| Anybody able to offer anything? 11:45 - May 13 with 5056 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
I've started actively looking for a new job as I've been in my current one for 3 years now (as of next month, anyway) and over the last couple of months I've lost the enjoyment that I once had from it and, in honesty, it's making me feel unhappy to the point where it now affects my evenings and weekends, wishing I wasn't going into work again the next day/week.
Ideally I'd like something Monday-Friday based in, or in the close vicinity of, Ipswich. My current job is in the IT industry, but I feel like a break from this would do me good from a mental health point of view.
I'm fairly open-minded in terms of what I'd be prepared to do; I'd love to get more knowledgeable and experienced working with cars, or else a role within the sports industry, or working as a tradesman/builder/labourer but any and all suggestions are welcome.
It's a long shot, I know, but is there anyone on here that's aware of any openings or vacancies anywhere? |  | | |  |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 11:47 - May 13 with 3482 views | DanTheMan |
How long have you been doing IT? This sounds like classic burnout. |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 11:57 - May 13 with 3438 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 11:47 - May 13 by DanTheMan |
How long have you been doing IT? This sounds like classic burnout. |
Well, I completed an A level in it for two years then went into the role I'm currently in, so more or less 5 years, which doesn't sound like enough to get burnout. | | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 12:46 - May 13 with 3314 views | DanTheMan |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 11:57 - May 13 by No_Moore_Kieffer |
Well, I completed an A level in it for two years then went into the role I'm currently in, so more or less 5 years, which doesn't sound like enough to get burnout. |
It can easily be, depends on what you've been working on and where. I've seen people suffer burnout incredibly quickly due to their work environment.
What is it you do in IT if you don't mind me asking? | |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 12:48 - May 13 with 3301 views | bluelagos |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 11:57 - May 13 by No_Moore_Kieffer |
Well, I completed an A level in it for two years then went into the role I'm currently in, so more or less 5 years, which doesn't sound like enough to get burnout. |
Considered going to Uni? Loads of excellent courses that could open up lots of,different options. |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 12:51 - May 13 with 3295 views | J2BLUE |
'and, in honesty, it's making me feel unhappy to the point where it now affects my evenings and weekends, wishing I wasn't going into work again the next day/week.'
I had years of that. Get out ASAP. |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:03 - May 13 with 3244 views | SouperJim |
I started out in IT, studied, worked in IT support for about 3 years. It made me miserable, didn't want to go to work, didn't want to get out of bed in the morning. I just got no enjoyment out of it. Felt a bit trapped as it was the career I'd steered myself towards throughout my teens.
When I got bounced from my job for generally being a crap employee, I blindly got a job doing youth work over the summer. Best thing I ever did. 15 years later my career path working with young people has continued on into management within education. In hindsight this matches my strengths and personality far better than IT ever did, but as a teenager I had no idea what my strengths were.
In short, if you can afford to, be brave. Have a go at something completely left-field that tickles your fancy or matches your strengths. Maybe supplement your income with bar work or something if needed? |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:16 - May 13 with 3185 views | davblue |
it's a thankless job tbh most of the time.
Our business likes to moan about anything and everything IT related but that culture has been encouraged, onsite IT can be the worst as you tend to only get moaned at 5 days of the week. I left that job coming up 5 years ago, so im only dealing with internal IT people now and i much prefer it. |  | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:22 - May 13 with 3159 views | chicoazul |
OP, I am a recruiter specialising in vacancies across East Anglia, or in other words someone who makes money when people change jobs. You say you have a job in IT and I assume you also have some good qualifications so please let me say this; you would be *utterly* mad to throw that away to work as a labourer or car mechanic. Maybe youre having a bad day or a bad time but I wholeheartedly recommend staying in IT even if you do change jobs, there are going to be more and more opportunities for a young fella like you in East Anglia around Norwich and Cambridge. If you still want to move, speak to a recruitment company called Cooper Lomaz. |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:22 - May 13 with 3143 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
A mate of mine earns very good money taking on fixed term contract work in IT.
Day rates a very good.
Seems to be increasingly common in the sector. |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:23 - May 13 with 3130 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:22 - May 13 by chicoazul |
OP, I am a recruiter specialising in vacancies across East Anglia, or in other words someone who makes money when people change jobs. You say you have a job in IT and I assume you also have some good qualifications so please let me say this; you would be *utterly* mad to throw that away to work as a labourer or car mechanic. Maybe youre having a bad day or a bad time but I wholeheartedly recommend staying in IT even if you do change jobs, there are going to be more and more opportunities for a young fella like you in East Anglia around Norwich and Cambridge. If you still want to move, speak to a recruitment company called Cooper Lomaz. |
It all makes sense now. | |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:33 - May 13 with 3085 views | Deano69 |
Possibly?
