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Bambino

Bambino

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As anyone on here done it?

I'm genuinely considering packing work to train in nursing. It would also mean the possibility of becoming a student in my actual workplace atm.

Thoughts? Mid life crisis?
 
Bambino said:
As anyone on here done it?

I'm genuinely considering packing work to train in nursing. It would also mean the possibility of becoming a student in my actual workplace atm.

Thoughts? Mid life crisis?
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I did at around the same time. Went from field service engineer into facilities management. I'm now the FM of a large building in Edinburgh and love it, been at it 15 years now.

Glad I did it 👍
 
Cavalier said:
I did at around the same time. Went from field service engineer into facilities management. I'm now the FM of a large building in Edinburgh and love it, been at it 15 years now.

Glad I did it 👍
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Thanks mate. And glad you are happy you done so.
 
Funnily enough my youngest lassie, after being in the same job since she left school 25 years ago, was talking of doing just that. The hospital she's at is shutting soon and she didnae fancy being transferred tae the Royal. She went for a job interview this morning, she only went and got it. :giggley:
She's 42 Bambino, so I guess the answer tae yer question is go for it mate.
 
I got made redundant at 45, weeks before i was going on holiday to Turkey, nightmare as left job without a bolt due to them going out the box. Would get my redundancy money through govt but that was months later.
Got a chance at a mature apprenticeship as a painter and decorator, so it was all set up for me when i came back my holibobs.
A 3 year mature apprenticeship, but which as i knew because i had all the details, i was going to be skint for a couple of years as wages for an apprentice was not great, not as low as a youngster but still…i had a mortgage and kids.
Part of the apprenticeship involved a lot of college as well as on job… but daunting going back to college at 45 years old 🫣
But so glad i did it as i felt more in control of my life due to having a trade and not being a sucker to arsehole bosses, as it gave me so much more opportunities.
Started and stayed with that firm for 8 years, got good experience, then moved on for better money and better opportunities.
Moral of the story for me was it gave me the chance to earn better money, more freedom and in the end allowed me through hard work a better life and to go some amazing holidays, which as a family man, is always a good thing.
So, although it’s not all about the money, if it’s what you want then go for it, nothing worse than Groundhog Day in something you see as being endlessly at a dead end.
Hope you get what you are looking for 👍
 
Bambino said:
As anyone on here done it?

I'm genuinely considering packing work to train in nursing. It would also mean the possibility of becoming a student in my actual workplace atm.

Thoughts? Mid life crisis?
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Didn't change my career even though I had the chance to work for UCATT as a full time official.
Wish I had done.
If you're pissed off/ bored or simply looking to change direction , do it.
And Nursing is probably as rewarding as it gets.
Good luck.
 
Cavalier said:
I did at around the same time. Went from field service engineer into facilities management. I'm now the FM of a large building in Edinburgh and love it, been at it 15 years now.

Glad I did it 👍
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I never knew that. We need to chat.

Bambino said:
As anyone on here done it?

I'm genuinely considering packing work to train in nursing. It would also mean the possibility of becoming a student in my actual workplace atm.

Thoughts? Mid life crisis?
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Go for it mate. Its scary but rewarding.
 
Hattie said:
I got made redundant at 45, weeks before i was going on holiday to Turkey, nightmare as left job without a bolt due to them going out the box. Would get my redundancy money through govt but that was months later.
Got a chance at a mature apprenticeship as a painter and decorator, so it was all set up for me when i came back my holibobs.
A 3 year mature apprenticeship, but which as i knew because i had all the details, i was going to be skint for a couple of years as wages for an apprentice was not great, not as low as a youngster but still…i had a mortgage and kids.
Part of the apprenticeship involved a lot of college as well as on job… but daunting going back to college at 45 years old 🫣
But so glad i did it as i felt more in control of my life due to having a trade and not being a sucker to arsehole bosses, as it gave me so much more opportunities.
Started and stayed with that firm for 8 years, got good experience, then moved on for better money and better opportunities.
Moral of the story for me was it gave me the chance to earn better money, more freedom and in the end allowed me through hard work a better life and to go some amazing holidays, which as a family man, is always a good thing.
So, although it’s not all about the money, if it’s what you want then go for it, nothing worse than Groundhog Day in something you see as being endlessly at a dead end.
Hope you get what you are looking for 👍
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I mind when your job went tits up Stu. Was that when you worked with Doc
 
