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Fuck my job, help me find a new one
Rius
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I work in IT, specifically hardware and software deployment to local and field users, as well as asset management and policy. I also am responsible for all PC hardware warranty issues at over 200 field offices.
I USED to like my job. Now there is this guy who piles on endless amounts of bullshit on our department because his department is too retarded to do their jobs. Or something like that. So I have this particular process that has worked excellently for months and I need to change it because this guy is incompetent. Now that process is going to take three times as long, and when it does take three times as long, he's going to complain that we're not doing it fast enough. This is the kind of guy who will go over your head by three layers for even the simplest of requests.
I am paid hourly, my co-worker is paid salary. I work a full week, every week, he typically works 33-35 hours. Continued complaints on this issue to my boss have gone basically unheard.
My boss is a pantywaist and does not fight on these issues, so we wind up having to do other people's jobs and I wind up having to do half of my co-worker's job. So now I want a new job.
Can anyone point me to a good resume template or how-to-write-one website? My resume is full of office assistant and data entry jobs, and I need to write a new one that talks about my last two years at this job and all the IT experience I've gained, as well as the certifications I've gotten.
I USED to like my job. Now there is this guy who piles on endless amounts of bullshit on our department because his department is too retarded to do their jobs. Or something like that. So I have this particular process that has worked excellently for months and I need to change it because this guy is incompetent. Now that process is going to take three times as long, and when it does take three times as long, he's going to complain that we're not doing it fast enough. This is the kind of guy who will go over your head by three layers for even the simplest of requests.
I am paid hourly, my co-worker is paid salary. I work a full week, every week, he typically works 33-35 hours. Continued complaints on this issue to my boss have gone basically unheard.
My boss is a pantywaist and does not fight on these issues, so we wind up having to do other people's jobs and I wind up having to do half of my co-worker's job. So now I want a new job.
Can anyone point me to a good resume template or how-to-write-one website? My resume is full of office assistant and data entry jobs, and I need to write a new one that talks about my last two years at this job and all the IT experience I've gained, as well as the certifications I've gotten.
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And if you're really lazy and money is no issue, a couple hundred bucks will get you a smoking resume by a pro resume writer. In the world of jobs, as with anything else, using money will get you more money.
and it sounds like you're in the same situation at me. so i feel your pain, buddy. completely feelin' it.
It's a shame that otherwise this would be the perfect job for me.
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Seriously, though, you need to stick it out. You will be a sad panda if you leave this job because you will not be working again for 8-9 months. Yes, the economy is *that* bad.
Never hired a resume writer before, so I don't know how they work, but I have a hard time believing that it is worth several hundred dollars.
This. Absolutely this.
Make sure you have a start date for a new job before you leave your current company (that is, if you're going to leave). You DO NOT want to get fired right now without having something to fall back on.
You just have to suck it up and deal with it. Eventually, the scales will swing back the other way.
If you can't find a new job, you lose nothing except a bit of your time.
If the president had any real power, he'd be able to live wherever the fuck he wanted.
Are your complaints in writing? Are they valid and backed up by easily available information? If not, then there's no surprise that they're being ignored. I cannot say this enough, but cover your ass. Buy a tiny little notebook and record every instance of your unfair treatment. Every time your co-worker dumps a project on you, write it down, etc.
Look for another job, if you get hired, then great. Otherwise you're lucky to be drawing a paycheck. Not that that gives anyone a right to dump their crap on you, but being able to eat and keep a roof over your head are some of those things that are wicked rad, you know?
Best of luck.
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It can be a crazy place to work sometimes but I have been there 13 years.
https://www.tmcaz.com/?q=WorkingAtTMC/Employment_App
Desktop Computing Analyst is one of the positions. Oddly enough I don't see the AV guy one up anymore. Not sure why.
Don't move to Tucson lightly. Jobs are not hard to come by. Good paying jobs ARE REALLY hard to come by. Other than that it's great.
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We may be able to help there. IE if it's a project assigned to him you could flat out deny to even look at it and go "Nope that's yours, we already have enough work, but if I finish my stuff I may come give you help but not do it for you." And of course, I'm assuming you have a full work day and this guy doesn't, you'll finish first.
If your boss assigns stuff to you then you do it.
If your coworker assigns stuff to you, you laugh at them and keep doing what you're doing and ignore it.
Why exactly is this? Is it just because it's difficult to find a job just now?
Or is there a specific danger in starting a new job at this point in time?
I mean, job hunting seems low risk if you are currently employed. Don't find a new job? Hey-ho, you've still got a job at least. Do find a new job? Great, right?
Seems like it would always be better to be job hunting while you do have a job then when you don't. For example, I know a couple of people who work in the financial sector and it seems to be the accepted advice to find a new job now because it's a lot harder to find a job once you've been made redundant.
What am I missing here?
I think the recruiter is stating that right now, it's dangerous to be on the low-end of the totem pole. With companies slashing budgets and layoffs becoming a common and frequent danger, if you have any seniority where you are you'll be "safer" from suddenly losing your job due to budget cuts.
To a certain extent, this is correct for those of us who are lower down on the food chain. If your edge versus Mr. Newish Hire is experience, you most likely want to keep that edge instead of trading it in for an extra few thousand a year. This is not a blanket statement, though. Finance has seen a huge shift in their department make-up. Most loan servicers, these days, have ballooned the size of their collections and loss mitigation departments. These are not jobs that will stay after the recession, and finding something more stable would be a boon to job security.
Every situation is different, but there is wisdom in sticking put in many situations.
Edit: Oh, ok, I guess starting new at some other place is one risk, if that place shortly after decides it has to make cut-backs. Noobs are going to be the first to go normally (although companies cutting the expensive heads and dumping more workload on the cheaper noobs isn't unheard of).
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When you have 700 people applying for a Janitors job at a school in Ohio, just be happy with what you have.
I dunno, i have a friend who's been trying for about 5 months to find an IT job, you're getting IT managers applying for sysadmin jobs, and sysadmins applying for support jobs, and support guys out of luck.
I would think it crazy to try for a new job at this time.
this is just in the greater New York City area though.
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In theory it doesn't hurt to look, though.
In practice, it can be difficult to go interviewing discreetly, and there are a fair number of wildly unprofessional people who will casually tell anyone who will listen that so-and-so was in for an interview, and more than enough dick managers who will find some way to fire employees they think are looking -- sometimes word gets around. I don't think I've yet worked with an HR flak who understood the concept of discretion. So I do think there's some risk, possibly depending on the area and industry involved.
This is really what I was agreeing with more than my last post here- I was out of work last year for 6 mos, after my employer of almost 10 years decided to start cutting everyone who was on the payroll with pensions. It wasn't unique to that employer, but it really threw me for a loop.
While unemployed I sent resumes almost every day for 6 mos. After about 3 mos I got an interview, and the interviewer very rudely asked me "well what have you been doing for the PAST 3 MONTHS THEN?". Sounded like some young punk who had not yet experienced what can happen in the real world, but man I was seriously offended by that. They made it sound like I'd just been sitting around living off the system and loving life. I'm sure people are doing that, but I wasn't one of them.
The oddest part is, the unemployment rate was nowhere NEAR what it is now. So, for folks looking for new work, like the prior poster said, just make sure you have something 100% before you go making any changes. It's a really bad time right now for the unemployed.
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