[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ever regret taking a job? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 9/6/2014 12:04:58 AM EDT
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I do.
Feel like this guy right now: 
I had a job for two years in work from home customer service. Started in 2012 at $9.00/hour, moved up to $9.58, got to work in different parts of the company, had benefits, got myself a decent start on a 401K. Then my company decided to restructure and I lost my job. I applied for a bunch of jobs and applied for a job making $8.50/hour, doing work from home CS for another company. Pay cut for sure but beats nothing. Had an interview, got hired the same day. Accepted the job. Problem is, I'm technically a part-timer(though I work up to 40 hours a week) and will have no health insurance. I'm looking for another job right now and really feeling regret for taking a lower position. |
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Lateral movement job to gain benefits, the people sucked so I quit and my boss was very happy to take me back...with benefits. Tried to apply today at the same company that is taking over the home agent network at my old job so we'll see. It's not so much the people sucking but I just don't feel valued($8.50/hour and no benefits, come on) and i have to go to a team meeting webinar on my day off. |
25 going on 26 years now....
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Not really regretted taking a job.... but i've regretted not leaving asap when shit starts to hit the fan ... gotta learn to recognize the smell......  I smelled it and bailed so I got that part right, The new place sold me on life-balance. $8k more and a 75% shorter commute. I feel the cashflow right in the wallet and it helps ease the unease but the new job owns me like no other. 5 13 hour days in the last 2 weeks and I'm salary. i could not afford to stay at the other job but the quality of life was better (aside from the 1hr commute) |
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I do. Feel like this guy right now: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AT4HmmdCEZ8/R8YvCBkZFSI/AAAAAAAAABk/t4X3h-7R2-g/s320/lastcrusade-knight.jpg I had a job for two years in work from home customer service. Started in 2012 at $9.00/hour, moved up to $9.58, got to work in different parts of the company, had benefits, got myself a decent start on a 401K. Then my company decided to restructure and I lost my job. I applied for a bunch of jobs and applied for a job making $8.50/hour, doing work from home CS for another company. Pay cut for sure but beats nothing. Had an interview, got hired the same day. Accepted the job. Problem is, I'm technically a part-timer(though I work up to 40 hours a week) and will have no health insurance. I'm looking for another job right now and really feeling regret for taking a lower position. I wouldn't sweat it, it's not permanent. At least you're making money while you look for something better, a lot of people can't say that. |
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Not immediately but I had a job that gave me nightmares once.
It was right after college and I was working for St. Gobain's abrasives division, running a press. After a couple of months I would wake up mid-day because I didn't hear the thumping of the press. I dreaded going to work everyday knowing it would be more work to keep the machine running then to actually produce the parts. |
| Yes many times. Thats why when I interview now I make damn sure I make it clear what I want what I am willing to do and ask lots and lots of questions. I take on the approach that because of my skill set I am the one doing the company a favor not the other way around. |
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Not really regretted taking a job.... but i've regretted not leaving asap when shit starts to hit the fan ... gotta learn to recognize the smell...... Fuckin-A right. Open forum so can't say much, but ... severance package dangled as carrot for months on end while the morale-improvement beatings continued. Should've pulled the handle as soon as the announcement was made and to hell with the severance. 
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I dread going to work in the job I have now. Only took it because it pays twice as much as my old one.
I value the perspective it has given me though. I have never hated a job this much and will (hopefully) never again leave a tolerable, lower paying job just for a pay increase. And I am motivated to save as much as possible in order to get out ASAP. |
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I have always felt grateful for being abused.
