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I resigned from my job, last day of work is decmeber 28th. I feel so horrible, i know it's the right thing i did, but i still feel like shit. I dont have anything lined up, but expecting something very soon.
i'll miss all the great people i worked with(excluding my boss), but i guess my career is the priority here!
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Good career move! Now how will you pay for that sweet ass car?
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What the hell do you do?
i paid of the whole car from day one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhydant
kuro, i'm a marketing major, but got assigned a spectrum licensing(technical job that deals with wireless communication and frequencies) job(it's whole different ball game from marketing). I work for a telecom regulatory, kindda like what the FCC is to the U.S.Quote:
Originally Posted by kuro
long story, i'll write more when i get back home.
Good luck! It's a very admirable thing to walk away from a good/great paying job for something you believe in. Most people don't have the balls to do it.
im sure he'll get something that pays better or he wouldn't have done it.
So you're responsible for keeping the good people of the UAE safe from harmful information? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by marwan
I hear Al-Qaeda is looking for a few good men.
OMG J/K!!
(not really)
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Originally Posted by Glass Joe
well it's the cause of many things, not just one factor that made me give in my resignation(dec 28th is my last day). I have a very demanding boss, that wants everyone in his department to work 3,4,...5 hours past the working hour, see i cant stand that shit. we work from 7am till 3pm, and this guy gives us work by the end of the day and expects us to stay in the office till 6 or 7pm(or more) getting work done. once or twice a week is no big deal, but when it comes a habbit and is constantly happening, it makes me very angry! let alone my boss is extremly dry, cold and unfreindly. he's not very approachable, he's got that "i'm a boss, so respect me and kiss my ass" typa' attitude which i fucking cannot stand!
my boss has no life, all he does is work like machine, he doesnt even have time for his family, he practically lives in an airplane traveling from one conference to another, or he spends hours in his office past everyone in the office.
ofcourse, what i mention above is only one of the factors. the other(plus other shit that i wont bother type cuz it will take forever) is im doing an engineering job that i feel im not benefiting from, plus i wanted to work with something in my field, marketing or anything related to business. Our regulatory doesnt sell any products, so we dont market anything to begin with.
at first when i joined i worked in the strategy and policy department(which was ok with me), my boss was an american lady, she was on a contract for 2 years to kick stat the regulatory(it was just established), but little did i know that she was a bitch from the vortex of hell! i had problem after problem with her, she was extremly rude and not very understanding! i got into arguments with her practically every week! ...i mean seriously she THE BITCHEST CUNT I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!!! she was always in a bad mood, and had a very rude sarcastic attitude! anyways, long story short, the gerneral manager(good friends with my family) did me a favor and shifted me to "Spectrum Management" ....all was ok for the first month, then everything started going downhill! i have been working there for an year and 2 months, and my dickhead boss still didn't confirm me! i was considered a trainee....god know for how long.....long story short, i felt i wasnt moving along, stuck in the same place, and not benefiting from being in spectrum(annoying technical job).....so i said enough is enough, i can't take this shit, so fuck it i'm quiting!
i'm expecting to hear from another job soon, so there is still hope. *fingers crossed*
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It's great to be able to walk away from a shitty job.
It baffles me that so many people keep working for assholes, earning half of what they should, and doing everybody elses work, just because they're afraid they'll end up broke and unemployed.
It's not that hard to save up a months' worth of living expenses and then just quit.
I don't know what the job market is like in UAE, but where I live, anyone who isn't retarded could find a decent job within a few weeks.
It sounds like you have a serious problem with authority. I wouldn't stay late every day of the week, either, but it seems that either you're very hard to get along with because you need everything to mesh well with you or you're a bit of a hot head. No offense.
Good luck and all the best, though.
marwan is a renegade, a real loose cannon,
but he gets results, damnit!
It would make sense for a couple of employee's to have group authority in having him removed, should he not be good enough to meet everyone's standards. Isn't there supposed to be a way you can have him evaluated?
Then why the fuck did you do it?Quote:
Originally Posted by marwan
Obviosuly it wasn't the right thing to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by marwan
You did the right thing, AFAIC. Bring the hammer down on those fools
Wow. You really are out of touch with the rest of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
Canada sounds pretty nice.
Anyway, good luck finding a new job Marwan.
Well, I'm only speaking from my experience in southern ontario, but the same holds true for most of canada.
The atlantic provinces are fucked, though.
Well, he liked certain parts of his job and others he clearly didn't. Making a job jump (especially changing careers) can be a daunting task. Excited and nervous about leaving, finding that perfect job is hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
Maybe for professionals, but it isn't all that easy for everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
I felt horrible when I quit my job six months ago. I'd been working for that commpany for over three years and grown a lot with them. But it was the right thing for me to do since management simply wasn't looking out for its employees and burning them out way too often. My boss was basically no help to me and pretty oblivious to the amount of stress he was piling on his employees. Plus there was a handful of other people whose egos got so huge it became a huge pain to work with them.
I remember my exit interview with human resources. They asked what improvements could have been made and I told them about a good amount of my frustrations and problems. The human resources lady couldn't believe any of it.
I felt horrible leaving mostly because I had a great relationship with the good people that were there. There was a lot of good people there. It was just the small amount of awful people that really ruined the whole experience of working there. Basicaly you think you can always work around it, but it wears and tears after awhile. And even if you're making good money, you dont have a future if you stay in a place that wont allow you to grow any more.
Now I'm working a job thats about the same as before but a lot less stressful and frustrating. I'm making a little less money, but I don't mind it at all. If I didn't have to move away it could very much be everything I was wishing for. So change is usually a good thing. I still keep in touch with some of my old co-workers there and most of them have left too. They told me I somehow started a mass exodus. I also found out last week that my bosses position is now up for grabs. I dunno if he got fired or resigned. I'll probably find out later in the week when I talk to some people.
You know what! Sometimes we need to sacrifice one of our good stuff! in order to give way for another new one! I think you did the best I know you have a great reason in doing that it's all for you! Besides you can still keep in touch to you¡¯re former officemates by visiting them at home or even organized an event that all the participants are you¡¯re friends/officemates including you! Or if you want try to forget them at all I know it¡¯s hard to adjust in a new environment but as I have said thing happen we don¡¯t expect some! Just accept the fact that you did that thing for the good of others and you!
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Originally Posted by allyphus
that's very true. i'm in a position where i like the people and atmosphere, yet i despise my job and boss. it's kindda like, love it and hate it at the same time. it's all due to a job that doesnt fit my profile, that i'm not benefiting from at all. everyone in the office is really upset that i'm leaving, but they know i cant do shit about it. they have 5 other vacancies available, but none of them fit what i want unfortunately.
just curiouse, how hard is it to find a job in the U.S? here in the UAE it's getting more and more difficult to find a job, it took me 8-9 months to find this job(and the one i quit previously). so whatever someone gets a job here, they fucking hold on to it really tight!
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Originally Posted by kedawa
Canada's unemployment rate is 7% while it is under 3% in the UAE ... I guess that means twice as many Canadians are "retarded" when it comes to finding work.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
The math in that last post hurts my head.
Translation: UAE's population is 2,563,212; Canada's population is 32,805,041.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Yup.
Depends what job and where you are in the States.Quote:
Originally Posted by marwan
I'm good at posting numbers, not making sure they add up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
From what I have heard/read, the job market in the US has openings; but most of them are very specialized. It seems like employers are less and less likely to train hirees for positions; instead, they're simply expected to have the knowledge needed to fill the position that's open.