Ever thought of changing carrers

[CUDA JAS]

Man after a tough month that saw lots of crazy days, and the last two the craziest...I wonder if it is time for a change.

I am so far behind at work right now I am not sure I will ever get caught up!!!!

Despite the amazing opportunity I have been given to grow a little piece of our business, it is sometimes overwhelming and I sometimes think how nice it would be to have a job you could walk away from at the end of the day.

I wonder if you can make a good living selling tools of a truck???

Oh well, I am not getting anything done on here....back to it!!

Jason

[cuda346pk]

Yes I have. After 20 years crawling around crawl spaces, attics and kitchens I am fortunate enough to be in a position to close my refrigeration business and make a change. Now to figure out what I want to b when I grow up. I learned a lot from being an owner of a very specialized type of business. Too hard to find GOOD help and when u build a customer base off of your personalized service no employee can seem to please the customer as well anyway. So ending up a 1 man show means being on call 24/7. Time to slow down a little bit for me. Hope you can get to some peace too.

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[anlauto]

Do what I did...insure your wife has a good job so you can quit yours and stay at home playing with cars    Seems like a good plan to me............

[moparman82]

Do what I did...insure your wife has a good job so you can quit yours and stay at home playing with cars    Seems like a good plan to me............

  that's what I do

[erat340]

I"m jealous. At 58, I havent even found my soulmate yet.

[jimynick]

that's what I do

Man, you guys are, as Molly Hatchet would say, "flirtin' with disaster" if your honey bunnies ever see those quotes! 

[CUDA JAS]

Man, you guys are, as Molly Hatchet would say, "flirtin' with disaster" if your honey bunnies ever see those quotes! 

Ian that is one of my favorite tunes!!

I am lucky in one sense, I have found my soul mate and have a great family.

On the other hand, my wife is a stay at home mom...so, that option of relying on her income does not exist! 

Oh that and I did the auto thing before, as much as I love working on my own stuff, I really do not want to d it for a living, maybe sometime down the road, but probably not.

Oh well, all in all life is pretty good.

Jason

[erat340]

Jason, what do you do for a living, if I may ask?

[72cudamaan]

Tool truck salesmen used to make a decent living. That's before the industry changed all of it's rules. Now
it seems I always hear about the tool manufacturer taking the profits from the salesmen and making it more
difficult for them to survive.

[Rob C]

The answer to the thread title is;

YES, every freakin morning when the alarm goes off at 5am!

[CUDA JAS]

Jason, what do you do for a living, if I may ask?

I work for one of the largest Accounting / Professional Services Firms in the world.

I am a Senior Manager in the Indirect Tax (Sales Tax) practice and no I am not an accountant!!!

Currently I manage our Canadian Compliance Center, which means I manage the preparation and filing of Canadian sales tax returns for our clients nationally/ globally.  My time is focused on managing and growing the practice.

I have been with the firm for almost 15 years!  Oh and I am 39 (at least for another few months), jut in case you were wondering.

Basically I am a desk jockey!!!

Jason

[Super Blue 72]

Do what I did...insure your wife has a good job so you can quit yours and stay at home playing with cars    Seems like a good plan to me............

   Smart guy!!!!


Actually I'm sure lots of us have those days, weeks or months and wish we had a different job.  Sure it might be justifiable but sometimes the grass is not always greener on the other side.  I know I have to look deep and realize that I'm fortunate to be where I am.

On the other side though, finding a job isn't always easy.  Both of my brother's have been laid off for at least 9 months and still haven't been able to find a job in their field as they are deemed as "too specialized".

[74 challenge]

I Studied marketing and advertising in college and got a job in that industry. After watching all of my friends get laid-off during the last recession I ended up applying for a job at the border services.

I enjoy the fact that they frown on paying overtime and since I work in our systems I can't work from home. I don't think I will ever win the financial lottery working for the Canadian federal government but I like the sounds of pension.

I think it was way easier as a younger person to change the direction of my career then if I were to do it now but if your not happy, maybe it's time to move on!

[Racer57]

5th generation Farmer and proud of it.

[torredcuda]

The answer to the thread title is;

YES, every freakin morning when the alarm goes off at 5am!

Yup, me too!