Endurance in jobs

[Apple Strudel]

How long could you endure in jobs? few days? few weeks? few months? or few years?

I find myself quitting at the drop of a hat like every 4-5 months and it's so tiring to find a motivation to stay.

It's always either having some problems with a colleague or the work is getting heavier for me. ::

 

[worrywort]

yea I'm the same, I seem to have about a 9 month endurance span before I crack...but most of those were part time jobs so I'm probably about the same as you.

But I wouldn't worry too much, I've known some really confident people who have the same problem, never staying in one job for more than about a year before moving on. I think it's very common these days.

 

[Noca]

I've never worked at the same job for more than 3 months in my entire life.

 

[mikestar]

Lasted a day at one job. I was too anxious about getting to this job as it was fair few miles from where I lived. I had to get the train, get a bus walk through a busy town it was horrible. Next day I woke up for work I was crying and couldnt do it and I didnt have the nerve/courage to phone the company up,to say i wasnt coming in.

Another job I had lasted just over 2 months, that was horrible to. We had an induction day and I was the youngest there, I was shaking like a leaf felt so awkward that day. The job itself, slowly got used to it but I walked out a few times due to stress/anxiety, thought everyone was watching me and laughing behind my back couldnt take it anymore

the workplace is very hard for young people, but its just something you have to do

 

[Apple Strudel]

Yep it's difficult to stay for at least a year on retail.

I used to work at an office for a year before quitting because I was so miserable and bored over there.

Now that i'm on a retail job, it's difficult for me to accumulate that much experience. It's just so difficult to stay that long if you are not too excited about anything anymore and the job just got stagnant.

And the colleagues seem to get more difficult as time passes.

And i'm working part-time while having my full-time studies. So it just adds on to the impulse.

Anymore stories to share on how much you can endure at retail?

 

[zlench]

My jobs tend to last between 3 months and a Year if I'm lucky

 

[IceLad]

I lasted nearly 6 years in my old job.

The first 4 years was extremely uncomfortable on an everyday basis, and I used to find myself counting down to the weekends and days off.

The last 2 however were pretty good, and I think this was down to a combination of me going part time and my duties changing to be completely non-customer orientated.

 

[pufferfish]

i always find myself in spells where i really want to quit my job. i think about it for a few weeks, and then it eventually stops and i just stick with it. i am in college right now, and jobs aren't very abundant right now, so i am worried if i quit or lose my job, i won't have any source of income. yeah it sucks but you gotta do it.

 

[BlackKids]

I had a job in retail for about 6 years. I had to leave due to lack of work but I was ready for a change.
I hated it and most of the time I was stressed out. But the bills needed paying so I didn't really have a choice.

 

[iamthenra]

If I wasn't laid off last April, I would still be working... I was at that same job for over 16+ years!!!

 

[dottie]

If I wasn't laid off last April, I would still be working... I was at that same job for over 16+ years!!!

that's amazing. sorry you got laid off.

my jobs usually last 3 months-ish. i'm 29 and have never worked somewhere longer than a year.

i had a month long temp job in may (completed the assignment). the two jobs i had before that let me go. one i was at for amazingly almost a year and they fired me. the other i was at for about 4 mos and they just stopped putting me on the schedule. they basically let me go without directly firing me (i was a hard worker but i was too awkward for their liking, i guess). my self esteem is skyrocketing. sike.

 

[iamthenra]

that's amazing. sorry you got laid off.

Thanks! I'm 41...(old I know..) I worked for a company that started out in a garage, the president of that company made acoustic couplers that connected to a land-line phone, you know the cradle old school kind.. It would only transmit and receive at 300 baud or 300 bits per second... Very very very slow... Believe it or not, there are some companies that still use that old school technology. When I was laid off with 23 other ex-employee's we were making wireless (cellular) modem's that would only work up too 100,000 bps... With a rather large quad band antenna. My forte was statistical time division multiplexers that we made, serviced, and supported... I was the "go to" guy for the entire company when it came to the "stat mux"... But that's once again, "old school".... Now I am re-tooling over to a totally different career path. I am going back to school to become a registered nurse... I will always have my electronics degree in my back-pocket, but to have the medical knowledge to be a nurse would be really cool too!

