Hi, a bit late on this thread, but I have a very similar experience. 18 months ago I was coming to the end of my career in the Navy, frankly I was disillusioned and quite bitter about how we were being treated. With 5 months before I walked they offered me another 5 yrs, to the 23 I had already done. After a quick discussion with the wife, I told them to ram it and walked away with a nice pension and gratuity. Walked right into a better paid job in the private sector. I was fortunate, but the opportunities are vast, and at least in the private if you're good at your job, willing to work hard, you will always get ahead. Unlike the civil service/MOD which frankly has a large minority of what we term as passengers, who do fuck all, and blag the same salary as you or get promoted. I will try and stay away from the public sector for the rest of my working life now
I couldn't agree more, nothing more frustrating and demoralising..... I will be attempting to stay clear of the public sector if (more than likely when) I go. My transferable skills are I guess a little niche but I'm sure someone looking at the from the outside would probably identify the skills in a different way. That's one downside of being out of the private sector, you sometimes don't know how to identify how they will transfer into the real world :?
I found myself in this position last August. After 27 years of being a financial adviser with what was one of the biggest banks in the world (now probably the most hated) voluntary redundancy was offered. Over the last couple of years I hated both the job and the employer with a vengeance. It was a tough decision to make (took all of two minutes) but bit the bullet and took the cash. Decided to sit my HGV class 1, passed it and walked into a job straight away. It's much less money than I was earning but I'm happy and enjoy the work, mind you, the redundancy did enable me to pay off the mortgage, still keep a chunk of dash and buy a new Daytona. Life's pretty good now. Ingin69
Thanks ingin69.... Mine will not quite cover the mortgage but doesn't leave much to pay.....pretty much got all the shiny things I need for now so should be ok. I do think it is far better to be happy with less money than have a well paid job and be unhappy.... Got a few weeks to make final decision but has been great to have input from others that have done the same Cheers
I start my retraining course tomorrow after 14 years in the Army. I'm holed up in a hotel in Stoke on Trent for 6 weeks doing property development. Total swerve to what I've done since I left school but I can't wait to get cracking! End of Feb I'm on 4 weeks paid leave then that's me, 'Mr' instead of 'Sergeant'.
^^^6 weeks in Stoke on Trent :shock: :shock: :shock: Poor you, whatever did you do to deserve that What a fucking shithole
I actually booked it myself so here by choice, the hotel I'm in is really nice and it's only a short ride to the training place so I avoid the shithole areas. Can't complain though. It's free.
He would! At least partly. I'll be a slave to nothing, but money is good insofar as it's a reflection of my awesomeness - rather than an end in itself. http://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/08/f ... ey-speech/
