Career guidance

by **Jonah_Fro** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:14 pm

Look's like I could be made redundant soon. The job market in Blighty aint looking too hot at the moment, but I can apply for a job that I don't really want in the company where I work. It's a job I can do, and do well, I just don't know if I want it, plus, it could just be postponing the pld heave-ho.

I'm mid thrities, got two kids, a mortgage and all the ususal nonsense. I will get around 6 months salary if I do get the push, but I'm worried about finding a job before the cash runs out.

So, what do I do?

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by **esonscar** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:34 pm

Took me two years to get a job after the end of my contract.

Take the other job if you can and look for sommit else if you feel the need to.

Money pays the bills - social security is tough, although I did spend most of my time down the beach !

Hope things work out for ya.

by **Sar** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:54 pm

postpone the leave date for as long as possible to get as much redundacy cash as possible. Things are pretty bad so hang on to a job for as long as you can, pay off debt/save as much as you can so if you do loose your job you're as well placed as you can be.

by **Dr Rev** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:34 pm

It is a worrying time mate, ive just been made redundant again, 3rd time in a year, just keep your spirits up and something will turn up !

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Sat May 02, 2009 8:55 am

i recently graduated from college, i guess i have a lot to look forward to

by **billie_morini** » Sun May 03, 2009 6:45 am

Jonah,
hope you took the job they were offering because 1) you have a family, 2) the job market is ugly out there, and 3) you'd be surprised how fast you'll go through money when cash flow is entirely negative. Like one of the other guys said, take what they are offering and look around (while you have that bird in the hand). Besides, you might find you don't mind having a job you can do handily.

by **Jonah_Fro** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:34 am

Thanks guys, i think I'm resigned to staying put for as long as I can.

by **drowningbitbybit** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:16 pm

Dr Rev wrote: ive just been made redundant again, 3rd time in a year

My career advice is to not work anywhere the Rev has a job :twisted:

by **Real Pol** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:40 pm

I echo eveyone else in saying stick with the security. I'm fortunate to not be involved in the first wave of redundancies at my work.

by **Dr Rev** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:24 pm

drowningbitbybit wrote:
Dr Rev wrote: ive just been made redundant again, 3rd time in a year

My career advice is to not work anywhere the Rev has a job

Your not the only one that has said that !!! haha

Such a pain in the ass signing on again and being told, you again !!!

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:17 am

you could always be a tranny!

Dr Rev wrote:Such a pain in the ass

thats what she said!

by **Jonah_Fro** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:56 am

Well, I had the interview in work yesterday, so fingers crossed. If I don't get the job, then it's off to France for a month to up the old wave count.

by **billie_morini** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:16 pm

Jonah,
It's good to have an executable Plan B, but be sure to let us know the results of the interview. We're all pulling for you.
Billie

by **Jonah_Fro** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:59 am

OK, so it was apparently a real close thing, but I didn't get the job. I can, if I want, apply for a more junior role or I can take redundancy. The more junior role will be reporting into the guy who got the job i was going for. I've worked with him for 8 years and know that our personalities are just not compatible. I'm torn between having a job with a salary and taking a massive step back in my career, working for a man I loathe.
Oh and I have to decide by tomorrow morning.

by **thaya** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:42 pm

sorry to hear you didn't get it. Your other option of taking a step down and working for someone you don't get on with really sucks. I'd be very tempted to take redundancy as I wouldn't like to wake up each morning thinking how I'd been demoted and had to work for a tw@t... it would really get me down...

BUT as you've got a family to support you might have to put those feelings aside. The way things are at the moment your redundancy money could easily run out before you get another job. I guess you have to factor in how much of a paycut you'd have to take if you stay on in a more junior role, and whether that job would make you depressed.

it's a tough one, I don't envy you having to make a decision like that.

let us know what you end up doing.
chin up.

by **ChrisDallat** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:14 pm

try find a job you enjoy, harder for you with the wife and kids and stuff, but i started uni, it was easy, but didnt enjoy it and knew id end up with a job i hated so i quit, much to the dislike of the parents but i worked a dead end bar job for 6 months to raise the cash to do my snowboard qualifications that took a couple months then home to work the shitty job again to pay the money off i borrowed from the parents for half of it.

This year has been the best year of my life after the hard work, lived in Crans-Montana switzerland for the last 6 months, 5metres from the lift, teaching school groups to ski and snowboard 6 days a week, and just generally doing my dream job. and i shall do it for as long as im fit. i may not earn a fortune, but my life is awesome doing it. just working on getting back to back seasons with northern and souther hemisphere then ill really be sorted.

by **Jonah_Fro** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:22 am

ChrisDallat wrote:try find a job you enjoy, harder for you with the wife and kids and stuff,

Sounds like you've got it sorted, but like you say, tricky with the wife and kids. We rely on just my income, which makes it uber hard to re train.

I've toyed with the idea of becoming a landscape gardner, or a vehicle restorer, both jobs I'd love, but there's no way I could support my family if I drop salary. I'm a slave to the almighty pound.

I've decided to go for the junior role in work and keep looking for something more suitable.

by **esonscar** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:39 pm

Yeah, keeping with the money amongst people you know is a good thing even if you don’t like someone.

I was out of work for two years until I got this job I have now. But at the moment I feel very insecure there. I think it’s due to lack of induction into the business side of things. As a shop floor worker things seem to be communicated, but I lack any information and have been given the impression people are very touchy and difficult to approach.

The ice is breaking though, and I hope I can push ahead though an uninformed and unimpressive beginning!

So suck it up and keep moving forward - I hope things get better for you.

by **Dr Rev** » Fri May 22, 2009 11:20 pm

Had a interview today, and was told 15 minutes later by the agency that i have made the 2nd interview on Wednesday !!
Things might be looking up in the Reverned Household ?

by **ChrisDallat** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:46 pm

sweet, good luck man

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