Prestwich_Blue said:And because they couldn't contact you, they didn't bother unless it was a dire emergency.Ronnie the Rep said:It was best in the eighties on the road when I really was a rep. Nobody knew where I was or how long I would be!
I used to work for British Aerospace as it was then and one of my colleagues used to spend a couple of days a week at the Chester site. One day someone needed him very urgently so they rang the guy he should have been working with. He told them that Pete wasn't with him and hadn't been there at all for a couple of weeks so he got it in the neck when he next turned up in the office.
Always my aim that, so I retired three ago when I reached 53, now I rarely go out, except when I go jogging......I think I made a BIG mistake to be honest.worsleyweb said:I have made it my mission in life to escape the rat race aged 50. Working like mad now to save and invest for another 13 years, live sensibly and then do things I want to do in my 5os.
Benarbia_is_god said:21 years old now and have a year of uni left after this. Not sure what I want to do but I made a decision last year that I will not do a job I don't enjoy. I don't care how well paid it is, life is more important than having lots of money and as long as I can live a reasonably comfortable life I don't care how much I earn. If you like your work surely it becomes an enjoyable aspect of your life rather than work? I just don't think I could hack doing a job I hated for longer than 6 months!
RandomJ said:Benarbia_is_god said:21 years old now and have a year of uni left after this. Not sure what I want to do but I made a decision last year that I will not do a job I don't enjoy. I don't care how well paid it is, life is more important than having lots of money and as long as I can live a reasonably comfortable life I don't care how much I earn. If you like your work surely it becomes an enjoyable aspect of your life rather than work? I just don't think I could hack doing a job I hated for longer than 6 months!
Was actually painful reading this as this was me 5 years ago. Went to uni so I could get a job I wanted to do, said I'd never work in an office etc etc.
Left uni and there were just fuck all jobs out there, spent a bit of time on the dole and had to take this office job and was only meant to be 6 months and nearly been there 4 years now...
I hope you manage to do what you want but your showing a lot of naivety as I was guilty of as well. Just remember its tough out there when you graduate and you may have to settle for a job you loathe just to pay the bills. Good luck anyway.
I know what you mean, I've not worked for 8 months now and starting to get bored, I do go out a lot, but I'm starting to miss work, it gives your life a bit of structuregarymj said:Always my aim that, so I retired three ago when I reached 53, now I rarely go out, except when I go jogging......I think I made a BIG mistake to be honest.worsleyweb said:I have made it my mission in life to escape the rat race aged 50. Working like mad now to save and invest for another 13 years, live sensibly and then do things I want to do in my 5os.
garymj said:Always my aim that, so I retired three ago when I reached 53, now I rarely go out, except when I go jogging......I think I made a BIG mistake to be honest.worsleyweb said:I have made it my mission in life to escape the rat race aged 50. Working like mad now to save and invest for another 13 years, live sensibly and then do things I want to do in my 5os.
Worked since I was 15 in the leisure industry, long hours and all that came with it. Now I'm just fed up and bored. It's not what I thought it would be like.roaminblue said:garymj said:Always my aim that, so I retired three ago when I reached 53, now I rarely go out, except when I go jogging......I think I made a BIG mistake to be honest.worsleyweb said:I have made it my mission in life to escape the rat race aged 50. Working like mad now to save and invest for another 13 years, live sensibly and then do things I want to do in my 5os.
why do you think it has been a mistake? just out of interest
If you get a job that doesn't make you too miserable to enjoy the rest of your life, you're doing ok.CTID1988 said:RandomJ said:Benarbia_is_god said:21 years old now and have a year of uni left after this. Not sure what I want to do but I made a decision last year that I will not do a job I don't enjoy. I don't care how well paid it is, life is more important than having lots of money and as long as I can live a reasonably comfortable life I don't care how much I earn. If you like your work surely it becomes an enjoyable aspect of your life rather than work? I just don't think I could hack doing a job I hated for longer than 6 months!
Was actually painful reading this as this was me 5 years ago. Went to uni so I could get a job I wanted to do, said I'd never work in an office etc etc.
Left uni and there were just fuck all jobs out there, spent a bit of time on the dole and had to take this office job and was only meant to be 6 months and nearly been there 4 years now...
I hope you manage to do what you want but your showing a lot of naivety as I was guilty of as well. Just remember its tough out there when you graduate and you may have to settle for a job you loathe just to pay the bills. Good luck anyway.
Exactly the same as you mate.
I feel like ive been made a fool of, pretty much promised the world was my oyster after uni and id have a great job. It was all bollocks.
Too many degrees and not enough jobs
andyhinch said:I know what you mean, I've not worked for 8 months now and starting to get bored, I do go out a lot, but I'm starting to miss work, it gives your life a bit of structuregarymj said:Always my aim that, so I retired three ago when I reached 53, now I rarely go out, except when I go jogging......I think I made a BIG mistake to be honest.worsleyweb said:I have made it my mission in life to escape the rat race aged 50. Working like mad now to save and invest for another 13 years, live sensibly and then do things I want to do in my 5os.