Contract Management

I don’t know what to do! I recently applied for a job as a trainee supervisor for a large retailer and got offered the position. i used to be a section manager for a major supermarket but I have to retrain in this new company. That is fine, except I left the supermarket due to a large amount of stress. I thought the smaller company would be better but I’ve only been there a week and I’m not enjoying myself.

We want to try for a family next year so I’m thinking maybe retail management won’t fit in very well with our plans, ie long hours etc. I always try and push myself because I know I can do this job easily enough, it’s whether I want to.

I received my contract at the weekend. Apparently after 4 months training I could be sent to a store within an hours drive away which I can’t do. My other half already does a similar drive in another direction and it’s expensive and tiring.

I’m studying languages part time at home for fun but since starting this job I’ve had no time to fit it in. Maybe I’d be better with a job where I just turn up, work and come home with no stress. I used to be a carer which I quite enjoyed. They are crying out for carers where I live so it’s not as though I’d be out of work for long and I can get an nvq. Do you reckon my decision is already made up? I have a habit of regretting decisions!

My parents were retail manager and my partner and I are restaurant managers so I so know what you mean when you say its not ideal in family life with the long hours. I wish my partner changed his job while he could because now we cant afford for him to change jobs as we have a house, child, bills ect. I’d say go out there and try different things till you find something you like. Do it while you have no dependant’s or financial ties. Don’t go for one of those do my job and come home roles as you will one day want to progress when you have a family, make more money and better your family’s life. You’ll get bored after a while. You can afford to make mistakes and have regrets now so do it while you can. I was happy in my role before having a family, i could do it easily like you said, the long hours didnt matter when i was free and single and the pay was o.k. Now I have my child I wished I branched out a bit. I wanted to be a doula, now I have to wait until we are financially able for me to quit my job and my son is at school. I really wish I did it before. i also demoted myself to just a waitress to make my hours of work easier to manage and I have no stress but I am so bored and feel kinda stuck now.

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