Career crisis!!

[racsan]

I briefly worked at a family-owned funeral home where I was the only employee who wasn't family and it didn't work out so well.

Ive been there, right out of high school I worked at a family owned boat dealership, I was the only non-family employee. So when things got slow you know who had to stay home, it had some benefits but some major drawbacks also.

 

[JohnnyO]

Ive been there, right out of high school I worked at a family owned boat dealership, I was the only non-family employee. So when things got slow you know who had to stay home, it had some benefits but some major drawbacks also.

I literally started looking for another job after my second day. When we mutually agreed to part company, a "You can't fire me, I quit" sorta thing, I already had an interview scheduled for the job I have now. Actually the owners weren't bad, the problem was everyone else.

 

[Snoranger]

Actually the owners weren't bad, the problem was everyone else.

The “They can’t fire me” syndrome?

 

[JohnnyO]

The “They can’t fire me” syndrome?

Partly. They had some strange ways of doing things and I wasn't doing the work I was told I would be doing when I was hired.

 

[pwrshft99]

Dont discount job services. Make them work for you.

Moved to big city and job service I never heard of called me after finding my resume on career builder. They had a job offer and I needed a job. Started at $12hr, now in my 5th year and making six figures.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Feel like I’m kinda in the same boat. Don’t get me wrong, I like my current job and the pay is alright, but I’m coming to realize that in order to achieve my dreams, I need more money than my current job will offer. I have some upward mobility yet, but I still feel like it’s a bit of a dead end job. Plus, since Covid-19 it hasn’t been as fun as when I started. When I started everyone was nice and helpful and it was a good time every day. Now there’s all kinds of bickering and nobody wants to help anybody and it just kinda ruined the dynamic. I still enjoy it, but it’s become a little more work than fun. I’m certainly not going to leave this job until I have something better, especially because the company has treated us quite well, but I’m starting to think about looking around again. Just not sure what direction I want to go yet.

I was a self employed contractor for a number of years, and still have the tools and do stuff on the side, but I kinda had to do something different daily because of my bad hip and because after the hip surgery and recovery it was like starting the business all over again. With owning property and all, I just didn’t want to be fighting an uphill battle again with my hip. I was warned that the harder I work the hip, the sooner I’ll need a replacement, so I wanted to try and find a happy medium. Which sucks because I love working hard and driving manual transmissions.

 

[JohnnyO]

Dont discount job services. Make them work for you.

Moved to big city and job service I never heard of called me after finding my resume on career builder. They had a job offer and I needed a job. Started at $12hr, now in my 5th year and making six figures.

My wife is an accountant and got a great job ten years ago by posting her resume on Monster.com. Her employer found her. At her previous employer, a small family-owned manufacturer, the pay was good and the workload was minimal but there was a lot of fighting between the family owner-president and the plant manager who actually knew how everything worked and she got tired of being in the middle. Current job is with a large family-owned fire protection company and the owners are fantastic people, great place to work.

Check temp agencies too, some of the jobs pay decent and are a temp-to-full-time sort of deal.

 

[Daniel Black]

The job I took was at a Sam's Club. Seemed like it would be a good job when I applied for it. Full benefits and $2 more an hour than my previous job working on cars. After two and half weeks of hating it more by the day I talked to the manager to see if there was a different job available I could take. Her exact words were "if you don't want the one you have then we don't have a place for you". Okay, fine by me. I took five days off for myself but I get board very easy and it feels weird not going to work. I landed at a local oil change place. Easy work but at lot of hours. Suprisingly even this small place pays for employees insurance and offers 401K but for my extra 10 hours a week I make $46 more than working on cars. The hours suck but the real downside is that the other employees drink and even smoke dope on the job. To say it's an uncomfortable environment would be an understatement. Only myself and one other even have a drivers license. I've been here a little over a month but I can definitely tell I don't fit in here. I've got an interview at an Oreilys. I've never worked retail but I think it would be pretty neat and room for advancement.

