|
|
Author |
|
Message | |
|
twoscoops
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 1924 Location: Warwickshire
|
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 05 12:57 pm Post subject: Regrets, I've had a few... |
|
Three years this week I�ve been here. I can hardly believe I stuck around that long. I don�t enjoy the work, the place is horrible, the people just OK (apart from one good chum), the level of professionalism is pretty low, the MD thinks he�s a superhero. However, the upside of being able to do my week�s work in one day means a lot of surfing (90% pointless, 10% useful, like Downsizer, planning holidays, researching businesses), only 20 minutes from home, 9-5.30 with a lunch hour, freedom to plan my own travel itineraries, cheap guitar amps and actually the money isn�t bad. So what am I moaning about?
I guess we all get bored after a while, but for almost four years I�ve had a dream to work for myself. To run a really nice, welcoming, well-stocked speciality food shop. I had two shops fall through on me, one of them this summer at the eleventh hour. I was gutted. Just less than an hour ago I completed on my new shop. No going back; I�m responsible to pay the rent, every quarter, for the next twelve years. This had better work. But I�ve decided that it isn�t stressful enough, and we�re selling our house as well, because the shop is in Gloucestershire.
Later this afternoon I�m going to give superman the news. I�m leaving next week sometime. I suppose I ought to give a months notice, but I also suppose that by law I should have been given a letter outlining my terms of employment, so I�m not too worried. |
|
|
|
|
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
|
|
|
|
|
Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23956 Location: under some rain.
|
|
|
|
|
Northern_Lad
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 14210 Location: Somewhere
|
|
|
|
|
tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45671 Location: Essex
|
|
|
|
|
jema Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 28235 Location: escaped from Swindon
|
|
|
|
|
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
|
|
|
|
|
twoscoops
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 1924 Location: Warwickshire
|
|
|
|
|
bernie-woman
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 7824 Location: shropshire
|
|
|
|
|
jema Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 28235 Location: escaped from Swindon
|
|
|
|
|
Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23956 Location: under some rain.
|
|
|
|
|
tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45671 Location: Essex
|
|
|
|
|
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
|
|
|
|
|
Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 34535 Location: Hereford
|
|
|
|
|
twoscoops
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 1924 Location: Warwickshire
|
|
|
|
|
|