Downsizing your career?

Devrij said:
but my time at work is still painfully boring, no matter how much I cram into the few hours I have at home.
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I have been in exactly this situation. It got to the point that it was only the fact that I was retraining to do something else that got me through the day.

It is all about controlling your thoughts and emotions.

Do you think the Castleton lead miners, got much out of their working lives?
They only got Sunday mornings off, and that was to go to Church, and they were dead by the time the were 50 (if they were lucky)

The fact of life is, we all have to put food on the table, if you are fulfilled by your job then great, I have met lads that are working themselves to death to pay the bills.

Boredom suddenly doesn't look so bad does it?
 
SkodaMart said:
I have been in exactly this situation. It got to the point that it was only the fact that I was retraining to do something else that got me through the day.

It is all about controlling your thoughts and emotions.

Do you think the Castleton lead miners, got much out of their working lives?
They only got Sunday mornings off, and that was to go to Church, and they were dead by the time the were 50 (if they were lucky)

The fact of life is, we all have to put food on the table, if you are fulfilled by your job then great, I have met lads that are working themselves to death to pay the bills.

Boredom suddenly doesn't look so bad does it?
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I think the point I'm trying to make (and I believe others are too), is that if you have the chance to have a job you enjoy, then surely that is better than one you definitely don't. Boredom certainly beats some situations, but if you can have happiness instead then it might be worth the risk.
 
Freind is in a similar position.

He is currently out of work, but has two job offers on the table.

One of them pays £15k more than the other, but its the lower paid job, which is with a better company with a better name which his heart wants.

However he is having difficulties cvhoosing becuase the other job is offering £15k more!

He is the type of person that gets restless easy in a job, and he moves on after 1-2 years.

I have told him, if you think you will move on again, take the lower paid job as you will have a chance to earn more again later, but if you think this time you want to settle in to a role long term go for the job that pays more.

Sound or rubbish advice?
 
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I am looking to do exactly this.
At the moment I'm paid a lot of money but the work just isn't agreeing with my health issues any more. So, I've asked my employer to take 50% of my salary away and my car allowance in return for a desk job.
Still enough to live on but I'll have to give up the gadgets and cars etc. However, I'd rather be poor and happy/less stressed than ill, stressed and physically exhausted.
 
If I accepted a deal like that, it would quite literally become slave labour.
 
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Admiral Huddy said:
Is the grass always greener and is money really worth more than your sanity?
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It's probably easier for me to say in regards to my own situation to yours because you have family. We'll be starting one soon I'm sure, but never again will money be the driving factor in deciding on a job for me.

I took a job in the city for the money, hated the commute and lifestyle, and am now returning to work in Cambridge, and I'll be honest the pay is great, the benefits are great, I can cycle to work again and I won't get home at ~7:30pm every day and basically only see my wife at the weekends.
 
I long for a working life of little stress and no client demands, but needs must and i simply couldn't cut pay by 50% and still live without going back to my parents house.

I was always told as a child to enjoy your school years, it's the best time of your life, oh how right my parents are (on that point atleast....)
 
Firestar_3x said:
I was always told as a child to enjoy your school years, it's the best time of your life, oh how right my parents are (on that point atleast....)
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They're not correct at all, well only if the person chooses to live life that way. The only reason anyone's school years are the best of their lives is because they're doing life wrong.
 
Zefan said:
They're not correct at all, well only if the person chooses to live life that way. The only reason anyone's school years are the best of their lives is because they're doing life wrong.
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No stress, no responsability, totally care free, not bad at all......
 
While I know nothing about the the OPs sector of work, I can only assume some of your skills, knowledge, and experience will be transferable to other sectors even if you have to go through training. Would it be possible to start to the process of re-training while staying in your current position? If you are sat around doing nothing all day then why not use the free time to read through text books etc. or study an open-university style course.
 
Zefan said:
No stress? No responsibility? Care free?

Did you even go to school?
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Yes and apart from the odd little thing it was great fun.

Everyones childhood was clearly different, obviously you did it wrong ;)

Grownup life is fine, i can do almost anything i want, i've got a great job, earn more than enough money to keep me happy and in any toys i want to buy, perhaps it's a case of rose tinted glasses.

College / Uni are also a great time, clearly you have worries of deadlines, but the social side far outweighted any of that.
 
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