Money isn't everything

[IByte]

Depends on the work:
YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJS51d1Fzg

Lol classics neva die, nice find.

 

[EIngerson]

Have a plan. It's fine that you're un happy with your current work, but if you decide to make a move in todays economy and job market you would be foolish to just drop everything and start over. Do your leg work while you have a steady paycheck and don't settle. You've survived there this long, why not spend the time to make it an upwards move? Like others have said though, the grass looks greener on the other side because you can't see the **** in the yard.

Best of luck to you whatever you decide. I hope it works out well.

 

[IByte]

Never, EVER, burn bridges. Have enough respect for yourself and your employer to leave with dignity and pride if that's what you decide to do. In this economy I would not recommend just quitting without having another job in place. It is just not very wise. I would say I am pretty money savvy, and I would say stick it out until you have at least a years worth of money saved to live on before you do anything crazy. Just my two cents.

Pun intended there Kat....??

 

[bribrius]

Well, nothing has happened yet, but the day isn't over, lol. "Something" will happen, I just don't know when or what.

My plan for now is to stay till the lease is up on my apartment, then get out of here. I think there's 4 months left on it. That will let me save up more money, and it will give me 7 years here.

Assuming I don't get fired in an hour, lol.

chicken. I knew you didn't have the balls anyway.

 

[Josh66]

Well, nothing has happened yet, but the day isn't over, lol. "Something" will happen, I just don't know when or what.

My plan for now is to stay till the lease is up on my apartment, then get out of here. I think there's 4 months left on it. That will let me save up more money, and it will give me 7 years here.

Assuming I don't get fired in an hour, lol.

chicken. I knew you didn't have the balls anyway.

LOL. Well, maybe they're just waiting till Friday, lol. Getting fired won't be good, but I'll be OK. Worst case, I'll just have to rush to get everything done that I need to do - buy a truck, pack, all that crap. I hate my car too, lol. It's getting to be pretty unreliable.

 

[bribrius]

Well, nothing has happened yet, but the day isn't over, lol. "Something" will happen, I just don't know when or what.

My plan for now is to stay till the lease is up on my apartment, then get out of here. I think there's 4 months left on it. That will let me save up more money, and it will give me 7 years here.

Assuming I don't get fired in an hour, lol.

chicken. I knew you didn't have the balls anyway.

LOL. Well, maybe they're just waiting till Friday, lol. Getting fired won't be good, but I'll be OK. Worst case, I'll just have to rush to get everything done that I need to do - buy a truck, pack, all that crap. I hate my car too, lol. It's getting to be pretty unreliable.

well. i ll tell you this from working in corporate America. i seen people go out of work on stress leave, stress from work before. Take FMLA. i seen people pull short term disability for from stress and depression. some companies have drug policies, the type where if you tell them you have a drug problem they have to give you time off and pay for you to go to a drug or alcohol counselor. i saw one guy disappear for MONTHS on stress leave. Then he came back, said he had problem with his meds and had to go back to his therapist. Dissappeared for months again. Probably paid with short term disability most companies carry that. i seen a woman go out once because she claimed she thought she was being sexually harassed because the stuff was hung up too high on a bulletin board for her to reach. About seen it all, all im saying.
im not giving suggestions, just saying. ive seen people go out (and hang onto their jobs) for A LOT of reasons and in A LOT of different ways.

EDIT: They aren't all illegit. I'd guess 90 percent had a legit case. Other ten percent playing the system.

 

[Tiller]

LOL. Well, maybe they're just waiting till Friday, lol. Getting fired won't be good, but I'll be OK. Worst case, I'll just have to rush to get everything done that I need to do - buy a truck, pack, all that crap. I hate my car too, lol. It's getting to be pretty unreliable.

Are you not listening? DONT GET FIRED

 

[Josh66]

LOL - I once worked somewhere with a VERY generous sick time policy. Every employee had 6 month paid sick time per year - from your first day. You didn't have to even think about using short or long term disability until after you used that 6 months up. There were a couple people who really worked the system, taking half of every year off for stress. All you needed was a doctor's note and you could basically be out as long as you wanted to with full pay.

How you could be that stressed out when you only work 6 months a year, I don't know...haha.

I've seen people take a few months off for things like that before. I always just assumed that disability wouldn't cover something like that. I know FMLA is unpaid, anyway.

I just need to get out of here, lol. I'm going to take a pay cut - no way around that. I just hate living here so much. You have to either drive an hour each way to work every day (I know people that drive 100+ miles one way to work - screw that), or drive an hour every time you want to do something other than go to Walmart. There's maybe one decent restaurant in town - not counting places like Chili's or Applebee's, they're more-or-less fast food with beer. Nothing wrong with that - I'm just saying, it's not "fine dining".

