Leaving the industry the first time, instead of finding a nice warm office, was the biggest mistake I've ever made.
But I wouldn't have stayed in S&T. I'd have gone to rostering, or stores, or planning, or personnel, or payroll, or...Or was it ?
I tend not to have any regrets as everything I've done has brought me to where I am. If you stayed at S&T you may still be there today, still out in the cold, still getting wet.
Only job I have ever done.
I can only ever remember wanting to be a Train Driver and passed just after my 21st birthday, I'm 49 this year.
Or was it ?
I tend not to have any regrets as everything I've done has brought me to where I am. If you stayed at S&T you may still be there today, still out in the cold, still getting wet. That decision for you to leave helped you to find yourself a bit. Retail/Office does give you some essential skills and success in Retail often means Management. Cutting your teeth on the shop floor gives you good customer service skills. All those skills gave you the experience to succeed.
I also have a Retail background and in my current role I firmly believe that I wouldn't be here if I didn't have it. My MMI example was job related and the role I'm in has a firm foundation from my Retail days.
I think sometimes that we need to make these big decisions to quit and find a new direction to become what we are today. If I didn't quit the job I had prior to becoming a Driver I would still be a slave to the grind.
Was this a happy accident?Astronaut...awful, absolutely no atmosphere.
I know a driver that joined the railway from working in Blockbusters.Doesn't seem like much chance to be a driver with a normal sort of job
Doesn't seem like much chance to be a driver with a normal sort of job
Currently a serving police officer for 10 years. Now desperately trying to get out
I thought so as well.Was this a happy accident?
The bold kinda got me.Astronaut. Really hated working nights, being away from family, the food was awful and absolutely no atmosphere. Now a driver and haven't looked back.
Only the 4i, and don't have time for that. Life and work gets in the way lol.I remember having a conversation with you on a well known car site about becoming a train driver. Finally done it and start in a weeks time. Do you still have the two old girls?
Although I wish I’d pursued being a driver before now, I agree with what you’re saying. I’ve had a good run in my current job and it formed the basis of many an interview example. I don’t dislike my job (the roster is about the best I’ve ever had, money is fantastic and I’m generally left to my own devices). There comes a time when you have to move on to fresh challenges. I’ve done everything I set out to do here, so now is definitely the time to knuckle down and pursue the driving career. If driving doesn’t work out, I’ll do something else operationally within the railway.Or was it ?
I tend not to have any regrets as everything I've done has brought me to where I am. If you stayed at S&T you may still be there today, still out in the cold, still getting wet. That decision for you to leave helped you to find yourself a bit. Retail/Office does give you some essential skills and success in Retail often means Management. Cutting your teeth on the shop floor gives you good customer service skills. All those skills gave you the experience to succeed.
I also have a Retail background and in my current role I firmly believe that I wouldn't be here if I didn't have it. My MMI example was job related and the role I'm in has a firm foundation from my Retail days.
I think sometimes that we need to make these big decisions to quit and find a new direction to become what we are today. If I didn't quit the job I had prior to becoming a Driver I would still be a slave to the grind.
The railway is great and certainly money for old rope but if I wasn't a Driver, I don't think I'd stay.
I'm not sure what that job involves but being about pharmaceuticals probably not just a normal every day office job?I start my training this month having spent 13 years in office jobs in a pharmaceutical manufacturer. That’s pretty normal no..?
I'm not sure what that job involves but being about pharmaceuticals probably not just a normal every day office job?
Ha, it was exactly normal everyday office jobs sat at a desk in an open plan office, emails, meetings, telecons, appraisals... almost stereotypical office jobs I’d say! Hope I don’t end up missing it too much :-/
I’d be curious to get a general overview in the ways which you answered the MMI questions, as they’re often geared towards health & safety or regulation based roles, which most office based roles usually aren’t.
I would have thought passing all the tests was more important? I mean you could be ex navy seal but if you have the concentration of a 7 year old in a sweet shop what is the point?That was my worry too, but as it turned out it’s geared towards experiences in general and not necessarily work related. So I used examples like regularly driving between Manchester and Essex; a time I witnessed a RTA, a class I’d taken outside work... and for work ones I used things like rules and procedures as every workplace has these, they don’t have to be life and death but they’re there....
I would have thought passing all the tests was more important? I mean you could be ex navy seal but if you have the concentration of a 7 year old in a sweet shop what is the point?