All my working life I have worked in accounts roles. I had a nice, long term job from which I was made redundant last summer. The company closed due to financial difficulties.
Since then I have struggled to find an equally nice job with a good salary. I have had two temp roles since then, both of which were in either very high volume credit control or accounts payable. I don't know if it's me or bad luck in picking two wrong companies but I have struggled keeping on top of the volume of work and was falling behind. Is that how working life is these days? These corporate companies we bust a gut for want blood and there are not enough hours in the day to do everything they ask; or is it my aging brain slowing down?
Over the past year I have looked at jobs available (I'm excluding this lock down period in my post) and the only jobs I feel comfortable doing these days are not so senior roles on a lower salary than I was on last year. This is a step down for me. I feel I have fallen behind in my work experience with different software too. I used to like payroll, but not having done it for 13 years I am very out of touch with it.
I have another 12 years of work left in me and feel lost. I have no other skills for work and instead of feeling armed with a lifetime of all round accounts experience to offer a new employer I feel very behind the times.
I don't really want to take a step down but should I just accept the fact I am getting older now & my brain is slowing down? I should just accept the lower paid, less responsible jobs and wait out my time until retirement? I'd like to get into payroll again but there's no way in without current experience. I'm lost and feel like I'm on the scrap heap.
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Dawny65 · 19/05/2020 03:36
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