Well, the time has come again folks.
Due to restructuring guess what, my position dissapears.
I’m looking for another job from now.
I grew up in the oilfield, in Wireline operations, in many countries.
Because I was very good and a hard worker (ahem!) I progressed through several manager positions, became more business oriented, more generalist and less specialist. Marketing oriented, but technical core always.
I later changed companies and joined another highly technical company, Tracerco, that dealt with nucleonic instrumentation, radioactive tracers diagnostics and advice as General Manager for the North Sea in the Aberdeen office.
I have a psecial eye for analyzing, leading teams and making things happen.
And of course, everyone knows I like cars a lot, especially small plastic ones.
I know, slim chance of somebody knowing somebody, but I thought of letting you guys know. After all, I belong to this community.
Who knows? maybe there’s an opening to use all my skills to the car industry in some way or another?
So, crashed car, lost job and I still feel positive.
I know of at least two motor clubs who have vacancies at the moment. The pay is usually poor for the level of skills required and they’re both in the southern half of the country but if you want to work with cars…
One of them is at AMOC and. I think is mainly a membership thing but probably some involvement in race meetings and the like.
Thanks guys.
Incidentally, the repeir centre has just come to pick up my car.
So, it was crash the car, falling on my butt on some rocks taking the trash out, receiving the redundancy news and having back and shoulder pain for no aparent reason.
Well, as they say: it can’t rain all the time… and everything is going to be alright
Uldis - as Mike says there will be a positive side to this when you look back. You seem to have the right mental attitude - in abundance. I have been through redundancy twice and about to make it a third time in July - I am just going to take advantage of the opportunity it offers to address the work life balance, ie off on a 6 week summer holiday
thats shocking uldis. I met a man last week who at 45 years old was made reduntant after 15 years service to his company with a �1200 redundancy package. He was qualified and a lecturer in maths and science but noone would offer him a job. So he started working for himself and set up his own company. He now has operations all over europe and has become a very wealthy man. With your skills and positive outlook, why not investigate the possibilities of working for yourself doing what you want? You could also use free time just now to develop new skills. Youll be fine mate
Deffo agree there. Almost without exception, everyone I know who has been through redundancy has emerged all the better for it. Anything you can do to start on your own Uldis? If so, I say go for it.