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I'm so depressed right now. I don't know what else to do. I'm doing more than what my position is doing and with very little salary. The Big Bosses are giving me additional tasks and on top of that I'm juggling admin duties, counselor duties and supervisor duties. Please help me, Anyone. What can I do??
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Sagz,
In the 1980s I spent five years in the Planning Department of my local County Council. It was the only time I've been employed and worked for someone else. It was five years of mind-numbing boredom doing absolutely nothing and I produced two pieces of work in five years! There was nothing to do except read and play stupid games like Battleships and Hangman on the conference phones and Car Snooker with the cars going round the roundabout! I never had any money as local government pay peanuts and I was always waiting two weeks for the next payday. I only had 26 days annual leave in a whole year and I had to live at home with my mother as I didn't earn enough for rent, let alone a mortgage. Local government pensions are a joke and I actually got frightened that some people had been there for almost 40 years! I became so depressed I hated my life and weekends were ruined by the thought of another week.
One morning I got in at 10.30 and realised I couldn't stand another day. I gave it an hour then I went down to the County Planning Officer's office and walked straight in. He was in a meeting but I told him I was going home and I wouldn't be going back! He said I had to work a month's notice but I said I was going then and I wouldn't be back! Then I walked straight down the fire escape and home! I felt a huge weight come off my back as I walked. I never cleared my drawers or collected my coat. It might still be there on the peg along with my chess computer, drawing instruments, pens etc!
I had a part-time taxi and chauffeur job which gave me some income. Then after a year I started my own company with one car and a leaflet drop. Within a year I had bought my own house and I paid off the mortgage after four years when I was 29. By then I had over 20 staff and 17 cars. I eventually sold the company when I was 38. My wife and I are now 49 and we spend our time doing as we please with no concerns or worries. We like day trips, travelling abroad or just pottering in the garden or working on the car. We only set the alarm clock when we are off on the next trip.
I could do that at the time Sagz as I had no commitments such as family or bills. Also, I stopped going to school when I was 14 and I've never sat an exam so I had no qualifications or references. I could never have got another job so I was forced to work for myself. It all came together for me - along with a lot of hard work and luck.
If you are young and have no commitments then could you do something similar Sagz? Is there something that you could develop into your own business? You don't need too much money with many projects. Just some planning, common sense and maybe legwork. Once I'd bought my first car (an old Mercedes) I filled the tank - and I had £15 cash left to my name! I had to wait for the first call before I could drive the car as then I could earn money to replace the fuel!
If things don't work out then at least you'll know you gave it a go. If you don't have too many ties then you don't have much to lose. If things do work for you there's nothing quite like working for yourself. You never have anyone tell you what to do and you see and reap the fruits of your own efforts - not watch someone else get them! I was told when I first started to meet other business owners that "If you work for someone else you'll never have anything except a big mortgage, two days off at the weekend and a bloody good alarm clock"! They were right.
I hope that gives you another course to pursue and think about. I recognise the emotions that come through your question as I've been there myself. I know how miserable it is to feel trapped with no apparent future. Take the plunge and work for yourself Sagz. You won't regret it however it turns out.
Good luck.
In the 1980s I spent five years in the Planning Department of my local County Council. It was the only time I've been employed and worked for someone else. It was five years of mind-numbing boredom doing absolutely nothing and I produced two pieces of work in five years! There was nothing to do except read and play stupid games like Battleships and Hangman on the conference phones and Car Snooker with the cars going round the roundabout! I never had any money as local government pay peanuts and I was always waiting two weeks for the next payday. I only had 26 days annual leave in a whole year and I had to live at home with my mother as I didn't earn enough for rent, let alone a mortgage. Local government pensions are a joke and I actually got frightened that some people had been there for almost 40 years! I became so depressed I hated my life and weekends were ruined by the thought of another week.
One morning I got in at 10.30 and realised I couldn't stand another day. I gave it an hour then I went down to the County Planning Officer's office and walked straight in. He was in a meeting but I told him I was going home and I wouldn't be going back! He said I had to work a month's notice but I said I was going then and I wouldn't be back! Then I walked straight down the fire escape and home! I felt a huge weight come off my back as I walked. I never cleared my drawers or collected my coat. It might still be there on the peg along with my chess computer, drawing instruments, pens etc!
