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waxoyl said:
Hope your doing ok fella, big man hug from me.
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Elpenor said:
Hope all is better now mate, bet it felt good to get that one off your chest. Not worth staying at a job which you hate
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equationgirl said:
How are you doing fucthest8 ?
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I am doing pretty good, thanks for asking. I would have replied to all these earlier, but I've been enjoying the break too much :D

Some factual stuff:

In the end, they paid me for the whole of December, so that was good of them - and has meant I've got even more time to sort myself out.
My exit interview with the HR manager lasted about an hour, so I got even more off my chest and who knows, maybe my old boss will actually take some of it on board.
(HR Manager also said some really nice things about me, so that didn't hurt).
I kept the standup desk :D
I start a training course on 4th Jan, going to get me some qualifications that mean I can go into a more functional role at a bit of a tangent to what I was doing (and no, I don't want to talk about any of that in more detail), the idea being that that will actually serve me better as I head off in the direction of retirement. (I've always been massively detail focused so may as well play to my strengths and go back to doing the detail).

So yeah, looking forward to tomorrow and indeed the whole New Year. Which is a bit of a first and so much nicer than the feeling of utter dread that I experienced for the last two years at this point! :rolleyes: to infinity

The emotional stuff:

I still had a load of work based dreams :rolleyes: up until about a week ago. Guess I had some things still to work out :D
It occurred to me that this is the longest that I have had off work in 20 years - will be a bit over four weeks by the time I start my course tomorrow. (The last big break between jobs was about two months iirc - I'd been paid to go away after my boss realised that he couldn't push me around, but had no actual reason to fire me, so I happily accpeted the bribe and gave myself a break). I had a two and a half week holiday about 15 years back and since then it's been maybe 10 days at most at any one time. I had not fully appreciated the level of stress that I'd been functioning at, probably for the last 5 years*. I shan't bollock on about it because it would take far too long to explain, but suffice it to say that moving into the role that I just quit, was very much a frying pan to fire scenario, I now realise.
Always good to remind yourself that "they" don't need you they just need someone - I've always known it, but the fact that no-one has been in touch to ask me a single question makes you realise how fucking stupid putting your heart into work really is.
Bottom line is that I've realised I am done with roles that have any seniority. So as mentioned I'm basically re-training at a bit of a tangent (but not too much of one, so all my experience is still relevant) and having spoken to a buch of agencies last month I'm confident I can get back to a functional role later this year (fair bit of training to do first though!)

*which sounds really stupid given all the counselling, but that was all about my relationship with my boss. Not the same as having a month to decompress and being able to look back at yourself and really see it.

SO! Really looking forward to doing some learning for a change and starting over. Hope to fuck it works out! :D

Sorry, that was a bit long. Thanks again for all the good wishes.
 
fucthest8 said:
Always good to remind yourself that "they" don't need you they just need someone - I've always known it, but the fact that no-one has been in touch to ask me a single question makes you realise how fucking stupid putting your heart into work really is.
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This is so true that many people dismiss it as naïve but it isn't. A hard one to get straight in the head. Calling work an occupation or vocation also blinds us
 
fucthest8 said:
I am doing pretty good, thanks for asking. I would have replied to all these earlier, but I've been enjoying the break too much :D

Some factual stuff:

In the end, they paid me for the whole of December, so that was good of them - and has meant I've got even more time to sort myself out.
My exit interview with the HR manager lasted about an hour, so I got even more off my chest and who knows, maybe my old boss will actually take some of it on board.
(HR Manager also said some really nice things about me, so that didn't hurt).
I kept the standup desk :D
I start a training course on 4th Jan, going to get me some qualifications that mean I can go into a more functional role at a bit of a tangent to what I was doing (and no, I don't want to talk about any of that in more detail), the idea being that that will actually serve me better as I head off in the direction of retirement. (I've always been massively detail focused so may as well play to my strengths and go back to doing the detail).

So yeah, looking forward to tomorrow and indeed the whole New Year. Which is a bit of a first and so much nicer than the feeling of utter dread that I experienced for the last two years at this point! :rolleyes: to infinity

The emotional stuff:

I still had a load of work based dreams :rolleyes: up until about a week ago. Guess I had some things still to work out :D
It occurred to me that this is the longest that I have had off work in 20 years - will be a bit over four weeks by the time I start my course tomorrow. (The last big break between jobs was about two months iirc - I'd been paid to go away after my boss realised that he couldn't push me around, but had no actual reason to fire me, so I happily accpeted the bribe and gave myself a break). I had a two and a half week holiday about 15 years back and since then it's been maybe 10 days at most at any one time. I had not fully appreciated the level of stress that I'd been functioning at, probably for the last 5 years*. I shan't bollock on about it because it would take far too long to explain, but suffice it to say that moving into the role that I just quit, was very much a frying pan to fire scenario, I now realise.
Always good to remind yourself that "they" don't need you they just need someone - I've always known it, but the fact that no-one has been in touch to ask me a single question makes you realise how fucking stupid putting your heart into work really is.
Bottom line is that I've realised I am done with roles that have any seniority. So as mentioned I'm basically re-training at a bit of a tangent (but not too much of one, so all my experience is still relevant) and having spoken to a buch of agencies last month I'm confident I can get back to a functional role later this year (fair bit of training to do first though!)

*which sounds really stupid given all the counselling, but that was all about my relationship with my boss. Not the same as having a month to decompress and being able to look back at yourself and really see it.

SO! Really looking forward to doing some learning for a change and starting over. Hope to fuck it works out! :D

Sorry, that was a bit long. Thanks again for all the good wishes.
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Chuffed for you babes, hope it works out amazingly, oh and don't forget the regular updates to your previous boss to let them know how amazingly well you're doing :D
 
fucthest8 said:
New office and views from

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15 minute drive from home, could actually cycle it (need to get fitter again though, the hills!), started this week as a temp, already making noises about "we are actually looking for someone to be permanent" ... :D

Fuck my old job!
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after look out the window must of the day and seeing not but a filled carpark full of pallets
i can honestly say i'm not jealous in the least ...


fair play :cool:
 
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