Having spent the past couple of months in a perpetual state of “fed up” with occasional bouts of “f*ck this” I came to the realisation that something had to change. And that something was primarily the job. So – yes Dean, yet again – I’ve given notice at The Ministry and have decided to go back to contracting.
Three years ago I made the decision to go permy to trade a drop in income for a better work/life balance. Trouble is I’ve been maintaining a contractor mentality for 20 years and I just can’t shake that way of working; I have to give it 100% – and feel like I’m delivering some value – or I just get stressed. And this place just won’t allow me to get anything delivered without ridiculous amounts of faffing about.
Anyways, from the start of November I start a new 5 year plan; get contracting, get earning and pay off the mortgage so I can buy that bloody bookshop!
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I had a similar experience at NZ Police. So much faffing around and impossible to get anything done. A whole division devoted to change control. The people in this division were just like nazis and strode around as if they had total control over us and we engineers were the lowest form of life. Any reason to reject plans for growth and getting things done. Glad I left when I did. Patrick
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Get onto the plan quick-smart then. I think you suit the name Manny.
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