The people I work with, who never get the opportunity to use the wide range of skills they have between them, are a good, but downtrodden, bunch of people.
One of them worked for the country's biggest healthcare products provider for several years and ran various warehouses simultaneously in different cities across the UK, travelling between them when necessary. He obviously knows what it takes to run more than one successful warehouse. On his second day in work (last year) boss asked him to draw up a plan to improve the warehouse. He then denied that every suggestion was possible (i.e.. "I don't want to spend any money or change anything at all"), and ignored the whole thing.
Another of my colleagues is a woman who worked for IBM for a quarter of a century. She now thinks she is too old to get another job, but frantically applies for anything advertised. She complains on a daily basis how crap this job is and encourages everyone else to get the hell out.
I also work with an ex-professional footballer, who re-trained as an IT professional and worked for Intel for years. He now wears a coat all day in minus temperatures in the warehouse, which is said to be made of asbestos and is told exactly when he can and can't have a cup of tea. His is also on his "fifth final written warning" because, every now and then, the boss pushes him so far that he sticks up for himself. He has been in the role for 11 years and thinks he is too old to get another job.
The question is - what's worse, staying in a job and complaining about it on a daily basis, dragging your mood and life down, or leaving it at the risk of not working again in the short or long-term?
Is the status of 'dole scum' really that bad?
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