How do you know when the time’s right to move on? We all know how easy it is to get attached to hospitality jobs, to your colleagues and your customers. It can be very easy to get comfortable, to slip into a rut, and before you know it you’ve become that moody employee that everyone’s avoiding.
Here then are seven signs to look out for. If you find yourself showing any of these, maybe it’s time to start looking for a new challenge?
1. You only communicate with your colleagues to complain about work
Back when you were fresh and enthusiastic, you used to make an effort to get to know your colleagues. You enjoyed chatting with them about work and even socialising with them after hours. Now, you rarely talk to them, and when you do it’s mainly to grumble about the boss, your hours, or a customer who’s really wound you up.
2. People are promoted past you
Take a look at the people who are senior to you. Did they join the organisation after you? If so, it’s a good sign that you’re stagnating, that perhaps you’re not performing as well as you could do, or that your managers don’t appreciate your efforts.
3. You can’t remember the last time you learnt something at work
Without a constant challenge we can’t hope to stay fresh. We can’t hope to be excited by our work. So, whatever field you work in, whatever level you’re at, if you’re not learning something new then it’s time to move on.
4. You can’t remember the last time someone told you you’re doing a good job
In every single management training course they’re told to reinforce good performance with positive feedback. If you’re not getting that sort of feedback then something is obviously wrong. You might not be doing a bad job, but could you be achieving more elsewhere?
5. You don’t want your boss’s job
It’s the classic answer to that tricky interview question: where do you see yourself three years from now? Answer: doing your job. Managers like to hear it. It convinces them that they’re hiring a dynamic, ambitious and motivated person. If you’ve reached the point where you no longer want to do your manager’s job then on a subconscious level you’ve probably lost interest in your current job.
6. You tune out in team meetings
Team meetings can be dull, and let’s be honest everyone tunes out some point. But keep a track of how often you’re doing it. If you find that more often than not you’ve heard it all before, or none of it’s really that interesting to you, and instead you’re thinking about what you’ll have for lunch, then it might well be time to blow the dust off the CV.
7. You spend your day off dreading the next morning
Finally, think back to when you first got this job. Remember that feeling when you first felt you’d cracked it, that you could do the job. Do you remember how you used to look forward to your next shift?
If now the thought of another eight hours on your feet, seeing the same colleagues, serving the same customers, in the same venue makes your heart sink, then don’t put up with it any longer. There are thousands of great bar jobs, restaurant jobs, catering jobs, and hospitality jobs of all types out there
Resolve to take action right now, and start looking for a job you enjoy.
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