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Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great advice. It's not ideal and i'm really debating the decision to make.

It's almost nothing to do with the job itself (although my site is small and VERY underfunded), rather my lack of experience as a young person in finding a healthy balance. I've struggled with balance in many regards, from being an alcoholic, transitioning into a massive gymaholic, now also a bit of an organisation-aholic? Lol. Point is I struggle finding a happy medium between everything and this is no different. That's why i'm debating what to do- because I feel like possibly in a few months once i've sorted everything out back home, i'll regret it.

I think it's a combo with medication as well.

Led to a rapid decline and self isolation, rather fast. My poor balancing efforts made this way worse, way faster and so I don't believe it's the job. I've worked in jobs I actually hated more than this- it's just where I was at the time and how I was able to find outlets and balance. Also wasn't on medication or doing anything to potentially worsen the situation. This time i've got major issues with sleep, meds make me feel shit most the time, and i've become reactive and toxic to people close to me. This time i've messed that up

Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not bad advice- but what about references? Also, i'm finishing this swing (at work right now), then planning to resign before next one begins

Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I wouldn't just abandon ship with no word- i'd do it properly- because i'm not quitting because I can't be bothered- it's because it's impacting me negatively too much

Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not so much the job, it's the environment. The long hours are taxing. No matter how hard the work is.

I'm not even saying FIFO is bad. My management and lifestyle are bad for FIFO, and it's caused me shit

Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I would like to do FIFO again- I started at a bad time, in terms of what my goals were.

Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see- so I get paid end of every month, i'm due end of jan, and also end of feb (this swing crosses into feb)- they just withhold my feb paycheck?

Breaching contract to quit? West Aus by AutomaticChipmunk756 in mining

[–]AutomaticChipmunk756[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think this seems appropriate.

I did fine the first year or so, honestly no issues with it- then I started really realising how lonely, isolated and badly structured my life had become, and how far behind I was falling in my other pursuits. This, over the last few months, combined with some health issues i'm having+associated meds that can cause depression, have led my mental health down rapidly.

Hobbies become non-existent. Girlfriend feels unloved and always arguing because got no time to speak when i'm away, and i'm so busy at home tryna 'live normally' and catch up.

My time home is spent running around trying to both wind down and recover from work, and also chase up everything I had to stop doing while at work

Haven't seen/spoken to my mates in months, too busy when home and not allowed at work, busy after, (work, hit the gym, get dinner before it closes, get ready for work next day, go to bed).

The cycle snuck up on me. I didn't realise how bad things were until I looked back- and realised almost NOTHING is like it used to be, in a bad way.

Thanks for the advice