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I've been dogging myself for way too long about getting stuck in a job that gets me nowhere fast and not taking any opportunities.
I talked to a recruiter the other day about a job with a significant pay increase and a chance to use my skills.
I've been dogging myself for way too long about getting stuck in a job that gets me nowhere fast and not taking any opportunities.
I talked to a recruiter the other day about a job with a significant pay increase and a chance to use my skills.
That's like having a brain surgeon be the janitor. The waste of intelligence, abilities and education get out there and knock them out.
I've been dogging myself for way too long about getting stuck in a job that gets me nowhere fast and not taking any opportunities.
Way too few people have the ability and/or strength to recognize that it is themselves, rather than others, who are stopping them from what they want in life. Or that they have more control than they have the courage to admit because that admission would be finding fault with yourself.
Good for you OP. Good for you big time. I am sending you good karma and wishing you the best.
Pays to be careful but staying in a rut will fill you with regrets. Been there, done that.
Do your best to leave on good terms. You never know, your company may have better opportunities down the road. You may work with some of the same people again at other places.
IMHO, wise to give a job a year. That's often enough to learn company culture, market, etc. Lets you observe the power brokers and coworkers. See if promises are generally honored or somehow fade away. See if equipment or office tech is kept up to date, if customers stay on board long term, etc.
Evaluations are a good yardstick sometimes. I had 1 supervisor who constantly praised and thanked me for "going the extra mile" and doing lots of extra work, lots of "dirty work" no one else would do. Evaluation time, I got all 3's. 3 was smack dab in the middle. Then her attitude was "no one does more than is expected of them". She was not an evil woman at heart but full of frustrations and petty jealousies from over the years. She couldn't stand for anyone to get ahead of her and certainly wasn't going to help them do it. I should have left then but stayed around for 11 years. Dealt with various other scheming people too. Sort of a survival mode lots of people fell into.
Pays to be careful but staying in a rut will fill you with regrets. Been there, done that.
Do your best to leave on good terms. You never know, your company may have better opportunities down the road. You may work with some of the same people again at other places.
IMHO, wise to give a job a year. That's often enough to learn company culture, market, etc. Lets you observe the power brokers and coworkers. See if promises are generally honored or somehow fade away. See if equipment or office tech is kept up to date, if customers stay on board long term, etc.
Evaluations are a good yardstick sometimes. I had 1 supervisor who constantly praised and thanked me for "going the extra mile" and doing lots of extra work, lots of "dirty work" no one else would do. Evaluation time, I got all 3's. 3 was smack dab in the middle. Then her attitude was "no one does more than is expected of them". She was not an evil woman at heart but full of frustrations and petty jealousies from over the years. She couldn't stand for anyone to get ahead of her and certainly wasn't going to help them do it. I should have left then but stayed around for 11 years. Dealt with various other scheming people too. Sort of a survival mode lots of people fell into.
Pays to be careful but staying in a rut will fill you with regrets. Been there, done that.
Do your best to leave on good terms. You never know, your company may have better opportunities down the road. You may work with some of the same people again at other places.
IMHO, wise to give a job a year. That's often enough to learn company culture, market, etc. Lets you observe the power brokers and coworkers. See if promises are generally honored or somehow fade away. See if equipment or office tech is kept up to date, if customers stay on board long term, etc.
Evaluations are a good yardstick sometimes. I had 1 supervisor who constantly praised and thanked me for "going the extra mile" and doing lots of extra work, lots of "dirty work" no one else would do. Evaluation time, I got all 3's. 3 was smack dab in the middle. Then her attitude was "no one does more than is expected of them". She was not an evil woman at heart but full of frustrations and petty jealousies from over the years. She couldn't stand for anyone to get ahead of her and certainly wasn't going to help them do it. I should have left then but stayed around for 11 years. Dealt with various other scheming people too. Sort of a survival mode lots of people fell into.
Go on out and do what's best for you.
-I'm not a bridge burner for sure, we even had one guy quit and came back after two weeks, then quit again.
-I've been at this company for two almost three years now came in about halfway up the corporate step stool.
-You mention evaluations at my last eval he could barely squeeze out a complete complement other than you coming in early and staying late and gave me a .50 cent/ hour raise.
-Every one of my managers (about 5 in two years) I've told them don't make me a one trick pony, give me more projects and more responsibilities, but I've been pretty much told to stay in my lane.
I've had the rug pulled out from underneath me one to many times so now I'm kind of gun-shy.
Me too.
But I figure that the law of averages is on my side.
The classic bait & switch...two different ways.
Plant closure after working there for a whopping 2 years.
Shift changes without a choice.
Training new employees coming in with higher pay.
Even had a friend that was RIFed during orientation.
The best we can do is....do our homework and hope for the best.
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