Hattie said:
I got made redundant at 45, weeks before i was going on holiday to Turkey, nightmare as left job without a bolt due to them going out the box. Would get my redundancy money through govt but that was months later.
Got a chance at a mature apprenticeship as a painter and decorator, so it was all set up for me when i came back my holibobs.
A 3 year mature apprenticeship, but which as i knew because i had all the details, i was going to be skint for a couple of years as wages for an apprentice was not great, not as low as a youngster but still…i had a mortgage and kids.
Part of the apprenticeship involved a lot of college as well as on job… but daunting going back to college at 45 years old 🫣
But so glad i did it as i felt more in control of my life due to having a trade and not being a sucker to arsehole bosses, as it gave me so much more opportunities.
Started and stayed with that firm for 8 years, got good experience, then moved on for better money and better opportunities.
Moral of the story for me was it gave me the chance to earn better money, more freedom and in the end allowed me through hard work a better life and to go some amazing holidays, which as a family man, is always a good thing.
So, although it’s not all about the money, if it’s what you want then go for it, nothing worse than Groundhog Day in something you see as being endlessly at a dead end.
Hope you get what you are looking for 👍
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Good man, glad it worked it well for you too, S. Thank you.
 
Bambino said:
As anyone on here done it?

I'm genuinely considering packing work to train in nursing. It would also mean the possibility of becoming a student in my actual workplace atm.

Thoughts? Mid life crisis?
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Sort of changed path at a similar age having been with the same institution for around 20 years. It was a lot to give up especially as there was nothing wrong with that job (other than the travel becoming a bit of a bind when I had two young kids) however I felt I needed to try something new and test myself somewhere else. I joined a much smaller business, really enjoyed it but ended up going back where I was around 18months later.

I don’t regret moving for one minute and I returned to the old employer all the better for the experience.

I guess the morale is, as others have said, life’s to short to wonder what if but equally don’t burn your bridges and do things the right way; you never know what the future brings and remember the worlds a small place!

Best of luck whatever you end up doing; got to do what’s right for you and your family first and foremost mate.
 
Aye yous sort of got fucked over.

But a Bro of the Brush AND a Moredun lad. If I get offered any jobbers would you be interested?

I can't do them any more
 
Formerly YB! 😄 said:
Sort of changed path at a similar age having been with the same institution for around 20 years. It was a lot to give up especially as there was nothing wrong with that job (other than the travel becoming a bit of a bind when I had two young kids) however I felt I needed to try something new and test myself somewhere else. I joined a much smaller business, really enjoyed it but ended up going back where I was around 18months later.

I don’t regret moving for one minute and I returned to the old employer all the better for the experience.

I guess the morale is, as others have said, life’s to short to wonder what if but equally don’t burn your bridges and do things the right way; you never know what the future brings and remember the worlds a small place!

Best of luck whatever you end up doing; got to do what’s right for you and your family first and foremost mate.
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Thanks Buddy. Appreciate it.
 
Cavalier said:
I did at around the same time. Went from field service engineer into facilities management. I'm now the FM of a large building in Edinburgh and love it, been at it 15 years now.

Glad I did it 👍
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Didn't know you were a janitor.

What does the FM stand for?
 
Hattie said:
I got made redundant at 45, weeks before i was going on holiday to Turkey, nightmare as left job without a bolt due to them going out the box. Would get my redundancy money through govt but that was months later.
Got a chance at a mature apprenticeship as a painter and decorator, so it was all set up for me when i came back my holibobs.
A 3 year mature apprenticeship, but which as i knew because i had all the details, i was going to be skint for a couple of years as wages for an apprentice was not great, not as low as a youngster but still…i had a mortgage and kids.
Part of the apprenticeship involved a lot of college as well as on job… but daunting going back to college at 45 years old 🫣
But so glad i did it as i felt more in control of my life due to having a trade and not being a sucker to arsehole bosses, as it gave me so much more opportunities.
Started and stayed with that firm for 8 years, got good experience, then moved on for better money and better opportunities.
Moral of the story for me was it gave me the chance to earn better money, more freedom and in the end allowed me through hard work a better life and to go some amazing holidays, which as a family man, is always a good thing.
So, although it’s not all about the money, if it’s what you want then go for it, nothing worse than Groundhog Day in something you see as being endlessly at a dead end.
Hope you get what you are looking for 👍
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Lucky you didn't want a real trade....
 
hibbybilly said:
Funnily enough my youngest lassie, after being in the same job since she left school 25 years ago, was talking of doing just that. The hospital she's at is shutting soon and she didnae fancy being transferred tae the Royal. She went for a job interview this morning, she only went and got it. :giggley:
She's 42 Bambino, so I guess the answer tae yer question is go for it mate.
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Cheers buddy and congratulations to your daughter. I'm due you a pint btw. Let me know where.
 