No, I'm not kidding. I thought about it, and my life unemployed was so bad, hopeless, poor, etc., that I am happy to have any job, and I have put up with some reall winners, including a place that qualifies under federal law as a RICO. Right now, I have the possibility of another job at 15 thousand above what I am getting now, and if I am offered it, I worry what the decision either way will mean for me. In other words, it's doesn't get any better. I hope you fare better and don't regret the path taken. Hang in there deej. |
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I've had a progression of 7 jobs in my career, and they haven't been straight forward-linear progression at all. Truth is, I regret them all. We have only a finite amount of productive years. Many decisions could have been better, but many could have been worse. You can't second guess yourself. It's both scary and depressing when you dwell on it. So don't. Just try to be the best that you can possibly be, every single day. Keep striving to figure out what your destiny is, and then do your best to fulfill it. |
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Yup, in the days before GPS I worked for a paranoid boss.
I had a company truck and this was his rule... You called to check in: When you left your house. When you got on a job. When you left for lunch. When you got to lunch. When you left lunch. When up you got back on the job. When you left for the day. When you arrived home. If you ran for material you followed the same process. I last one week, walked in and handed him his shit and thanked him for the opportunity but it wasn't going to work out. |
| Shortly out of high school I took a job laying footers for houses, they wanted to work you until you damn near passed out, they didn't give a shit about you from the neck up, just get your ass down there in 95 degree heat and slave till you drop, it was a learning experience but damn. |
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I took on another contract this summer inspecting totaled cars. The pay was decent at $25 per car. I was told that the turn time would be 5 days, and that I could group cars for efficiency. I was also told that each car should take no more than 20 minutes to complete.
Reality is that the cars only came in one at a time. The actual time on site was no less than an hour including calling the report in. Every car came in as a rush job that had to be completed same day. So instead of the $50-$75 per hour I should have been making, I was only making $25. The yard the cars were stored at is not on my regular route. I was taking time from other contracts to complete these inspections. Which means that the time at these cars took inspection time and travel time from other contracts that I had scheduled in a more efficient route. Now you may be thinking that I shouldn't complain about that. But with the other contracts that I have, I generally make a minimum of $40 per hour. Since I also pick my daughter up from school at 2:45 every day, my time in the field is precious. For me, I was losing money because I couldn't complete other work more efficiently and earn more per day by completing more contracts. Consequently, if anyone is in the Columbia, SC area and would like to pick up a contract inspecting totalled cars at $25 per hour, shoot me a PM. The company was easy to work for and very fast to pay. It is an easy job, but I wasn't making money. |
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Yes, an internal move bait-and-switched me by offering something within my field of experience and education, then after I accepted the job but before I reported, they moved that seat to a different division in an area I had almost zero experience in due to some ancillary work I did for my previous team. At the same time, they promoted one of my former coworkers to the seat they'd promised me, even though he was much better suited to my new position and had no education in my field, he quit the organization within a year and they refused to consider me for a lateral to the vacant seat.
The only reason I've stuck with it was because they gave me a promotion my original team wasn't able to match, which amounted to a ~15% raise. Kharn |
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yeah, the last job. LOL
Made it VERY clear, I do NOT do payroll. 2 weeks into the job, guess what gets dumped on my desk? YUP, payroll......ummmmmm.... I've got 20 blueprints and diagrams, 14 engineering approvals, and I am in the process of ordering 32 permits. Take that payroll shit and stick it in yer ass. Oh, and the pilot car shit too....fuck this...Im out! I think it was right at 2 full paychecks I got from that place 
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The first time I ever worked with a headhunter, I was about to make a subtle career change. I stayed in the investment business, but moved from an internal sales desk position to being a regional wholesaler and this woman got me a job with a company that has since been merged out of existence (although their annuity products may still exist).
Long story short is that I left a company that was exploding in growth and had a great reputation to one that was (unknown to me) on life support. Within two months I was sitting in a large conference room with the other regional guys, attending a national sales meeting. Right near the end of the meeting, the NSM, after hearing that our sales numbers were slumping in Smith Barney, went red in the face and yelled at us, "If you guys think we're getting kicked out of Smith Barney, I'll kick your fucking asses ! That was immediately followed with, "Now lets go to dinner!" 
