SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum



Idle Banter For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour - but if any post isn't suitable it'll get deleted real quick).
There's also a "U" rating so please respect this. Newbies can also say "hello" here too.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 08-05-08, 02:37 PM   #1
G
Member
Mega Poster
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,770
Default Leaving a job.....

Why is it sooooo damn hard?

I have been with my current employer for 2 years now, but I'm now incredibly bored and often find myself on the internet like on this forum which will inevitably get me in trouble sooner or later.

The good things of this job are.....

Prospects are good, could be a director in 4 years.
Experience is good.
Company car.
Just got a 21% pay rise.
Some of the people are OK.
They have served me well and added very good things to my CV.

The bad things are.....

I'm bored beyond belief.
I could get a better company car.
I could get more money.
The boss is expanding quick and employing complete idiots as we are desperate, and they make us all look stupid and drag us all down.
There is no one my own age (everyone 40+, some of the recent new starter have been 60+ we are that desperate) or with even remotely the same interests.

The problem is I just cant get myself together for the fear that the grass is not always greener. The people that come for interviews here are complete retards yet they are doing jobs more senior than me, so the competition at job interviews would be crap.

But in some respect I feel the need to be loyal I know that leaving would stich the business up abit and **** a few people off considerably.

I didnt apply for a job with the Coal Authority the other day that is on my door step and I could have done very well in the interview and the role is no different to what i do now.....I have just found another one that is equally perfect, but abit further away, yet I cant bring myself to actually apply, for that same old fear that the grass isnt always as green as it looks once you have swam across the river

Such a tough decision and not easy to do.........I really dont know what to do.
G is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:00 PM   #2
Baph
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by graemepaterson View Post
But in some respect I feel the need to be loyal I know that leaving would stich the business up abit and **** a few people off considerably.
I'm sort of similar to you, but I have no quarms about telling an employer where to shove it. It wasn't that long ago I took 4 months off work completely. I was bored, so quit, took 4 months off, then found work again when money started to run low.

I think you need to work out why you feel so endebted to the people you work with/for. Afterall, it's business. You're there to work, not to make friends.
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:03 PM   #3
_Stretchie_
Large Member
Mega Poster
 
_Stretchie_'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Minsterworth, Gloucester
Posts: 2,353
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baph View Post
I'm sort of similar to you, but I have no quarms about telling an employer where to shove it. It wasn't that long ago I took 4 months off work completely. I was bored, so quit, took 4 months off, then found work again when money started to run low.

I think you need to work out why you feel so endebted to the people you work with/for. Afterall, it's business. You're there to work, not to make friends.

That could be your shortest post ever Baph ha haa

__________________
How to amuze an idiot:



Look right-> <-Look Left
_Stretchie_ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:06 PM   #4
G
Member
Mega Poster
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,770
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baph View Post
I think you need to work out why you feel so endebted to the people you work with/for. Afterall, it's business. You're there to work, not to make friends.

I think its because they helped my career develope so quickly and provided me with a fair bit of very good experience.

But things have gone down hill recently throughout the company, not just my particular business unit.

Another major problem is they are offering good money to attract new people, but the new people are rubbish. So they are coming in on better money than existing people, and then most existing people (not me) have just been told they arnt getting payrises as we lost a big contract.The atmosphere is just horrible and has been for months now.
G is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:16 PM   #5
Lozzo
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by graemepaterson View Post
Why is it sooooo damn hard?

I have been with my current employer for 2 years now, but I'm now incredibly bored and often find myself on the internet like on this forum which will inevitably get me in trouble sooner or later.
I used to feel like that, so I retired.
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:18 PM   #6
Flamin_Squirrel
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

What's your boss like? Talk to them maybe?
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:22 PM   #7
G
Member
Mega Poster
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,770
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel View Post
What's your boss like? Talk to them maybe?
He is a very dry sense of humored bloke, his office is off the main office and he always used to have the door open and you could talk openly to him and have a bit of banter.

Now the door is always shut, Partly because he has employed a bloke who NEVER shuts up (but we have to put up with it), and partly because he is sick of listening to people who are unhappy with the way things are going and try to talk to him about it .

He takes everything personally.......He employeed someone from the local authority who was crap and used to doing no work as they worked for the council......So they came here and couldnt cope with the workload and left after 3 days. Its been going down hill from then onwards.
G is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:38 PM   #8
Baph
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by graemepaterson View Post
I think its because they helped my career develope so quickly and provided me with a fair bit of very good experience.

But things have gone down hill recently throughout the company, not just my particular business unit.

Another major problem is they are offering good money to attract new people, but the new people are rubbish. So they are coming in on better money than existing people, and then most existing people (not me) have just been told they arnt getting payrises as we lost a big contract.The atmosphere is just horrible and has been for months now.
The words, "rat, ship, sinking, jump" come to mind.

Stretchie, see the "defragging RAID volumes" thread.
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:50 PM   #9
_Stretchie_
Large Member
Mega Poster
 
_Stretchie_'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Minsterworth, Gloucester
Posts: 2,353
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Baph View Post
The words, "rat, ship, sinking, jump" come to mind.

Stretchie, see the "defragging RAID volumes" thread.
__________________
How to amuze an idiot:



Look right-> <-Look Left
_Stretchie_ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-05-08, 03:57 PM   #10
Flamin_Squirrel
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Leaving a job.....

Quote:
Originally Posted by graemepaterson View Post
He is a very dry sense of humored bloke, his office is off the main office and he always used to have the door open and you could talk openly to him and have a bit of banter.

Now the door is always shut, Partly because he has employed a bloke who NEVER shuts up (but we have to put up with it), and partly because he is sick of listening to people who are unhappy with the way things are going and try to talk to him about it .

He takes everything personally.......He employeed someone from the local authority who was crap and used to doing no work as they worked for the council......So they came here and couldnt cope with the workload and left after 3 days. Its been going down hill from then onwards.
Time to leave then. You're not happy and you're not going to get it resolved. Moving jobs is a gamble, yes, but if you stay you're garunteed it'll never improve.
  Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
leaving do... anna Soho Massive 35 01-11-08 01:15 AM
leaving the fold...... t18con. TOTALSV Ireland 5 01-10-08 05:30 PM
leaving the forum Quiff Wichard Idle Banter 136 15-04-08 01:11 PM
Leaving a bike Jackhammer SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 5 07-11-07 09:23 PM
Now leaving for Quatt Ed Idle Banter 6 06-05-07 02:40 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 02:29 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.