Handed In My Resignation

odinn7 · July 03, 2008, 11:14:21 AM

I just handed in my letter of resignation today and will be moving on in a few short weeks to a new, better position. This company has been holding me back long enough so I decided it was time to move on. Actually, I have my a***ole brother in law to thank...it was his back stabbing as the shop supervisor and trying to undermine what I do that finally got me to get off my ass and find something.

I'll be getting a $2 an hour raise, guaranteed raises yearly, and they will even pay for my daughters insurance which is costing me $84 a week right now. I couldn't pass that up.

trekgeezer · July 03, 2008, 11:29:53 AM

Congrats Odinn7, I've been there and done that but I didn't have job lined up. When I went to work where I am now I took a big pay cut, but after 10 years I finally moved up to management and got a big bump up in pay.

Sometimes you have to leave just for your sanity, although the insurance thing is pretty scary when you don't have it.

By the way, I hope everyone knows that I pulled a Sco...I mean Conan on the screen names. Hopefully no one here is dense enough to have missed it.

odinn7 · July 03, 2008, 11:59:42 AM

Thanks Trek....I mean....uh....Kirok

Mofo Rising · July 03, 2008, 03:00:23 PM

Well, congratulations. I wish you luck on your future endeavor.

AndyC · July 03, 2008, 03:14:27 PM

Karma to you, Odinn. Too many people cling to jobs they don't like.

Patient7 · July 03, 2008, 04:39:24 PM

Karma to Odinn7. And Kirok is Trekgeezer

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Andrew · July 03, 2008, 07:49:54 PM

Odinn, best wishes and I hope you are much happier. Being happy at what you do every day makes a world of difference in a person.

CheezeFlixz · July 03, 2008, 09:01:21 PM

Best of luck in the new job, I've always told people if you don't like where you're at move. This is the land of opportunity.

Trevor · July 04, 2008, 03:34:31 AM

Quote from: odinn7 on July 03, 2008, 11:14:21 AM
I just handed in my letter of resignation today and will be moving on in a few short weeks to a new, better position. This company has been holding me back long enough so I decided it was time to move on. Actually, I have my a***ole brother in law to thank...it was his back stabbing as the shop supervisor and trying to undermine what I do that finally got me to get off my ass and find something.

I'll be getting a $2 an hour raise, guaranteed raises yearly, and they will even pay for my daughters insurance which is costing me $84 a week right now. I couldn't pass that up.

Congratulations, Odinn: best wishes and I hope all will go well for you.

Trevor · July 04, 2008, 03:42:34 AM

Quote from: I am Kirok! on July 03, 2008, 11:29:53 AM
By the way, I hope everyone knows that I pulled a Sco...I mean Conan on the screen names. Hopefully no one here is dense enough to have missed it.

The odd thing is, the day before I noticed you'd changed your screen name, I was reading Alan Asherman's book on Star Trek OS where he writes in depth about every OS episode and the first six films. The episode I was reading about was The Paradise Syndrome where Kirk becomes a brave warrior named Kirok.

odinn7 · July 04, 2008, 11:21:36 AM

Thanks everyone. The job was really eating at me the last few years and just became too much. The BIL was the final straw in all of it.

I already feel much better physically and mentally and it's only been a few days since I was told I have the job.

JPickettIII · July 05, 2008, 10:05:45 PM

Congratulations on your new job. I know that the raise will help you out with you daughter's medical needs as well as you family needs.

I was in a similar situation too. I was in a automotive retail job that had back stabbing, poor management, poor benefits, poopy-heads for coworkers and really crap pay for being a assistant manager I was doing this for two years too long. I was hating life real bad, my physical and mental health was not doing too well.

Then there was a ray of hope that was piercing through the gray cloud. I followed this ray and found a better job. I got better pay (a four dollar an hour raise), better management, awesome benefits, no poopy-head coworkers and it is a career I studied for in college. Human Services. I can now better support my family and my mental and physical health are a lot better.

I haven't even looked back.

I think that your's and my situation should be a positive example to everyone in this forum. People should know that if they are in a job that they do not like (or just plain hate), they should look for that ray of hope. Whether it is real bright or real dim, it is a light that is showing them a way out.

Good luck with you new job. I hope that it will treat as well as mine does.

Karma for taking that leap of faith for the new job.

Later,

John