trade, or look into the pros and cons of starting a business. But whatever else you do, ffs dont stake everything on a change of career into the private sector. This is absolutely the perfect time not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 (edited) Round of applause for hockey saint and a welcome addition of another normal person to TSW. An Internet mong board over run with freaks and wierdos full of agendas and one upmanship as you can see. Edited 10 February, 2012 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 alright turkish? just occurred to me, did Dr Who say sweetshops or sweatshops in his op? If its the latter he might be on to something after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 A lot of good points made, and a lot to think about. I dont know, perhaps I should stick to what I am doing or know, but it does seem like the easy and safe option, but perhaps that is the right one. Sit it out and see how it goes and then maybe in a few years time after getting a little capital behind me, I will be in a better position? Seems pretty even on here, with some very good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 alright turkish? just occurred to me, did Dr Who say sweetshops or sweatshops in his op? If its the latter he might be on to something after all. Sweet mate, how are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 (edited) alright turkish? just occurred to me, did Dr Who say sweetshops or sweatshops in his op? If its the latter he might be on to something after all. A traditional sweatshop would fail in Royston 100% as would everything else, but the concept works well for many in Brighton and the laines. No it was a sweet shop but no not ideal timing. Edited 10 February, 2012 by Dr Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 10 February, 2012 Share Posted 10 February, 2012 A lot of good points made, and a lot to think about. I dont know, perhaps I should stick to what I am doing or know, but it does seem like the easy and safe option, but perhaps that is the right one. Sit it out and see how it goes and then maybe in a few years time after getting a little capital behind me, I will be in a better position? Seems pretty even on here, with some very good point. Just dont leave it too late http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 February, 2012 Ha ha ha, not afraid of hard work, but I do think, another 33 years of this? Like I am sure many others do or have thought many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 I'm in the middle of a long-winded research project report so I'll have to hold my hand up to that one; also most of my other posts are written while doing 3 things at once so yes, that is indeed what I meant...cheeky blighter! Sorry :-), I was genuinely thinking I had it wrong there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p255_er79MY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Follow your dream, be someone, live the dream etc. blah blah blah To be someone must be a wonderful thing etc etc http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=IBpMv2yQoXk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Round of applause for hockey saint and a welcome addition of another normal person to TSW. An Internet mong board over run with freaks and wierdos full of agendas and one upmanship as you can see. Some interesting comments. I'm back, but only for tonight. It's a shame really as i've been posting on this forum in its various forms since the early S4E days. At risk of sounding like a hysterical tart and flauncing off into the cyber sunset i'm done with this place. As already has been mentioned by others any ounce of fun and enjoyment in posting on an internet forum has been slowly sapped out of this place by the saps. So you happy clappy mongs can have your forum to youself, to toe the party line, line Baj's pockets and be dictated to as to what is and isn't acceptable by him and his cronies. You can all support saints together and continue to delude yourselves that SFC are on an unstoppable march to the champions league played in a 50,000 all seater stadium. Lets be honest, this place and most of you dins take yourselves far too seriously. Any football forum which dishes out infraction points and bans people for silly posts is run by people with a far too high opinion of themselves (not Steve G i hasten to add, he is decent lad) Any football forum which has people discussing politics and not making a single post on football on the weekend we play Pompey away seriously has a strange collection of posters. Any forum which has a seperate board for "light hearted" stuff takes itself far too serious. Most of the good posters i remember from old days have gone or cant be arsed anymore, but the mods have got the forum they wanted, who gives a f*ck at the end of the day, as long as the subscriptions keep coming in! So on that note, i'm off to stroll around unchallenged somewhere else. it's been a pleasure discussing stuff with some of and meeting some of you over the years, having a laugh and winding some of you up, but i'll leave you to it. It seems having a laugh is no longer allowed, it seems this is the place only for serious discussion and in case you haven't noticed, that aint what i use internet mong boards for. Maybe i will one day, who knows? They did say man would never walk on the moon...... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 (edited) I guess you have to weigh financial constraints with what makes you happy. Sometimes risk taking can pay off, but it could not work out as well! You just need to look at the pros and cons of it and think about it all, though if you have a family to support, it may be best to make sure it's all definitely in place before making the leap. Life is short though. Now cue, someone saying you know nothing of this, but oh well. Edited 11 February, 2012 by Saintandy666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 I guess you have to weigh financial constraints with what makes you happy. Sometimes risk taking can pay off, but it could not work out as well! You just need to look at the pros and cons of it and think about it all, though if you have a family to support, it may be best to make sure it's all definitely in place before making the leap. Life is short though. Now cue, someone saying you know nothing of this, but oh well.[/quote 'ckin' hell here we go, the voice of experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 Unfortunately with the responsibilities you've listed (family etc) it's probably too much of a risk to chuck away a career you've spent 13 years on to "chase your dream". You say you haven't got the capital to set up your own business? Then in all honesty, there's nothing to think about - you can't do it. Taking out a loan would be absolutely mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 'ckin' hell here we go, the voice of experience. I hoped it'd be you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 A well meaning thread over run by an insidious character hellbent on his own self importance, well done squire. You got some living to do son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerBadger Posted 11 February, 2012 Share Posted 11 February, 2012 And no I have not made up my mind, at the moment my options are the same, but need to choose. I wanted feedback from people that had done the same sort of thing and changed career. Not avice on if I am an attention seeker or not! Take a look in the mirror idiot! 11 years ago I had no idea what to do with myself so I got a grant, took a course, which got me a job (albeit with a friend as a contact in the company) and it's turned out well for me. although I didn't have my family back then but what I'm getting at is luck is preparation meets opportunity, if you want to change start with small steps, research at the library etc, and build from there. You've already started by posting here, there's some good advice mixed with the dross in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvaughanwilliams Posted 13 February, 2012 Share Posted 13 February, 2012 I seem to remember reading some research [no link so treat with an appropriate amount of skepticism] that most of the enjoyment people got from their job had nothing to do with the actual job and everything to do with the working environment and the people that you work with. If you've got a transferable skill that you've worked hard to develop, you might find another job doing the same work for a different company. The specific problem that you raised was that you thought that the Finance Director wanted to bring in his own Credit Manager and you weren't getting on. It could be that this problem is souring the job for you. I don't know your full financial circumstances, so I don't know how much of a risk you'd be taking. The kind of trades you've mentioned would require on the job training to be most effective. If you could find someone to take you on as an apprentice or similar, you'd take a large cut in income until you were trained, but that could be a few years. You're not the first person to go through this kind of dilemma. I was reading a book written in 1912 that makes points on a similar line to Turkish, but in a different tone, more appropriate to the etiquette of the time. My only advice would be for you to write down your priorities and think about what is really important to you. Every career is a compromise to some extent. I know people who work on trading desks at Investment Banks in London; the hours are long, the job is incredibly stressful and they aren't happy, but accept it for the money. I also know people who are prepared to accept very low wage jobs and are prepared to forgo owning the latest 'stuff' to pursue a dream or because they don't want the stress of a highly paid job. I'd be inclined to talk to the head of finance to see if he's aware of how you feel. If you can't talk to him, then it's where you work that's the problem, not necessarily the job you do. I expect if you were to do the same job with colleagues you liked and found interesting, all of the petty boredom of the job would seem less important. Whatever the result, Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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