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Bad career moves
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squirtyflower
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Did he like his music then?CTID1988 said:Punching my boss and trying to throw him through HMV window on a works doo probably wasnt the smartest move
SteWadda
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I have made a few.
I work in insurance which was probably a bad career move in the first place but I stuck in it now.
I got made redundant and shit myself so took the first job I got offered which was in Bolton and it ended up being a call centre type job.
I hated it so moved to another company after about 6 months but into a different line of insurance which I didn't know anything about.
The job was ok but it seemed a step backwards compared to what I was doing before the call centre job. I didn't hate the job but it was just not for me. I was planning on staying a least a year so my CV didn't look shit but I got an offer from another company. Through a former colleague, it was exactly the sort of role I was looking for at the right level and with a big pay increase.
So it all worked out in the end been here 7 months now and not planning on leaving any time soon. Just got a decent bonus as well,
I work in insurance which was probably a bad career move in the first place but I stuck in it now.
I got made redundant and shit myself so took the first job I got offered which was in Bolton and it ended up being a call centre type job.
I hated it so moved to another company after about 6 months but into a different line of insurance which I didn't know anything about.
The job was ok but it seemed a step backwards compared to what I was doing before the call centre job. I didn't hate the job but it was just not for me. I was planning on staying a least a year so my CV didn't look shit but I got an offer from another company. Through a former colleague, it was exactly the sort of role I was looking for at the right level and with a big pay increase.
So it all worked out in the end been here 7 months now and not planning on leaving any time soon. Just got a decent bonus as well,
johnny on the spot
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Hate to say it but moving from managing a private law library to the public sector. The job itself was great, working in Local Studies and Family History but I just didn't fit in and took redundancy when it was offered and went back to college, best career move I ever made.
LongLang
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CTID1988 said:Punching my boss and trying to throw him through HMV window on a works doo probably wasnt the smartest move
Thats a rubbish works do!!!
Where did they take you for xmas? Ourprice??
jayblue
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being a spark was a bad career move. cant believe i still am one 27 yrs later. its proper gash.
roaminblue
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I was working for a consultancy for quite a long time, the job itself was beginning to get stale, frustrating, the job monotonous. I had started to think that I was nearing the end of my time within this industry, that perhaps this line of work wasn't for me, and was quite close to leaving.
Anyway, I got offered the opportunity, with one of the company directors, to help set up a new brand in London, which I thought would be a fantastic move.
the job was great for the first few months, I felt very much part of the culture, I was helping with some important decisions.
However, as time went on the director became something of a control freak. He was quite happy with me taking on the tasks that he didn't fancy such as the more mechanical, administrative and operational side of the business. I ended up being responsible for a lot of items that weren't neccessarily in my remit, and I didn't mind that as such, but the director put a lot of pressure on me. I later learned he was reknowned for being very flippant in his standards and in his reporting, and known for only taking on the jobs he fancied, while outsourcing everything else.
This would have ordinarly been fine, I guess. However, because I had previously begun to think that I wasn't particularly interested in this line of work, I think the problems were somewhat exaserbated.
I saved up enough money for a house, bought one, and went back to University.
Money is awfully tight now, and that is hard, but mentally I am considerably happier.
I take it you're in a similar situation currently? Or are calculating the risks of a career move?
Anyway, I got offered the opportunity, with one of the company directors, to help set up a new brand in London, which I thought would be a fantastic move.
the job was great for the first few months, I felt very much part of the culture, I was helping with some important decisions.
However, as time went on the director became something of a control freak. He was quite happy with me taking on the tasks that he didn't fancy such as the more mechanical, administrative and operational side of the business. I ended up being responsible for a lot of items that weren't neccessarily in my remit, and I didn't mind that as such, but the director put a lot of pressure on me. I later learned he was reknowned for being very flippant in his standards and in his reporting, and known for only taking on the jobs he fancied, while outsourcing everything else.
This would have ordinarly been fine, I guess. However, because I had previously begun to think that I wasn't particularly interested in this line of work, I think the problems were somewhat exaserbated.
I saved up enough money for a house, bought one, and went back to University.
Money is awfully tight now, and that is hard, but mentally I am considerably happier.
I take it you're in a similar situation currently? Or are calculating the risks of a career move?
Bill
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I was headhunted by a large carpet company years ago. I agreed to join but on the morning I was due to start I gave back word. I felt awful but it just didn't feel right. Ended up buying the firm I was working for a the time and although differcult at times it's best thing I could have done.
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Anonymous
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Leaving a job before i had a new one a few years ago was fucking stupid.