FabSwingers.com forum: Radical career change

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

This time last year I was a manager in a supermarket

One day I woke up and thought

I hate my job

So I quit

I'm now a plumber

Financially better off

Mentally better off

And I have a life

Anyone else done the same?

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By *enny79TV/TS
over a year ago

chesterfield

I'm a chef just re-training to be a beauty therapist xxx

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

It's odd, I'm the longest serving member of staff where I work - 17 yrs, I think - and I've done very varied work within that.

Always careful to pick something interesting, where possible. I work part-time; the money's not brilliant but it's more than enough to live on.

But yeah.

Time for a change?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hmm.

I've been stuck in the food & drink industry for a decade, now I'm working to get into customer service admin positions. Does that count?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would like to change my career but it would take a huge financial commitment to do what I want to do and currently I don't have the cash to set up

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By *ackett1962Man
over a year ago

harrow

Been a publican for 20 odd years, but selling up and going to work part time and relax and enjoy life.

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

I'm needing to do this at this exact point in my life.

I love and loathe my job equally but financially it's not viable.

Been there 8 yrs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't like my career and have struggled to change it's direction for years. It's certainly all had a very detrimental impact on me.

I'm still a bit lost but it's reassuring to know someone a decade older than me could do it.

Good on you.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Sort of. I hated my job having previously loved it so when redundancies came up I jumped at it.

I'm semi retired now, living on less than half my previous salary and have never been more content.

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

Yep, Had a well paid management job, Executive Car, Free European travel, job changed, I didn't want the new role, took voluntary, got my HGV licence & went driving.. In all honesty, hated it.

Then daughter got ill so H gave up work, after three years I swopped and became househusband & now run a motorcycle workshop from home (always been a biker)..

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yep, Had a well paid management job, Executive Car, Free European travel, job changed, I didn't want the new role, took voluntary, got my HGV licence & went driving.. In all honesty, hated it.

Then daughter got ill so H gave up work, after three years I swopped and became househusband & now run a motorcycle workshop from home (always been a biker)..

Good shout. Love it

I'd been in retail since I left school.

Was so hard when I left but knew I was killing myself

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Hmm.

I've been stuck in the food & drink industry for a decade, now I'm working to get into customer service admin positions. Does that count?"

Nah, crows count

Counting Crows - Round Here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAe3sCIakXo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Since dropping out of an engineering degree at University I've being doing admin and customer service jobs. The customer service had helped me become a rounded person.

But it's definitely time for a change, I'm not doing data entry until retirement. The only option is management, which probably isn't my thing.

So I'm hoping to get a secondment in the finance department where I work and take it from there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've been an engineer all my life; started in the Army and now as a civvy. I must admit I would quite like to try something else, I just don't know what I'd enjoy that a) has real employment prospects b) pays well enough.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yeah, I've changed career paths pretty radically. It was a mix of convenience and deciding what was best not only for myself, but for Marc as well. I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about it all, but things have turned out ok, so I can't complain too much.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This time last year I was a manager in a supermarket

One day I woke up and thought

I hate my job

So I quit

I'm now a plumber

Financially better off

Mentally better off

And I have a life

Anyone else done the same? "

Yeah I did the same

Always wanted to be a nurse but I got pregnant young then married to a guy who though my place was in the home, he didn't mind me working so long as it worked round him, I worked night for years I was the warehouse manager for an ASDA store

When we split up I decided to go to medical school, I was only 30 and decided it wasn't to late, qualified as a nurse and have worked for the NHS ever since, I also went into getting a PHD in medicine and a BSc (Hons) in mental health that I qualified in last year

It's never to late

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was a legal secretary (over 22 years). I started off in a tiny little firm and went on to work for a large multinational law firm but unfortunately redundancies came calling during my maternity leave with a staffing jig about and I was transferred to a department I hated.

Went to work for a domicilliary care company as an Admin Manager, part time. It pays the bills. Have been there 6 years. Would love a change but not feasible with the little ones and Schools holidays at the moment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Was a legal secretary (over 22 years). I started off in a tiny little firm and went on to work for a large multinational law firm but unfortunately redundancies came calling during my maternity leave with a staffing jig about and I was transferred to a department I hated.

