Yesterday in the garden I started writing what I thought was going to be a short blog post about some of the hell I was put through by my last (ever) employer. 

When I finished it and checked the word count it was 2764 words long! 

Far too long to expect anyone to read in one go so I’ll try and break it into several shorter posts - sort of like a mini series. 

I’ll send you the link when that’s done should you be interested in having a read.

The point of it is that I put up with so much shit from this employer because of fear and because I didn’t know what other options were available to me. I was fearful of losing my steady “secure” (that’s a laugh!) income, and everything I had worked hard for in all those corporate years.

In my defence I had taken this job right after being made redundant at 47 which had made me so stressed that I put myself in hospital - that’s another story - but suffice to say that at that point I was very grateful to get another job. I’d probably have taken anything!

If I’d known then what I know now I’d have walked at the first sign of trouble. But instead I endured almost a year of being messed around with severely by an employer and his minion. 

One of my motivations for writing it all down is that I know there are so many people out there in a similar boat. Stuck in a work situation they hate but stay with purely for a wage, putting up with all sorts of degrading and insulting crap just to pay the bills - for some it doesn’t even do that.

Before joining SFM, I did know a little about the possibilities offered by the internet but not how to take advantage of them in a realistic and sustainable way. 

I also didn’t know that I would have access to grants and other funding locally just by becoming self employed - particularly after a redundancy. 

I’d strongly urge you if you are in a situation like I was - sticking it out against all your instincts - consider strongly the options. 

I’d say that right now there is no better option that learning internet marketing and digital skills and no better place to do that than with SFM and DEA.

When I think back to that awful period in my life I realise that if I had just had the balls to walk away as soon I felt I should - nothing would have turned out any differently.…

Cheers!