I am in a job where I have been for 18 months. I generally do well and am working at an appropriate level in all aspects of it. However my employer seems hell bent on cost cutting so is not prepared to play ball with regards releasing people from their hours for useful, employment related uni modules. I have even offered to pay my fees myself and just ask them for time and me mentorship and seem to be getting nowhere. This has been ongoing for many many months and I’m really starting to get quite a bad taste in my mouth about it. I feel like I can’t plan my life or when to have children because it seems like they might finally approve the uni stuff when we’re ready to start TTC. Age wise I’m not in a position to have the best of both worlds, I probably need to do the uni stuff in the next 18 months or so at most, before we start trying, or after that shelve it until any children are quite a bit older.
I need to do something to take control back about all this uncertainty, and I noticed my old employer has an advert out for my old job, where my performance was excellent, but I left because I was bored there. This time they’re advertising with a defined pathway to be able to work from home full time. They essentially want you to work from base for a year, and then you can home work 24/7, I think with “catching up” shift per month in base so you can have 121’s, update mandatory training, etc. I could perhaps even negotiate on the years waiting period having worked there before.
I know it’s a step backwards career and development wise, but i’m considering it just to get myself some mental peace and quiet and so I can stop jumping through hoops for my current employer.
It’s a job where I would need to be in front of my screen for the majority of my shift, save for toilet breaks and lunch, as I would need to pick up jobs as quickly as they come in, and make contact with the customer, etc. Home working staff are monitored for productivity more strictly than base staff.
There’s not much difference money wise, maybe £2k - 3k a year, but I’d be saving on fuel and energy and general stress. Maternity provision is the same in both places, just statutory minimum.
I feel like I’m seeking permission from myself to stop the constant hamster wheel in my head with regards progression/development/progression/development. It feels like a way to take some power back and just do a nice calm job that I can do with my eyes closed, without needing to get up at the crack of dawn every day to go to a place full of other people with their own agendas and a toxic atmosphere.
Is there some glaring problem here that I’m missing? Is working from home all it’s cracked up to be?