Is it really a bad job?
September 13th 2008 11:16
Grass is always greener on the other side, and almost no one is happy in their jobs. There are always something out there that trickles our fancy and the more we think about it the more we become to 'hate' our jobs.
But you don't realise what you've got until you've lost it.
You know, working in the travel industry had been a long term dream of mine. While having a completely comfortable corporate job I was edgy and I wanted to escape from all the commercialism and materialism to work in the travel industry where at least, I'd be working with something I actually love.
However never did I expect the long hours required as well as the risks involved. Airlines and travel providers are hard to deal with, and customers are always right, so you are kind of stuck in the middle with no way out.
Having assessed both side of things, I realised how luck I was to be in my last job. It was double the pay with half amount of the stress. Ok the hours were still long sometimes but at least I had the choice to being able to work from home when I needed the flexibility. The only thing was it was extremely materialistic and as I said, I'd rather be talking about travelling than the most updated Blackberries.
I suppose the moral of the story is to really weigh it out. Exactly what do you know of the other jobs before you decide to make the switch? And whether there are any roads backwards if you do need to get away again in case it's not as good as you thought? I am all for trying it all out, but sometimes, we need to make sure that no bridges are burnt so badly that cannot be repaired so you are stuck on one side with no way out.
But you don't realise what you've got until you've lost it.
You know, working in the travel industry had been a long term dream of mine. While having a completely comfortable corporate job I was edgy and I wanted to escape from all the commercialism and materialism to work in the travel industry where at least, I'd be working with something I actually love.
However never did I expect the long hours required as well as the risks involved. Airlines and travel providers are hard to deal with, and customers are always right, so you are kind of stuck in the middle with no way out.
Having assessed both side of things, I realised how luck I was to be in my last job. It was double the pay with half amount of the stress. Ok the hours were still long sometimes but at least I had the choice to being able to work from home when I needed the flexibility. The only thing was it was extremely materialistic and as I said, I'd rather be talking about travelling than the most updated Blackberries.
I suppose the moral of the story is to really weigh it out. Exactly what do you know of the other jobs before you decide to make the switch? And whether there are any roads backwards if you do need to get away again in case it's not as good as you thought? I am all for trying it all out, but sometimes, we need to make sure that no bridges are burnt so badly that cannot be repaired so you are stuck on one side with no way out.
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