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iamdjdz said:
Really used to love my job but everything seems like a chore right now. Though I don't want to change my career or employer it's a struggle right now to keep motivated.
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Its a sign time to move on, even if you don't want to. Otherwise that chore will turn into boredom and it will show in your work that you are no longer motivated.

Had this happen to me last year, was in a job which basically took me back 10 years. Doing the samething just a title change. Didn't work out well in the end and I left after a disagreement with management.

Now in a better job, working on better projects and no longer just an "IT Generalist" with an Senior title.
 
So Its been 10 years I have been employed and not doing my own thing, I now have a stay 9 to 5 job and not shift work. This has allowed me to come home from work around 7ish and then work on my own stuff until midnight ish.

One year thinking what if but not actually doing anything. So now woke up and kicked my self up the ass and got into action in feb.

Started a helath technology business focusing on mens health, we go to market in 4 weeks.

I will report back in 6 months and let you guys know how it's going.

I want to be at £1m revenue by Jan 27 followed by a move out of the uk. Wish me luck.
 
Dr House said:
So Its been 10 years I have been employed and not doing my own thing, I now have a stay 9 to 5 job and not shift work. This has allowed me to come home from work around 7ish and then work on my own stuff until midnight ish.

One year thinking what if but not actually doing anything. So now woke up and kicked my self up the ass and got into action in feb.

Started a helath technology business focusing on mens health, we go to market in 4 weeks.

I will report back in 6 months and let you guys know how it's going.

I want to be at £1m revenue by Jan 27 followed by a move out of the uk. Wish me luck.
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Nice ! Good luck.

If you have the skills, always use them to make yourself rich and not somebody else.
 
Just had a prelim interview. Seemed to go well, it was very much a two way conversation. Seemed to be positive.
Also have someone through a ex-colleage referral wanting to chat tomorrow.

So happy and busy at the moment.
 
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Opportunity came about at work to go into a management role, something I'd previously done and moved back to tech role as got no joy. About a 20-25% pay increase. I watched the deadline go by and feel slightly disgusted with myself (financially) as to why I didn't apply as promotion possibilities come up so rarely. Then I remind myself of the reasons. What do you think? (IT role)

Pros:
- More money
- A chance to actually drive change and fix all the **** which has been allowed to happen through weak management

Cons:
- It's managing a dev/test/apps team (approx 10-15 people) where most are off shore
- At least 2 of them are complete morons
- I'd lose my tech skills and ability to problem solve/design/fix/build/code
- My day to day would be meetings 90% of the time
- I'd never produce anything personally, my role would be to get the team to do things
- It's an area of the business that is more legacy with a tendency to not use the latest greatest tooling and less investment
 
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jaybee said:
Opportunity came about at work to go into a management role, something I'd previously done and moved back to tech role as got no joy. About a 20-25% pay increase. I watched the deadline go by and feel slightly disgusted with myself (financially) as to why I didn't apply as promotion possibilities come up so rarely. Then I remind myself of the reasons. What do you think? (IT role)

Pros:
- More money
- A chance to actually drive change and fix all the **** which has been allowed to happen through weak management

Cons:
- It's managing a dev/test/apps team (approx 10-15 people) where most are off shore
- At least 2 of them are complete morons
- I'd lose my tech skills and ability to problem solve/design/fix/build/code
- My day to day would be meetings 90% of the time
- I'd never produce anything personally, my role would be to get the team to do things
- It's an area of the business that is more legacy with a tendency to not use the latest greatest tooling and less investment
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Have to remember the 20-25% will be taxed anyways then split the pay rise out over the 12 months and it likely won't be a massive amount every month.
The ability to drive change sounds good but how confident are you that its not the senior management halting change? This could quickly turn into a con.

