Pastures new
Well, now seems as good a time to mention it as any: I am currently working the last of my shifts as a breakdown controller for MAN ERF UK. On 1st October my job will be redundant, as the company has decided to move the operation overseas. Personally I think this will be an unmitigated disaster - some of the people over there have a less than perfect grasp of the English language, and an even worse knowledge of our geography - something that will no doubt infuriate many of our customers and workshops. The words "fly on the wall" spring to mind..
However I am pleased to announce that this no longer vexes me in the way it used to - I have been offered a job elsewhere in the company as a Marketing Co-ordinator for the parts department. I will therefore go back to a more organised lifestyle i.e. 9-5, Monday to Friday. Yippee!! No more working weekends, no more getting up at 5am, and no more night shifts (although I doubt I'll be able to antagonise my new co-workers as much as I used to aggravate Donna and Helen with my witty anecdotes whilst working nights together..)
There will be a lot of things I will miss about working shifts - being able to go shopping when the supermarket is quiet (enabling me more time to chat up the girls on the check-out), Alex's excellent lunchtime spinning classes, days out in London, being able to chill out at home with no annoying lodgers around. But there will be a lot of things I won't miss - mainly feeling wiped out half the time due to the havoc being wreaked on my sleeping patterns. I don't think I could have carried on doing shifts even if I wanted to.
Hopefully my new position will prove enjoyable, challenging and stimulating, and will also allow me to concentrate more on the things that matter to me: my social life, my running and other training, and of course my writing. I look forward to the next chapter.
However I am pleased to announce that this no longer vexes me in the way it used to - I have been offered a job elsewhere in the company as a Marketing Co-ordinator for the parts department. I will therefore go back to a more organised lifestyle i.e. 9-5, Monday to Friday. Yippee!! No more working weekends, no more getting up at 5am, and no more night shifts (although I doubt I'll be able to antagonise my new co-workers as much as I used to aggravate Donna and Helen with my witty anecdotes whilst working nights together..)
There will be a lot of things I will miss about working shifts - being able to go shopping when the supermarket is quiet (enabling me more time to chat up the girls on the check-out), Alex's excellent lunchtime spinning classes, days out in London, being able to chill out at home with no annoying lodgers around. But there will be a lot of things I won't miss - mainly feeling wiped out half the time due to the havoc being wreaked on my sleeping patterns. I don't think I could have carried on doing shifts even if I wanted to.
Hopefully my new position will prove enjoyable, challenging and stimulating, and will also allow me to concentrate more on the things that matter to me: my social life, my running and other training, and of course my writing. I look forward to the next chapter.
posted by Jon | 7:56 pm
1 Comments:
Cheers babe - I'm just coming to the end of my last ever shift in Euroservice!!
I never said it, but thanks for keeping me sane in the last few weeks. It was much appreciated. Good luck with the course and stay in contact. And let me know if CC and Gav split up!!
Jon xx
(for those of you reading - Helen was my shift buddy for the last few months before escaping to do a PGCE).
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