I was previously in my old job for 16 years, I loved the people and the role to some extent. I have moved on as an opportunity came up which I thought I could do and there was a real threat my current employer would close.
So I find myself in a new role, 3 months in and its not what I expected. I am so board. The role is in a different area of the business than I expected, apparently this often happens with new recruits, they post you where they see fit with a vague job spec. While I can do the role, the area of the business has no interest to me, its just full of corporate speak and meetings with no real action. I come from an operations background being at the coal face and I have no interest in the background politics. When I attended the interview I was lead to believe it would be on the coal face.
The company i work for is very prestigious and it is hard to get a job, the flexible working is great and I am paid £29K a year to basically organise meetings and coordinate the collection of data. In my last role I was driving what data was collected and managing work at the coal face. he new role does not challenge me and I have to stay in it for 2 years min in the company before I can move department.
That has got me thinking, I want to do something else with one of my passions I see friends with their own businesses doing things they love. Food is one of mine. I would love to become a nutritionist but i can't see how. My partner is registered disabled and I am the bread winner, I need to pay the mortgage. How can i retrain and build a business while working full time. Its chicken and egg! I also have an idea for a foodie channel on youtube maybe making some money here.