Mr Whippy
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 posted on 3/1/08 at 02:14 PM |
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sad
Oh I feel miserable, the new job sucks big time, I’m still freezing (my hands are numb!!), this lot are in the dark ages as far as their systems are
concerned, never even got my lunch cos the van didn’t turn up and there’s no coffee or tea. All I’ve got is one measly bit of chewing gum
Worse thing is I took this job over one that was only a grand less, what a major balls up.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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02GF74
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:15 PM |
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chewing gum? consider yourself lucky. I have to make do with a piece of elastic and mint toothpaste.
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twybrow
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:16 PM |
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What kind of work? If it is below 16C in your office, then you can bugger off home (I think)... There was a post a couple of weeks ago. As for lunch,
bring a packed lunch and you wont have that problem!
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:18 PM |
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Just try and think of he money. Can you not drag them into the modern day. Build your own empire so to speak?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:24 PM |
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don't know how cold it is but my hands are like ice, got the blinds shut but the radiators off. I told them a week before I left that is
wasn't working, still not fixed.
If I'd known the van wouldn't turn up I would have packed something.
oh just don't like this job, it's pish. I have to take stuff out of excel and then retype it back in to excel, total madness! They just
say 'well that's our system and that's how we do it here...' nutters the lot of them.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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thunderace
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:25 PM |
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ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO CALL THE ONE YOU TURNED DOWN
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Oh I feel miserable, the new job sucks big time, I’m still freezing (my hands are numb!!), this lot are in the dark ages as far as their systems are
concerned, never even got my lunch cos the van didn’t turn up and there’s no coffee or tea. All I’ve got is one measly bit of chewing gum
Worse thing is I took this job over one that was only a grand less, what a major balls up.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Just try and think of he money. Can you not drag them into the modern day. Build your own empire so to speak?
tried that, they just get very angry and start swearing down the phone, I'm not kidding
Yeah I might call them to see if the jobs still available, also going to call an old boss I got on with. He literally came to my house about a year
ago to offer me a job and I turned him do, ahh! What an idiot 
[Edited on 3/1/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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thunderace
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:27 PM |
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or you could go and ask to see the top boss in the work and tell him your not happy and your work needs some improvements as its very outdated and
your idears would save them loads of money.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
or you could go and ask to see the top boss in the work and tell him your not happy and your work needs some improvements as its very outdated and
your idears would save them loads of money.
done that on just before I went on holiday, following my dads advice. Met with blank poker face and lack of interest. This company (I won't name
it) I found out after I joined, does not have a good rep. Just shows it's worth checking up before hand, my mistake.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:34 PM |
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I know what you mean mate. I've changed things in my last two jobs and people get really pi55ed off with me but I just push on and copy the boss
into the odd e mail of what I'm proposing. "Just because its always been done that way doesn't necessarily mean its right" A
phrase I learnt from the RAF of all places who are very reluctant to change anything. Failing that, yeah I'd write a letter to the other place
saying that you've now realised that they are a far more organised and professional company and you feel that you could make a difference there
that would be beneficial to them and far more satisfying for you in the position.
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thunderace
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:35 PM |
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get out fast as you can
it will just do your head in big time if you stick it out.
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MK Charlie
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:48 PM |
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I feel your pain. Company I work for hire offices in an old mansion. Soo cold. I am also bored of my "job" as i was employed to be
incharge of authorising maintenance on fleet vehicles, but all I have ever done is data entry!
[Edited on 3/1/08 by MK Charlie]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:48 PM |
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I wasn't going to come back after Christmas (after a particular bad spell on the phone...) but was talked out of it by my folks and friends who
all said I should not walk out on a job. Wish I hadn't listened and according to my contract I have to give months notice!! I can barely last
another day 
You all probably think I’m just being overdramatic or I’m just a whinge but I’ve had hard work in the past (workshop labourer etc..) and never minded
one bit.
I need out of here pronto.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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iank
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 02:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
don't know how cold it is but my hands are like ice, got the blinds shut but the radiators off. I told them a week before I left that is
wasn't working, still not fixed.
If I'd known the van wouldn't turn up I would have packed something.
oh just don't like this job, it's pish. I have to take stuff out of excel and then retype it back in to excel, total madness! They just
say 'well that's our system and that's how we do it here...' nutters the lot of them.
That excel nonsense sounds like just the sort of thing that could be automated with a bit of simple programming unless the documents are created
randomly according to the whim of the muppet doing it.
That way you could do the job in 20minutes and spend the rest of the day looking for something/somewhere better and pretending to be busy.
If you really don't want the job Jan/Feb is always a good time to start looking.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 03:13 PM |
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I told them I could do it with macros and end up with better presented results, but I might have well insulted their wife’s. They are now requesting
(telling) I send them everything, not just the progress reports graphs etc but all the worksheets as well so they can tell if I have changed anything,
unbelievable idiots
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MK Charlie
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 03:16 PM |
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They sound like idiots. Best out of it in my opinion.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 03:20 PM |
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 just got a job interview for next friday, freedom!!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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r1_pete
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 04:30 PM |
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Sounds like the company's bad rep is deserved, " the more you do what you've always done, the more you'll get what
you've always got", in their case sounds like pissed of customers.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 06:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO CALL THE ONE YOU TURNED DOWN
Agreed - why not give them a call and see what they say??? I've done it myself in the past and even had the wages increased to match that of the
"mistake" job.
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blueshift
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 07:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
just got a job interview for next friday, freedom!!
I love a happy ending
let us know how it goes, good luck!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 07:52 PM |
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Meanwhile, get the tractor feed paper, a litter bin, a couple of accidentally broken chairs and hey presto! Heat in the office  .
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Toady1
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 09:20 PM |
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whats the line of work? oIm guessing its like admin.....
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quinnj3
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| posted on 3/1/08 at 09:53 PM |
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a quick note!
hi i recently changed my job. Was working in an abotoir as a maintenance electrician but quickly realised that most of the work was fixing the odd
broken wire etc. Very little head scraching work soon gets you down. I pushed myself on to see if it would get any better and lasted a year. Things
didn't get better, I just got stuck in a routine of about 60 hours a week. I learned as much as i could there and the experience will be with me
for the rest of my electrical career. I left the company on good terms and i am now working as a panel builder, designer, programmer and commisioner.
I now have so much energy at the end of the day even though the hours are similar, just because every day is not a struggle. If you are not happy
with your job my advice is to get what you can in terms of experience out of it first before moving on. As soon as you find things becoming
repetitive it is time to move on because you are no longer bettering yourself and wasting time that could be spent elsewhere.
my aim is to build my own locost wether it takes me a week or 10 years to get started, i'm sure i will sometime
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