Ughh........Im just beside myself. Call this a rant, a whine, a plea for someones encouragement, whatever you will. I feel like the people close to me just dont understand. Maybe someone here has been in my shoes and can say "hoppy your not alone".
Has anyone ever been so "stressed" by there job situation, felt "trapped" in there job, or felt like like there head was spinning due to the mass amount that was expected of you by your employer then maybe you can help. Before I even go into this rant I will first say this. I know many out there have lost jobs, or cant find a job. That being said Im thankfull that I have one currently. I guess what Im going through is when does "enough is enough" start to play a factor?
Ive been with this small family owned business for the better part of ten years.
As the situation would have my best friend's family owns the business and that how I ended up in the door. Im a "company man" and have always had the "whatever needs to get done" attitude. Spreading my duties from scrubbing toilets to even doing more then 1/2 of all the serivce work that comes through the doors. Im a service manager, technician, invoicer, customer greeter, customer sign out guy. Heck I could easily write a long list of tasks I do for this company. We have three other techs that areny expected to do the many other tasks I do but somehow Im expected to do so much more then them. So this leads me to today and my feeling that Im just doing the wrong thing for work with the wrong company. Ive invested blood, sweat, and maybe even a few tears for this company over the years. I simply have been doing the jobs of what three other people usually did. They never rehired but since I was getting it all done everything was "ok" in there heads. Well it isnt. Im really just fed up. Most evenings I come home and my head is just spinning. If theres a problem in the shop its my problem because Im "service manager". Yet I probably was playing technician while this problem was being created by others not including me. Like stink on shit it comes back to me. Go to a Ford dealership. They have serice advisors, service managers, tecnicians, service writers, and even parts departments. They parts guy usually doesnt also fix the truck, write the invoice, sign the customer out. Thats why they have departments. You do your job.....Ill do mine. Well at this shop........IM ALL THE ABOVE!!!!! SO this all leads to tonight......me sitting here typing this rant. The situation with the friends, family, etc make this a tough situation for me and honestly if i could rewind the clock I would. This was a bad idea from the get go and I should have never said that day "I will fix that". Been hell ever since. So now what........I cant quit. I need to work to keep a roof over heads. I have my first son on the way due in may. I get paid alright but believe me when I say im not ahead. Its a struggle for me just like many out there. Im at a crossroads with what I could do next.....finding a new job just seems so scary and getting out of this situation is even more scary. Im simply just not sure what to do.....Im simply just not happy with the way this worked out and feel change is in order or it will never change. They simply have not listened to my feelings about this over the years. So things just continued on as they are.
Sorry for my long winded rant........I just need to vent this to someone other then my wife whos away on business currently and prego w/ bachpains. Im stressed. Thanks.
Has anyone ever been so "stressed" by there job situation, felt "trapped" in there job, or felt like like there head was spinning due to the mass amount that was expected of you by your employer then maybe you can help. Before I even go into this rant I will first say this. I know many out there have lost jobs, or cant find a job. That being said Im thankfull that I have one currently. I guess what Im going through is when does "enough is enough" start to play a factor?
Ive been with this small family owned business for the better part of ten years.
As the situation would have my best friend's family owns the business and that how I ended up in the door. Im a "company man" and have always had the "whatever needs to get done" attitude. Spreading my duties from scrubbing toilets to even doing more then 1/2 of all the serivce work that comes through the doors. Im a service manager, technician, invoicer, customer greeter, customer sign out guy. Heck I could easily write a long list of tasks I do for this company. We have three other techs that areny expected to do the many other tasks I do but somehow Im expected to do so much more then them. So this leads me to today and my feeling that Im just doing the wrong thing for work with the wrong company. Ive invested blood, sweat, and maybe even a few tears for this company over the years. I simply have been doing the jobs of what three other people usually did. They never rehired but since I was getting it all done everything was "ok" in there heads. Well it isnt. Im really just fed up. Most evenings I come home and my head is just spinning. If theres a problem in the shop its my problem because Im "service manager". Yet I probably was playing technician while this problem was being created by others not including me. Like stink on shit it comes back to me. Go to a Ford dealership. They have serice advisors, service managers, tecnicians, service writers, and even parts departments. They parts guy usually doesnt also fix the truck, write the invoice, sign the customer out. Thats why they have departments. You do your job.....Ill do mine. Well at this shop........IM ALL THE ABOVE!!!!! SO this all leads to tonight......me sitting here typing this rant. The situation with the friends, family, etc make this a tough situation for me and honestly if i could rewind the clock I would. This was a bad idea from the get go and I should have never said that day "I will fix that". Been hell ever since. So now what........I cant quit. I need to work to keep a roof over heads. I have my first son on the way due in may. I get paid alright but believe me when I say im not ahead. Its a struggle for me just like many out there. Im at a crossroads with what I could do next.....finding a new job just seems so scary and getting out of this situation is even more scary. Im simply just not sure what to do.....Im simply just not happy with the way this worked out and feel change is in order or it will never change. They simply have not listened to my feelings about this over the years. So things just continued on as they are.
Sorry for my long winded rant........I just need to vent this to someone other then my wife whos away on business currently and prego w/ bachpains. Im stressed. Thanks.