ANOTHER christmas wondering whether I'll have a job


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ANOTHER christmas wondering whether I'll have a job
September 09, 2009 @ 08:36:19 am

Another corporate change. Another Xmas where I'll be on tender-hooks wondering whether I'll have my own job Jan 1.

I shouldn't complain I guess. There are so many people wondering day to day whether they will have their job tomorrow worldwide. But our company have pulled this s*** since 2004. Every Christmas since 2004 we've either had to re-interview for our jobs or wait to be told.

Oh Lord, I'm so tired.......

If/when they interview me, I'm so tempted to say "Where do I see myself in 5 years? Hopefully not working at all. Hopefully with enough money to be sun-baking on my own yacht in the carrabean not thinking about you at all."

I'm only 39 and I am so tired of working.

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CORN1SH Debater+ 5257 points	September 09, 2009 @ 08:37:32 am
	I got tired of working at 17

Mysteria Bleeding Heart Über-Minister+ 15180 points	September 09, 2009 @ 08:39:30 am
	Oh, I really hope you can keep your job. Losing one is a very scary thing. Does the company usually let people go if they don't have seniority?

markfox01 innit! Points Whore Master+ 65888 points	September 09, 2009 @ 08:43:32 am
	I don't think work is like what our parents did. My dad is 51, and he has had the same job since he was 16. Give or take a name change. He doesn't know what its like to have to face redundancy and told to re interview. He tells me I need to get a job I can stay in for years... it don't exist, companies want you body and soul...

amelie3 Über Master Debater 8837 points	September 09, 2009 @ 09:22:36 am
	Mysteria said: Oh, I really hope you can keep your job. Losing one is a very scary thing. Does the company usually let people go if they don't have seniority? Retrenchments seem pretty random actually at my work. More geographical than sensible, if anything. I have been there 10 years. if they retrench me it will cost them a fortune. Still....

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September 09, 2009 @ 09:25:36 am

markfox01 said:

I don't think work is like what our parents did. My dad is 51, and he has had the same job since he was 16. Give or take a name change. He doesn't know what its like to have to face redundancy and told to re interview. He tells me I need to get a job I can stay in for years... it don't exist, companies want you body and soul...

It's true. 50 years ago there was respectability in staying with the same firm your whole life.

It's said now that skills-wise, you actually go backwards if you stay with the same firm for more than 7 years - & that future employers see you as not being a risk-taker.

x_Laura_x Folkin' around Giggity Goo+ 124458 points	September 09, 2009 @ 09:26:51 am
	amelie3 said: I have been there 10 years. if they retrench me it will cost them a fortune. Still.... That's why they didn't make my dad redundant Hopefully you will keep your job.

amelie3 Über Master Debater 8837 points	September 09, 2009 @ 09:29:18 am
	x_Laura_x said: That's why they didn't make my dad redundant Hopefully you will keep your job. I hope so too. NY ain't a good time to be looking. Thanks.

DorkySupergirl Suit Up! Ogler+ 20968 points	September 09, 2009 @ 09:52:03 am
	I hope that you get to stay on. I could not imagine the stress knowing each year you are reinterviewed. But who does that at Christmas time? I know business does not care but it's cold.

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