Does anyone hate their job? #2

[Cossie]

Hands up who doesn’t want to go back to work tomorrow

 

[House of Tea]

oh my god after handing my notice in they have started to be so horrible and nasty, starting arguments with me. there is no HR department to report to and i would call in sick with stress but they don’t pay sick pay. this is awful

Let it play out. You are out of there soon. They have lost control you remember. Anybody can leave a job, a relationship, a situation if it isn’t working out, and they would fire you without a second thought if the shoe was on the other foot. They have been dumped.

 

[ClaudHopper]

I don't hate my job but I've come to the conclusion that I'm allergic to working in the office. I know face to face collaboration can be important (from time to time) but I just find the day so tedious. Idle chit chat, commuting, listening to colleagues noisy eating and inane conversation, being present in the office just because its expected. I find office days so tedious. Give me a long walk before I start work in lieu of a commute, a nice podcast as I do my "busy work" lunch with my other half, no commute to pick the kids up as soon as my day is done. I much prefer it and I don't find it isolating in any way.

 

[Jadejones9596]

I loathe my new job.
Was miss sold to me so took it on in January really excited.
The horrible and mean team caused me to have a breakdown a month ago, was signed off sick for 2 weeks and have gone back on reduced abilities.
Today, again, I was spoken to like absolute shit and with no management around to back me up I left off saying I had a headache
I’m at my lowest, I have no energy, I could cry all the time… I’m just miserable.
Sorry needed a vent x

 

[User_name_100]

I don't want to be too outing incase anyone reads this and recognises my company however our office building has a "quiet" area where people can go to work if they need no distractions etc. People are encouraged to go, it's totally fine etc.

I went there this week to write a report as I needed the peace and quiet without the hustle and bustle of my main office. I got the report done in that time I was there.

Boss finds out and told me he think it's not beneficial to me and that I shouldn't go there at all. He found it "odd" I disappeared to that quiet area and said that he doesn't want me going there anymore. Fucking hell, talk about micromanaging.

Upset me a little as I need the quiet. I find it so hard to focus when people are banging on about what they're doing that evening/office gossip etc. I just feel he's taken away something I need to focus on work.

 

[House of Tea]

For every bit of unpaid overtime you do, reading emails etc out of hours, you are reducing your hourly rate. You think you get x per hour for y hours work a week, but the calculation lessens when you do the unpaid stuff. Stop doing it. You are not a charity. You are there to earn money to pay bills. If they want extra, pay extra.

 

[Ro98]

Does anyone wonder how their bosses hold down a job when they’re so incompetent at even the most simple of tasks???? Fucking HELL it shouldn’t annoy me so much but I can’t help it. Honestly infuriates me 🫠

 

[LeWylde]

Don’t want to gloat but after what has been a horrible year in my job, I am finally starting a new job in August.
HOWEVER, my extremely incompetent manager at my current job has refused to organise anything to do with my leaving. It has got as far as me having to email the payroll person to ask if my pay was going to be processed properly. She hd no idea I was leaving and now they’re fumbling to correct everything. I’m so angry
Counting down the hours until I can leave that nightmare of a company.

 

[Quarrantinemadness]

Things that seem better than starting work in an hour…

Eating a poisoned apple like Snow White and waking up in 20 years.

Death.

FML

 

[Amethyst23]

My workplace is going through a major restructure in order to cut costs. I currently work in a team of three - my manager, me and someone else who has a completely different role to me.
Today we found out that my colleague is being made redundant at the end of March and apparently I'm 'absorbing her role'. We've been severely understaffed for years and are stretched beyond capacity 90% of the time so doing two full time jobs is impossible. Raised this with senior management who suggested I 'get creative with my time' wtf?!

 

[User_name_100]

This morning I had a 1-2-1 with my manager and revealed I struggled with depression and was on anti-depressants again after my mood dropping considerably due to various factors. My manager seemed sympathetic and agreed to reduce the workload slightly. Thought a weight had been lifted off my shoulders.

This afternoon my boss rang me shouting he doesn't believe I'm doing enough work. Really laying into me.

I've got a GP appointment booked to talk to him about how I'm feeling but I'm sat in tears right now. I don't think I can cope much longer.

Have a horrible feeling my boss is trying to push me out.

 

[J3N1800]

Does anyone wonder how their bosses hold down a job when they’re so incompetent at even the most simple of tasks???? Fucking HELL it shouldn’t annoy me so much but I can’t help it. Honestly infuriates me 🫠

Management at my place has been toxic for years... friends promoted friends and never seemed to be a case of how good of a manager you'd be.

They openly had no idea of the systems used because they "didnt need" and had "people working for them who did" which was fine, until the company struggled and made hundreds redundant. Management could no longer get basic information they needed and a lot of managers left because it wasn't cushy for them anymore.