For me, living somewhere I actually like to live will be worth the pay cut.

 

[bribrius]

LOL - I once worked somewhere with a VERY generous sick time policy. Every employee had 6 month paid sick time per year - from your first day. You didn't have to even think about using short or long term disability until after you used that 6 months up. There were a couple people who really worked the system, taking half of every year off for stress. All you needed was a doctor's note and you could basically be out as long as you wanted to with full pay.

How you could be that stressed out when you only work 6 months a year, I don't know...haha.

I've seen people take a few months off for things like that before. I always just assumed that disability wouldn't cover something like that. I know FMLA is unpaid, anyway.

I just need to get out of here, lol. I'm going to take a pay cut - no way around that. I just hate living here so much. You have to either drive an hour each way to work every day (I know people that drive 100+ miles one way to work - screw that), or drive an hour every time you want to do something other than go to Walmart. There's maybe one decent restaurant in town - not counting places like Chili's or Applebee's, they're more-or-less fast food with beer. Nothing wrong with that - I'm just saying, it's not "fine dining".

For me, living somewhere I actually like to live will be worth the pay cut.

look at cost of living in the new area, in tandem with looking at pay. then crime rates, poverty levels, schools etc. etc.

 

[Josh66]

LOL. Well, maybe they're just waiting till Friday, lol. Getting fired won't be good, but I'll be OK. Worst case, I'll just have to rush to get everything done that I need to do - buy a truck, pack, all that crap. I hate my car too, lol. It's getting to be pretty unreliable.

Are you not listening? DONT GET FIRED

I don't exactly have a say in it, lol. I don't know what will happen, but nothing happened today. I'm not going to assume that means that nothing is going to happen. I don't know, maybe nothing will happen. If that's the case, they would really be bending the rules for me. Unless they decide to just ignore the times I've called in, "the rules" say that the punishment is termination. I'm just waiting to see what happens now. I thought I would hear something today, but I didn't. It won't be the end of the world if I do get fired.

 

[gsgary]

I think you need to wake up and smell the coffee, my number one priority is to pay bills and ill do anything it takes ive been a joiner for 36 years some jobs I hate ive just started a new job thats great and im back on pre recession money which works out at about £30 an hour but I have been on crap money for about 6 years now

 

[Overread16 4]

One thought is that you've been off work sick; so provided that they believe you were genuinely sick and not pulling a fast one it might be that whilst you have been off longer than you should have they are prepared to not let you go and retain your services due to the circumstances of you being sick and thus not really able to attend work.

 

[usayit]

Haven't read through the thread.... yet... but

Don't run away from things.

You run TOO things.


Running away almost always leads to regret and overlooked opportunities.



PS> I disagree with the "Money isn't everything". "A lot of money isn't everything .. yes ". But that's a different discussion.

 

[bribrius]

One thought is that you've been off work sick; so provided that they believe you were genuinely sick and not pulling a fast one it might be that whilst you have been off longer than you should have they are prepared to not let you go and retain your services due to the circumstances of you being sick and thus not really able to attend work.

maybe he brought in a doctors note.

 

[Josh66]

PS> I disagree with the "Money isn't everything". "A lot of money isn't everything .. yes ". But that's a different discussion.

That's what I meant. I can take a pay cut and still be "OK". Obviously, I would rather NOT take a pay cut, lol, but I'd rather make less and have some sort of life.

One thought is that you've been off work sick; so provided that they believe you were genuinely sick and not pulling a fast one it might be that whilst you have been off longer than you should have they are prepared to not let you go and retain your services due to the circumstances of you being sick and thus not really able to attend work.

maybe he brought in a doctors note.

I didn't go to the doctor. I should have. I didn't plan on being out that long either - if I knew from the start how long it would be I probably would have went to the doctor first thing. Maybe I'll just swipe a stack of their pads next time I go in for something, lol. I still think it's ridiculous that we even have to bring notes in though.

Maybe they'll go easy on me since the flu, or whatever the hell it was (I don't think it was the flu - seems like the flu should have been worse), has been making it's rounds. Maybe I'll just get 3 days without pay. Hopefully I'll find out tomorrow. Whatever they're going to do, I wish they'd just get it over with, lol. I guess it's good that nothing has happened yet, but I still don't think they're going to just let me off completely.


Anyway. I've been saying for a long time that I hate it here and need to move. I need to just do it, finally. Maybe 8 or 9 years ago, I moved 1500 miles with no job. What I'm talking about now is moving 100 miles - to somewhere I already know people and can definitely get a job.