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Fixed
United States174 Posts
Man up. u gota skate bro. | ||
Empyrean
16937 Posts
On December 26 2009 15:37 Energies wrote: Getting another job shouldn't be overly difficult, the fear I have is losing established friends and contacts with my current job, the security of knowing the job is going to be there at least for quite a while to come as will promotions and pay increases. I have such small work experience, It feels like I am on some sort of winning ticket that I won't get again anywhere else. I can't figure out whether that is just a mentality I have or fact. I think something you need to heavily consider is whether or not leaving bad work relationships at your current job would be worth losing the good ones you have there as well. | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
On December 26 2009 15:59 Fixed wrote: Dude this isnt candy land. Not everyone in the world has some perfect job with perfect co-workers. Its life man. I would think twice before quitting a job during these times. Ride it out. Those people arent going to be there forever. Punch in do ur work punch out and live life. Man up. Agreed. There's no guarantee that you would get a better situation even if you are able to land a job with someone else. The people there might be even worse than what you are dealing with right now. | ||
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Achromic
773 Posts
Engergies Hwaiting! | ||
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sYz-Adrenaline
United States1850 Posts
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22247 Posts
From the three different companies I've worked for, my experience has been: The people who are vocal, complain about others not doing their jobs, and don't get along well with others are usually LESS PRODUCTIVE than the people they are complaining about. Now, that doesn't mean they're inherently lazy or unproductive by natural, but the attitude/mental positioning that comes from having such a negative outlook makes them that way. I'm in a leadership position in my company, and I've had recent training that can really help with your outlook... the gist of it is, how you approach scenarios, and focusing on personal accountability rather than blame, which is the easy route to take. I'll have to dig the CD out of my car and upload it for you if you're interested... but after your recent post, it sounds like the job and the people there are not the problem, to be perfectly frank. | ||
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
I quit the job, and I found another one and I'm very happy for it. You're young and dont doubt your ability to move up quickly again. The question is always: Are you happy... I'd guess from the tone of the blog youre not. | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
I am still in no way less productive due to these issues as you suggest, but I don't go out of my way to do anything I don't have to anymore. I wasn't always like this. I use to be an absolute work horse, working until sun down was not uncommon, and I was working almost every Saturday even though we are not paid for it and it is in no way compulsory. But doing this day in and day out while others are leaving early, taking huge lunches, never coming in on the weekends, some even getting paid significantly more. It just eats at me man. Unfair is the only way I can put it. How can you continue to bust your ass all day when others around you are coasting. Due to the way my parents brought me up I have a very strong work ethic, so I can't just sit back and decide to also do fuck all because others are. For that reason, every time I am busy or stressed, knowing there is someone around me surfing the net or ready to go home 2 hours early makes me nerd rage. | ||
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AttackZerg
United States7453 Posts
A Job, A Career and a passion are not all required to be the same thing in this world. My passions are raising my son, eating quickly and playing/watching starcraft-poker, my job is to sell shoe cleaner and my career is to own many retail franchises and small peices of real estate as possible to generate large amounts of very liquid capital while maintaining ownership. Just decide if this job fits along with the dollar curve you want to base your life around and then run with it. That is the only function of 99.9% of jobs in this world so why demand so much more. If the job makes you hate every waking moment then it is a totally different story. I worked at Jack in the box AND carls jr. and a shit job is a shit job. (btw I am a ceo and a president of a partnership And a sole prop. and I am still (after taxes) making just over 50k (although I was able to write off almost 20k in cloths/shoes/books/cabrides/plane flights ect) just please man don't ask to much from work. Your on pace to make your first million before 37 aside from stock/assets you may aquire along with the potential for large credit lines due to your crazy stability. Is that enough? (I know my grammar is terrible but I'm trying to get back to starcraft and I just couldn't believe someone making 70k a year is upset because of losers at work ...) | ||
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AttackZerg
United States7453 Posts
On December 26 2009 16:46 Energies wrote: How can you continue to bust your ass all day when others around you are coasting. Due to the way my parents brought me up I have a very strong work ethic, so I can't just sit back and decide to also do fuck all because others are. For that reason, every time I am busy or stressed, knowing there is someone around me surfing the net or ready to go home 2 hours early makes me nerd rage. Dude your view on that is wrong. Working harder then others pays now AND later. Seriously man if your a hard worker and they aren't that means you can run them someday ... and that sir is worth all the extra hours =). | ||
