05-02-2007, 10:42 PM
Being given names, titles, awards, mean absolute SHIT unless you are given a reward for them in your review or in bonus form. My company is somewhat the same. I agree with Chris 100%.
Mike it seems you are in a dead end job, sure it is luxury and comfortable, and you have gotten used to it, but it seems what you are worth to them is lower than what you would be to other companies. Chris is right in saying that you need to find a place that looks past age and time at the company, and looks at quality of work. My old manager was all about time vested in the company, he no longer is my manager thank God, and now my new manager is about what each individual produces. I have in the span of 4 months with the new manager have been put up for employee of the month with the company, I have been given awards from my Govn't counterparts, have gotten a 400 award bonus thing from my company, and been moved up to a level 3 engineer and a 5% raise whcih was out of cycle.
I am at a disadvantage when it comes to the likes of you, RJ, chris and other on this board. I do NOT have a degree, but it makes me wonder how someone with a degree and experience can get stuck in this slump. i work with a few guys that are about your age with masters and I make more than them. Not because I am better, but because their knowledge in the work game is off. Everyone can get more than they think, it is just knowing how to sell yourself properly to the right people.
As for your sales possibility, if you enjoy dealing with people, lots of interaction and sucking up, you could stand to make mucho dinero in sales. If the girl is the one, then go for it, you have nothing to lose, if she is not, go for it you have nothing to lose. This is your future, and you are still young, this is your time to be risky and take a chance. You have that paper, you have experience, you have somewhere to fall back on. You can ALWAYS get a job, maybe not doing what you want but you can always get a job to get by. So if you are up for the sales thing, I would go for it. Ideally that is where I want to go, IT sales. my pops does it, the people he has working for him loves it. He used to be a mechanical engineer, worked up to VP of the copmany, quit to be Director of sales for EDS and then this smalelr company. He says life is much better, money is better, quality of life is greater. Sure sales is a lot of travel, but he gets so much mileage he takes my mom with him lots of the places that are cool and turns it into a vacation with some work.
I am babbling now, but I say stat actively looking for a new job, or investigate this sales opportunity. Hey the place you work at looks at time, so it could be a win win, new position new money and time spent at hte company still
Mike it seems you are in a dead end job, sure it is luxury and comfortable, and you have gotten used to it, but it seems what you are worth to them is lower than what you would be to other companies. Chris is right in saying that you need to find a place that looks past age and time at the company, and looks at quality of work. My old manager was all about time vested in the company, he no longer is my manager thank God, and now my new manager is about what each individual produces. I have in the span of 4 months with the new manager have been put up for employee of the month with the company, I have been given awards from my Govn't counterparts, have gotten a 400 award bonus thing from my company, and been moved up to a level 3 engineer and a 5% raise whcih was out of cycle.
I am at a disadvantage when it comes to the likes of you, RJ, chris and other on this board. I do NOT have a degree, but it makes me wonder how someone with a degree and experience can get stuck in this slump. i work with a few guys that are about your age with masters and I make more than them. Not because I am better, but because their knowledge in the work game is off. Everyone can get more than they think, it is just knowing how to sell yourself properly to the right people.
As for your sales possibility, if you enjoy dealing with people, lots of interaction and sucking up, you could stand to make mucho dinero in sales. If the girl is the one, then go for it, you have nothing to lose, if she is not, go for it you have nothing to lose. This is your future, and you are still young, this is your time to be risky and take a chance. You have that paper, you have experience, you have somewhere to fall back on. You can ALWAYS get a job, maybe not doing what you want but you can always get a job to get by. So if you are up for the sales thing, I would go for it. Ideally that is where I want to go, IT sales. my pops does it, the people he has working for him loves it. He used to be a mechanical engineer, worked up to VP of the copmany, quit to be Director of sales for EDS and then this smalelr company. He says life is much better, money is better, quality of life is greater. Sure sales is a lot of travel, but he gets so much mileage he takes my mom with him lots of the places that are cool and turns it into a vacation with some work.
I am babbling now, but I say stat actively looking for a new job, or investigate this sales opportunity. Hey the place you work at looks at time, so it could be a win win, new position new money and time spent at hte company still
-Paul
"If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with bullshit"
"If you can't dazzle em with brilliance, baffle em with bullshit"