Does anyone hate their job?

[lockdown sux]

Back to work after 2 weeks. Talk about depression session.
Staff morale is so bad. Loads out with stress leave. I’m wondering (only half jokingly) if I could start an only fans to make money instead ...Any one know if there is a demand for clapped out old codgers

 

[peppermintmartini]

Stick it out for 5 months. Think of your baby (maternity pay).

I know, I need to man the duck up and know it's best in the long run, my husband suggested going on maternity a month early if that'll make it easier for me. I'll be fine just needed to rant. Thanks for listening to me

 

[unidentified]

I have an interview for a new job I have to prepare a presentation on a question that is almost impossible to answer eeeek

 

[Pinkpascal]

I've got to the point where I hate my job. They have changed the way our commission works and now I'm out of pocket by around £200 a month. I'm constantly left on my own for shifts so it means I can't take breaks where I can sit down, I end up eating my lunch so quickly in between clients.

I have an interview on Thursday and I'm dreading handing my notice if I get the job because I know it will leave them super short staffed. One member of staff is planning on handing their notice in on Tuesday so if I do they are going to be super short and screwed over.

 

[Codiaeum]

I contacted my former manager this week since I saw an opening in his current company that sounded interesting and the kind man that he is, directly offered to chat with me We met today and I just sent him my CV that he wanted to forward to the hiring manager of the position I'm interested in.

The company culture seems very different from my current place, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I often feel like we run around like headless chickens in a panic because someone higher up thought loudly...

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

I have an interview on Thursday and I'm dreading handing my notice if I get the job because I know it will leave them super short staffed. One member of staff is planning on handing their notice in on Tuesday so if I do they are going to be super short and screwed over.

Well, that's their problem. Your mental well-being has to come first.

 

[annagerda83]

Is anyone in HR? I’d like to ask for an input because I’m currently dreading at work. I’ve been in the headhunting industry for a few years, then I moved to become an internal recruiter.

but after all these years I really don’t want to have a job that requires me to connect with candidates aka strangers. I really want to move to another position that doesn’t require me to liaise with external clients or stakeholders or basically anyone outside of my organisation, but I’m not so sure because of my limited experience in recruitment only. Would it be possible to move to, say, HR generalist or HR operations role? Though I have zero skills in both roles.

 

[Codiaeum]

Haven't heard back yet from the company my former manager referred me for, unfortunately (but that was late on Friday). I ended my workday today crying because I feel like I'm never enough and people chase me for stuff other people didn't do. Why am I supposed to track tit for everybody and chase them for it, nobody is doing that for me either and it shouldn't be necessary for grown-a adults in a professional environment. Sorry, that outburst really isn't professional at all, but I need to air my grievances here for a bit.
Boyfriend found me crying and said that if that is my reaction, I should hand in my notice and gt out, or suck it up. He's probably right. On the other hand, I keep getting told that I should be promoted because I work at a higher level than I'm listed for currently, yet that promo is maaaaaybe at the end of this year and people told me last year already that I should have gotten it. That in itself is so unfair that I could cry. And probably should look more seriously for something else. I understand delayed gratification, but it's getting a bit old at this point that I have to prove myself over and over. The rate this is going I'll be a pensioner when they get around to it.

 

[Comewhinewithme]

Yes with a bleeping passion, that's about all I can say
Though I know I won't find anything that works around my childcare or I can skive as much in.

 

[Rosie878]

Yes with a bleeping passion, that's about all I can say
Though I know I won't find anything that works around my childcare or I can skive as much in.

Haha I know what you mean. My job is stressful when done properly (and having a reputation for being good/knowledgable at my job is important to me) but if it came down to it it’s higher education and no one ever ever gets sacked no matter how bad they are

 

[TheGlossy]

My employer has taken "return to office" to a completely different level. They have applied a school like policy.

We got an email today saying management has received the "presence report" and it appears some people in the team are not coming in. There is this VP who comes in every single day I'm assuming he is the one who takes not of who comes in and who doesn't.

I have been coming in twice a week (and I have the canteen receipts to prove that). If other people are not coming in, it's not my problem. Plus, I generally sit somewhere else on the floor if there's no one from my team.

This is absolutely ridiculous. If flexible working means treating people like they're pariahs, then might as well revert to 5 days a week because I don't have time to prove my presence every week when we don't have a manager or direct stakeholder locally. The irony is that the person who sent this email is located overseas, will be working from home until September and might never even work from the office because they have according to them "no purpose in going to the office since they have no team". LOL.

 

[Rxt156]

Yes with a bleeping passion, that's about all I can say
Though I know I won't find anything that works around my childcare or I can skive as much in.

Love this I hate aspects of my job but similar to you there are some benefits I just am not willing to let go of

 

[Comewhinewithme]

Love this I hate aspects of my job but similar to you there are some benefits I just am not willing to let go of

Our annual leave for example is nuts, I get so many days as for every 5 years of service they add more and more.
No way I'd get that anywhere else, so imma just gonna cry my way to the sun lounger

 

[lockdown sux]

Anyone else buying back years to retire a bit earlier? Morale at work is awful. I feel like I am suffocating at work.
but I’m well paid so need to suck it up.

 

[House of Tea]

I think if I can give anybody younger any advice, really think long and hard about what age you want to retire, and work to achieving it. When you get older regrets kick in about all the money you wasted on rit you don’t even remember, when you could have bailed out of the 9-5 years ago

 

[Pinkpascal]

I had a job interview this morning and I'm hoping I get it but I'm terrified of handing in my notice. I don't want there to be an atmosphere and I would really be leaving them in the tit but I need out.

 

[House of Tea]

I had a job interview this morning and I'm hoping I get it but I'm terrified of handing in my notice. I don't want there to be an atmosphere and I would really be leaving them in the tit but I need out.

You are a unit of work to an employer. Don’t stress out about it. They wouldn’t if they had to get rid of you.

 

[Pinkpascal]

You are a unit of work to an employer. Don’t stress out about it. They wouldn’t if they had to get rid of you.

I know. That's what my partner says to me all the time. They wouldn't think twice about getting rid of you. I don't know why I care so much about their feelings.

 

[Comewhinewithme]

I think if I can give anybody younger any advice, really think long and hard about what age you want to retire, and work to achieving it. When you get older regrets kick in about all the money you wasted on rit you don’t even remember, when you could have bailed out of the 9-5 years ago

Totally agree and as hard as it is, try and save to get on the property ladder. I partied hard and just thought life would take me wherever, I will now be able to retire at the grand Old age of 65 plus
So definitely look at the bigger picture as boring as it may seem.

 

[Mamacita]

I think if I can give anybody younger any advice, really think long and hard about what age you want to retire, and work to achieving it. When you get older regrets kick in about all the money you wasted on rit you don’t even remember, when you could have bailed out of the 9-5 years ago

Honestly I'm always flipping between the two as it's not really guaranteed I'll live until retirement. I'd rather have fun now and spend my money but the future me will be raging with past me