jennie

Cheers fellas, I've read all of your comments and I think I need to have a sit down and decide what I want out of my work. Like most of you say a change of scenery will do me good so that's the route I'm going to go down! Thanks guys

I think having read all these comments maybe it's more where I am rather than the industry which is what I needed to figure out. Cheers

See that's the helpful comment I wanted. I wanted someone else opinion on leaving the industry and not necessarily regretting it. Thankyou

Haha not enough to read his sh*t and not retaliate

Yeah I get that, I know it's not a job you can do forever which is why I was hoping someone would be able to suggest a different route related to this industry to go down. I was also just curious as to whether anyone had any advice as what to do next rather than just jack it in altogether and regret it. Thanks

That sounds pretty good, do you need any specific tickets or qualifications? It's something I've looked into but not enough to know where to start trying to get into that line of work. Where abouts are you based?

Right I think that's basically what I want to do but wanted someone who's done it opinion. I wanted to know that it's easy enough to get back into and that the love of the job does stick with you, Cheers

I forgot my password 😑 That's a good shout, I'll have a look into that, cheers

Cheers for the oh so helpful input

Yeah that makes sense, I think you're right on the whole fed up of my situation. I can't honestly say that the company I work for is ideal anymore but I don't want to join another company and be in the same situation. I'm glad it's not just me who's lost interest slightly!

There's sooooo many 'tree surgeons' in this area which is why it's tricky to get work at the moment as it's an absolute nightmare trying to make any profit as they're all undercutting each other out of spite! I started as s/e as when I left college at 18 no one in my area would take on a newly qualified female basically, as I was asked numerous times if the job was for my son! Hence going s/e as it was easier for me to get work that way.

22, spent 2 1/2 years in the tree the rest on the ground due to injury, not sure I can go back to being a climber and be able to say that my shoulders will survive it. Have most of my own gear, harness ect and ground saw ect ect. I've got all of my relevant basic groundy tickets but due to being self employed I know I should have but I never bothered getting any further tickets. I went to being employed as I had commitments (horses) to pay for and at the time I wasn't getting quite enough work being self employed. Now I'm wondering if I should have just stuck with being self employed and diversified. I'm stuck on what to do as I've only ever done this as a job and I do enjoy it most of the time but good days seem to be less regular. Just wondered if there's something similar that I could do till I realised that I actually do love my job

I'm actually in north norfolk now but haven't changed my location. I'm stuck on whether I want to carry on with trees or not. Is this just 'a phase' tree surgeons go through?

I'm 3 ciders in so 1 word questions aren't my forte but if that's in reference to what I want to do instead the answer is I have absolutely no idea, hence my need for help from people who'v been doing it longer than me!

So quick question, do any of you fellas get fed up of the tree game? I've spent 6 years being self employed and spent the last 6 months employed and I'm starting to hate the restrictions and lack of flexibility of being employed. There doesn't seem to be enough work in my area to go back self employed/ subbing to other companies so I'm now starting to wonder whether to take a break from trees altogether and go down a different route. Does anyone/ has anyone been in the same scenario and have any advice or ideas? I'm worried that if I leave this line of work I won't be able to get back into it and regret my decision. Help would be appreciated! Cheers