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I should add, to a certain degree happiness is a state of mind. I'm kind of weird, I enjoy cleaning up messes. It feels good to see something messy and unorganized and clean it up. To step back and see the fruits of your labor manifested. Don't view what you're doing as a drag. It's fun! You have the chance to influence a company in a way that very few have. Over the course of a career you can look back and see how you took this company from what it is now to something much better! To me, that is a career worth being proud of. If you don't see the joy in that, perhaps it's not for you, but I am growing our company and it's a blast. It's a lot of work, but I am proud of my career so far. I find joy in creating and building, not distress and misery in labor put in. This is challenge, go kick its ass and find joy in doing it imo. Perhaps if you view what you're doing differently it will be more enjoyable. You're embarking on a long journey of improvement and you're at the wheel man! Drive that son of bitch! | |||
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Lesson number 1: the grass is not always greener. Lesson number 2: being happy and enjoying what you do is worth a whole lot of $. _________________________________________ I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew... | |||
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I run trains! |
And that was where I thought I was going, the pay bump wasn't huge, wasn't life changing, but was a nice increase and the job was supposed to be along the lines of the stress/work level I had. Going from a 40k+ employee company to a company with 82 employees (including myself) was attractive in it's own right. I had no plans of making sweeping changing or trying to do anything too major right off the bat, especially not within the first two months. Instead, I'm basically being told when to eat, sleep, pee, etc. by several levels of region supervision. These are the same folks that have been at the helm the for the last 2+ years while the service and conditions at the railroad tanked. No support from from them has left the operation in shambles, which is a shame as there is much potential there. What I'd love, to esdunbar's point, is the chance to clean it up my way. They won't allow that to happen as their neck is on the chopping block now so they're desperate to direct every step that is taken thinking that's what will save them. As background I've had larger operations than this before. One of my previous roles was overseeing a rail yard with a 1000+ car capacity that saw 40+ trains per day and had a sum total of about 600 employees. This operation has a grand total capacity of roughly 2000 cars in a much larger footprint, with only the aforementioned employee count. So the scope is nothing new, the lack of support and resources is. Also, to answer the question I'm 37, started with my previous company after finishing grade school, which I did after having been in the working world for several years. So yeah, its a small GM gig, but regardless it was a step in the right direction and was actually taken with the understanding that it would be better for the family than the previous job because I wouldn't be traveling as much and would be able to delegate tasks as I saw fit, in hopes of preparing some of my management team for new positions themselves. Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. Complacency sucks… | |||
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Its funny that this topic came up. I just filled out an online application this afternoon. I have been at my current job for twenty plus years. Because of corporate "cutbacks", we have been reduced so much that I cannot even think straight anymore. I completely work by myself in one location and take orders from everyone else 100 or more miles away. The job used to be somewhat fun and I did not mind working. Now it is miserable and keep going backwards. We shall see what happens with the new app. oh, and I am 50 now. Not really wanting to start over somewhere else! Sigs P-220, P-226 9mm, & P-230SL (CCW) | |||
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If they micromanage what you are allowed to do, and things don't get better, who do you think will be the first person with his pants around his ankles when the hammer falls? Is there anyone above you that you can talk to? You never know who may be on your side given that you are new to the position, but they may be out there if you pay attention. Never hurts to see what's out there while you do what you can there. You may make the one move that makes them trust you. NRA Life Member "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt | |||
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Boils down to this... Have a good work ethic: CHECK Have a needed skill set: CHECK Have a good to excellent knowledge of your industry: CHECK Good husband: CHECK Good father: CHECK Tell me that does not make you a good candidate in any industry. Get your resume written (a bitch if you haven't done it) and out there, follow down the nodes in your employment network (a lot bigger than you think) and get your resume to them, take some names, and kick some ass. This isn't that tough. You're going to do fine SigM4. Hug your family and take care my friend. | |||
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Anyone know of a quality online resumé builder? | |||
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Did you interview the guys at the helm in depth, meaning multiple times over many hours, or did they just interview you? Did you even meet the guys at the helm as part of the process?
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| I run trains! |
Update in the OP Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. Complacency sucks… | |||
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That's nice to hear. Sounds like ownership noticed the issue and made some changes. Hopefully your new boss works out great and you enjoy your job and it gets better. | |||
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SigM4, I’m so glad to hear that your tormentors are “poof” gone. I know what it’s like to be unappreciated, and I know what it’s like to be appreciated, and the difference is night and day. Years later I still talk about it. Fortunately the part for me with the appreciation of colleagues, supervisors, and patients was in the last six years of my career, so I went out feeling really good about what I had accomplished. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Wow, that's great to hear! | |||
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Congrats. Sometimes you just have to "outlast" them !!! | |||
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Glad to hear the good news. I'm a big believer in things happening for a reason. And you know what they say about karma... | |||
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What good news to hear! I do hope that all works out well. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Dude, sweet! It’s good to know that sometimes it DOES work out. | |||
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