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[05omegav6]

I earn enough to live comfortably, but the workload, particularly in the last 6-9 months has been unbearable, to the point I have been filling in resignation email but never actually sent it...   ...and usually by Monday I've calmed.

Our trouble is currently appalling management. Truly appalling. I have never been so busy achieving SFA in my life, and this leads to job satisfaction issues, and I guess in some what may be referred to as stress.

However, since a little birdie told me that one of the middle managers was trying to "overload people until they snapped", my usual stubbornness set in . Not everyone has my biligerance...  ...sadly for the poor chap who threw himself under a train a few weeks ago. I think only a handful of us aren't on mind altering medication now.

Don't get me wrong, I love to be busy. I thrive on pressure and busy. I just like to have that warm feeling driving home that I've achieved something, and the last few months I can honestly say I've achieved little, and that's the soul destroying bit.


Problem is, I don't want to commute more than 1hr, and just do a M-F job...

That isn't going to end well for them... besides it does then give work an alternative purpose... even if it doesn't quite tie in with the job description

I do envy those of you with paid holidays and every weekend off, but the only thing that I was sure of when I left school was that I wasn't going to work in an office... which, by and large, I have managed.

[Crazycarzowner]

Paid too much or not enough?

Pay rise??? whats on of them??? Not had one for 3 years now.

Loads of staff leaving, disillusioned with how the jobs goin, cutbacks mean more & more work piled on the ones that are left. Being kept on more past our shift end. Can't get holidays because theres no staff. If you go off sick (even with an injury that happened whilst on duty) your on report, one more & you get warned. Morale is so low, never seen it as  bad as this.

[05omegav6]

I'm saying nothin 

Paid too much or not enough?     

Probably not enough, given the need to jog everywhere...

Joking aside, if my eyesight were upto it I would have signed up a decade ago

[Crazycarzowner]

Oh and pension  Might as well not worked for the last 8 years, with the 'new' pension we've been shafted with, effectively my clocks been reset to year 0 + we have to put more in. So by the time I get to use it a) it'll be a misely amount & b) I'll be payin it to a carehome!!

[TheBoy]

Oh and pension  Might as well not worked for the last 8 years, with the 'new' pension we've been shafted with, effectively my clocks been reset to year 0 + we have to put more in. So by the time I get to use it a) it'll be a misely amount & b) I'll be payin it to a carehome!!

I guess an "advantage" that most of us in the private sector have is our pensions were screwed years ago when the DB pensions were all closed long before the recession, so we've been on DC pensions for 10yrs or more, and accept that its not worth much.  Luckily I froze my old DB one, rather than transfer it into a DC.

The other "advantage" of private sector is we took the hit earlier in the recession, no pay rises for several years (6, I think), but as we possibly, slowly, maybe pull out of recession, we are seeing small rises - still way below inflation obviously. The poor buggers in the public sector have a lot of what we've been through to come  , although did OK-ish during the recession, so swings and roundabouts.

[Sir Tigger KC]

My workload is going to be a lot lighter as someone has been giving me the old 'Cheque's in the post' routine.   

I gave my bank details today and asked them to pay in by the end of play, which they said they would.  They didn't. 

[chrisgixer]

@ TB.

Sounds very very familiar.

Although I hasten to add, obviously I don't have anywhere near your level of stubbornness

[Sir Tigger KC]

My workload is going to be a lot lighter as someone has been giving me the old 'Cheque's in the post' routine.   

I gave my bank details today and asked them to pay in by the end of play, which they said they would.  They didn't. 

Forget that! The money went in about an hour ago and it looks as though I'll be busy for while longer! 

[SIR Philbutt]

Self employed but have had to do twice as much to earn the same as a 5-6 years ago

Although over the last 6 months things have started to look up, which is good, but mostly with previous customers,

New ones still want a brilliant job, done cheap, which I refuse to do

[pauls]

Allways worked my socks off for different employers over the years but a couple of years ago after a run in with management I went f#@k it. Now only work 3 day weeks every weekend off. Also just got a 3% payrise.

[Vamps]

Not just me then......

I am really struggling at the moment, as are my colleagues, and sorry to say we are getting fed up with the part timers, when they are not in we have to pick up the pieces on top of ever increasing workloads.................

This is sad because I like my Job, we have a vacancy we can not fill, so have an agency worker in on much more money than us................

Stress levels are the highest I have ever experienced, head just want's to go bang, I even spoke with HR last week about retirement...........    

Thinking I could take retirement and then go and work for an agency.........

[Seth]

Ever considered becoming a ... errr ... train driver Mr Gixer?

Not far from you either: https://uk.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/1422/description/

[Sir Tigger KC]

Ever considered becoming a ... errr ... train driver Mr Gixer?

Not far from you either: https://uk.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/1422/description/

No good Seth, what if the trains geometry was out?   

[Seth]

No good Seth, what if the trains geometry was out?   

Gixer'll sort it Tig!

[05omegav6]

Ever considered becoming a ... errr ... train driver Mr Gixer?

Not far from you either: https://uk.firstgroupcareers.com/vacancy/1422/description/

No good Seth, what if the trains geometry was out?   

Aren't they supposed to tramline then