 

[RobbieD]

Don't get discouraged. It may be hard not to at times, but you seem very level-headed, with a good work ethic (rare these days, unfortunately). There are jobs to be had out there. Keep plugging away- karma is real, and you will find something good, and to your liking. Auto parts retail might be a good fit for you, your having actual experience working on them. Good luck!

 

[Blmpkn]

The job I took was at a Sam's Club. Seemed like it would be a good job when I applied for it. Full benefits and $2 more an hour than my previous job working on cars. After two and half weeks of hating it more by the day I talked to the manager to see if there was a different job available I could take. Her exact words were "if you don't want the one you have then we don't have a place for you". Okay, fine by me. I took five days off for myself but I get board very easy and it feels weird not going to work. I landed at a local oil change place. Easy work but at lot of hours. Suprisingly even this small place pays for employees insurance and offers 401K but for my extra 10 hours a week I make $46 more than working on cars. The hours suck but the real downside is that the other employees drink and even smoke dope on the job. To say it's an uncomfortable environment would be an understatement. Only myself and one other even have a drivers license. I've been here a little over a month but I can definitely tell I don't fit in here. I've got an interview at an Oreilys. I've never worked retail but I think it would be pretty neat and room for advancement.

The drinking on the job is certainly a problem lol. Good luck with your interview at O'Reillys! Some parts places are better than others.. I know advance sucks to work at.. don't know about oriellys.

 

[Fast Eddie]

The job I took was at a Sam's Club. Seemed like it would be a good job when I applied for it. Full benefits and $2 more an hour than my previous job working on cars. After two and half weeks of hating it more by the day I talked to the manager to see if there was a different job available I could take. Her exact words were "if you don't want the one you have then we don't have a place for you". Okay, fine by me. I took five days off for myself but I get board very easy and it feels weird not going to work. I landed at a local oil change place. Easy work but at lot of hours. Suprisingly even this small place pays for employees insurance and offers 401K but for my extra 10 hours a week I make $46 more than working on cars. The hours suck but the real downside is that the other employees drink and even smoke dope on the job. To say it's an uncomfortable environment would be an understatement. Only myself and one other even have a drivers license. I've been here a little over a month but I can definitely tell I don't fit in here. I've got an interview at an Oreilys. I've never worked retail but I think it would be pretty neat and room for advancement.

Good luck in the interview.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

The fact that you were a mechanic is a huge advantage. If you can deal with people, you will nail it, and probably be promoted quickly. A little intuition will go a long way as well. I like when they let me know I will need a gasket for this, or a hardware kit for that. I also like when they realize what part I'm looking for even if I am not using the best word for it. Like when a control arm bushing is called a compliance bushing.

 

[Uncle Gump]

good work ethic (rare these days, unfortunately). There are jobs to be had out there. Keep plugging away-

Oh... it's really bad. One out of 50 new hires want to do anything more then hold up a table while on their cell phone watching you do all the work.

Many employers are in crisis mode because people just don't want to work.

The gentleman that bought our pizzeria has a real need to hire more then 100 people in Illinois. From Area Supervisor... General Managers... Co and Assistant managers... right down to cashiers and food prep folks.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Oh... it's really bad. One out of 50 new hires want to do anything more then hold up a table while on their cell phone watching you do all the work.

Many employers are in crisis mode because people just don't want to work.

The gentleman that bought our pizzeria has a real need to hire more then 100 people in Illinois. From Area Supervisor... General Managers... Co and Assistant managers... right down to cashiers and food prep folks.

My transmission shop guy says the same thing, as does my bicycle shop owner buddy, and dirt bike shop owner buddy. They're all look for competent help, and say nobody wants to work.

 

[scotts90ranger]

yeah, finding anyone now is hard... we are very short staffed... we've had guys come in for an interview from the temp agency, get told to come in on Monday and not show up, just doing interviews to keep getting gubment money... the temp agencies are apparently cracking down on that but it's apparently hard to just get anyone that wants to come in for an interview at all...

Good on you for having a good work ethic