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:34 - May 13 with 3082 views | SouperJim |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:22 - May 13 by chicoazul |
OP, I am a recruiter specialising in vacancies across East Anglia, or in other words someone who makes money when people change jobs. You say you have a job in IT and I assume you also have some good qualifications so please let me say this; you would be *utterly* mad to throw that away to work as a labourer or car mechanic. Maybe youre having a bad day or a bad time but I wholeheartedly recommend staying in IT even if you do change jobs, there are going to be more and more opportunities for a young fella like you in East Anglia around Norwich and Cambridge. If you still want to move, speak to a recruitment company called Cooper Lomaz. |
With respect, depends on your perspective. If he doesn't enjoy working in IT, he doesn't enjoy it. Mad to jack it in from a financial perspective perhaps, but personally I'd rather be poor and happy than wealthy and miserable.
Also, his posts suggest he's in his twenties. Now is the time to find a career path you'll enjoy, suck up the short-term hurt for longer term happiness. If he sticks with a career he doesn't enjoy purely for financial gain, in 10 years time he could be on the bones of his bum in terms of happiness but with financial commitments that mean he can no longer afford to change direction. | |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:34 - May 13 with 3078 views | DanTheMan |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:22 - May 13 by Marshalls_Mullet |
A mate of mine earns very good money taking on fixed term contract work in IT.
Day rates a very good.
Seems to be increasingly common in the sector. |
Depends what "working in IT" means.
If you're doing support, probably not going to be great.
If you're a dev, then you can make quite a substantial amount of money if you can deal with some of the nonsense that comes with being a contractor. | |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:38 - May 13 with 3059 views | Deano69 |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:34 - May 13 by DanTheMan |
Depends what "working in IT" means.
If you're doing support, probably not going to be great.
If you're a dev, then you can make quite a substantial amount of money if you can deal with some of the nonsense that comes with being a contractor. |
An effectively running your own business, and avoiding IR35, and remember to pay/save for tax payments etc etc | |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:25 - May 13 with 2954 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 12:46 - May 13 by DanTheMan |
It can easily be, depends on what you've been working on and where. I've seen people suffer burnout incredibly quickly due to their work environment.
What is it you do in IT if you don't mind me asking? |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:28 - May 13 with 2944 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 12:48 - May 13 by bluelagos |
Considered going to Uni? Loads of excellent courses that could open up lots of,different options. |
I've considered it but it's not really for me. The long-term debt, workload and exams don't really appeal. I think in terms of how I learn etc. I'm far better being in a real-world environment than being in a lecture and making notes | | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:30 - May 13 with 2931 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 12:51 - May 13 by J2BLUE |
'and, in honesty, it's making me feel unhappy to the point where it now affects my evenings and weekends, wishing I wasn't going into work again the next day/week.'
I had years of that. Get out ASAP. |
Yeah, it really sucks. I'm considering handing in my notice to the company without finding a new job first. I've got enough money that I don't need to jump straight back into work immediately, and I'd rather have my happiness even if my bank balance suffers for a few weeks. | | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:32 - May 13 with 2917 views | chicoazul |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:30 - May 13 by No_Moore_Kieffer |
Yeah, it really sucks. I'm considering handing in my notice to the company without finding a new job first. I've got enough money that I don't need to jump straight back into work immediately, and I'd rather have my happiness even if my bank balance suffers for a few weeks. |
Do not leave your job before you have another job. It is much easier to get a job if you already have a job. It's human nature for the people interviewing you for your next position to find it a bit weird if you say "I hated my last job so much I just left without having another one to go to". | |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:32 - May 13 with 2913 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:03 - May 13 by SouperJim |
I started out in IT, studied, worked in IT support for about 3 years. It made me miserable, didn't want to go to work, didn't want to get out of bed in the morning. I just got no enjoyment out of it. Felt a bit trapped as it was the career I'd steered myself towards throughout my teens.
When I got bounced from my job for generally being a crap employee, I blindly got a job doing youth work over the summer. Best thing I ever did. 15 years later my career path working with young people has continued on into management within education. In hindsight this matches my strengths and personality far better than IT ever did, but as a teenager I had no idea what my strengths were.
