do i have to keep renewing contract?

@chiumee (850)
Philippines
September 21, 2010 3:52pm CST
i am an overseas contract worker. considering our life's condition in my country, i had to choose to get to a greener pasture to provide better life for my family. well, in expense of being away from them. i have finished my first contract of 2 years. i am now on my 2nd contract of another year. halfway done, i'm starting to think what's next after i finish my contract. shall i consider moving to another workplace? to start with, i had to choose this as it can provide more than what i can get from my country. now i am not safe and satisfied in my current workplace but still have to renew once more because i had no chance of finding another place. the thing is so confusing. i am not happy in my workplace now, but then, when i finish my contract, it will be another better offer plus another year of suffering and sacrifice. can you give me suggestions please. thanks to all.
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ruperto
@ruperto (1552)
• Philippines
22 Sep 10
It seems it is normal to be unhappy in a job. There seems to be many reasons ... e.g. no seen opportunity for better work conditions such as salary increase or more interesting tasks ... Perhaps a good long-term approach is to learn new skills related to the current job e.g. technological, management, entrepreneurship etc ... What do you think ?
chiumee
@chiumee (850)
• Philippines
22 Sep 10
thanks for your suggestion. well, i started to get even frustrated after sometime during my first contract. i commented on our superiors how come i am conducting continuing education to other staffs and i don't get any furtherance of mine from someone or somewhere else. they just ignored me by answering with complaints too. well, finally i found an update from the board that they will be conducting a basic training. at least i will have something for review and updates from my stuck stock knowledge then, i grabbed the opportunity at once. so far, that's just the only one i got in my span of 3 years from this company. i hope to find more if they won't hand it to me directly.