How did it go with your boss ?
He was understanding. He doesn't want me to leave, i think i work hard and i think he knows that. Sometimes i mess up by not having the right stuff on the van and sometimes waste time getting parts, sometimes have messed up causing problems. I need to calm down and just focus on the job at hand instead of flapping because i have another load to get through.
He's a really nice bloke and I am grateful for the chance he has given me and I said that and i said i hope he doesn't think i'm being disloyal. He said is it the money and i said no - the new job is better pay but that's not my main reason for leaving. I said to him i need to become a good plumber and doing it day in day out I know I can be. It's strange, at the minute i'm doing a wide variety of work, whether it's minor electrical work, helping to fit bathrooms/kitchens, plumbing, gas work, the occasional boiler change. So I can't ever say i'm bored but i need to get my teeth in to something and become excellent at it. It will do my confidence the world of good, once i am good at plumbing to the standard he is then i would be happy to do this sort of job. It's the ideal job for someone who has lots of experience, it would be easy for them but i don't feel i'm ever going to get really good at any one thing.
I have learnt a lot and i will always be grateful for it, one day I could see myself back there but i need to do this. It's a low pressure job just needs running differently and i feel bad for my boss because he has a lot on his plate. He has had a bad time in his personal life lately too with the death of his dad which makes me feel even worse but I think if i stay there i'm going to be in exactly the same position in 12 months time.
I'm rambling.
He asked me what can be done to make things better for me and i couldn't answer him, he said would it be better if i was just doing the plumbing and not the other stuff but i said no because i know that stuff needs to be done and if i'm the only bloke available to do it then i'm happy to do it. I don't think there's loads of money in the pot and I know he doesn't take home rock star wages either so it's not like he's taking the mickey. We have 3 other guys who don't bring in any money for the most part but they still get paid,. I find this madness and I think he does too but 2 of them are friends of his father in law who i think gets the final say.
If he was running things differently and wanted to get me trained up on breakdowns by working alongside himself or another engineer I would stay but he isn't in the position to do that and it's unrealistic.
Anyway I feel really bad because it's not the best time to be leaving and i do enjoy working there even though i get more stressed and annoyed than i should but i have to think what's best long term.
