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Posted on Aug 4, 2021
Since I am starting to dislike my job after being a 15T for a few years, what should I consider next for my career?
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E5 15Tango with 3 years and 3 months in the Army, been involved in 3 phases, currently in a flight company with 170 flight hrs. ANY ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO NEXT OR ON WHAT TO RECLASS BECAUSE I STARTING TO DISLIKE MY JOB.
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If you don’t like your job then you should probably not do it anymore. If you stop liking your job, you stop caring about it. Aviation maintenance is not the place to not be liking or caring about your job.
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Switching careers after working as a 15T for a while can be tough, especially when you're starting to not like your job. I went through something similar after leaving the military, and it was hard to find a job that fit what I knew how to do. At first, I looked at different kinds of jobs, trying to find something that felt right, but it wasn't easy.
I thought about jobs close to home but then realized working from home could give me more choices. I started looking for jobs online to find remote jobs in Tucson, which was great because there were lots of different jobs available. After looking for a bit, I landed a remote job in data analysis that really works for me. I found it on https://afnicareers.com/jobs/jobs-in-tucson-az.
I thought about jobs close to home but then realized working from home could give me more choices. I started looking for jobs online to find remote jobs in Tucson, which was great because there were lots of different jobs available. After looking for a bit, I landed a remote job in data analysis that really works for me. I found it on https://afnicareers.com/jobs/jobs-in-tucson-az.
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Can you drill down a bit deeper and determine specific aspects of your job you don't like?
I also started out in aviation maintenance (avionics) and found it to be tedious. I liked some aspects but not the job overall. The days did not go by quickly. I was certainly not bad at it. I believe I was even good. I transitioned to 15P just before a deployment and enjoyed operations much more. Being a battle NCO in the TOC was particularly enjoyable. Others I know love maintenance and the days fly by.
I also started out in aviation maintenance (avionics) and found it to be tedious. I liked some aspects but not the job overall. The days did not go by quickly. I was certainly not bad at it. I believe I was even good. I transitioned to 15P just before a deployment and enjoyed operations much more. Being a battle NCO in the TOC was particularly enjoyable. Others I know love maintenance and the days fly by.
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SGT Lamo, I have spent 21 years doing this job and have figured out quite a few things about it that make it displeasurable.
1. Crappy leadership. Kills morale immediately and subsequently your ambition.
2. Terrible flight schedule management.
3. Wrong prioritization of people, equipment, and/or tasks and mission.
4. Lack of active listening by supervisor(s).
Just a few, but there's also a good amount of money to be made getting out too.
There are special groups available to you because of that job. I.e SMU(Special Mission Unit Aviation groups. NOT 160th... have you checked those?
1. Crappy leadership. Kills morale immediately and subsequently your ambition.
2. Terrible flight schedule management.
3. Wrong prioritization of people, equipment, and/or tasks and mission.
4. Lack of active listening by supervisor(s).
Just a few, but there's also a good amount of money to be made getting out too.
There are special groups available to you because of that job. I.e SMU(Special Mission Unit Aviation groups. NOT 160th... have you checked those?
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I think that you just read my mind. I do know about those two units but being honest im not interest in them. I do want to stay in the Army and do my 20 years because of the retirement plan and many other reasons. My motivation its dying every day because all the reasons you describe. Now, how do I keep myself and my soldiers motivated ?, How do i stop disliking my job as a junior supervisor, How does my leadership expect efficiency in me if they are not making the example?
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Well, those are all tall orders buddy. I found a change of scenery always helped. I never stayed in the same place longer than 3 years. I also made sure that I called HRC and got to go to places I wanted to go, not just where the Army wanted to send me.
As a junior NCO, you have one of the hardest jobs. Your discipline has to be impeccable, your motivation beyond reproach, your efficiency unparalleled, all while not getting paid that much. Plus you have old guys(like me) who are crusty and slightly jaded by the Army after so long, breathing down your neck. It isn't easy.
But that's where your pride should kick in....it isn't easy, which means not everybody can do it. The job is demanding, weirdly enough.
You can:
1) Stop flying and go back to maintenance.
2) Deal with it, and call HRC for a PCS.
3) Drop a WOC Packet <----good idea
4) Get out and struggle in the field (if you don't have an A&P and still want to work aviation)
As a junior NCO, you have one of the hardest jobs. Your discipline has to be impeccable, your motivation beyond reproach, your efficiency unparalleled, all while not getting paid that much. Plus you have old guys(like me) who are crusty and slightly jaded by the Army after so long, breathing down your neck. It isn't easy.
But that's where your pride should kick in....it isn't easy, which means not everybody can do it. The job is demanding, weirdly enough.
You can:
1) Stop flying and go back to maintenance.
2) Deal with it, and call HRC for a PCS.
3) Drop a WOC Packet <----good idea
4) Get out and struggle in the field (if you don't have an A&P and still want to work aviation)
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Go be a recruiter and think about jobs you want to do next. consider a new occupation. go somewhere where they take care of you
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What directed you down the 15T path to begin with? Are you there because that's what your recruiter was pushing, and your ASVAB score was high enough?
Basically, in terms of "what not to do" in case you don't like your job, well, that would be don't join the military. So that's what I'm getting at. Why are you there in the Army as a 15T? What did you want of your life when you walked into the recruiter's office?
Picking and choosing a new Army MOS's in hopes it will be something better when being "Army" is part of your conflict might not be the ideal move. Anything you pick is going to lock you in for an extended period of time should you decide you don't like it either.
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I get it. I came at that crossroads in my life at when I realized that not only did I not want my bosses job, but I didn't want their bosses job either. Why was I continuing down that path? So I quit, and here I am.
Basically, in terms of "what not to do" in case you don't like your job, well, that would be don't join the military. So that's what I'm getting at. Why are you there in the Army as a 15T? What did you want of your life when you walked into the recruiter's office?
Picking and choosing a new Army MOS's in hopes it will be something better when being "Army" is part of your conflict might not be the ideal move. Anything you pick is going to lock you in for an extended period of time should you decide you don't like it either.
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I get it. I came at that crossroads in my life at when I realized that not only did I not want my bosses job, but I didn't want their bosses job either. Why was I continuing down that path? So I quit, and here I am.
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