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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

to leave my job because it's really really boring but really really convenient and "perfect"

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boredtodeathatwork · 12/07/2019 20:31

Im an agency worker on a long term contract. Im doing admin and I guess because I'm an agency worker they basically give me the crap jobs. Theres shit loads of paperwork to go through and copying and pasting from various spreadsheets and data input. It's fucking mind numbingly boring.

But the pay is good considering what I do, it's 5 mins round the corner, colleagues are fab, management really good, it's flexible, I can change my hours to suit around my family needs etc. It's perfect in every way in that sense. .

Aibu to leave or should I stay put. I am the main carer for the dc as dh earns a lot more and he works longer hours/ ft etc. I live in a crap northern town which just doesn't have any jobs- not talking professional level jobs- just jobs! I basically would struggle to find a job around the kids with such great flexibility. I don't know what to do!

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HappydaysArehere · 12/07/2019 21:59

Count your blessings,
One by one

Stay put. Plan other things for the future.
Meanwhile use your brain on a hobby or reading demanding books etc.

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boredtodeathatwork · 12/07/2019 22:10

Thanks I guess I am not really counting my blessings. It's honestly perfect in every way except the boredom. I try to mix my day up by varying my work but it's just going from one boring thing to another!

My kids are still every young- primary school and a pre schooler. I guess I won't even know how long I will be there as they are always having cuts. I would love to work there as a permanent employee but if they advertise it will be for a full time post which does not suit my family at all. Plus they will advertise internally and if the position doesnt get filled then they will advertise externally.

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Mrsbclinton · 12/07/2019 22:13

Im in a boring job, however it works well around family life, colleagues are nice, less than 5 mins drive so lots of advantages that keep me there!

HerRoyalNotness · 12/07/2019 22:18

While your DC are small I’d keep it for the flexibility and convenience tbh. If you want to train in something in the meantime you could look at something that will lead to a more interesting job when they’re older

Purpleartichoke · 12/07/2019 22:20

Flexibility and short commute are huge.

I would only leave if you find another job that has similar features or that provides you with skill development that will help you advance in the future.

ehsw · 12/07/2019 22:23

Could you ask your manager if there is a project or additional task you could pick up that might be more interesting? Something that might be a development opportunity.

It would be a shame to leave a job that's so flexible, but I also know how soul-destroying it can be to feel like you're not using your brain.

GaraMedouar · 13/07/2019 07:23

I totally get you OP. I try and count my blessings because it is so perfect for me in so many ways. But every day I arrive at the office there’s like a grey cloud descends over me, and I have to give myself a talking to, telling myself to count my blessings. My mum tells me to stop moaning, that everyone hates their job and have to do it, but I’ve been there 20 years and have the prospect of around another 20 years!!! As I’m supporting 3 kids I really don’t have a choice, just got to change my mindset and be more positive.

KatherineJaneway · 13/07/2019 07:25

When I have lots of boring work to do I get out my Ipod and listen to music or an audiobook. Helps pass the time.

Lllot5 · 13/07/2019 07:35

Stay there for now while it suits you and your family set up.
Can always move when they’re older.

Turquoisetamborine · 13/07/2019 07:36

I’m the same. Job two mins round the corner from home and school. Nice colleagues, understanding of family life, flexitime, allow part time working. It’s actually an interesting job too but I’m ready for a change as I’ve been doing it 11 years. There’s no similar options in the local town though I’d have to drive at least half an hour away. My H works miles away so one of us needs to be nearby for the kids and his job pays a lot more and is flexible and understanding of his health needs so he doesn’t want to leave.
Also we’d have to run a second car as I don’t need a car at the moment so saves on costs too.
Has everything going for it but I’m still bored.

maddiemookins16mum · 13/07/2019 07:42

I left a horrendously stressful job to do a job that sounds a bit like yours. I do get days when I’m bored BUT it’s so stressfree that I put up with it.
Fabulous colleagues
20 minutes door to door (I used to have a 5 hour roundtrip commute)
Lovely company, lots of perks
Pay is ok (a lot less than my last job but we manage more than ok).
When I’m doing some mundane google doc job I could do with my eyes closed, I stick a headphone in one ear and listen to a podcast or the radio, it really helps.