Hattie said:
Hey…. Van gogh was a painter 🤪
But he didn’t have to make every other trades fuck ups look good 🤗
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We used to wind up our painters constantly.
We called them 'slap dabbers'( not sure if that terminology transfers to your area?).
That is ship painters.
Having tried hanging paper I know the skill involved in it.( and its not a skill that I possess!)
Cutting in is even worse!
 
Yeah, wee bit older than 40, and kind of forced on me due to Covid, but went from high street retail travel agent to domestic energy assessor and retrofit assessor. Coming up 5 years and genuinely couldn’t be happier.
I’ve gained a fairly decent knowledge on renewable energy in domestic properties, travelled all over Scotland and only work 4 days a week.
I say go for 👍
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
Exactly Stu. Last man frees all.
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Some trades think they are the bees knees, platerers 🤣🤣 seen better plastering on a kids cut, joiners who can’t even join a mitre, or think facings should have about 15 nail holes in every length of wood sparks who cut hole after hole in ceilings or walls in the wrong fuckin place 🙈
Plumbersc who cause leaks everywhere and fuck ceilings, walls and 200 year old cornices.
Every single bit that we have to fix just so we can make it look good..
pffffft 🤣🤣
Not a craftsmen among them 🤪🤗.. the every day saying…” the painter will fix it”
Honestly amazes me at the useless lazy feckers calling themselves a tradesman
 
Do it I wish I did
Got made redundant when I was 35 and was gonna do something different ended up back in retail till I got something sorted 25 yrs later am still in retail

Is 60 to late to retrain
 
greencol said:
We used to wind up our painters constantly.
We called them 'slap dabbers'( not sure if that terminology transfers to your area?).
That is ship painters.
Having tried hanging paper I know the skill involved in it.( and its not a skill that I possess!)
Cutting in is even worse!
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Try hanging £1000 a roll wallpaper into ingoes and around fireplaces… around shocking fitting sockets and switches from sparks 🫣. There is no escape, unlike joiners 🤣🤣🤣
 
I never used to repair new plaster. Working with Stevie Mart** he would say fix it and I'd say naw
 
EH17 Jimmy said:
I never used to repair new plaster. Working with Stevie Mart** he would say fix it and I'd say naw
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Exactly, you should never ever have to do anything but paint new plaster, absolutely not the case.. outrageous what they get away with.
 
Spot on mate. VERY expensive wall coverings. Ooo theres a bump in the wall.

Burnbank Hibby in America. I worked with his dad Jimmy.

He told me a story once. He was a great story teller.

He's done a lovely papering job.

But there's bumps on the wall she wailed.

Jimmy said 'see if you buy a birthday cake? It looks fantastic. All decorated nicely. You cut the cake open and it's rotten. Really bad.

Who's fault is it? The decorator or the cake maker?

The cake maker she replied.

Well I never made the cake so get him back as I only do enthe decoration.

Kick on councilor Kerr
 
I’ve just changed jobs mate and I’m 59. I was in the building trade , making pre fab concrete stairs, balconies , walls etc. I would make the form and cast the concrete. I had been doing it for around 20 years. It was heavy work and my body started to feel the effects after so many years. I applied for a technician post with our local council, fixing electric wheelchairs and all kinds of assistance equipment used by handicapped people / elderly people. I really enjoy it, took a small hit wage wise, but it gives me a secure job up to when I can stop working , the sore, aching joints from the building industry are slowly disappearing and the hours are normal instead of 0600-1400 with tight deadlines having to be met every week.
 
Norwayhibs said:
I’ve just changed jobs mate and I’m 59. I was in the building trade , making pre fab concrete stairs, balconies , walls etc. I would make the form and cast the concrete. I had been doing it for around 20 years. It was heavy work and my body started to feel the effects after so many years. I applied for a technician post with our local council, fixing electric wheelchairs and all kinds of assistance equipment used by handicapped people / elderly people. I really enjoy it, took a small hit wage wise, but it gives me a secure job up to when I can stop working , the sore, aching joints from the building industry are slowly disappearing and the hours are normal instead of 0600-1400 with tight deadlines having to be met every week.
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And without sounding too proleterate in the building trade our bodies eventually say that's enough.

But some office arsehole wants us to work to our late 60's.

Tell you what. We will do that if yous mugs work from 60 upwards in the building trade and we will do the office work.
 
I'm 67 now so I'm going to become a house of lords fucker. Do nowt and get a pension every week.

Starting to like daytime telly as well.
 
My legal pill box overflows mate. They gave me too much of one (naproxen) it gave me internal bleeding.
 
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