Job advice.
Okay, I have been here for 3 months.
I can't say I hate it, but I am not crazy about it either. I am thinking of putting my resume up on Monster again and starting the job search again. I hate to do that but I am not sure what to do.
I am kind of angry at my job right now as they treat be pretty lousy. My son was sick yesterday and I had to take off and it was take off without pay. In Houston that would have never happened. Their excuse here is that I don't have any vacation or sick time accrued yet. Okay, that happened in Houston too, I was sick before I had the time off to cover it, but down there they put me in deficit for sick time, so on my paycheck it said "-8 hours sick pay" for instance and as I accrued sick time it just paid that off, so that I still go paid for that time. But here, I just don't get paid.
But that isn't the main reason, that just makes me mad.
The main reason is that I am paying more in bills and life necessities such as groceries, gas, daycare, rent, etc. than I am making. Every month my credit card bill is a little higher because I can't pay it off and I continually have to use my credit card for things like groceries because I need my money in my checking account to pay rent and daycare! My savings is gone, so that isn't an option. And this is WITH child support comming in. I literally can not afford to stay here. I can't get anther job because I have nobody to take care of my son while I do so, and I have so little time with my son as it is, I really don't want to work a second job and miss out on the precious few hours each week I do get to spend with him. I thought about babysitting, but I have no experience with kids other than my son.
What I really want to do is find a job in St. Louis and move into my mom's house which right now is sitting there abandoned. It is the house I grew up in, good schools, and I would love my son to grow up in the same house I did. But the house needs some work. My mom said that she would sell it to me for what she owes.
But I hate to job hop, it looks bad on a resume but I am not sure what else to do. What would you do? This is a good job however and good experience, but I don't like the poeple I work with and I don't like Long Island as a place to live and especially raise my son. I do NOT want him going to school around here. I really really really want him to grow up in the same house I did.
Go then.
There are other jobs than this.
Honestly, if you are not happy with your job, look for something else. I for one am not at my best if I do not like where I work. I am looking for a new job now because I was not happy at my old job due to crappy sales practices.
Personally I would go and leave your current employment off of your resume. Tell them you were off... doing whatever that did not involve for pay employment. I am telling people that I interview with right now that I was at home for the last couple of months homemaking, rather than tell them that I had a job, the job sucked, I would not be a pushy asshole like they wanted, they fired me.
If you cannot pay your bills, the place to go to is great, and you would be happier there anyway: No brainer - GO.
Actually leaving it off my resume is a great idea, crazy that that thought never occured to me.
And if my current employer sees my resume on monster I will tell the truth!
As far as not liking my job, problem is I don't like being an engineer, I got the wrong degree but I am $30000 in the hole and can't change my degree so no matter where I go I won't like my job. But at least in Houston I liked the poeple I worked with, here that is not the case.
People here in Long Island (generally, not always true) tend to be A$$ holes. They haven't got an ounce of friendly ness in their whole bodies.
When I am not at work my son and I are totally hobits, I am in the woods hiking or inside my apartment. I can't stand the peole who live here and I want nothing to do with anybody.
I guess that is why I am on this forum so much, You guys are the only friends I feel like I have, the only people I feel like I can talk to. It gets pretty lonely sometimes.
Yeah, I have 3 or 4 things that are left off my resume, and I just tell people that I was in school when asked about job gaps.
I was going to ask what you were going to tell your employer if they saw your resume up, but if you don't care, than by all means go for it.
If you don't mind me asking, what engineering degree do you have? I was going into Civil, but realized how much I didn't like it before I finished my first year. I am currently in the school loan hole myself for about $50K for a degree that I am not going to finish, while I work on a different one. If you don't like your degree, go back to school. Yes, it will be difficult financially and time wise, but if you can make it work you will thank yourself in the long run. I promise. I ditched my degree that I was unhappy with, and now I am going into a field that excites me and I look forward to more school and a career in.
I can identify with not liking the people around you. I spent several years living in Arizona going to school. I was either A: In my apartment, or B: In class. I hated where I was, and I hated all the people there. They were all twits and I could not bear to attempt to socialize with them. My self esteem (and my health in general) went way up once I moved back to Oregon where I am originally from.
Living off a credit card to make ends meet is a very very bad thing, so I hope you get it resolved soon. Best of luck to you!
Go back and live in your old house and look for a new job if possible life's too short go where u will be happy!
Yeah, I have 3 or 4 things that are left off my resume, and I just tell people that I was in school when asked about job gaps.
I was going to ask what you were going to tell your employer if they saw your resume up, but if you don't care, than by all means go for it.
If you don't mind me asking, what engineering degree do you have? I was going into Civil, but realized how much I didn't like it before I finished my first year. I am currently in the school loan hole myself for about $50K for a degree that I am not going to finish, while I work on a different one. If you don't like your degree, go back to school. Yes, it will be difficult financially and time wise, but if you can make it work you will thank yourself in the long run. I promise. I ditched my degree that I was unhappy with, and now I am going into a field that excites me and I look forward to more school and a career in.
I can identify with not liking the people around you. I spent several years living in Arizona going to school. I was either A: In my apartment, or B: In class. I hated where I was, and I hated all the people there. They were all twits and I could not bear to attempt to socialize with them. My self esteem (and my health in general) went way up once I moved back to Oregon where I am originally from.
I have a degree in Mechanical engineering. I actually liked school, but working is a lot different than school, much more tedius and boring.
If I could go back to school I think I would get a teaching degree. Not much money there, but teachers are on high demand in the Alaskan bush.
Problem is my 14 mo old son. I have to take care of him so I can't be reckless. I do want to move back into my old house and I think that would be the best for my son, but I can't do it without a job.
I have a degree in Mechanical engineering. I actually liked school, but working is a lot different than school, much more tedius and boring.
I totally know how you feel here. I am going to school for chemistry, and after doing research for a summer, I don't think it's what I want to do for the rest of my life. But since I'm already halfway done, I figure I'll get my degree and then start a bakery and have chemistry to fall back on...
Anyway, I'm sure if you move you can find a job. It may not be a job you want, but there are always jobs out there. And working a shitty job in a great area where you have a great home to go to at the end of the day may all even out.
Good luck.