discussion Back in work!

[Guest]

Congratulations. Good work mate. I am sure you deserve it


John

 

[Guest]

Fantastic Adrian, really pleased for you.

 

[Guest]

well don great that have landed on your feet


... like you I have depression and been out work for a while.. I also have other health prob ie bad asthma(copd) and back issue but find my depression has got worse as im trying to look/find work but can no longer do all the things I was qualified in!!!! and the job centre well there a waste of time sent me on courses that were no use and tried go collage but was told not allowed due to my anxiety??? I did see one the career advisors and guess what see said there's jobs going on the railways do track maintenance ,knowing fair well that I cant lift heavy items and have back issues .


then other problem is I cant put a work history as before becoming ill I was a single parent for 4-5 years but then had a break down and lost near everything at the time!!!! its annoying as I want to work but cant find anything other than agency ( but need guaranteed hours and permanent) and most turn me down due to history...its got to the point of given up and has made me in some ways lose hope, just a shame the days of the job centre advertising new jobs and helping you get a job have gone!!!!

 

[Snowman]

Congrats bub!!

 

[Guest]

Warning reading this may be a toil
As some may know I quit my job the beginning of April having had enough of my new manager, yes it was a rash decision but I felt my depression creeping back on me and didn't want to be taking a trip to A&E again ( and yes he was that bad )


Anyway I've been living off the small amount of money they give you to "look" for work as well as selling of 90% of my model stash When/if my house sells I will get back what I really want again.


So the past two weeks


I've been sent on training courses on customer service, ironic when I've been in retail for 20+ years now and trained staff from part time to management level, anyway like a good little lad I passed all those courses. Last week they asked me to an interview for a job at a new Poundland, I attended, did all the group session and had an interview at the end. I was told they would contact me on Friday to let me know how it went.


On arriving home I received a call from Yodel regarding the neighbourhood courier job I had applied for in April and would I like to go to the open day, I said yes and went along yesterday.


I should say I didn't get a call from Poundland so assumed I'd been unsuccessful. Wednesday afternoon comes and Yodel offer me the role so I accept, yippee a job with real money!


Today I get a call from Poundland offering me the job!!!!


So basically I now have two jobs! My minds made up on the Yodel job, its more in keeping with what I wanted to do having had enough of retail customers, it's not just the young ones I find more and more that older shoppers are so rude and with such bad manners!


Anyway my point is I have a job


Adrian

hey adrian i know your plight. I was working in a builders providers for most of my life with a really great boss. I was the purchasing officer i suppouse, checked invoices, paid bills everything up to getting goods on shelfs. Then I suppouse greed overcame me and i was head hunted for a new store opening near, they promised me the sun and moon and of course i accepted. But old boss called and wanted nme back, i dont know why i said no. So new plavce is terrible and recession hit in building trade here, so i was let off for a year, then taken back. Then put on 3 day week, and to top it all i had to go to jhospital for total knee replacement, and during this time yhey let me go. But on my pension now, and modelling has kept me sane and im now so happy and relaxed, so good news for you, love a happy ending.

 

[yak face]

Congrats adrian nice to hear things are looking up , cheers tony

 

[Guest]

Congratulations Adrian. All credit to you for having the courage to tell your previous manager to stuff it. I'm sure you will now feel it was the right thing to do from your own health aspect although a period of unemployment is difficult to deal with. You have come through it all though so I hope you can draw some strength from it and use it to bolster your confidence.