I am on my 3rd job since graduating in chemical engineering in 04. I took a horrible 1st job bc the market was down. I was put on meaningless, tedious work in my 2nd job so i left. I thought the 3rd would be the one...but im working in the most boring, non engineering part of the plant and i want to quit! I think i would be stuck in the position for a few years. what would you do?
2007-10-30 16:15:39 · 41 answers · asked by Jamie G 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Update your resume and get a job as an environmental consultant. Hopefully, you can do emissions calculations.
Your experience in industry would be a major asset to most firms wanting you for permitting.
You would never be bored again.
Alternative: Get a job as a state regulator and then pester your previous employers.
2007-11-02 23:28:09 · answer #1 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-23 01:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by Socorro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider:
What were the primary reasons you took this job? Are you still getting out of it what you thought you would get?
After considering the above, realize that you are where you are because it is a choice. You can choose today to not go to work, or to turn in your resignation, or you can choose to go in to work as usual. You're saying "But... But... But." I didn't say there would not be consequences. But your choice will involve the decision to take on the consequences of either staying or leaving. Which consequences are you willing to accept?
Worried about your life passing you by? Remember, you will hit 30, 40, 50, 80 eventually whether you stay in this job, get another, or decide to return to school and/or start a new career. Time is not holding still while you decide.
2007-10-30 16:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by mznocent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd take my degree and go see the nearest U.S. Navy recruiter and see if I could get a commission and a job! The Navy, the Army, the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense - all need chemical engineers to help deal with environmental issues and the potential for hostile acts against our nation. With that degree you should be qualified for a direct commission as an officer or a relatively high level DOD employee - like a GS 17 or better.
2007-10-30 16:21:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worst thing in the world is hating to go to your job every day. I would definitely quit, When you apply for a job, remember that an interview is a two way deal. If you are not being offered something that will satisfy you, don't take it just to have a job.
Set yourself standards and stick to it. Perhaps you should consider changing your goal a little or the field that you are in. With your education, you can try several different areas.
2007-10-30 16:23:26 · answer #5 · answered by madisonian51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a true believer in doing something that you enjoy. If you hate your job, that means you hate almost a third of your life. No one should be that unhappy. However, I am not suggesting you simply quit. You need to sit down and pinpoint exactly what it is that you dislike about your current and past jobs. Then think about what you enjoy. Did you enjoy your engineering classes in college, or did you just go with it because it seemed like the "right" choice? What classes did you enjoy? First and foremost, make yourself happy.
2007-10-30 16:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This can be a very complicated question and is likely the reason your asking. I would first ask you what is your deepest desire work wise? What is your goal in what you really want to do in life? By quiting this job will it hinder the process in obtaining that goal? If you have a strong desire to do something your heart is set on that stick to a plan that you know will get you there? If you don't have a plan, where are you really going? In circles?
2007-10-30 16:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't look good on a resume when you change jobs so much.
I think this is a deeper problem. Maybe you need to step back and re-evaluate your career path. Is this what you really want to do? Engineering CAN be feel tedious and boring.
Maybe you could teach?
2007-10-30 16:19:38 · answer #8 · answered by itsallgood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like an easy problem to fix.
Take on some extra courses to branch out into a different area of work.
See what's available and stay at your job until you decide and see if you can do a course by corresspondence over say a year.
2007-10-30 16:20:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask yourself what makes you happy.
If your doing a job that bores you to the point of quiting every month or so, then what's wrong with the jobs that you get. If you know that in a year of so that you'll be doing something more than where you are now, and that you'll be happier with it in the future, stick with it.
But find something that makes you happy.
Good Hunting!
2007-10-30 17:04:41 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. Lamb W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