Daseal
02-25-2011, 09:41 AM
On the surface I think this kid is making a mistake, but there may be more to it than meets the eye. I had an interesting path to and through college. Out of high school I worked a job for about 10/hr, it was hot as hell, and sucked. While going there I was going to a local community college. Finally I went off to Mason full time. To making money during the summer/weekends I woke up at 2-3AM to deliver bread. It was hard and dirty work that basically ruined most of my weekends.
When I graduated college, I had one major criteria. I wanted to work during the day and have most weekends off. I turned down a job because it was working at night and got Tues/Thurs off. I ended up taking a day shift with the same schedule. Two months later I left for another job that had worse hours 1-10PM, less money, but more interesting work and security clearance. More importantly, weekends off.
Fact is, when you get your foot in the door and prove yourself as capable you can go a long way. In that first year I got 4 promotions. When my boss left to go to another company he brought me with him and in a little over a year my salary has almost doubled since when I started. It requires a combination of things to make a career work.
If he really feels there's no mobility or hates the company, I understand it. It's important not to hate your job or what you do -- if you can afford it. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet. I took whatever job I could find because I needed money, but if I had a little freedom, I probably would have kept looking. It wasn't that I thought I was too good for the job, I just knew it wasn't a good fit for me and there wasn't anywhere to go within the company.
When I graduated college, I had one major criteria. I wanted to work during the day and have most weekends off. I turned down a job because it was working at night and got Tues/Thurs off. I ended up taking a day shift with the same schedule. Two months later I left for another job that had worse hours 1-10PM, less money, but more interesting work and security clearance. More importantly, weekends off.
Fact is, when you get your foot in the door and prove yourself as capable you can go a long way. In that first year I got 4 promotions. When my boss left to go to another company he brought me with him and in a little over a year my salary has almost doubled since when I started. It requires a combination of things to make a career work.
If he really feels there's no mobility or hates the company, I understand it. It's important not to hate your job or what you do -- if you can afford it. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet. I took whatever job I could find because I needed money, but if I had a little freedom, I probably would have kept looking. It wasn't that I thought I was too good for the job, I just knew it wasn't a good fit for me and there wasn't anywhere to go within the company.