20 years not 22

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By *ikeC81Man
over a year ago

harrow

I have been in my current role 2 years but at the same company 9 years

At the moment there are loads of redundancies but not vollentary but my job is safe for at least 18months I am looking to stay till then as pay of is very good!!!!

I would like to do something slightly different but don't know what

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some real inspiration in here! Well done.

I don't mind my job, pays well, decent work/life balance etc. but I often think of 'more' if that makes sense?

Shit scared of risking my future though and starting from square one.

Hopefully I muster the courage one day - redundancy might be a good incentive.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some real inspiration in here! Well done.

I don't mind my job, pays well, decent work/life balance etc. but I often think of 'more' if that makes sense?

Shit scared of risking my future though and starting from square one.

Hopefully I muster the courage one day - redundancy might be a good incentive."

...dream would be country pub with good food and drink, lots of dogs and walkers and great entertainment. I can but dream

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

I've never had a real career as such, I never really knew what I wanted to do and still don't.

I have had various jobs, starting with a part time supermarket job while still at school. Spent more than 10 years in the catering industry before switching to admin roles. I've come full circle and now work part time in a supermarket again.

As much as I want to make changes and find something I love doing full time, there is no way it can happen for the foreseeable future. I'm a full time carer for my mum and her illness is progressive. I'm stuck with my lot whether I like it or not.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes, did the same, ball busting, hard grafting job for 20 years.

My body finally said 'enough with the injuries, go and do something less strenuous on your body.' So I now do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

..... It's things like this I like to refer to the bible... Lord baz.

The most interesting people

I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives

Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I haven't, and I'm happy with my career path at the moment. Kudos to you for having the balls to do it, OP, I'm not sure I would

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"This time last year I was a manager in a supermarket

One day I woke up and thought

I hate my job

So I quit

I'm now a plumber

Financially better off

Mentally better off

And I have a life

Anyone else done the same? "

Where do plumbers hide their milk ?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"This time last year I was a manager in a supermarket

One day I woke up and thought

I hate my job

So I quit

I'm now a plumber

Financially better off

Mentally better off

And I have a life

Anyone else done the same? "

This is a serious Q. How does one get to be a plumber in ONE year ?

Have you been unleashed on the public ?

Do you have a recognised qualification?

Are you just talking about plugging womens pipes ?

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Recently returned to being a pro Domme alongside my performance and DJ stuff. Very lucky that I love what I do.

I'll never be rich nor want for fancy handbags or trinkets and that's just fine

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

I've a very limited skill set so stuck developing in an obscure language for the foreseeable future. Can't afford the wage drop that goes with a career change

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By *anmjmosesMan
over a year ago

Northampton

Opted to change careers a couple of years ago. From the legal profession into project management... Although have had some some successes still struggling to actually find a role... The whole issue of not sufficient experience and employers not really focusing on transferable skills...

Really frustrating trying to change

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm thinking of a career change. I'm a restaurant chef and I've been doing it for a while now but I'm just feeling I need something different now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Army to academia.

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

I worked as a pub/restaurant manager. Now I work with National Offender Management. I work with some of the dregs of society. But I love it and wouldn't change it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"This time last year I was a manager in a supermarket

One day I woke up and thought

I hate my job

So I quit

I'm now a plumber

Financially better off

Mentally better off

And I have a life

Anyone else done the same?

This is a serious Q. How does one get to be a plumber in ONE year ?

Have you been unleashed on the public ?

Do you have a recognised qualification?

Are you just talking about plugging womens pipes ?"

It's only plumbing

Not gas registered

Fitting bathrooms ect

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I question my life choices constantly.

Friends from school who picked to do a trade have been home owners since they were early twenties and are generally on £50k+ now.

I did gud.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fuck you life.

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By *obwithkiltMan
over a year ago

Belton

I was in retail management for too many years. ...one company made me ill..left for manager of a charity shop was ill again after split from ex wife. ..radical change to work in office. ..While I was ill I did loads of volunteer work at my local theatre. .then festivals then one day someone started paying me to have fun

I spend summer in fields and winter pottering about here and there..so glad I did change ...go for it! !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Funnily enough I was debating whether post a thread asking for such advice.

I want to radically change my profession but I'm worried about doing it at my age.

