I used to work for Webhelp about 10 years ago or so.  Company was fine.  Hated the fucking job, though.  By the end of it I was sitting in my car in the car park with tears running down my face at the thought of going in.

Time_on_my_hands wrote:

Matt_82 wrote:

I used to work for Webhelp about 10 years ago or so.  Company was fine.  Hated the fucking job, though.  By the end of it I was sitting in my car in the car park with tears running down my face at the thought of going in.

Fuck, that's bad. I've never been pushed that far and I was a secondary school teacher.

I was pushed that far not long ago and lead to a MH issue and three months signed off.
It’s when you know that a job might not be for you

Had the script today, so we'll be going through something called TUPE, to transfer our employment to Webhelp, which freezes things for a year, but by the sounds of it after that they can do what the fuck they want.

I suppose though that since my pay is going to be overtaken by minimum wage in April, then at least they can't cut that.

I've already applied for another job that's remaining in Dixons.

Yeh agree with g.man TUPE is shite.

I got paid. I'm not dirt, dirt poor anymore. 

Today was a good day.

g.man wrote:

Yay!

Seriously, though, those who say money can't buy happiness...

I'd rather be rich and single than poor and anything else. Nothing in my life brought me as much worry and suffering as worrying about whether I could pay for a roof over my head or buy, you know, food. 

Today lifted the biggest weight.

Glad to hear you’re feeling good today, I agree that money does bring happiness in that it brings security for the essentials such as a place to live.

I’m back at work after 3 months off for stress and depression and really unhappy. I’ve made my mind up that the job really isn’t right for me and it’s making me really unhappy.
So I’ve been applying for other work just in case and my old company (who I really enjoyed working for and treated me really well for 7 years) are advertising the management role I wanted ages ago in one of their biggest centres.
I’ve applied, passed vetting and interview and they want to see me for a final interview stage on Friday.
If they offer me the job and they can match my salary requirements then I’m going to take it.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Had the script today, so we'll be going through something called TUPE, to transfer our employment to Webhelp, which freezes things for a year, but by the sounds of it after that they can do what the fuck they want.

I suppose though that since my pay is going to be overtaken by minimum wage in April, then at least they can't cut that.

When our IT department got outsourced the first thing the new organisation did was set impossible performance targets so that people either quit or were able to be bullied out. I believe one person fought back and got a massive settlement thanks to the union and contract law.

Minnesänger wrote:

g.man wrote:

Yay!

Seriously, though, those who say money can't buy happiness...

I'd rather be rich and single than poor and anything else. Nothing in my life brought me as much worry and suffering as worrying about whether I could pay for a roof over my head or buy, you know, food. 

Today lifted the biggest weight.

I know what you mean, but at least when I was out of work I wasn't alone and that at least kept a roof over my head.

You're right that people who say money can't buy happiness have never really been poor.

mistercrayon wrote:

Being single is a weird one. I think I’d take being poorer to stay with my partner. (Caveat: I could probably take more of a hit than most though so it’s not simply a I would do anything for love etc etc)

Yeah, I didn't specifically mention single as, you know, I'm married, and I love my wife. I wouldn't give her up for anything.

But, I've been broken hearted, and broken hearts. And nothing in that time compared to the utter fear and oppression of worrying about day-to-day survival.

For reference, before I got paid I had about £3 total in my bank account. A month ago I had just over £100. It has been a day-by-day dwindling of my capability to survive, and this was AFTER I borrowed about £1,200 in order to make rent and survive several months back. 

My wife has kept me strong, but her love can't stop me skipping 2 meals a day for weeks and months. That's just reality.

None of that is supposed to be a downer, sorry. I have money now, seemingly enough for the foreseeable future and assuming there’s no more visa hitches...I might be safe. So yeah, I’m happy today.

Fireworks are banned now in big cities. Guess I’m just gonna have to settle for Asian hookers. FML.

mistercrayon wrote:

Fireworks are banned in China. What the fuck.

I know, right? Times change.

Money is a funny old thing. There are the enlightened people who most of us think we are, who, provided they have enough to not have to worry about accomodation, food, heat, clothes and generally getting about and being able to pursue interests at a reasonable level then anything else is a bonus.

Sadly our propensity to equate further happiness with more stuff (meaning more money to get) pollutes that. A lot of my stuff makes me happy - my videogame , film and book collections do. But would I be significantly less happy if I didn't have them? I like to think I don't think so.

If came to choosing between stuff and Wifey, Wifey wins every time.

I have certainly passed the point at which I want a lot more money and stuff. Our home is more than good enough for our needs. The daughters seems to be on a good path to being independant. Retro games and the odd bottle of single malt are the most expensive thing I have a taste for. I'd like my job to be more interesting and I'd like Wifey to be able to travel more as she loves that. But we can achieve that with our current income.

The trick will be negotiating the next 10 years which is my path to retirement and ensuring we have an enjoyable standard of living.