Hello all!
I am an engineering cadet and I had a horrific first trip - bullying, sickness, lack of training - the works. I requested to leave the ship and was brought to head office for a "career interview". Everything that happened was discussed because at this point, I didn't care about upsetting anyone. I am very dedicated to a career at sea but after that experience all I wanted to do was leave. Head office were shocked and apologised deeply for letting me down and pleaded for me to give it another go. Despite my reservations, I agreed to do another trip and this one has been better but I'm still deeply unhappy with the job and some of the things/attitudes in my department. I extended my trip to get on with my taskbook regardless but some of the deck officers encouraged me to spend some time on the bridge, which I have in my own time and it was like a totally different world. I was encouraged, trusted and respected as an equal (within reason of course, I am a cadet
).
Basically, I have my heart set on transferring cadetships now and I have heard of quite a few cadets transferring departments in my company and the Choff onboard even suggested I go for it without me evening mentioning it was on my mind. They are keen to have me apparently.
I contacted the officer in charge of cadets ashore and asked him if it was a possibilility and got shot down in flames! He basically said if I wanted to change, the only way would be to RESIGN and reapply, but with no guarentee I would be accepted. In my mind this translates to you did us a favour and gave it another go, you still are unhappy, we don't care, carry on and be miserable and forever be trapped as an engineer, or resign and reapply to the other department, at which point we'll say f*** off because we'll have your smart funding.
After all, thats my options! If I finish as an engineer, I will never have the chance to do a deck cadetship and if I resign and reapply, they will probably say no and no company will touch me without smart funding. This seems especially unfair when cadets with lesser reputations and dedication have been given an easy change in the past.
I suppose I'm ranting on here as a last desperate measure to see if anyone has an advice for me? Should I try and go above his head, should I contact Nautilus? I just don't know, all I know is I'm feeling trapped and doomed lol.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I am an engineering cadet and I had a horrific first trip - bullying, sickness, lack of training - the works. I requested to leave the ship and was brought to head office for a "career interview". Everything that happened was discussed because at this point, I didn't care about upsetting anyone. I am very dedicated to a career at sea but after that experience all I wanted to do was leave. Head office were shocked and apologised deeply for letting me down and pleaded for me to give it another go. Despite my reservations, I agreed to do another trip and this one has been better but I'm still deeply unhappy with the job and some of the things/attitudes in my department. I extended my trip to get on with my taskbook regardless but some of the deck officers encouraged me to spend some time on the bridge, which I have in my own time and it was like a totally different world. I was encouraged, trusted and respected as an equal (within reason of course, I am a cadet

Basically, I have my heart set on transferring cadetships now and I have heard of quite a few cadets transferring departments in my company and the Choff onboard even suggested I go for it without me evening mentioning it was on my mind. They are keen to have me apparently.
I contacted the officer in charge of cadets ashore and asked him if it was a possibilility and got shot down in flames! He basically said if I wanted to change, the only way would be to RESIGN and reapply, but with no guarentee I would be accepted. In my mind this translates to you did us a favour and gave it another go, you still are unhappy, we don't care, carry on and be miserable and forever be trapped as an engineer, or resign and reapply to the other department, at which point we'll say f*** off because we'll have your smart funding.
After all, thats my options! If I finish as an engineer, I will never have the chance to do a deck cadetship and if I resign and reapply, they will probably say no and no company will touch me without smart funding. This seems especially unfair when cadets with lesser reputations and dedication have been given an easy change in the past.
I suppose I'm ranting on here as a last desperate measure to see if anyone has an advice for me? Should I try and go above his head, should I contact Nautilus? I just don't know, all I know is I'm feeling trapped and doomed lol.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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