Good for you OP

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Funnily enough I was debating whether post a thread asking for such advice.

I want to radically change my profession but I'm worried about doing it at my age.

Good for you OP

I'm having similar thoughts with redundancy looming but i need a certain income level and i love working part time while the kids are still young so i know I'm going to end up in a similar job just because i won't be able to get the same salary starting over. If i could afford to I would though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Funnily enough I was debating whether post a thread asking for such advice.

I want to radically change my profession but I'm worried about doing it at my age.

Good for you OP

Wow! Seriously lacking punctuation!!

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"I question my life choices constantly.

Friends from school who picked to do a trade have been home owners since they were early twenties and are generally on £50k+ now.

I did gud.

Same, my dad was in the print & said Wanna come work with me, I can get you in as an apprentice" "No dad, I've watched you sit at a machine with ear defenders on & heard the odd story of peeps losing fingers & an arm"..The was 79, He had to retire in 87 & died in 91 when I sorted everything for mum I came across his P60's. His last full year in 86 he grossed £46k!!

One of life's "You cunt!" Moments..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I spent 24+ years in front line IT support. Decided after my separation that since I no longer has a mortgage to pay, I'd change.

3 years as a senior science technician now. Biology/chemistry/physics, poisons, radioactive stuff, chemicals and all. Term time, so a pay cut.. But school holidays with my kids (6 and 4), and time to kick back in the evening, leave the job at the door and do my own thing.

Don't regret a second. Every day is varied, and a learning curve.

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

"Funnily enough I was debating whether post a thread asking for such advice.

I want to radically change my profession but I'm worried about doing it at my age.

Good for you OP

Wow! Seriously lacking punctuation!!

They've gone off looking for another job in poetry

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By *inky-MinxWoman
over a year ago

Grantham

I've done that a few times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep, my last job relocated and I couldn't. I ended up doing something completely opposite to anything I'd done before. It was a good decision.

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"This time last year I was a manager in a supermarket

One day I woke up and thought

I hate my job

So I quit

I'm now a plumber

Financially better off

Mentally better off

And I have a life

Anyone else done the same? "

I changed careers at 27 the first time open but it was no trouble I own the flat I was living in at the time mortgage free .

I then had my own business for 6 years lived what I was doing for those 6 years but the world changed so I changed track again .

I now have another small business and I work to live not live to work .

I work from around 630 am to no later than 1pm each day and I work as many days as I want so if I feel like working 7 days in a week I will if I feel like taking a day off I will .

I feel for those stuck in a job they hate with no way out and count my blessing I was born under a lucky Romany star and blessed by the same old woman as a babe who blessed yul brynner as a babe .

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

My job began to drain me so when a retirement package was offered I took it.

Whilst I will be selling up and moving out of London I've retrained as a phlebotomist. I have a full pension and enough money to live on but work keeps your mind active, and good for socialising.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've changed careers a few times as I have always had a very low boredom threshold when it comes to my work life..

plus its always good to mix things up a bit...

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By *utterflyandArtificeCouple
over a year ago

Trowbridge

I have had my career changed for me several times; I hate starting again.

Lucrative contracts have ended through no fault of mine; no metals when exploring for them, big customers cancel sales, conflicts end, ebola virus, complete military service, etc.

Now having worked for chap wages in UK I want to get back abroad; working for the man sucks.

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By *utterflyandArtificeCouple
over a year ago

Trowbridge

"I have had my career changed for me several times; I hate starting again.

Lucrative contracts have ended through no fault of mine; no metals when exploring for them, big customers cancel sales, conflicts end, ebola virus, complete military service, etc.

Now having worked for chap wages in UK I want to get back abroad; working for the man sucks."

That would be crap wages.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Twirl has spent about a third of her working life at university retraining from one career to the next.

I think it's good to do a major change every ten years.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I still don't get how people can afford to do it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I still don't get how people can afford to do it."

I don't either, maybe it's because I live where I do any retraining would have to be done in addition to my working day.

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

I've gone from working in pubs, selling sex toys, care assistant, working with the police, teaching, working for guide dogs to cooking.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've gone from working in pubs, selling sex toys, care assistant, working with the police, teaching, working for guide dogs to cooking.

That's a big cv you have there

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