Job Advice Please

[phonixgirl]

Hi ladies

So, I used to really love my job. I enjoyed what I did and found it challenging. They are supportive around the whole epilepsy thing and have been great with the IVF thing (letting me have whatever time off I need).

The last few months, however, I've been doing something I used to do a couple of years back and nearly left because I found it so mundane, monotonous and I find I am not respected and picked at for the tiniest things. I have started looking for other jobs but nothing internal has taken my fancy yet.

So, do I go external? After 7 years I'm not expecting a miracle pregnancy but I think that maternity leave entitlement is still something that I should bear in mind.

Any advice would be appreciated xx

 

[snowbee]

Do what makes you happy. If you aren't enjoying it then change. When you get pregnant you will still be entitled to some maternity pay, if it isn't as much as you would get now does it really matter to you or would you be able to find a way around it?

I was fully intending to make the most of my former workplaces maternity package (although I was intending not to return so wasn't going to take the extra incentive they give you if you return). However I was made redundant from there 5 years ago and I still don't have a baby. I wouldn't have stayed that long anyway as I needed to relocate (which was always my plan I just wanted the benefit of working there 10 years first!).

 

[fairyprincess]

Hmm it's a tricky one, but at the end of the day if you're not happy in your current job it might be worth looking at moving. Internally would be the ideal situation but maybe just keep your options open. I'm really hoping you get your BFP soon but you never know what's going to happen x

 

[Unicorn]

It's hard isn't it! I was feeling like I needed a change in work but was also concerned about starting a new job when ttc. In the end I decided that I didn't need the added stress of starting a new job when ttc and actually doing something which I was used to and wasn't too challenging was what I needed to be able to focus on ttc, I also felt that our struggling to conceive was contributing to me feeling frustrated with work, as I just didn't ant to be there, or anywhere other than at home with a baby! I'm glad a stayed there now but I don't know how long I would have stuck it out if we hadn't of conceived! Sorry, that was absolutely no help at all was it! xx

 

[phonixgirl]

Thanks ladies!

I think I might pluck up the courage to speak to my manager about it next week - not about the ttc situation or about the mat pay, but just how I feel. I love what I am meant to do but I'm not doing the job I'm meant to be doing at the moment. Last week was especially shit so I didn't want to speak to him with all my emotions getting the better of me. I will have calmed down by Monday, but still think I need to say something. If I find I'm going to be doing the same thing for the next two years or so, THEN I will definitely be looking elsewhere! Xx

 

[blacksnow]

Weigh up the pros and cons, choose the option that fills all yr criteria. I used to take more risky decisions only when I was childless.

 

[phonixgirl]

Thanks. I spoke to my manager about how I felt and now I'm back to doing the job I'm meant to do and the job I love So everything has sorted itself out xx

 

[fairyprincess]

Good, glad you got it sorted phonix x