funnylittlefloozie · 13/07/2019 07:47

Is it feasible to speak to your line manager and ask if you can take in a bit more responsibility, or an additional role, or something? I have been in my current job for nearly 7 years, i love it hugely (probably a bit too much!) but every so often i go looking for something else to take on. Fortunately i am now in a position where my manager knows i like a bit of a challenge, so i get given a lot of the tricky jobs that noone else wants. Go looking for a but more challenge, but for God's sake don't stroll out of your current job without something to go to unless you really dont need the money.

joystir59 · 13/07/2019 07:51

Stay. Be grateful for the gift of this easy convenient well paid job and take up a challenge in your personal life/time. I am a mosaic. artist who cannot make ends meet from my art/teaching mosaic, so I also do a little easy cleaning job. The job makes no demands on my brain and is 5 mins walk from home and fits in with my art, which is where all my brain power passion and energy go. See what I'm clumsily trying to suggest?

EleanorReally · 13/07/2019 08:18

the pay is good considering what I do, it's 5 mins round the corner, colleagues are fab, management really good, it's flexible, I can change my hours to suit around my family needs etc. It's perfect in every way in that sense. .
that sounds great, fab colleagues are not to be found everywhere, neither is flexibility

EleanorReally · 13/07/2019 08:20

Appreciate it while you can, they may have to advertise at some point and you might have to give it up if the hours dont suit.

Oblomov19 · 13/07/2019 08:27

Such a job is like gold dust. I've had such for the last 7 years.
See what other jobs are available on job websites?

Enb76 · 13/07/2019 08:33

I stayed at the “mind-numbing job for 6 years while my child was small. It doesn’t last forever and now I’m back on the career ladder. The dull job was perfect for as long as it suited the hours and flexibility I needed. These sorts of jobs are like hen’s teeth.

WitsEnding · 13/07/2019 08:39

By all means look around for something better, but don't leave unless you have a better job to go to. I agree with joystir59, you need to something engaging to do in your spare time - then you can think about it when you are at work!

TheCrowFromBelow · 13/07/2019 08:43

Stay! Concentrate on doing more stimulating things out of work. A well paid but boring job that works for family life and with nice people - so much better than the stress of trying to make a full time job and primary school work.
I’ve done the similar - I was temp mat leave cover but I’ve ended up with a permanent PT role, it puts money in the bank and works for family life. As the DCs get older it’s good to have the flexibility to get them to events and activities as well.

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boredtodeathatwork · 13/07/2019 08:48

Another thing is and I feel bad for saying this is that I feel like a skivvy for getting all the shit jobs to do that noone could be arsed doing. So for eg my colleagues will work on a mailshot type thing- design / write up etc and then they will give me the envelopes to stuff. I don't mind stuffing envelopes but I can so do the other stuff of writing up the documents etc.

It makes me feel a by shit tbh.

When I've asked my manager to give me something else to do that's what she gave me - ah she can now stuff the envelopes when we have a mailshot thing. Maybe I need to be a bit more direct.

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boredtodeathatwork · 13/07/2019 08:50

Just to clarify the pay isn't high or anything but in relation to other similar jobs in my town - it's pretty good. It's a low paid job in MN standards though!

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EleanorReally · 13/07/2019 09:02

make yourself invaluable op, be proactive, dont just ask, do

Preggosaurus9 · 13/07/2019 09:34

Depends what your long term career plan is. Do you want to progress in a career once DC in school and up your hours? Or rather continue earning but also prefer to keep flexibility for doing bulk of childcare pickup/drop off? It's easy to get trapped doing the type of job you've got now but there are advantages to it if it fits your long term plan.

formerbabe · 13/07/2019 10:14

Stick with it.

I'd give my right arm for a job like that.

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boredtodeathatwork · 13/07/2019 13:35

EleanorReally okay I get what you're saying- become invaluable but I fear ill end up being a bit of a suck up! How can I get the right balance.

Preggosaurus9 in all honesty I don't want a career. I want a job that works around my kids, gives us some extra money and give me something to do.

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