People Who Tell You Just To "Deal With It" When You Have A Grievance About Your Job (unemployed, owner)
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OP, aren't you an auto mechanic? The expectations around turnover and having multiple jobs over a short period of time are COMPLETELY different than expectations around white collar work.
I have no experience in white collar jobs, just as you likely have none with blue collar work, or at least automotive work.
What’s the point you’re trying to make? I’d say that people who don’t have a clue putting unreasonable time constraints on you is a problem in every industry, white collar or blue. Luckily the place I work now actually has management that knows what they’re doing and my expected time to be done is reasonable. But the former is what happens when you get people that only know management skills and put them in charge.
OP, I agree with you about leaving if you're unhappy, but I'd never voluntarily do it without an offer lined up elsewhere (which is what you're suggesting, unless I'm misunderstanding your post). Get the offer from the next company, then take your stand against the current one.
Except for my first job, I’ve quit every other job without another lined up. On my fourth job now, and I don’t regret doing it.
OP you're linking two things that are not mutually exclusive.
1) Each situation, employer, and employee is different.
2)Telling a person to stop whining is NOT the same as saying don't do something to change your situation.
So telling a person to "Stop whining" or "Just deal with it" does not mean the person doesn't have the power to change the situation.
As a matter of fact I think most posts here always point out that a person IS NOT shackled to a job, and point out that the person actually DOES have the power/ability to leave if they chose to. Most of the time it's just a matter of how and when a person leaves. Sometimes depending on the situation, rarely, a person IS advised to quit. (Depending on their financial situation and family obligations, of course.)
In one of my previous threads a user posted a comment that I take to heart. Can’t remember it exactly but I’ll paraphrase:
If I got home from work unhappy 3 days in a row, I need to quit.
Even in my current job I have a bad day every once in a while. But at my previous two shops nearly everyday was a bad day and I was miserable.
And some users on here basically called me a crybaby, told me to suck it up and deal with it, and that I was foolish for quitting my job and not just bending over and taking whatever the boss dishes out. I’m glad I didn’t listen to those idiots and I get to have the last laugh now.
I’m making more money than I ever have, have the most freedom at a job I’ve ever had, don’t have to work weekends anymore, work less hours per week and still earn more. All because I was willing to stand up for myself and not deal with other people’s BS.
If I can do it, so can everybody else. Don’t be scared to take that leap, regardless of what everyone else says.
I have no experience in white collar jobs, just as you likely have none with blue collar work, or at least automotive work.
What’s the point you’re trying to make? I’d say that people who don’t have a clue putting unreasonable time constraints on you is a problem in every industry, white collar or blue. Luckily the place I work now actually has management that knows what they’re doing and my expected time to be done is reasonable. But the former is what happens when you get people that only know management skills and put them in charge.
I think what this poster is saying is that a mechanic position is more linearly transferable to other employers than many white collar jobs and as you've boasted in previous posts you're able to get work on the side too.
Mechanic work is also more transitional than office jobs similar to restaurant and car sales. Job-hopping is much more common and not unusual to see where white collar it would negatively effect future employment.
I have no experience in white collar jobs, just as you likely have none with blue collar work, or at least automotive work.
What’s the point you’re trying to make? I’d say that people who don’t have a clue putting unreasonable time constraints on you is a problem in every industry, white collar or blue. Luckily the place I work now actually has management that knows what they’re doing and my expected time to be done is reasonable. But the former is what happens when you get people that only know management skills and put them in charge.
My point is I would be foolish to leave a six figure job with bonus and full benefits on a whim because someone made me mad. Just walking out and quitting is silly.
My point is I would be foolish to leave a six figure job with bonus and full benefits on a whim because someone made me mad. Just walking out and quitting is silly.
I left a 6-figure job with benefits when I was "offered" a substantial pay cut when the company was struggling. I went out on my own and never looked back, and will never have a boss again.
My point is I would be foolish to leave a six figure job with bonus and full benefits on a whim because someone made me mad. Just walking out and quitting is silly.
Never said anything about it being “on a whim”. I’m talking if things are building up and you can’t take it anymore, you need to have the guts to walk away and not just lay down and take it because “the boss is the boss” or whatever other nonsense reason you can cite.
Never said anything about it being “on a whim”. I’m talking if things are building up and you can’t take it anymore, you need to have the guts to walk away and not just lay down and take it because “the boss is the boss” or whatever other nonsense reason you can cite.
Being able to take it is related to strength. Instead of "guts to walk away, " what about having strategic intelligence?
My point is I would be foolish to leave a six figure job with bonus and full benefits on a whim because someone made me mad. Just walking out and quitting is silly.
Sort of reminds me about the mad kid taking his ball and playing elsewhere lol
I would never quit a job like that, I have more pride in myself and work ethics.
Really? How long have you been doing exactly that? Seems like years to me.
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I believe in standing up for yourself and being willing to walk away...
Really? When will you start?
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Seriously though, are there no valid complaints ever?
Valid complaints resolve. Whining never does.
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