I've made mistakes with jobs in the past, for instance my first 2 jobs after graduating were 0 hours contracts, and eventually I couldn't live on them financially so left each one after around a year respectively.
I left one job after 1.5 years after constantly being overlooked for a promotion and people with less experience etc. Getting promoted right in front of me. Despite having also been there 1.5 years.
I left a job after a similar amount of time due to a bullying manager. I had applied for roles in other depts but not been successful.
I left another role after a year due to being put on informal capability procedures (school role).
One job I had for 4 months, but in those 4 months I worked in 3 different settings.
Once I moved as the manager was a total bully, the second I moved as I had a service user who was violent, but they kept that quiet and then he punched me in the face out of nowhere, and also ran off and bit a 2 year old child whilst in my presence (i am not blaming the service user) I just can't believe they didn't mention the complex needs at all. It's not something I am comfortable or experienced with. The next place, I was the only quiet person amongst a group of self-proclaimed 'crazy and loud' women. They were nice, but I knew I'd find it very difficult as an introvert.
I'm currently with 4 different agencies and flit between different roles with them. I've been doing this now for 1.5 years, and even within this time I've walked out of places after a week as there was a very bitchy staff atmosphere, or the role wasn't at all what I'd thought it would be etc.
Anyway I manage my hours, I always get plenty of work and I think my pay is correct for what I do.
However I've never held down a permanent job for over 2 years and I'm 31. Some friends make jokes about it but inside I'm ashamed. I shouldn't be, being an agency worker is very flexible and I've worked in so many different settings right now. Sometimes I do wish I could be in one place permanently where I could progress.
I'm on around 23k a year I believe, whilst by no means a very poor salary it is still quite low compared to what most people my age are earning.
I'm qualified as a teacher, I have a degree and I'm multilingual. However I've done a lot of supply and I simply cannot manage behaviour, it's the reason I don't want to go for a full time teaching post.
I'm also scared of bullying again after having experienced it in a few places. I have reported, told people not to speak to me like that etc. But these people are everywhere. In a temp job it's fine, you don't have to ever see them again but when its your manager it's different.
I just don't know what to do. I do recognize that I've given up on roles far too soon in the past.