Advice on quitting or staying in current job

[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.

 

[jtsplumbing]

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 ?

 

[gasmanrob]

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

 

[armyash]

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.

 

[Sharp Point]

must learn to run before walking.....

 

[waddmiester]

Stick it out and enjoy what you are doing.
it can't be installs every day for every body. Personally enjoy the LL checks and servicing as well as installation work, in every new rented property a new gas nightmare awaits lol!

 

[Neil K]

I like others here got my notification on my phone that someone else has replied to this thread. Let us know how you get on fellow

 

[Klatka201]

Stay'!

 

[Klatka201]

New job new problems. At least you know what you dealing with now

 

[81ll]

For now I'm staying booked myself on some courses and will take it from there.

I don't mind doing donkey work, just want to progress as an engineer.

 

[Rickster123]

For now I'm staying booked myself on some courses and will take it from there.

I don't mind doing donkey work, just want to progress as an engineer.

Good choice mate. Softly softly catchy monkey.

 

[81ll]

Something I didn't mention is after tax he is only paying me £60 after tax.

Is that a standard rate of pay?

 

[SilentMike]

What do you get it terms of van holiday ect?

 

[81ll]

20 days paid holiday & van which I can only use for work

 

[antdad]

Also a 3 month term doesn't look good on a CV if you're looking for another employer.

 

[Rickster123]

Are you on a six month trial period?

 

[JCSPLUMBING]

Mate. Man up and tell your boss you ain't happy. No good being shy. What's the worst that can happen? You can't get sacked for asking for more opportunities.

 

[wetdrip]

Some would give their favourite finger to be in your position.
Learn, learn, learn.