Hate my job. Help!

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8 months in.
Never had a 'probation review' despite me asking my line manager... was told on the phone verbally "don't worry you've passed"
Not doing the job I was taken on for.
Being put on with other shit. A colleague who I am close to said I'm a 'Bob a job' 😫
No support.
Badly organised company.

I want a new job!!

I also have other issues outside of work which aren't helping with my stress levels. It would be great if I could get a high paid part time job and I could just resign and earn the same £40k a year that I'm currently on but maybe working 3 days a week.

Who can recommend some highly paid part time jobs (other than only fans 😂) where you don't necessarily have to have specific qualifications for.

Thanks in advance 🤞
From a very tired and fed up full time working mom who's had enough

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Teacher

You need specific qualifications to teach. Hence why we spend 3/4 years getting a degree.

Oh. There was a thread on here the other day saying they were so desperate they were recruiting non qualified people. Maybe a class room assistant then?

£40k 🤣😂🤣

Obviously you'd have to work up

You'd be working up a long time to get to £40k as a TA.

They earn a pittance.

Taken me nearly 30 years to earn £45k as a bog standard classroom teacher.

I've actually almost finished my degree, although it's not a degree I would have thought would be relevant to teaching as it's more business related

Can you give us a clue about your age/experience/talents?

Cool then you just do the pgce and you're in!

Work up to what? £20K?

If there were jobs that you could work part time for 40k with no experience or qualification then we would all be ding them.

Could you tell us about your current job, what degree you are doing, experience etc and maybe it would be easier to advise.

The usual answer to things like this is to do what you currently do but consulting/freelancing. That way you have experience backing you up.

This is kind of what I do now. 12 years working in the landscaping industry and after going through all the stress of being employed I now freelance as for other companies doing technical drawing and visualisation. Being able to name drop previous work and a decent portfolio was key. I work about a day a week term time and make about 10k a year. If I increased to 3/4 days, which I intend to do when DD starts school, 40k would be achievable.

What do you want to do?
Most people either do a job they don't hate because it earns them ££££ or they do a job they love for less money. I love my job in social work but it doesn't pay that well. Not for the level of stress.
Identify what you want to work for, is it just money or for satisfaction? Or both?

You could be a business studies teacher. But it's a moot point really if you need to earn £40k on 3 days a week. A qualified teacher, unless they have many years of experience and a significant leadership responsibility, isn't going to earn that working part-time. £20k for 3 days a week would be realistic for a part-time ECT, once you've finished the PGCE. Or about £30k for full time (which would probably be 6 days a week during your ECT years). I suspect you could do better than that doing something else. Could you train to be an accountant on the job?

I'm sorry to say welcome to the club. I think there are many people who don't necessarily enjoy their work, and would also quite like a highly paid part time job.

If you find one, let us know as there will be a queue I expect.

In the meantime, start applying for other jobs. Don't resign until you have one though as the job market is peculiar at the moment.

What's your full time job just now? Can you move into an associated field?

£40k p/t with a lack of experience, skill or qualifications is a bit of a pipedream.

Executive assistants get paid well. You would need to have a few years working for a small boutique company to prove yourself.

I don't know how organised you are, if you are computer literate, if you can think a few steps ahead of everything, think on the spot to problem solve and are a people person as you have to build strong relationships.

It's a big leap to go from working full time to part time on the same wage. I know you don't like your job but the obvious thing to do in the first instance is to find another job that you do like with a better employer.

Once you're in a happier place, then you can start thinking more rationally about how to reduce the number of days you work.

Wanting 'a part time job with the same money' isn't a good starting point. You haven't said how old you are but I imagine you still have a considerable amount of years left before retirement. So you need to start thinking long term otherwise you're going to be flitting from job to job, never happy with what you've got.

My advice would be to look for a job that matches your current skill sets, with an employer who actively encourages development and training (to future proof your career and salary expectations) as well as offering hybrid working, so you can work from home several days per week.

Are you joking 😂