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paigeoliver:
I may have missed some details here but if the job isn't requiring you to put in mega-hours then simply stop caring. You would be surprised how much that can do for your job satisfaction.

If they are making you put in mega-hours then I suggest jumping ship. An entire life spent in an office isn't a life at all.

shardian:
Oh I would definitely make less as a teacher, but the drop wouldn't mean a change in lifestyle by any means. We live on a pretty tight budget and the cost of living here is pretty darn low compared to other areas of the country. Yes, the offers I was receiving out of college were downright insulting.

I work for a smaller company, so when I saw boss, there are several people who can fall into that category. First there is the guy who is the unofficial design manager. Everything runs thru him, and he is a really cool guy. Then there is the Design Manager. He is a funny little man who is about to retire. He doesn't really do anything anymore, but is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. He throw's his weight around occasionally to remind people he is still there, but is harmless really. The VP and Pres are father and son. Everyone likes the VP, and he will take over as President probably in the next 2-3 years. The President is hardcore old-school. He comes from the age in which companies owned their employees and you lived your life to serve the company. He can be a nice guy, but he is also just as likely to come unhinged and be an ass. I don't care for him and I don't think he cares much for me. It's a generational thing, and he just can't understand the fact that my generation realizes family is WAY more important than work. He has always held a grudge against me from when I was off for a month to be with our son in the NICU, and I also took time off when my wife was in and out of the hospital for our second child. Maybe it's a jealousy thing, because he chose work over his family in the same situation when he was my age? I don't know.
Still, I very rarely interact with the President. The only "boss" I interact with on a regular basis is the design manager and the guy who does the design managers job. I'm cool with both of them, and I outright respect the latter and want to do good by him.

And Paige, I've been doing the "not care" thing for a while now. Living in denial is just making me miserable.

Scmokes, it is definitely 100% the material that I have no interest in, same as medicine.

Wade:
Eventually, you'll have interest in what you think will give you the best career.

For now, it sounds like you need to polish your resume and get a job at the gas company.  You'd probably start out making significantly more than you make now, you'd have better hours, and lower stress.  You'll just end up getting bored after a few years, but boredom definitely isn't the worst thing.  I'll give some of my friends who still work there a call and see if they can find a way in for you.

Wade

shardian:

--- Quote from: Wade on February 13, 2008, 10:42:24 am ---Eventually, you'll have interest in what you think will give you the best career.

For now, it sounds like you need to polish your resume and get a job at the gas company.  You'd probably start out making significantly more than you make now, you'd have better hours, and lower stress.  You'll just end up getting bored after a few years, but boredom definitely isn't the worst thing.  I'll give some of my friends who still work there a call and see if they can find a way in for you.

Wade

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THANKS!!

Wade:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on February 13, 2008, 11:24:35 am ---
--- Quote from: shardian on February 13, 2008, 11:04:56 am ---THANKS!!

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Stuff like that makes me wish I wasn't such a jackass on forums, but then I realize the only one doing anything somewhat in the same field as me is bokster (boyster?  whatever) and he's just as much as an a-hole as me.

Good luck getting into oil/gas companies.  They all want 3 years experience in their field and entry level jobs are hard to come by.  If I had been willing to move to California I had a shot at a marketing job for one of them, but that was as far as I ever got.  :/

There's very much a 'good ol boy' mentality with some of the companies, so having an inside track is probably going to be very helpful.

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I wouldn't extend that offer to anyone on the forum complaining about his job - I also know Shardian personally.

Around here, there may not be frequent openings at the gas companies, but they don't require experience.  I and many people I worked with at gas companies just walked on.

BTW, pinballjim, what field do you work in?

Wade

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