I agree with everyone, but you need to be honest about your cash situstion. Brutally honest. If your overtime and upset and long hours is making you go “treat yo self” more often, then perhaps the overtime isn’t really benefiting you. If you want your work life balance to be lesser, you also have to accept you need to be stricter with cash too. Both situations have their pros and cons, it’s shitty being in a situation where you can’t just have both, so make sure you’re making the right long term decision for yourself.

Personally, I’d go for the set shifts, but then I don’t cope very well with a lack of structure in my life.

First day back in werk

An hour late

No idea what I'm doing

:boththumbs:

We have four in our work who know every single system inside out. Myself and three others. One of the others has had to sign a waiver saying he won't help other colleagues because he forgot to put the weight on a collection. Cost the company a whole 300 pounds.

Company with a value of over one billion

Dark Soldier wrote:

Cunts with a value of over one billion

I think that’s what you meant to say.

Aye, get my name on that fucker.

Personally I'd take the fixed hours. It might skim down the opportunity for overtime but it also gives you a little more security. You're also guaranteed to be there being seen by decision makers as you won't be on night shift or whatever. If you find you are short of cash at any point there's nothing to stop you picking up extra in hospitality a couple of evenings a week or maybe Saturday morning in retail or something

More personal time, stability and daytime hours would (for me) be HUGELY more important than a bit of extra cash. Unless you really, really need the extra cash, natch.

afgavinstan wrote:

Yeah I've just been dealt a nightshift doubler next weekend in A&E. Working on the application letter tonight lololol

hahaha, all about the right motivation at the right time

Easy mode:

Get it changed out for a combination padlock. Key padlocks are a dumb idea for this very reason.

Not to worry mate. Soon it'll be a distant memory. Onwards and upwards.

You’re doing the important thing of getting paid and making sure there is a home. It’s whoever’s managing you at work that’s wasting time, not you.

But yeah, you know all that. Feel free to have a moan.

You should have brought your Switch...

Quiet day at work, so was chatting to some contractors at work, who have been there for years. They do the same sort of work i do, however they are paid fantasically well. The topic of retirement came up and they were discussing how they all want to be retired by age 55.

I really have to give contracting a go if i can. I know the grass is always greener on the other side. However these guys have kids in private schools that cost 18k a year. Multiple properites, trust funds for the kids, holidays at least once a year. Very nice motors as well.

I always wondered if you had to be very good at what you did to go contracting. But its a mixed bag, some are worth their day rate, but they are in the minority. The most are very average at their jobs. I know job security can be an issue, but the financial rewards available make it very tempting if i can get onto the contracting ladder.