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MrMoonX

MrMoonX

MrMoonX

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Right every time I have time off a few days before I start back I feel miserable and generally just fed up with the world. Today after having a week of leave, im positively suicidal at the thought of work tomorrow. I hate pretty much everyone, I hate the bum licking to climb the ladder, the cliques, the stupid morons and the general disregard for staff by management.
I have worked there for 8 years and I feel like im stuck in a dead end job that doesn't challenge me at all. There no chance of promotion despite being qualified for the grade above, due to cuts etc, oh and nepotism.

Many people think I have a great job that is really secure, I work for the prison service and im paid well for what I do, with a great pension etc. But I just cant take it anymore, its turning me into a miserable grumpy old man at 28.

Now do I just put up and get to the point where I snap and go postal or do I try to get out. There are jobs out there that would interest me with Probation but I would have to take a £7k pay drop. The other alternative is that I destroy all our financial stability and go and do a social work degree, which is something that would really interest me, the only thing that is stopping me is losing £29k a year and chopping it in for a bursary.
Has anyone here ever gone back to uni or made such a massive life change?
All i know right now is that I cant go on hating my job so much :mad:
 
MrMoonX said:
really i just looked there quite a bit and im in Surrey, guess it depends on what your looking at, all i can say is come on lottery!
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The jobs are there but they have vastly more applicants than a couple of years ago. I'm in the South East and while there's plenty of jobs to apply for, I'm actually getting a reply much much less than last time I was job hunting. Same amount of jobs, loads of applicants. There's a few jobs I've applied for that I'm absolutely qualified for and I'm not even getting a sniff because they can take their pick of overqualified people. Pain in the bum.

Could be that seeing as you're in the prison/probation trade, that's got to be pretty much recession proof, it's not like people can't afford to do crime these days.
 
If you don't mind me asking what sort of financial responsibilities do you have? You don't need to go into much detail but if you're the sole breadwinner and have young children to support then my advice would have necessity be different than if the obligations on you are that you want to maintain the same standard of living but with no responsibilities.

Have you looked into studying part time? Even seeing if your work would consider contributing to the course? Governmental organisations are often quite good about providing sponsorship or training if requested although you may struggle to make a business case for it.
 
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The jobs are there but they have vastly more applicants than a couple of years ago. I'm in the South East and while there's plenty of jobs to apply for, I'm actually getting a reply much much less than last time I was job hunting. Same amount of jobs, loads of applicants. There's a few jobs I've applied for that I'm absolutely qualified for and I'm not even getting a sniff because they can take their pick of overqualified people. Pain in the bum.

Could be that seeing as you're in the prison/probation trade, that's got to be pretty much recession proof, it's not like people can't afford to do crime these days.
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Not trying to say your wrong or anything, just offering a bit of advice from someone that has just found a job, maybe you might need to change your application method, I keep getting told I'm over/under qualified and sometimes my experience is too well rounded etc etc so I do understand, I always found ringing the person named on the job spec and asking them about the job and if I stand a chance if I apply helps.

To the OP why not stick to your job and become a distance learner for the quals you want?
 
semi-pro waster said:
If you don't mind me asking what sort of financial responsibilities do you have? You don't need to go into much detail but if you're the sole breadwinner and have young children to support then my advice would have necessity be different than if the obligations on you are that you want to maintain the same standard of living but with no responsibilities.

Have you looked into studying part time? Even seeing if your work would consider contributing to the course? Governmental organisations are often quite good about providing sponsorship or training if requested although you may struggle to make a business case for it.
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apart from renting with the mrs there isnt much else financial wise she earns about £20k a year. The thing with social work quals is you cant do them distance learn, some uni's do it part time, my work wont fund me to do something that will allow me to leave lol!
Im just so sick of working for people who cant manage their way out of a paper bag and are promoted above their skills.
 
MrMoonX said:
.....Im just so sick of working for people who cant manage their way out of a paper bag and are promoted above their skills.
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That applies to any job I'm afraid. I know how you feel about sometimes really disliking to the point of loathing your job, but take a step back and think of some of the positives before taking a leap into a situation that may be worse. As it doesn't sound like you really know what you want to do as an alternative anyway.

At the end of the day, work is work...at least we are not being sent to fight on the front line. I think the problem these days is that we have too much time and money for navel gazing :)
 
MrMoonX said:
I'm positively suicidal at the thought of work, I hate pretty much everyone, I hate the bum licking to climb the ladder, the cliques, the stupid morons.

+ people who do less work but get paid more because they are favorites.
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welcome to my world for the last 19 years. :D
 
Do you have the option of taking a career break? This would let you undertake study, travel or another job while still having the option of returning to the financial security of you current position.
 
If you feel that bad about your job you should definitely start making the moves to get out.
You spend a lot of your life at work, to hate it this much is not good.
I'd take the pay cut to pursue something you would enjoy more.
 
MrMoonX said:
apart from renting with the mrs there isnt much else financial wise she earns about £20k a year. The thing with social work quals is you cant do them distance learn, some uni's do it part time, my work wont fund me to do something that will allow me to leave lol!
Im just so sick of working for people who cant manage their way out of a paper bag and are promoted above their skills.
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In that case my advice for whatever it is worth would be to talk it over with your partner and look into what sort of funding you can get from your local education authority (or whatever they are called down here). I don't think there's too much point in sticking at a job you hate while you've at least got an opportunity to change now or at least it is probably easier to change now than if you've got more significant committments to your time or money such as children.

Sure it's unlikely to be easy and there's a very good chance you'll have to adapt your lifestyle but if you get a part time job and your partner is happy to pay a bit more of the households bills for the duration of your course then it's perfectly possible to do. You do have to be aware that the change of career may leave you no better off in terms of job satisfaction or financially but you'll never know unless you try to use a rather trite aphorism.
 
MrMoonX said:
Has anyone here ever gone back to uni or made such a massive life change?
All i know right now is that I cant go on hating my job so much :mad:
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I quit a good management job in offshore finance on £35k a year with low tax - but hated every minute of it. Luckily had savings, so I quit my job, moved back to the mainland and spent 6 months self teaching myself as much as possible about web development. Took a junior job at £13k to get some industry experience before progressing up the ladder to a senior role, then broke away and created a startup with one of the other guys in the agency.

That was almost 10 years ago now, and looking back it was a risk (yes, I had savings, but I also had a wife and 2 kids to support) but it turned out to be the best thing I ever did - on much more money now, forgotten what its like to dread going into work, and have a career that is always challenging with new stuff to learn.

Lifes far too short to spend it doing something that you hate.
 
Chin up think of the millions who would love your job right now. Carry on working and job hunt on the net and in your local News paper.

The econonmy is ****ed and will be for some time!!!!
 
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