In short, if you can afford to, be brave. Have a go at something completely left-field that tickles your fancy or matches your strengths. Maybe supplement your income with bar work or something if needed? |
I've just got into coaching at grassroots level lately and I've been inspired by some of the stories I've heard about how coaches used their youth football experience and transferred those skills across to helping coach and work with people, so something like that isn't out of the question! | | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:35 - May 13 with 2904 views | SaleAway |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:25 - May 13 by No_Moore_Kieffer |
Software developer |
Strip it back to basics.
1. What attracted you to writing software in the first place?
2. Has that changed, or are you not getting to do what you want?
3. Could you potentially find a happier place if you were writing different software, or working with different people?
Bear in mind that there are a lot of different ways to "be a software developer". You could be working for a product company, becoming an expert on their technology, you could work for a consultancy, and have to be flexible in what you learn, essentially use any available tool to solve the problem for the customer.
Think about what you want from your day to day, and then find a job that matches it. Asking for a job, any job, just so as you get out of your current one is the wrong way about it.
make a plan for your future. it'll make you a much more attractive employment option, too. |  |
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:37 - May 13 with 2901 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:33 - May 13 by Deano69 |
Possibly?
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I think my boss is generally good, patient and always open to questions and supporting me. It's a small company, there's only a few people who work here, but I don't really have anything in common with any of them so socially I'm not really fitting in which may be part of the problem.
A fresh start will do me the world of good imo | | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:39 - May 13 with 2895 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:34 - May 13 by SouperJim |
With respect, depends on your perspective. If he doesn't enjoy working in IT, he doesn't enjoy it. Mad to jack it in from a financial perspective perhaps, but personally I'd rather be poor and happy than wealthy and miserable.
Also, his posts suggest he's in his twenties. Now is the time to find a career path you'll enjoy, suck up the short-term hurt for longer term happiness. If he sticks with a career he doesn't enjoy purely for financial gain, in 10 years time he could be on the bones of his bum in terms of happiness but with financial commitments that mean he can no longer afford to change direction. |
Tend to agree, but if I was the OP I’d definitely look for another job in IT at this stage, given that the one he’s in currently is his first job (if I’ve understood correctly). At worst he’ll be in the same position in 6 months time whereas he may find that it’s just the current job and environment that he dislikes, rather than the field itself
With these sort of things though what is the right answer for one isn’t always the right one for someone else, so difficult to say for sure! [Post edited 13 May 2019 14:39]
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| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:40 - May 13 with 2887 views | Heathlander |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:32 - May 13 by No_Moore_Kieffer |
I've just got into coaching at grassroots level lately and I've been inspired by some of the stories I've heard about how coaches used their youth football experience and transferred those skills across to helping coach and work with people, so something like that isn't out of the question! |
I work in the charity sector. Something like a key worker may be right up your street. And also there are a lot of roles in this area. Pay's not great but if you wanted to look at 'coaching' then this could be for you.
You could look for a charity that helps young people. Something like the YMCA for example. Some of the youngsters need mentoring, coaching, life skills and a bit of a kick start to get them going in the world. It is very rewarding and probably not that difficult to get into.
Off the top of my head someone like Realise Futures, WS training, YMCA, The Shaw Trust, Inspire Suffolk would be good places to look into do some research, or just reach out to them for a chat to see if that is the sort of thing you would be interested in. Most of the job ads on Indeed seem to be for the charity sector.
Any way just a thought and good luck. |  | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:44 - May 13 with 2868 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 13:34 - May 13 by SouperJim |
With respect, depends on your perspective. If he doesn't enjoy working in IT, he doesn't enjoy it. Mad to jack it in from a financial perspective perhaps, but personally I'd rather be poor and happy than wealthy and miserable.
Also, his posts suggest he's in his twenties. Now is the time to find a career path you'll enjoy, suck up the short-term hurt for longer term happiness. If he sticks with a career he doesn't enjoy purely for financial gain, in 10 years time he could be on the bones of his bum in terms of happiness but with financial commitments that mean he can no longer afford to change direction. |
Exactly, I'd prefer to work away from the industry at least temporarily to allow myself to re-evaluate whether it was the industry that was the issue, the actual company, the people etc.
You're correct that I'm in my twenties. I'm prepared to try new things in order to find the best place for me long term. | | | |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:46 - May 13 with 2858 views | No_Moore_Kieffer |
| Anybody able to offer anything? on 14:32 - May 13 by chicoazul |
Do not leave your job before you have another job. It is much easier to get a job if you already have a job. It's human nature for the people interviewing you for your next position to find it a bit weird if you say "I hated my last job so much I just left without having another one to go to". |
Yeah, it's not my first choice to leave without having something else lined up, it really just depends on how long I'm job hunting for. | | | |
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