Soldato
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- 17 Jun 2012
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I'm struggling to decide whether I want to continue where I am currently because I really like some aspects of the role, but the bad stuff is really bad and gets me down a bit.
I'm struggling to decide whether the good things outweigh the bad and whether or not to continue long term.
Good things:
More or less my own boss, I am based from home with a van/tools and travel to/from different jobs where I manage myself and my time, there is also a lot of lone working which is perfect for me.
Some personal use of a company van, fuel card and no monitoring of mileage/tracked van etc.
Decent ish money considering my lack of experience and qualifications, I'd be super lucky to land anything else with these working conditions or on this sort of money locally.
The Bad:
Quite short notice of where I'll be working, I sometimes don't get told until well into the evening where I will be in the morning which can make it hard to plan stuff if I need to be up at 4am for a 4 hour drive.
Workload - the company I work for will put in a price for a job based on the workload for 2-4 people, yet I will be expected to do most of it alone but within the time frame of 2-4 people, which means pretty much all day without a proper break, if I choose to take a break I'll only be stuffing myself up by creating more work and longer hours for myself.
Hours - yes I get paid overtime but I would rather have a more regular and standard 8 hour working day, than being on the road at 4am and not back home until 6-7pm some days.
Frustration - All our work is basically subcontracted through another company who don't have anyone working for them directly that do our job, said company is mainly sales and designers. Most of these people have no idea about how to quote for how many men for how many days so the jobs can be massively frustrating when you're literally walking into the unknown, I sometimes don't even arrive on site with a drawing or list of equipment I'll be fitting, I have to make it up as I go along which to me is massively frustrating and embarrassing when dealing with the customer, turning up somewhere and literally having no idea what you're doing just seems amateurish.
Dilemma as always is whether to stick or twist? in my head I've already resigned to sticking with it because I simply wouldn't find anything else as I'm unqualified, but my stubborn side is always nagging at me for putting up with all the crap just because I don't have a choice, this is how I've walked out of jobs before by simply refusing to carry on as things are without having anything to go to.
I'm struggling to decide whether the good things outweigh the bad and whether or not to continue long term.
Good things:
More or less my own boss, I am based from home with a van/tools and travel to/from different jobs where I manage myself and my time, there is also a lot of lone working which is perfect for me.
Some personal use of a company van, fuel card and no monitoring of mileage/tracked van etc.
Decent ish money considering my lack of experience and qualifications, I'd be super lucky to land anything else with these working conditions or on this sort of money locally.
The Bad:
Quite short notice of where I'll be working, I sometimes don't get told until well into the evening where I will be in the morning which can make it hard to plan stuff if I need to be up at 4am for a 4 hour drive.
Workload - the company I work for will put in a price for a job based on the workload for 2-4 people, yet I will be expected to do most of it alone but within the time frame of 2-4 people, which means pretty much all day without a proper break, if I choose to take a break I'll only be stuffing myself up by creating more work and longer hours for myself.
Hours - yes I get paid overtime but I would rather have a more regular and standard 8 hour working day, than being on the road at 4am and not back home until 6-7pm some days.
Frustration - All our work is basically subcontracted through another company who don't have anyone working for them directly that do our job, said company is mainly sales and designers. Most of these people have no idea about how to quote for how many men for how many days so the jobs can be massively frustrating when you're literally walking into the unknown, I sometimes don't even arrive on site with a drawing or list of equipment I'll be fitting, I have to make it up as I go along which to me is massively frustrating and embarrassing when dealing with the customer, turning up somewhere and literally having no idea what you're doing just seems amateurish.
Dilemma as always is whether to stick or twist? in my head I've already resigned to sticking with it because I simply wouldn't find anything else as I'm unqualified, but my stubborn side is always nagging at me for putting up with all the crap just because I don't have a choice, this is how I've walked out of jobs before by simply refusing to carry on as things are without having anything to go to.