Also, worst thing I've heard come out of a managers mouth was someone they interviewed was perfect for a role, but didn't get hired because their skill set was a threat to other management. To come out with it so openly like that, I was shocked!

 

[it’s not been changed?!]

I start my new job tomorrow! Thank you to the tattlers giving me advice when I was fretting over silly things for once I don’t have the Sunday night dread (on a Monday night)

 

[HotMessCentral]

My work environment used to be TOXIC until lockdown and we’ve remained WFH ever since which I’ve loved. The managers are very power hungry and arrogant and will patronise and demean you for sport (all women btw). We’ve recently had an archiving project and a few of us have had to go into the office 1 day a week to sort it out. Our new office is now basically closer to the moon than it is to all basic facilities including drinking water. The kitchens are minging and there’s always mould hanging out of the taps so no one drinks tap water there. I requested a water cooler for our office over a week ago, the response was to go to the nearest organisation sharing our building with our little paper cups, which is a 10 minute round trip with 4 locked/ keypad only fire doors, knock on their door (!!!!), wait for someone to answer and then “ask politely” (verbatim) if we can please have a drink of water. Not only would we have to do this multiple times a day… it’s degrading and mortifying. Yes I can buy a bottle of water and refill it but after 3 years at home, my first thought isn’t to stop off at the shop en route to work at 7am to prevent spitting feathers all day. And I shouldn’t really have to spend my own money on such a basic need. Am I being unreasonable?? Are the managers doing this for amusement?? Would you stoop this low akin to Oliver bloody Twist??! FYI… This is what working at the NHS looks like

 

[Lico]

I thankfully got some good news this week. I got a new position in the same company that I work in, but a different department. Last week I received the devastating news that a boy who bullied me on my last role got a promotion to my department. I was ready to hand in my notice, when I got the good news that I got a new role too. Its mad how things can change so quickly.

 

[milkywaymelon]

There’s no harm in seeing what’s out there!

To be honest, I’ve moved jobs twice in the last year and I do find the first 6 months v difficult but really that’s not very long in the grand scheme of things. 30 is still young!!

I always said that I would do the job until it wasn't fun anymore. It was fun for me for a long time, but at one point, it wasn't anymore and I set out to find a new one. I'm there now and after two months can say that I love it. I'm excited for it again, which I really missed. Maybe you are at a similar point with your job, and while it's a bit frightening to put yourself out there, go through interviews and be "the new one", it can give you the spark back you may be missing right now. There's no harm in looking

A little update! I applied for the job I really wanted, got an interview and I feel like it went well. It's just a waiting game now

 

[User_name_100]

what is his relationship like with your colleagues??! is it just you he torments like this? and are any of them even aware any of this is going on??

I'm going to be honest some people in my team seem to be really good pals with him so I'm worried if I say something it'll get back to him. It's a small team in my department so I've kept myself to myself regarding this. I know maybe I shouldn't have, and everyone else in my team are OK with me, but I am a bit nervous what could potentially get back to him.

I've called my GP surgery to speak to a GP and awaiting a call back. I think I'm going to ask to be signed off, although never been signed off before so not sure of the process. I received a couple of shitty emails from boss this morning and I had a panic attack at home. Bloody awful.

I honestly will never understand why people can be like this. Thankfully I'm having counselling (about general issues) which is helping in terms of being able to talk through this.

Thanks everyone

 

[User_name_100]

It's 3am and I'm up applying for jobs.

There is nothing crueler than your boss sending you a message on Teams at 5pm saying they don't think you'll last much longer in the job and that they will be making a decision on your future with the company next week, then logging off for the weekend without even giving me a chance to respond. This message came with no warning whatsoever, on a Friday night in such a cold and direct manner that I'm simply shocked.

 

[House of Tea]

This time of year, if you are UK, is horrible for work. The darkness just makes everything like an horrendous slog. And I always feel on the edge of a cold. (Not just UK, but anyone who has the early dark nights.)

 

[Eirawen]

Interviews - remember, it’s not just them interviewing you. It’s your opportunity to find out if they will be a good fit for you.

Employers - sadly, most of us are just numbers. If they had to get rid of people they would put a line through your name in the blink of an eye. Loyalty doesn’t exist anymore. So, take the same view as them. See work as a means to your end. Use them until they no longer suit.

I am in my 60s and I got a job at 60 after a long period of being in and out of temp jobs. I didn't like my boss she was like a spoilt brat. She was also v ageist and more or less hinted that no way that I would find another post as I was old. Last August at the grand age of 64 I started a new job on promotion ! I am getting more money a much nicer boss and have learnt loads of new technology since being there. Spoilt brat was in shock when I told her the news that I was moving onwards and upwards she had a bright red face for about an hour. He who laughs last.....