I told the guy I reported to how I felt the whole deal was misrepresented to me, and within two minutes he told me, "Well since we're having this conversation, I may as well tell you I'm resigning when we get home." That was a long plane ride home, and boy did I feel ill. I knew I screwed up leaving a top flight investment management and mutual fund company, for a train wreck. Within 60 days, the guy who resigned had taken a new job and convinced the NSM at the new place to bring me over, too. It kind of worked out, but I know I should have stayed put where I was. 
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I regret it but im a glutton for punishment.
Long hours on salary. Stress of 35 families depending on me for a check. I have high blood pressure, chronic acid reflux, my hair is starting to gray/recede at 26. Ive been working long hours since i was 12. I dont know anything else and cant do anything else. I became partner last year even though i didnt want to. Then my boss changed our whole business model to lower volume and higher margin. He also promoted 2 employees to help manage things. I used to directly manage 20 to 35 people and now i manage 4 to 8. We are making a lot more money and i went from working 80 to 120 hours to 50 which is good. Profit is what matters. Ive never worked less than 70 and spent part of my career at 140 so now im so stressed out i can barely function. I went from pulling all nighters atleast once a week to not even working weekends. I wander aimlessly around our house trying to find projects to do and see if my wife will help me do them. Im having problems adjusting. Hopefully it gets better. I cant last much longer like this. I feel like my life is gone. I always prided myself on properly managing more things than my counterparts in other companies. It was no big deal to work 40 or 50 hour shifts on deadline week. I loved it. Now im just another 7 to 5 schmuck. |
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Yup...took a job in manufacturing in GA. All through the hiring process, never mentioned they were a union shop (they're so unusual in that area I never bothered asking...). First day there, I'm handed a union contract for managers as part of my inprocessing. It outlined the decisions I could make based on the situation. So not so much a manager as a "Let me consult the manual" guy. I left as soon as I found a new (and current...) job 3 months later. |
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Yes, my current one. Small pay increase, better benefits, but the BS factor is much higher than I would like. Every workplace has its own suck factor but this place is a bit suckier than I like. Most of that suck is because of the union(s) in our facility and the fact that they can't let go of what they used to do 40 years ago...not to mention the new ownership's ineptness in actually dealing with the union (get lawyers to negotiate, never do it yourself). |
| Yep. I left a Subaru dealer to work for an Acura dealer as a Service Advisor. The Service Manager for the Acura dealer was brand new, like brand new to the car industry. Should have asked that question in the interview. I left at 4 months as that place was a disaster. |
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Nine years ago I took a job far from home that was way oversold by the employer. When I got there, it became quickly evident that the skills required are possessed by most high school kids. The pay was good, but the challenge and satisfaction was horrible. Fortunately I hung in there and a month or so later a project manager position opened up and the job became more enjoyable.
Sometimes you just have to pay your dues and let the employer see you are capable of more. |
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What the fuck is "work from home CS"?
I've got a degree in computer science (CS), and the lowest I've made was a $40k/year salary with 3 weeks vacation right out of school with zero experience. 7 years later if someone offered me the numbers you're talking I'd laugh in their face and then flip them off as I walked away. |
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Kids team photography (the team and individual style photos). I worked the office during the day, shot at night. It was 60 or so hours a week, no overtime (they called it two different jobs), the owners sucked and the parents sucked. All for 9-10 bucks an hour. It made me hate life.
I was much happier mowing lawns in the Texas summer than that bullshit. |
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Years ago I turned down a position working for a NASCAR team that would require moving out of state. I had 8 years at the company I was working for, thought things were stable.
