Your work situation (6 Viewers)

[HMD]

Annual review in a few minutes. Hangover hasn't cleared.

A line of speed wouldn't straightend you out. How'd it go?

 

[therealjohnny]

A line of speed wouldn't straightend you out. How'd it go?

Grand. Got a raise. Not life changing but ..good enough I suppose.

 

[pete]

Grand. Got a raise. Not life changing but ..good enough I suppose.

I'm sure your car will appreciate it

 

[therealjohnny]

A colleague keeps using the term "the icing on the cake" to refer to superfluous adornment . It irks me.

 

[Unknown Convict]

A colleague keeps using the term "the icing on the cake" to refer to superfluous adornment . It irks me.

'gilding the lily' is the relevant cliché

 

[therealjohnny]

yes! thank you

 

[chris d]

No work for 11 days!

Although the 11th day is a promotion interview to take some of the fun out of it.

 

[rettucs]

things had been going to hell in my job since december. In january I asked if I could take a redundancy (10 years in the job). Was told there was no chance.

End of february rolls around and I get called to an unscheduled meeting with my boss. Cha-ching, redundancy approved. 3 from about 15 of us got it.

Have been on gardening leave for all of March, and will be until mid-April. Was a bit of a pain in the hole looking for a new job but I managed to pick one up last week. Can actually enjoy the remaining time off now. Happy days.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

things had been going to hell in my job since december. In january I asked if I could take a redundancy (10 years in the job). Was told there was no chance.

End of february rolls around and I get called to an unscheduled meeting with my boss. Cha-ching, redundancy approved. 3 from about 15 of us got it.

Have been on gardening leave for all of March, and will be until mid-April. Was a bit of a pain in the hole looking for a new job but I managed to pick one up last week. Can actually enjoy the remaining time off now. Happy days.

Great news!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I just got a promotion but I'm pretty bored with my job after 3 years. How long after a promotion is it considered acceptable to leave?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I just got a promotion but I'm pretty bored with my job after 3 years. How long after a promotion is it considered acceptable to leave?

Whenever you want, it's your life.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Gonna get working on my CV

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Gonna get working on my CV

One bit of advice I got is to add something to your CV once a month. Obviously not something massive every time but it keeps you thinking about your career and how to stay competitive. Or become competitive eventually in my case.

 

[Unknown Convict]

I just got a promotion but I'm pretty bored with my job after 3 years. How long after a promotion is it considered acceptable to leave?

what's the longest anyone's had the same job? january marked 10 years in this job for me.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

what's the longest anyone's had the same job? january marked 10 years in this job for me.

Proper adult job - 3 years

Worked in a cinema for about 8 years, mostly part time

 

[pete]

what's the longest anyone's had the same job? january marked 10 years in this job for me.

Worked in for one place for 20 years. About 17 of those years were in the same area / section with the same boss. Then I left before I went mental, and I'm now back again after a year and a half away (different office / area though)

 

[therealjohnny]

Worked in for one place for 20 years. About 17 of those years were in the same area / section with the same boss. Then I left before I went mental, and I'm now back again after a year and a half away (different office / area though)

I'm in a similar situation. The fact someone else is in the same boat makes me feel slightly less miserable about it.

 

[magicbastarder]

over sixteen years now. i'm institutionalised.

though the job is stimulating without being stressful, and i've generally had good luck with my bosses.

 

[chris d]

10 years in the same place in the civil service now. Although the office title and it's responsibilities have changed every two years or so, so I am at least updating my corporate knowledge every now and again. But in essence it's all pushing paper around.

Had an entire clear out of the previous team a couple of months ago (one on promotion one on transfer). We had been together for 7 years so it's been a shock to the system since then with getting the new group settled in. I've been taking on more of the shite.

Made a hash of yesterday's interview so here's to the next decade.

 

[IFF]

Been in my current job 11 years now.

I did spend a year part time about 3 years ago. The looking for a job in that year was very depressing, I got 3 interviews in the time from 85 cvs. One with an insurance where I heard being described as "highly competent" being a bad thing. Another was a phone interview and a third was from a recruitment place who were quite insistent that spending my days doing only auditing would be great. I politely declined saying I didn't want to only do auditing.