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I hate my job and want to switch rant
shardian:
--- Quote from: boykster on February 11, 2008, 04:53:02 pm ---I hate my job too, but not my field. I took this position because it seemed like an interesting opportunity to work with some former colleagues on a cool project; WRONG!
Now I'm stuck in a :censored: job and am looking.....
--- End quote ---
I took the job I am in because the job market SUCKED when I graduated. There were zero jobs for ME's, and the jobs that were open knew they were the only show in town so salaries were insulting. Unfortunately, the job market still sucks, and we have the fear of a crap economy, a recession, a weak dollar, an election with all of its unknowns, etc. It wouldn't take much in this perfect storm to find yourself up the creek without a paddle, you know?
That is why I wish I could get out of my rut at this job. At this point in time, any job is more important than a the job of your dream.
Hoopz:
You probably DONT want to get your Masters before finding a teaching job though. Most school systems have to pay extra for anyone that has their Master's degree. It's cheaper for them to hire someone with a Bachelors instead of a Masters.
You probably want to add your teaching certificate to your degree. It's easier and faster to do that. My teacher's license expired about 10 years ago and I am working to get it back. I left a job paying 80k+ with excellent benefits to work for a very, very small non-profit foundation (I'm the only employee), and my plan is to get my license back spring of '09 to teach the following fall. I'll probably lose another 30k off my salary but it's more worthwhile IMO.
Good luck. :)
protokatie:
I dont hate my job, as in-so-much as I dropped out of uni, and getting 11 an hour for unskilled labour isnt a bad deal. When I see people talking about how they get 80k+ a year im like O.o! I could easily buy property and pay for surgery with that kind of income, even if the job/career sucked.... (Hell, i would prolly work a job like that for 7 years, save up a bunch, then change to a lower paying job that I enjoyed). But meh..... Just me rambling...
Dartful Dodger:
I've said this before(maybe not on this board):
When I waited tables full time through college I couldn’t wait to get my “real job”.
Now that I have a “real job” I realize as long as you’re getting paid you have a real job.
If I could make the money I make now shoveling *poo* I'd switch jobs in a heartbeat.
Not having to work is still my main goal.
Level42:
--- Quote from: shardian on February 11, 2008, 05:00:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: boykster on February 11, 2008, 04:53:02 pm ---I hate my job too, but not my field. I took this position because it seemed like an interesting opportunity to work with some former colleagues on a cool project; WRONG!
Now I'm stuck in a :censored: job and am looking.....
--- End quote ---
I took the job I am in because the job market SUCKED when I graduated. There were zero jobs for ME's, and the jobs that were open knew they were the only show in town so salaries were insulting. Unfortunately, the job market still sucks, and we have the fear of a crap economy, a recession, a weak dollar, an election with all of its unknowns, etc. It wouldn't take much in this perfect storm to find yourself up the creek without a paddle, you know?
That is why I wish I could get out of my rut at this job. At this point in time, any job is more important than a the job of your dream.
--- End quote ---
Guess you're more than welcome here. Company's cannot find competent people here, economy is great, euro is strong and the most important thing: we do not have cells in offices (we do still think people are actually human).
I've been working in IT 5 years, and was forced to go back to my "electronics career" because of a really bad period in IT. Through another company, I landed here at a small company in Fire alarm systems. I come around when the installing guys are finished and the system needs to be programmed and checked if it's installed according to the rules and plans etc. and then test everything. I also do maintenance and repairs. So, I don't work in an office, but I never had a problem with it when I did (although I have to admit, it was always projects for, let's say a year). I have parts of the job I hate. The worst thing are the traffic jams, and my boss expecting me to be there at 8.00, wherever it may be and whatever traffic jams I may have to go through. I make a pretty decent salary for the work I do, lot better than market average and I drive a pretty decent company car (for our standards). It's a nice company to work for, there's a strong binding feeling and I was actually surprised how much that means to me. Work is nice if you are being appreciated. I also like to get the time to do things properly, and that's usually ok. I do feel I have more potential than the work I'm doing now though. So I am now studying to be able to design fire alarm systems for buildings, a next step and a welcome change. Not sure what will come from it, but it's nice to have more options open....
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