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Listen to the people above ^^^^^^^^. Sound advice. 3 months is nothing. Stick it out, offer to do installs on Saturdays etc. You could leave, get another job and have your new boss putting serious pressure on you to get the work done faster. From the sounds of it you've got a cushy number pal. Stay there, develop yourself and your skills and LEARN. The grass is always greener on the other side.
Yah all day servicing, that would do me, try working for a manufacturer 8/9 jobs per day mainly diagnosing/repairing with travel anywhere between 150/200+ miles per day with little or no thanks......... Take my advice stay where you are, keep your head down an learn as much as you can lol
Your mate might be telling the truth but he is not likely to say he is scratching around for work and is struggling to pay his bills is he, he will want you to think he's doing great. I know a lad who left the army after me with lots of electrician qualifications and reckons he's booked up day in day out now. He was a b.s'er in the army to the point he talked that much carp we didn't know how he got away with it. We used to call him rowntrees randoms because he talked that much rubbish. Harmless and a really nice lad, I still get on with him now and stay in touch but i know he's full of it. He went straight out and got his van stickered up but asked me to write him a fake review on one of the tradesmans sites. How many others did he ask? If he has to ask that then he isn't busy. Would love to see him doing as well as he says but i'd bet my life it's b.s
Not saying your mate is the same, he might be lucky to be picking and choosing and good for him if that is the case but don't think the grass is greener, concentrate on your own career. I know a couple of tradesman who have been in their trade for 10 years and are struggling for work.
I would stay where you are at least you are staying on top of your skills.
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Ermintrude
Stay grass always greener and 3 months? You haven't even settled in yet. Wind in you neck. Eat some humble pie and stick it out. Installs is boring when you've done 3000 of them then u wish u were on service
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Dotty
I'd comment, but a ghostly hand of god keeps editing my thoughts away
Those weren't thoughts, they were rants.
Out with the bad air, in with the good. Out with the bad air, in with the good....
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Give it another while. Maybe ask one of d guys doing fault finding (on d qt) how long were they doing servicing for b4 moving over.
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Gary Lee
mate your lucky be have found work with no experience so id defo stay at least for 2 years so then you should be able to move to a better firm as you'll have the experience to blag your way into other dutys. Im still on my first year at college and dreading finding a firm to take me on with no experience.... Plus building confidence to do the job in the first place.
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Don't know how meny jobs you have had, or how long you have been in the Gas industry, but if your not happy with what you are doing maybe your doing the wrong job anyway , Have you thought about doing anything else ?
The way to get an employer to invest in you is to prove you are worth it. And also how you put it across to them.
Up until recently I was every employers headache, and the reason many are reluctant to invest in employees. I'd join learn everything I could make the most of my time there and move on to a company that worked on something different in order for me to learn that.
Only ever move jobs for two reasons to better yourself or better your earnings. It's pointless leaving if you're not being fed the work you'd like to do because if you can't do it you'll either end up out the door or doing the same thing you are now.
why not apply yourself to the task? Book a few days training with a manufacturer on fault finding the baxi course is considered very good. When your employer asks what the time off is for explain you'd like to get a better understanding and in the long term a better variant of work. Once you've done that ask your employer if they have a contact with their preferred manufacturer that might be able to get you a free days training there again explaining your willing to take the day as holiday. Slowly your employer will gain trust and put you on the odd breakdown eventually leading to more of that type of work.
In the mornings when you and the other lads are at the yard instead of talking football start a conversation with them "anything interesting this week lads" "oh really and how did you get to the bottom of that?"
and finally id count yourself lucky they don't want to put you installing that's monkey work any numbskull can hang a boiler and solder a joint. There's always furniture in the way cream carpets to work around and unrealistic deadlines to meet. Plus the amount of tools required on the basis of you never know what you'll encounter is ridiculous
Up until recently I was every employers headache, and the reason many are reluctant to invest in employees. I'd join learn everything I could make the most of my time there and move on to a company that worked on something different in order for me to learn that.
Only ever move jobs for two reasons to better yourself or better your earnings. It's pointless leaving if you're not being fed the work you'd like to do because if you can't do it you'll either end up out the door or doing the same thing you are now.
why not apply yourself to the task? Book a few days training with a manufacturer on fault finding the baxi course is considered very good. When your employer asks what the time off is for explain you'd like to get a better understanding and in the long term a better variant of work. Once you've done that ask your employer if they have a contact with their preferred manufacturer that might be able to get you a free days training there again explaining your willing to take the day as holiday. Slowly your employer will gain trust and put you on the odd breakdown eventually leading to more of that type of work.
In the mornings when you and the other lads are at the yard instead of talking football start a conversation with them "anything interesting this week lads" "oh really and how did you get to the bottom of that?"
and finally id count yourself lucky they don't want to put you installing that's monkey work any numbskull can hang a boiler and solder a joint. There's always furniture in the way cream carpets to work around and unrealistic deadlines to meet. Plus the amount of tools required on the basis of you never know what you'll encounter is ridiculous
I personally would love a year to 18 months solid on installs then the same on breakdowns. I'd be flying then.
At the minute i'm mostly doing maintenance work, gas safety checks, about 1 install a month and a few breakdowns. It's a very long winded way for me to learn but i'd rather be doing it this way than having to wake up every morning and start the job hunt.
I was unemployed for about 6 weeks when i was 19, naively i left a job thinking i would get a new one within a few days. I swore to myself i would never leave a job again without something else to go to no matter how fed up I got. It means I have to eat carp from time to time but anything is better than being unemployed.
My dad always says life can be hard but it's a lot harder when you got no money coming in. All of lifes problems are worse when you are skint. Just stick at it, as each month passes you are notching up the experience.
At the minute i'm mostly doing maintenance work, gas safety checks, about 1 install a month and a few breakdowns. It's a very long winded way for me to learn but i'd rather be doing it this way than having to wake up every morning and start the job hunt.
I was unemployed for about 6 weeks when i was 19, naively i left a job thinking i would get a new one within a few days. I swore to myself i would never leave a job again without something else to go to no matter how fed up I got. It means I have to eat carp from time to time but anything is better than being unemployed.
My dad always says life can be hard but it's a lot harder when you got no money coming in. All of lifes problems are worse when you are skint. Just stick at it, as each month passes you are notching up the experience.
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Sharp Point
must learn to run before walking.....
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