Unless you really need the money or you need the stepping stone into a even more senior role i'd be staying where you are. Rather earn less than i'm on and enjoy less stress
 
jaybee said:
Opportunity came about at work to go into a management role, something I'd previously done and moved back to tech role as got no joy. About a 20-25% pay increase. I watched the deadline go by and feel slightly disgusted with myself (financially) as to why I didn't apply as promotion possibilities come up so rarely. Then I remind myself of the reasons. What do you think? (IT role)

Pros:
- More money
- A chance to actually drive change and fix all the **** which has been allowed to happen through weak management

Cons:
- It's managing a dev/test/apps team (approx 10-15 people) where most are off shore
- At least 2 of them are complete morons
- I'd lose my tech skills and ability to problem solve/design/fix/build/code
- My day to day would be meetings 90% of the time
- I'd never produce anything personally, my role would be to get the team to do things
- It's an area of the business that is more legacy with a tendency to not use the latest greatest tooling and less investment
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Find it hard to relate, I've always said yes and it's led to opportunities I never would have dreamed I'd have earlier in my career.
 
NickK said:
Hmm got a prelim interview for a contract, next week, if they like me then panel interview end of the week and then start on the first or there abouts.
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Update the interview went well.. onto the second panel interview sometime the end of the week.

Also a colleague has referred me to another, no job spec yet, but basically an initial chat with their CEO. Then we'll see if there's a role.
 
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jaybee said:
Opportunity came about at work to go into a management role, something I'd previously done and moved back to tech role as got no joy.
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If you've done it before and didn't like it then what makes you think this time will be different?

Otherwise I'd say that you'd always be better to take it than not. Even if it's not where you want to be it'll open up new opportunities for the future.
 
So I'd applied for a role - contract, to replace someone doing the role at present who is internal and was meant be be leaving the role for another internal role. The interview I had last week was positive, and really good feedback came back but the boss was on vacation.

News today is that they will continue with the person in the role at present. And so there's no role. I assume the current person didn't get the new role, or they were leaving but took the counter offer.

Ah well. It would have been interesting. Annoying though that I'd spent a number of days researching and preparing for the panel interview. Still all good things etc.
 
it's salary review time. I was told verbally by one of the directors that I would be getting the inflationary pay rise: 3.8%. I got an email late last night saying that I'd been awarded the 11% raise that I requested.

Normally, I would sort of expect them to give me what I've asked for - not because they do what I tell them or whatever, but because that seems to have happened every year for the past three or four years.

But I've had an awful year at work, demotivated, lost, adrift, unsure of what I should be doing, under-worked, etc. Given the conversations I've had with the directors recently about me underperforming (through a combination of personal circumstances and a lack of motivation from the business), it doesn't make sense.

I'm going to ask the director I work with most days, but I guess the reality is that they're saying, "OK, give him what he's asked for, but if he doesn't pull his socks up, we'll be having a very different conversation."

It's a weird one - I would almost have been more comfortable with the 3.8%. Anyway, ate some sushi to celebrate.
 
dirtychinchilla said:
it's salary review time. I was told verbally by one of the directors that I would be getting the inflationary pay rise: 3.8%. I got an email late last night saying that I'd been awarded the 11% raise that I requested.

Normally, I would sort of expect them to give me what I've asked for - not because they do what I tell them or whatever, but because that seems to have happened every year for the past three or four years.

But I've had an awful year at work, demotivated, lost, adrift, unsure of what I should be doing, under-worked, etc. Given the conversations I've had with the directors recently about me underperforming (through a combination of personal circumstances and a lack of motivation from the business), it doesn't make sense.

I'm going to ask the director I work with most days, but I guess the reality is that they're saying, "OK, give him what he's asked for, but if he doesn't pull his socks up, we'll be having a very different conversation."

It's a weird one - I would almost have been more comfortable with the 3.8%. Anyway, ate some sushi to celebrate.
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Without knowing the ins and outs, sounds like they're trying to help motivate you and get you back on track?
Carrot being better than the stick approach.
 
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Currently outsourcing a job that is a month late coming in. Three weeks with a freelancer and I'll tidy up at the end.
Pitched for a week-long job yesterday.
Have had confirmation on 1.5 days this week with an ongoing project.

It's blooming quiet. Need to email my main contacts and put my name out a bit.
Also need to update my site, add new work, and rethink my new biz strategy.
 
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