Comments on: Why don’t more people want my job? http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:03:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Rich Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:52:41 +0000 http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/#comment-736 Great quote! There's a blog post right there. :) Great quote!
There’s a blog post right there. :)

]]> By: Michelle Simpson http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Michelle Simpson Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:00:44 +0000 http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/#comment-724 its not ranty, there is going to be someone out there that needs to hear it. whether is here or at work, you will effect someone. even if its just one someone. going through a divorce and the a lay off, i was STUNNED that i had not learned the thrifty manner in which i was capable when i had a bigger income. i have always been a thrift store/flea market shopper for my home but now if i buy something without a coupon, i feel guilty. then if its a coupon that would be doubled or tripled at Kroger, i get freaked out after if i bought it at say, Target. i have learned, similar to you, that if i want the fun stuff, i have to find a way to afford it with cash. paying half or less of my previous grocery budget now, we all pretty much get to do the things we like without a huge sting when the bill arrives. i keep writing about it so someone like the old me may stumble upon it and transform their lives. you should do the same! one of my favorite quotes is "never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life." its not ranty, there is going to be someone out there that needs to hear it. whether is here or at work, you will effect someone. even if its just one someone. going through a divorce and the a lay off, i was STUNNED that i had not learned the thrifty manner in which i was capable when i had a bigger income. i have always been a thrift store/flea market shopper for my home but now if i buy something without a coupon, i feel guilty. then if its a coupon that would be doubled or tripled at Kroger, i get freaked out after if i bought it at say, Target. i have learned, similar to you, that if i want the fun stuff, i have to find a way to afford it with cash. paying half or less of my previous grocery budget now, we all pretty much get to do the things we like without a huge sting when the bill arrives. i keep writing about it so someone like the old me may stumble upon it and transform their lives. you should do the same!

one of my favorite quotes is “never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
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]]> By: Rich G. http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Rich G. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:37:52 +0000 http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/#comment-718 PS: That's not a look at how with it or together I am. God knows I'm not! I scaled back so I could afford gadgets, toys, and not have to charge things any more. I learned in my early 20s that just because they gave me the card didn't mean they gave me the means to repay the debt incurred by the card. I learned it once. Don't have to teach me that one over and over again. PS: That’s not a look at how with it or together I am.
God knows I’m not! I scaled back so I could afford gadgets, toys, and not have to charge things any more. I learned in my early 20s that just because they gave me the card didn’t mean they gave me the means to repay the debt incurred by the card. I learned it once. Don’t have to teach me that one over and over again.
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]]> By: Rich G. http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Rich G. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:34:43 +0000 http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/#comment-717 The rat race is great for rats but I decided long ago I wasn't a rat. I really love management and was in the position I loved for a really long time. Then it changed a bit... then a bit more and I still love it. I just don't feel like I'm able to do it effectively. I'm pretty sure the employees see that what used to be 3 area managers is now one, so the areas are much bigger now... much much bigger, and it's hard to find people who are able/willing to live behind their windshields. I've done it for 10 years and loved 8 of those years (not the first 8 by the way lol) but today people are scared to promote because if they don't make it they lose too much. There's security in where they are, they're too overextended to risk an increase. That sounds counter intuitive but the known dollar is better than the maybe buck fifty if they find they can't cut it and lose the buck fifty. (obviously I made those numbers up) But yeah... I scaled way back a while ago, making sure I have more than I need so that I have freedom by not being yoked to the plow and unable to get away. I see people get a promotion and immediately move into bigger apt. or house, or upgrade their car when just two weeks before both were fine... they keep increasing their outlay and they never get ahead. They run as fast as they can just to stay where they are as far as money in the pocket goes... and all the while I don't see them getting happier and I just want to grab them by the shoulders and shake them awake. It's got to feel like a nightmare to live that way. Poor bastards. Sorry. I'm feeling ranty tonight evidently. The rat race is great for rats but I decided long ago I wasn’t a rat. I really love management and was in the position I loved for a really long time. Then it changed a bit… then a bit more and I still love it. I just don’t feel like I’m able to do it effectively. I’m pretty sure the employees see that what used to be 3 area managers is now one, so the areas are much bigger now… much much bigger, and it’s hard to find people who are able/willing to live behind their windshields. I’ve done it for 10 years and loved 8 of those years (not the first 8 by the way lol) but today people are scared to promote because if they don’t make it they lose too much. There’s security in where they are, they’re too overextended to risk an increase. That sounds counter intuitive but the known dollar is better than the maybe buck fifty if they find they can’t cut it and lose the buck fifty. (obviously I made those numbers up)

But yeah… I scaled way back a while ago, making sure I have more than I need so that I have freedom by not being yoked to the plow and unable to get away. I see people get a promotion and immediately move into bigger apt. or house, or upgrade their car when just two weeks before both were fine… they keep increasing their outlay and they never get ahead. They run as fast as they can just to stay where they are as far as money in the pocket goes… and all the while I don’t see them getting happier and I just want to grab them by the shoulders and shake them awake. It’s got to feel like a nightmare to live that way. Poor bastards. Sorry. I’m feeling ranty tonight evidently.
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]]> By: Michelle Simpson http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Michelle Simpson Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:52:30 +0000 http://www.simplerich.com/2010/07/26/why-dont-more-people-want-my-job/#comment-716 Maybe they also see that your boss's position is listed even though he is still occupying the slot? The entire corporate world is just strange right now. Having to deal with similar craziness gave me the realization that it doesn't make me happy, it doesn't define me and most certainly is not what I want to do the rest of my life. It took that mess for me to realize that I would be perfectly happy living off the grid and growing my own food. I have friends that own purses that cost more than my car payment. Geeze. I don't want to ever be a slave to money any more so I actively work against that now. Props to you for identifying you have no desire to have his job. Some people would go through the motions because its what is expected. Maybe they also see that your boss’s position is listed even though he is still occupying the slot? The entire corporate world is just strange right now. Having to deal with similar craziness gave me the realization that it doesn’t make me happy, it doesn’t define me and most certainly is not what I want to do the rest of my life. It took that mess for me to realize that I would be perfectly happy living off the grid and growing my own food. I have friends that own purses that cost more than my car payment. Geeze. I don’t want to ever be a slave to money any more so I actively work against that now. Props to you for identifying you have no desire to have his job. Some people would go through the motions because its what is expected.
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