Did I have reason to quit my job?

[Doc Tinker]

I like fest3ers response. It must be because I've been down some of the hard bitten road that he's traveled.



Doc

 

[B.G. Smith]

The other school

Lots of good advice above. I think Doc is referring to "Whale University". After you have been swallowed and spit out a few times it tends to mellow you. I would have/did react the same way you did when I was your age. I never left a job on my own that I didn't find a better one, some times the same day. Move on and don't look back. They are the losers for losing a good employee. Good luck bg

 

[PRout]

The problem here is TXDiesel's LIST of REFERENCES did not improve w/ the time he has spent w/ the company.



This needs to be a big priority.



The idea is, you need to always be focusing on your list of references that cantbe taken away from you.



Employers like to see someone that has left companies under GOOD TERMS. If you lay a good history & list of references right in their hand, they will want you, because they see you know what they want.



It is much easier to trust you then, If prior employers say how good you worked for them & how they will miss you, you become very marketable. Its normal to work up from the bottom, and its expected.



The important thing is not so much where you worked , but how well they liked you, & came to depend on you. We need to be able to take crap to get that. Take crap, let it go, and keep pressing on w/ the work & pull away from your competitiors. Keep the head down & plow through BS.



They dont like to se big gaps in time, because they need to worry, why is that? Were you in the can? Were you working, but afraid to tell them where? Why? It scares them.



This is why the list can be the kicker that gets you over the wall above others w/ the same qualifications. It doesnt matter what job it is, they want to be able to know they are making the right decision, and its just like e-bay, that history sells. It needs to be a focus at ALL times, especially, when your in a situation of deciding if you need to fight, or get along.



If you can get along where others cant, you have just won an edge.



Also, take the tasks that nobody else wants. Take them seriously, make a plan & figure out the steps necessary to make it happen. You'll blow right on past half the others right there. All of a sudden you just made yourself more important, & more marketable. Thats what gets the raises.



Sorry for the soapbox.

 

[TxDieselKid]

Originally posted by Sled Puller

Notice the poll is 50-50.



One side you have the hot heads, the bridge burners.



On the other, you have the "walk quietly and carry a big stick, because if you mess with me ******, I'm going to take your world apart and you will never see it coming. "

hehehe

Well Gene I guess I fit into that hothead catorgory. How bout you, are you a hothead?



Well yall I have moved on and already started forgetting about it. I knew I would, I was jsut wondering what some of you all would have done. Thanks for the replys.



Andrew



P. S. Gene before you post... "AMSOIL SUCKS!"

 

[Shooter]

I agree with a lot of what Shortshift said. I will say that since you are in school fulltime; the hole in your resume for the time you were working for them can be covered by your fulltime student status.

Now go get a REAL job

If Sears was such a wonderfully managed company why are they selling all their assets and on the verge of bankruptcy ??



Another thought: if they go bankrupt think of all the tools they will not have to warranty#@$%!

 

[Sled Puller]

In the job field, I am not a Hothead-for the most part. But noone has ever called me a thief either.



Some idiot doctor said once that in the old days, man had two instincts--Fight or flight, nothing about diplomacy.



It hard to adjust those two instincts to modern living, as you are not allowed beat the tar out of someone who desperatley needs it!



And flight just does feel good, like you are leaving something behind, namely, beating the crap out of someone who desparately needs it!



Since I started work when I was 17, (33)I have never been late or missed a day of work. ( I have come close to beating the crap out of a boss or two, however, the Union REALLY frowns on that. )



It is nice working construction, because you get new bosses every year, that may help.

Gene

 

[danandamy]

Originally posted by Shooter

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If Sears was such a wonderfully managed company why are they selling all their assets and on the verge of bankruptcy ??



[/B]

They're going bankrupt because TDK stole SO MANY tools



just the facts dan



:-laf

 

[Fireman Dave]

:-laf :-laf



Sign me,



LMAO@DanDave