Was off work for a week there, first shift back tonight. And there's changes afoot, if the scuttlebut is to be believed.

Cineworld ranks its sites by complexity, with 1+ being the highest, 5 being the lowest. My site is a 1+, and my salary is related to the complexity of the site I work at. Apparently the regional manager is planning on moving managers about. But there's not another 1+ site in Scotland, so if I do get moved, I'll be forced to take a wage drop as well.

I'm pretty sure I'll be one of the ones that get shuffled. I've highlighted my own lack of performance recently, my mental health issues are still kicking my arse. I've asked for support, a change in shift patterns, and my gaffer has agreed in principle, but fuck alls came of it.

I can't afford to lose money, I barely survive as it is. I'm freaking. The. Fuck. Out.

Nope, when we went through the redundancy process they wrote a mobility clause into our contracts, so we're pretty much fucked.

Only complexity 2 and above have a dgm in them. When I started in 2015, Falkirk was a comp 2, during the restructure was reviewed down to a comp3, so their dgm managed to secure a job in silverburn, a comp2.

Last year Falkirk performed fairly well, so they bumped it back up to 2, and one of my colleagues got the dgm job. Heard today it's going back down to a 3, and that my gm has already said she'll keep a job for him here. There's 2 other managers going off on maternity in a couple of months, so he'll get one of them, the other ones being advertised as a secondment to run our vip level. Think there's a few managers in the circuit going for that. But it doesn't make my position here any sercurer.

(is that a word?)

Oh aye, I definitely want out and have done for a while. It's the finding something else that's the hard part. I must apply for at least a dozen jobs a week. And exactly 3/4 of fuck all comes from it. As pantys earlier post shows, you can be qualified all the way up the arse and still not even get a reply.

You're right there I suppose. I generally go through all the job apps, Reed, s1jobs, monster etc and hit the 1 click apply button. Have fuck all motivation in general just now, finding the time and motivation to do tailored applications isn't in me just now.

I know, I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to this stuff.

HawBawJaws wrote:

You're right there I suppose. I generally go through all the job apps, Reed, s1jobs, monster etc and hit the 1 click apply button. Have fuck all motivation in general just now, finding the time and motivation to do tailored applications isn't in me just now.

I know, I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to this stuff.

It wasn't meant as a criticism, so I hope you didn't take it as such. Just trying to help with some general advice.

I'm certain if you did 1-2 solid applications, you'd get more traction and that would, in turn, make you feel better than thinking 8/12 companies aren't interested in you.

Liv's comments about transferable skills and agencies are true too.

I wrote a long post but seemed a bit me me so will summarise.

I think it easy to get in a situation where you cant see the wood for the trees in working life. It is easy to end up in a rutt. In a job you might not like but it pays the bills.
Then disaster strikes and that comfy little rutt has been shattered.
It's ok to have a wobble, a panic, I would worry about someone that didn't.

To move forward though I think it is important to try to turn disaster into opportunity. Reframe your perspective of the situation.
I've had to do it by necessity recently and the results have been really positive, still worried about income but much happier about the future.
The key thing in my mind is to try to put energy into what you can control rather than what you can't.

Obviously you will know better than me, but from his posts here at the time, Gav's move out of retail after the CEX shit is a great example.

Edit: that reads like some right new age cunt buy my book shit, sorry

Driving instructor?

https://www.gov.uk/become-a-driving-instructor/y

Erm, do we really think that's a growth industry??

I mean I'm not exactly known for my forward planning but you know

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/06/uk/driverless-cars-scli-gbr-intl/index.html


and stuff

Real talk, steer clear of education, I'm not saying it's a toxic environment that is strugling to work out how to justify itself, and ruining itself with meaningless metrics, because they're easier to quantify. But once you're doing it, everyone who doesn't do it will assume you have some easy life only working 6 hours a day and getting 13 weeks off a year, yet all those who do it will expect you do be answering emails from your hospital bed mid-surgery

I put the winky right fucking there Reg, don;t dare be offended, or at least be offended by right people, not this bloke who was pointing out your predicament, not justifying it

I think I just got offered a job as a CIO in a new company but I'm not sure.

cockbeard wrote:

Real talk, steer clear of education, I'm not saying it's a toxic environment that is strugling to work out how to justify itself, and ruining itself with meaningless metrics, because they're easier to quantify. But once you're doing it, everyone who doesn't do it will assume you have some easy life only working 6 hours a day and getting 13 weeks off a year, yet all those who do it will expect you do be answering emails from your hospital bed mid-surgery

I put the winky right fucking there Reg, don;t dare be offended, or at least be offended by right people, not this bloke who was pointing out your predicament, not justifying it

How very fucking dare yo-- oh wait there's a winky.

Minnesänger wrote:

Noice. What’s the deets?

Spinoff funded in the 1m+ range, 8 figure valuation, team who I have worked with extensively prior as tech brain. Yet to ascertain if this is a thought bubble yet as old m8 is a bit of a character but it's been alluded to a few times. If I get a proper sounding out I'll have a proper think but, well, heck. 50% bigger base salary would go some way to funding my vinyl habit.

Wowsers Skezza, great work, good luck

poprock wrote:

Skerret wrote:

… would go some way to funding my vinyl headphone habit.

Interesting times, Skezza.

Quite.

Sailing the piss-dark sea.