 

[dottie]

Thanks! I'm 41...(old I know..) I worked for a company that started out in a garage, the president of that company made acoustic couplers that connected to a land-line phone, you know the cradle old school kind.. It would only transmit and receive at 300 baud or 300 bits per second... Very very very slow... Believe it or not, there are some companies that still use that old school technology. When I was laid off with 23 other ex-employee's we were making wireless (cellular) modem's that would only work up too 100,000 bps... With a rather large quad band antenna. My forte was statistical time division multiplexers that we made, serviced, and supported... I was the "go to" guy for the entire company when it came to the "stat mux"... But that's once again, "old school".... Now I am re-tooling over to a totally different career path. I am going back to school to become a registered nurse... I will always have my electronics degree in my back-pocket, but to have the medical knowledge to be a nurse would be really cool too!

that technical jargon went right over my head! woosh lol but congrats on your new career path. i admire your tenacity! you rock

 

[Jannah]

Had almost 30 jobs and I am 21. I had quite a few number of jobs that lasted only 1 day.

 

[Ashiene]

Most of you had very short jobs. Doesn't this reflect poorly in your resume?

 

[Cal]

I have had only two proper jobs so far, my first lasted nine months until I chose to move away, and I've been at my current job for nine months too. I don't really have an issue with work as it's all for money, I just have no stable environment to live in, and that causes me to move houses (even states) a whole lot. But I'm still 19, I have a lot of time to work things out.

If I wasn't laid off last April, I would still be working... I was at that same job for over 16+ years!!!

I really don't think I'll be able to pull that off. I haven't even begun to think about a long term career yet, as I want to travel and see a lot of the world. Maybe that's where my career lies? I have a keen interest in IT and electronics, so that's an option too if I can just buckle down and do my homework. I respect you for sticking at something so long, but perhaps this was the best outcome? You may be saving lives soon, which is a lot more rewarding than building electrical equipment, or at least I think so.

 

[Mikefly]

I can't work in public at all im trying to get there but right now just work with my Dad and cousin , i don't like being around over 5 people at one time.

 

[dottie]

Most of you had very short jobs. Doesn't this reflect poorly in your resume?

yes, it does. i can't get anywhere to hire me right now and that is probably a big factor. especially when there are a ton of other people applying for the same position. it's very competitve.

 

[dooby-duck]

Well I'm lucky in that I work for my parents, so I've never even had an interview to worry about. I've worked with them for about seven years now. I don't know how long I would last in a proper job (not that my job isn't proper). It does have it's difficulties but there are many advantages for someone who has anxiety problems. The whole employment process scares me just thinking about it.

 

[iamthenra]

that technical jargon went right over my head! woosh lol but congrats on your new career path. i admire your tenacity! you rock

Aww thanks!

Funny when you said "technical jargon" just reminded me of a customer I had to deal with once... She was one of the sweetest ladies I have ever talked to over the phone in technical support. Bless her heart, she didn't know a thing about communications equipment, or connectors like RS232, DB25, DB9, RJ11, RJ45, or RJ45s... She would refer to the "stat mux" as "The big box" and the modem that she had there at her office was "the little box"... Ha ha ha LOL Then her terminal was called "her TV screen". So I had my work cut out for me, because the owner was conferenced in with her and I. My job at the time, was to make sure that their equipment was up and running by the time I disconnected the call. It was challenging, but very rewarding once they were up and running...

The problem with electronics and IT in general, there are few jobs for either where I am from. I have had to deal with data communications for almost 2 decades... There isn't much that I don't know, but without the certificates, and continuing education that most employers want today, it is almost impossible to get a job unless you have a Masters or doctorate in electronics or IT. The funny thing is, when I graduated from college back in 1992, there were allot of electronic tech jobs available. Now, I can't even find one!