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I'm about to leave another job ....

19 replies

Lola999 · 23/07/2019 22:17

After having a very steady job for 20 years I've took 2 year long career break which started 8 months ago

While I'm glad of the career break and not ready to go back yet, I've found it hard to stick any other job and have had 5 jobs since Christmas.
Job 1 .... I left after 4 hours
Job 2 .... I left after the 2nd day
Job 3 .... I stuck it for 2 months
Job 4 .... One month
Job 5 .... 6 weeks in and I'm seriously considering just not going back

Wtf is wrong with me????????

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cindyhove · 23/07/2019 22:22

What were the reasons you left them all?

Basketofkittens · 23/07/2019 22:27

What kind of jobs are they? Are they jobs that you don’t want to do?

I’ve had sooo many jobs but I group temp ones on my CV together and leave off the very short term ones that I quit so my CV is actually very good!

I wouldn’t put any of those roles on your CV.

What’s making you hate the jobs so much? The people? The environment? The work? Being stuck somewhere 9-5 with no escape?

You could try and identify what job you do want to do so you don’t fall into the repeated pattern of starting jobs you won’t stay in.

I’m living somewhere at the moment with a poor jobs market and I decided that a low level admin job in a provincial office is never going to suit me. In the past year I left one job after a month, started a part time job that was okay but then jumped at a much better paid job in the Civil Service which I then had to resign from before I was pushed. Then started an NHS job that was equally rubbish!

So made the decision to be a full time student and retrain in a profession with DH’s support so I don’t have to work in crappy admin jobs that I hate.

I’ve had a run of bad luck down here, never had any issues at work before. Oh well!

Abillity2019 · 23/07/2019 22:29

How old are you? You’re lucky to be finding new jobs so quickly.

RosaWaiting · 23/07/2019 22:33

“I've took 2 year long career break which started 8 months ago”

Bit confused by that.

A lot of jobs are horrible. Would you be better doing contracts so you can see light at the end of the tunnel?

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Lola999 · 23/07/2019 22:53

Rosawaiting.... 8 months ago I started on a 2 year career break

My career is fast paced, highly stressed and very long hours thus I really needed the career break. I do intend to go back after the 2 years. In the meantime all the jobs ive had have been very very different.
I actually struggle these days working with people. Not anyone in particular, just people in general. Might become self employed if I could ever think of a easy starter

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RosaWaiting · 23/07/2019 22:58

Do you need the current work for financial reasons?

I totally get what you mean about working with people, my work at home days keep me sane - just!

blueshoes · 23/07/2019 23:00

So you left your 20 year career to take a career break which involves a series of non-career type jobs?

Are they unskilled minimum wage jobs working for petty managers whereas you are used to more executive managerial roles?

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Lola999 · 23/07/2019 23:01

More or less spot on blue shoes

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blueshoes · 23/07/2019 23:20

Yes, I would hate to work for managers who I would have managed in a previous life.

If you have the option of self-employment or free lance work, particularly in your previous line of work, that would be ideal. I understand hating to work with or for stupid petty people.

My current job is fast-paced and people are clever and driven. It sounds terrible but I would struggle to report to people who were slower on the uptake or petty tyrants (and I was thinking inside I could run rings around them). That is the problem with doing a job you are both over- and underqualified for.

IAskTooManyQuestions · 24/07/2019 10:07

Have id it for 2 years and loved it ! Different job every 2 weeks, new people, no one actually expected anything, a couple of longer 6 month placements then when I'd enhanced my skill set enough, I returned to permanent and pensionable

Lazypuppy · 24/07/2019 10:55

I don't understand taking a career break but having other jobs?

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Lola999 · 24/07/2019 15:03

Lazypuppy what's not to understand? I know lots of people who have done exactly that. It's a career break from a particular career not a an employment break

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Lazypuppy · 24/07/2019 17:03

@Lola999 in my head a career break is time away from employment, people i know who have done it have gone travelling or spent time with their family etc.

I just don't see why you would want to take a break from your career and work in some other random jobs for 2 years, i'm presuming earning far less money than in your career?

WickedGoodDoge · 24/07/2019 17:07

I also think of a career break as a break from employment. My last employer specifically forbade other employment while on a career break. Do you need the money? If not, would you be better doing volunteer work, taking some classes etc?

LIZS · 24/07/2019 17:12

It's not really a career break though , unless you have a job option waiting at the end of 2 years. Presumably you just resigned and are exploring other types of work.

FiddlesticksAkimbo · 24/07/2019 17:15

I'm with Lazypuppy. Isn't your stated problem a good reason not to understand the sort of career break you've chosen? Doing dull jobs which you find frustrating or for one reason or another dislike sufficiently to walk straight out the door! And for less money.

SleepWarrior · 24/07/2019 17:17

Sounds like you (quite reasonably) wanted a break from a stressful career and chose to take on simpler jobs in the meantime - jobs that don't require a high mental load, that you can just walk away from at home time, no real responsibility etc.

The trouble is 'just' a job is often only simple on paper as it frequently comes with unreasonable expectations from miserable bosses, lack of respect, no honouring or legalities surrounding breaks etc.

Bottom line is working frequently sucks, no matter what level or pay you are talking about! The biggest determining factor of a happy work life is good colleague/management relationships and a sense of being valued for what you do, but that's nigh on impossible to judge before you start somewhere.

clarissa469 · 24/07/2019 20:02

Job hopper! You must be fit as a fiddle

snowy0wl · 24/07/2019 22:48

Hello. What are you hoping to get out of your 'career break'? At the moment it sounds like you have swapped one type of stress for another (boredom and frustration). Also, after a 2 year break, will you need to do any training to re-enter your career at the same level (I'm unsure what field you are in)? Hopefully you are factoring in "me time" to help you de-stress. Assuming money isn't tight the two year break is the perfect time to take a up a new hobby, travel or do some other activity that a FT job would normally prevent.

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