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Energies
Australia3225 Posts
I think I might just need to sit back and reflect on the situation. Mostly I was just after stories of similar scenarios, as I have no idea how to deal with this one. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
A bdm with your experience will easily fetch 70K... Get rid of the people that you don't like if you can. My old lecturer said to me once, take care of your health and your finance, stuff the rest. Being so young, I'm assuming that you don't yet have any serious commitments, if you don't have a loan or kids then by all means, jump ship jump ship. | ||
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Mickey
United States2606 Posts
Let me break it down in my eyes. If you're not happy then quit, it's not worth it. As someone mentioned negative aspects in your workplace WILL come over into your personal life and you WON'T BE HAPPY. I'm a personal believe that your job NEEDS to be your passion. I couldn't imagine spending 40 or more hours a week doing something unless I enjoyed it, even slightly would do. | ||
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geetarzero
United States217 Posts
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Comeh
United States18918 Posts
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Pooshlmer
United States1001 Posts
Also, are you REALLY in a good position to judge whether these other people are producing or not? If they're truly that incompetent the company has to be really big to absorb that liability. If it really bothers you, at least get another job before you quit. Maybe the regional economy is good there, but even in those conditions it can take months to get a new position. Do you have the savings for that? | ||
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ShaperofDreams
Canada2492 Posts
 Also the other job that you might find is not guaranteed bliss. | ||
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TheosEx
United States894 Posts
Same, except I was lucky enough to get asked back by the same company I left for my new job. I can't say it was a complete waste though, because it gave me a new perspective into my old job, which made me so much more thankful for the things I never saw before. | ||
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caldo149
United States469 Posts
You have just done a 12 Nexus, and now you're considering abandoning your natural, a self-contain if you will, just because you don't like the build order. You'd rather do some 1 base tech, perhaps 1 base DT Drop because you really like DTs. The expansion can wait until you're satisfied. If you stick with it you'll be in pretty good economic shape, but you are considering changing to something different, which may be more satisfactory to you, but you'll be worse off overall economically. Macro now, save up since you can, and then you'll be able to do whatever you want when you have a comfortable amount of money. | ||
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TheosEx
United States894 Posts
On December 26 2009 17:00 Energies wrote: I must say, I do appreciate all the comments and advice. Even if most of them are "harden up princess". I think I might just need to sit back and reflect on the situation. Mostly I was just after stories of similar scenarios, as I have no idea how to deal with this one. Around this same time last year, I was experiencing a very similar scenario. I was, as you said, getting fed up with the attitude that management had with my co-workers. Out of 120 employees working at my location, I could think of maybe 20 who sincerely gave a crap about their jobs. The other ones were just there to coast and grab a paycheck for minimal effort. That's fine. I understand some people have that mentality. I wasn't mad at those people. But that's not fine when a company is fighting a worsening economy and has high management expectations. So, those 20 people were the ones who started busting their tails off to make up for the slack. I consistently brought up the fact that people weren't pulling their weight, but management always looked the other way. You know how it is in the political world - connections well make you "unexpendable." Right around the time I was beginning to get really sick of it, two of my closest friends at that workplace were laid off. They were part of the group whom I considered to bust their tails off. They were the ones in there pulling the 50~60 hours a week with me, calling me at 1am to let me know they finished a report, etc. Well, you get the point. I probably let that affect my emotions too much. It also so happened that around that time, I got a call from a Big Four firm that I had put in an application to a year earlier. I immediately announced my resignation and headed to NYC once my two weeks were up. To make a long story short, I started work at the Big Four, and in three weeks, I realized that things were very similar, but worse. Much worse. Everything was essentially the same, but amplified. And there were extra grievances to boot. I was miserable, and resigned the following month. To put things in perspective, I didn't even have another job lined up. I just flat out resigned. Luckily, someone from my previous company found out, and asked me to come back. I did, and now things are much different since I know how to cope with the crap. I guess every company has crap, some more than others. You just have to decide if you can live with it. Or better yet, if you can live with it better than you can with another company's crap. | ||
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