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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostYep I've been humping and dumping all morning for £12.50 ph, they would have got an Indian in but they couldn't find one that would get out of bed for that rate.
My self esteem has hit rock bottom but at least my house isn't going to be repossessed... yet.
gotta do what you've gotta do to keep afloat in these times!
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Perhaps you have made a mistake - can you return to being an aircraft engineer ? I think that holds better prospects than IT.
IT is now a SunSet Indusrty - been in the industry since 1984 so Ive seen some golden days and waht we have now - fortunately Ism till doing OK - but I think IT is an industry with a great future behind it.
Whatever you do - good luck.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post38.
I was an aircraft technician before I went into IT support 6 years ago, I was doing fine up until about 18 months ago but now it looks like a big mistake.
I’m seriously looking into alternatives now, though I have got an interview for a £35k permy comms job close to home.
I’m sure there are plenty of people doing crap jobs just to pay the bills in this market, if there wasn’t a recession and I still found myself doing this I’d be seriously worried.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostAnd enjoy your outdoors job for now - there are worse things. You'll become fit and don't have a boss following you around.
I’m reading a CCNA course book and dabbling in sharepoint, it’s difficult to know what will be in demand so I’m just covering my options at the moment whilst I decide.
I think a permy role would suit me now as I need to take a path and specialise in something rather than drifting from one support job to the next without any real progression.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostI was an aircraft technician
Suggestion on its way by PM.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostI've been humping and dumping all morning for £12.50 ph
Does it involve ... (c'mon, you know what's coming next) ... licking a chutney spoon?
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post38.
I was an aircraft technician before I went into IT support 6 years ago, I was doing fine up until about 18 months ago but now it looks like a big mistake.
I’m seriously looking into alternatives now, though I have got an interview for a £35k permy comms job close to home.
I’m sure there are plenty of people doing crap jobs just to pay the bills in this market, if there wasn’t a recession and I still found myself doing this I’d be seriously worried.
And enjoy your outdoors job for now - there are worse things. You'll become fit and don't have a boss following you around.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostHow old are you?
I was an aircraft technician before I went into IT support 6 years ago, I was doing fine up until about 18 months ago but now it looks like a big mistake.
I’m seriously looking into alternatives now, though I have got an interview for a £35k permy comms job close to home.
I’m sure there are plenty of people doing crap jobs just to pay the bills in this market, if there wasn’t a recession and I still found myself doing this I’d be seriously worried.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostSC cleared too, the current job market is a fliping joke.
If I didn't have a loving wife and a gorgeous 20 month old daughter to consider I'd have gone off the rails by now, I live in hope and just keep applying.
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostBinman is it?
If I didn't have a loving wife and a gorgeous 20 month old daughter to consider I'd have gone off the rails by now, I live in hope and just keep applying.
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Yep I've been humping and dumping all morning for £12.50 ph, they would have got an Indian in but they couldn't find one that would get out of bed for that rate.
My self esteem has hit rock bottom but at least my house isn't going to be repossessed... yet.
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View PostWhen I worked in Zurich they had a rule that you could go home 1 hour earlier the day before a "bank holiday". Is it the same where you are?
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Originally posted by alreadypacked View PostWhen I worked in Zurich they had a rule that you could go home 1 hour earlier the day before a "bank holiday". Is it the same where you are?
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