That was a mistake, ended up leaving the company after a takeover. Last year I passed on a job and took a position with a company in the ammunition business that didn't pan out for me. I just started work with the company I passed on earlier and things look good so far. Oilfield service is hard work at times but it pays extremely well. |
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What the fuck is "work from home CS"? I've got a degree in computer science (CS), and the lowest I've made was a $40k/year salary with 3 weeks vacation right out of school with zero experience. 7 years later if someone offered me the numbers you're talking I'd laugh in their face and then flip them off as I walked away. I think he means customer service. ETA, thank goodness too, ain't you folks getting tired of talking to rashish over in India? |
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Quoted: I think he means customer service. Quoted: Quoted: What the fuck is "work from home CS"? I've got a degree in computer science (CS), and the lowest I've made was a $40k/year salary with 3 weeks vacation right out of school with zero experience. 7 years later if someone offered me the numbers you're talking I'd laugh in their face and then flip them off as I walked away. I think he means customer service. Yup...there's actually quite a few of those companies out there. |
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What the fuck is "work from home CS"? I've got a degree in computer science (CS), and the lowest I've made was a $40k/year salary with 3 weeks vacation right out of school with zero experience. 7 years later if someone offered me the numbers you're talking I'd laugh in their face and then flip them off as I walked away. CS = customer service big guy. How is the view from the corner office ivory tower? |
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I had a job I loved in a place away from home that I wasn't so sure about. I took another job at home again and hated the new job. Boring work that didn't really add anything useful to my resume and terrible co-workers.
The old company was having revenue issues and couldn't add any headcount, so I couldn't go back. Then, I was laid off from the job I hated. Short version: I gave up a job I loved for a job I hated because I thought I liked the location better, then got laid off from the job I hated. |
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I do. Feel like this guy right now: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AT4HmmdCEZ8/R8YvCBkZFSI/AAAAAAAAABk/t4X3h-7R2-g/s320/lastcrusade-knight.jpg I had a job for two years in work from home customer service. Started in 2012 at $9.00/hour, moved up to $9.58, got to work in different parts of the company, had benefits, got myself a decent start on a 401K. Then my company decided to restructure and I lost my job. I applied for a bunch of jobs and applied for a job making $8.50/hour, doing work from home CS for another company. Pay cut for sure but beats nothing. Had an interview, got hired the same day. Accepted the job. Problem is, I'm technically a part-timer(though I work up to 40 hours a week) and will have no health insurance. I'm looking for another job right now and really feeling regret for taking a lower position. have you considered something like fast food restaurant, or big box retail store, ect.? i believe they pay 8-10 bucks an hour to start, they usually offer benefits, and chances of promotion. from some of your posts i have read before you seem to be a people person, and at a job like this you could meet new people all day. promotions could be endless. a guy who is a hard worker could make a career in a job like this, if he is willing. again some of these places offer benefits, profit sharing, some managers get a company vehicle, ect. the mcdonalds by my house is always hiring, they had a sign the other days listing all the benefits to include tuition assistance, manager training ect. there are mostly adults (30-50 year old) men and women working there during the week, kids on the weekends so they must do ok working there. good luck with your search. |
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I applied for a bunch of jobs and applied for a job making $8.50/hour, doing work from home CS for another company. Pay cut for sure but beats nothing. Had an interview, got hired the same day. Accepted the job. Problem is, I'm technically a part-timer(though I work up to 40 hours a week) and will have no health insurance. I'm looking for another job right now and really feeling regret for taking a lower position. Nothing to regret there. I'm sure if it was up to you, you'd still be in your old job. But that's not possible, so you're working and bringing home some pay while looking for something better. That's far better than sitting around playing video games and drinking beer while waiting for the unemployment money to get deposited on your little card. You can hold your head up high. |
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Yes, I make a substantial amount of money, but my current job sucks.
The thing is though my job pays so well and the benefits are so damn amazing that I would have to be insane to leave it, but the work environment there is one of total fear and CYA behavior. Impending layoffs were announced to the entire department over three months ago and we haven't yet been told we're through the restructuring yet, because we're not and it could take a couple of years. Meantime, everyone is on edge and it makes the place just miserable. Management has no human resource skills whatsoever when it comes to managing people. We've gone through a transition to new software that is plagued with issues and increasing all of our workloads. It's been nuts. Golden shackles basically. There are definitely better things I'd like to do with my life, but when they have 403B matching, crazy salary, and plenty of paid vacation what can you do? |