If you lost your current job would you stay in the same line of work?

No, not a chance.

I've been routed over the years into a particular specialised area of IT which is now kind of a dead end.

As I've been in the industry for over 30 years now, with the mortgage paid off, and a nice redundancy package in waiting .. Once i'm out of here, then i'm done. I'll do some freelance Photography, work in a shop.. don't care.. and I've no idea.. but City Travel and corporate life.. No thanks - i'm done with that rubbish.

That said I was offered a similar job at the beginning of the year with same money but the pension was poor with longer hours. I knew that taking the job would see me see out for at least to near enough retirement but that's never guaranteed. It would have meant surrendering 20 years of a redundancy package and felt I wanted to slow down a bit..not pickup. I'm not sure I would have coped to well with the sudden acceleration and pace of modern working life. So I turn it down.

For me, as I've got older, time is more precious than money.. I know that most people don'y have that luxury of choice and i'm more fortunate than most. I'm grateful for the support of my wife, who kept my feet on the ground and we made some sensible choices down the years.
 
Nope, I’m already implementing a plan to get me out of a life of being sat on my arse staring at a screen for a big portion of the day, as others have said I’d only stick to the same thing if I needed the money and the change was too big a risk to future finances.
 
I've been doing office work for the past 10 years so I'd probably go travel for a bit (6-8 months) and then switch to a different line of work, possibly something outdoors or involves being on my feet for a change of scenery.
 
While I don't love what I do, I'm good at it and I earn more in this field than I would anything else I could feasibly earn anywhere else.

With another year of Solvency II under my belt as well its realistic to expect another sizable increase in my earnings also. Would I be more at home doing something else? Probably, but the money makes it worth staying, at least in the short term.
 
I’d be looking to switch from working deep sea on LNG carriers as I do now, and make the move to working on offshore wind farms if I could. Currently work 3 months on 3 months off at present, so getting something that doesn’t see me away for such extended periods would be nice.
 
I may well be out of a job soon. Found out last Tuesday the company I work for may well have to close down in March next year. Gutting news to get just before Christmas.

I'll stay in the IT sector though, I expect.
 
Only in a very broad sense, I'm quite happy to change roles and experience other areas of work. I think it is useful to try and experience different areas/roles when within a particular employer too - it helps you better understand the needs of your colleagues, helps you decide where you'd like to be in a few years time and helps if/when you progress as in future you might well be managing not just people from your own team/background but those other areas too.
 
I’m sort of pot committed now. I doubt I’d earn anything close and all my prior experience would be redundant. Same sector different role, maybe?
 
If I were mad redundant with a good package I would get out of IT and follow my dream of making Props for Film and TV for a living.

If I just left my current job then I would have to stick with the same line of work, wouldn't have a choice!
 
Worked as a production engineer at a defence firm for 12years before resigning in 2014. I then worked for a sister company for a year before returning back to my old place to work in special projects as a contractor earning about £800 a week.

Do I regret going back - yes, as the company is very different now having merged with a sister company last year. I am 40 something though and I'd like something to focus on primarily until I retire now.

Would I stay in the same field - most likely yes. Production/Manufacturing engineering from day to day is different with new challenges etc. You go into work with all these ideas you want to implement, only for them to go out the door when you get to work as something has gone wrong and requires attention etc. Your head is always filled with new ways to do stupid things.

I had thought about retail many times, but after seeing how House of Fraiser, Oxford street treated my wife and their employees I don't want to go down such a route.
 
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Not really, just had a load of friends leave Morrisons (different stores) due to increased hours, lack of support on shifts, poor management and even refusal to pay overtime. Weekends now compulsory for full timers (including Sundays).
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This. I deliver to 3 of their stores & the staff turnover is on average 5% a month (probably more at some of the other stores as mine are not in London & I would say that increase in the run up to Xmas) Next week a lot of them will be on 24/7 or 6am-midnight opening. If a lot of their managers spoke to me like one of them did a few years ago It doesn't surprise me that their staff turnover is as high as @Steeps said. I had a boss with that kind of attitude twenty years ago when I worked for a big retail chain. Long hours with no overtime & the threat of the sack hanging over me all the time was the reason I packed it in. Working for a big firm is no picnic, generally some Junior Management in these places are chosen to do the job that they do by the higher ups, not because they are capable of doing said job (some cant to save their life) but because of their attitude to staff & their arrogance quite frankly & the knowledge that there's always a revolving door policy when it comes to recruitment of staff. Some get away with it due to staff not 'whistleblowing' for fear of losing their job, looking back now I could've done the same twenty years ago as The HR dept was investigating.
I'm convinced that school bullies when they leave school end up becoming some sort of manager, I feel kind of sorry for people who get that kind of person as a boss. If anyone thinks I don't know what I'm talking about I've been a Junior Manager for 8 years & a Shop manager for 18 months, so I've seen the argument from both sides of the fence & taken the flak from the higher ups. I vowed to treat the staff under my management with respect at all times (with no complaints) & gave out reprimands when I had to.

For the record: If I lost my job (I'm more likely to pack it in TBH for health reasons, I have back pain & my right hip & knee give me pain too) the competition is an hours drive away. I could take a class 2 test as some of them aren't that much bigger than a 7.5 tonner which I drive anyway, but I feel that automated vehicles are going to be the way forward for commercial transport in the future. I dunno what i'll do if i did. I may try self employment.

If you're one of these so called 'managers' take my advice & go on a course for being assertive. I did & it made me a better manager. If you think I'm talking about you please don't take offence.
 
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I've never been out of work but' Im not proud. I'd do whatever it takes to put food on the table and roof over my family's head.
 
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