I had a part-time taxi and chauffeur job which gave me some income. Then after a year I started my own company with one car and a leaflet drop. Within a year I had bought my own house and I paid off the mortgage after four years when I was 29. By then I had over 20 staff and 17 cars. I eventually sold the company when I was 38. My wife and I are now 49 and we spend our time doing as we please with no concerns or worries. We like day trips, travelling abroad or just pottering in the garden or working on the car. We only set the alarm clock when we are off on the next trip.
I could do that at the time Sagz as I had no commitments such as family or bills. Also, I stopped going to school when I was 14 and I've never sat an exam so I had no qualifications or references. I could never have got another job so I was forced to work for myself. It all came together for me - along with a lot of hard work and luck.
If you are young and have no commitments then could you do something similar Sagz? Is there something that you could develop into your own business? You don't need too much money with many projects. Just some planning, common sense and maybe legwork. Once I'd bought my first car (an old Mercedes) I filled the tank - and I had £15 cash left to my name! I had to wait for the first call before I could drive the car as then I could earn money to replace the fuel!
If things don't work out then at least you'll know you gave it a go. If you don't have too many ties then you don't have much to lose. If things do work for you there's nothing quite like working for yourself. You never have anyone tell you what to do and you see and reap the fruits of your own efforts - not watch someone else get them! I was told when I first started to meet other business owners that "If you work for someone else you'll never have anything except a big mortgage, two days off at the weekend and a bloody good alarm clock"! They were right.
I hope that gives you another course to pursue and think about. I recognise the emotions that come through your question as I've been there myself. I know how miserable it is to feel trapped with no apparent future. Take the plunge and work for yourself Sagz. You won't regret it however it turns out.
Good luck.
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Sagz,
I have been there, it is horrible, but if you can manage to get out, it makes all the difference.
yes jobs maybe scarce at the moment, but life is too short to waste it in a job you don't like.
get a pice of paper and write down every job you would ever like to do, even those which are probably unrealistic, when you look down to list you may see something that you could do as a business.
eg if vet appears on the list, it may be a bit late in life to do a seven year vetinary course, (although never impossible, my cousin did it later in life) but this may mean you like animals so maybe look to work with animals, dog walking, pet shop, kennels cattery, or even start your own business.
it might sound phsyco babel but it worked for me, i'm now and art dealer and i no longer go to work, as i enjoy what i do so much, it isn't work.
good luck it will get better.
I have been there, it is horrible, but if you can manage to get out, it makes all the difference.
yes jobs maybe scarce at the moment, but life is too short to waste it in a job you don't like.
get a pice of paper and write down every job you would ever like to do, even those which are probably unrealistic, when you look down to list you may see something that you could do as a business.
eg if vet appears on the list, it may be a bit late in life to do a seven year vetinary course, (although never impossible, my cousin did it later in life) but this may mean you like animals so maybe look to work with animals, dog walking, pet shop, kennels cattery, or even start your own business.
it might sound phsyco babel but it worked for me, i'm now and art dealer and i no longer go to work, as i enjoy what i do so much, it isn't work.
good luck it will get better.
"I'm doing more than what my position is doing and with very little salary."
this is the story across britain at the moment, a lot of people are doing a lot more for less. no pay rises in years, reduced staff, increased workload etc etc
"The Big Bosses are giving me additional tasks and on top of that I'm juggling admin duties, counselor duties and supervisor duties."
tell them then. tell them you already have enough on your plate and they are deminading too much. if you roll over and bow to their delegation they'll think they are doing right by you and the organisation. so tell them.
this is the story across britain at the moment, a lot of people are doing a lot more for less. no pay rises in years, reduced staff, increased workload etc etc
"The Big Bosses are giving me additional tasks and on top of that I'm juggling admin duties, counselor duties and supervisor duties."
tell them then. tell them you already have enough on your plate and they are deminading too much. if you roll over and bow to their delegation they'll think they are doing right by you and the organisation. so tell them.
Andy - I'm 26, with a child, a full time government employee/student and everything is really hard for me right now. I don't live with any family member, I have my own house and I pay everything from power to setting food on the table and providing everything for my babygirl. I barely make enough to last til next payday. I really want to quit my job but at the same time I'm thinking of responsibilities that I'm dealing with for power and other necessities. Thank you for your advise and from everyone else who replied.
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