Working Day...

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:53 pm

So here I am sat at work, wondering what the hell I'm doing with my life and where this current job is going to take me.... and I can honestly say NO WHERE!

My fellow colleague who started around the same time as me, has already been over to the states for 2 weeks on training, I have not.. everything that needs to be done is passed through him first, unless its something he cannot do.. i.e. development work, then its my job... but on that note, he has been asked to go to Austrailia for a week to do some training on our system hardware / software and support.

Why wasn't I asked, why am I always second choice, do you think its because I'm already involved in two projects or could it be something more sinister?

Where do you guys fit in at work and where would you like to go in your chosen profession?

I really want to do internet related stuff, from web design / development to hosting solutions, the full package... a complete consultancy for all IT needs... but hey thats just a pipe dream and I can't skate ! lol

Yes its a little boring this time of day in the office, sat here all alone with no friends and oh wait I have a phone !

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:59 pm

i know how you feel, im in a similar situation at work as you already know, as it is, my life is going nowhere for the next 3 and a bit years, then i will become a master tech. but im not sure i can stand that long with the people i work with and on the minimum wage, but if i do give it up ill end up probably doing a something else which requires no skill, which i wouldnt mind, but i will probably end up at a dead end again, but thinking about it repairing cars is become such a dead end job too, there is just no skill in it at all, its basically just common sense and trying to remember how to put things back together

if i stay in my proffesion i would love, at some point, to work at the BMW motorsport factory in germany building the M-series cars, but i know for a fact that will never happen, but i can wish

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:52 pm

jameslxdt wrote:if i stay in my proffesion i would love, at some point, to work at the BMW motorsport factory in germany building the M-series cars, but i know for a fact that will never happen, but i can wish

Dude,

You could so finish your course and then go to uni to do a motorsport HND or stay an extra year and make a degree out of it, no need for GCSE's you can do a foundation degree first which is a year long.... or 2 years part time, so you could do your current training / job and then do that as well in the evenings.... we have people from our university working for ProDrive, Williams F1, etc... so there's no reason why you couldn't be one of those people !

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:14 pm

yeah i know it is possible, but it would take so much effort, and i really cant botherd, im just soo damn lazy

Post by **Welly** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:27 am

I wrote:..The road to success is paved with many tempting parking spaces..

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:52 am

The dipsy bint HR manager in my last job wrote:..Don't wait for your ship to come in...... swim out to meet it..

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:54 am

The dipsy bint HR manager in my last job also wrote:..Life's too short for plain biscuits..

I mean WTF?

Post by **Welly** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:59 am

I could cheerfully get violent with 'motivational' people like that (even though they're f*cking right as usual)

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:44 am

Welton wrote:I could cheerfully get violent with 'motivational' people like that (even though they're f*cking right as usual)

Yeah I often wondered what it was like on her planet.....

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:30 pm

i may be in luck for once, my dad has found out there is another peugeot dealer looking for technicians, and he's gonna put in a good word for me, so i may not be stuck working where i am forever and ill get to work on a decent brand of car

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:46 pm

Tell them to check this site! The amount of cars we've seen you diagnose and all but fix on here without even seeing the damn things is bloody impressive!

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:11 pm

and the amount of parts you have shifted.... lol oh maybe thats not a wise thing to tell them

Post by **DaiRees** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:16 pm

mjb wrote:Tell them to check this site! The amount of cars we've seen you diagnose and all but fix on here without even seeing the damn things is bloody impressive!

Seconded!

Post by **Welly** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:17 am

Coming Soon...........

sh*t loads of *ahem* Genuine boxed Volvo Parts on ebay

ebayer wrote: I bought this S60 rear light cluster for my 55 plate motah, but I did not fit it in the end and I couldn't be bothered to take it back for a refund, so ''grab yourself a bargain''

ebayer also wrote: check out my other items!!

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:58 pm

Welton wrote:Coming Soon...........

sh*t loads of *ahem* Genuine boxed Volvo Parts on ebay

there will be a special on pollen filters other "forgotten to fit parts"

on a more serious note though, i didnt get anywhere with the other job as they couldnt give a f*ck what my dad said, the fact i had never had any true experience with peugeot's before put them off completley