My job sucks...

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  • ReNewYou
    ReNewYou Posts: 49
    I have a great job with great people. My problem is I have lost the passion for what I do. I am working towards a new career in FVIP and Anger Management counseling. I get to do this on the weekends and it is really the only time I feel alive while I work. I believe you have to find your passion and go after. I will be starting my own company by the end of the year.
  • iggyboo93
    iggyboo93 Posts: 524 Member
    Thought I would resurrect this thread. Reading through the posts was therapeutic. I hate my job with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns. Dreading tomorrow - performance review. Got a new boss about a year ago after the company is prepping to be sold - the new CEO wants a leaner meaner operation. They fired my old boss who was a really good guy. Hate my new boss - he manages through fear and intimidation. My once super nice colleague has morphed into a grade A butt hole in the past year (I never thought I would live to see a Canadian jerk - they are a rare species). My other colleague is no longer the sneaky jerk he used to be - he just openly throws people under the bus now.

    I'm well respected by the people who interact with me daily but my boss is based 2500 miles away (thank goodness for small miracles). He loves to say that his perception is his reality. The last conversation we had included his suggestion that I find another job. I'm just trying to hang on for another 3 weeks until I get my hard earned bonus. It's been really hard not to pull a Johnny Paycheck recently.

    This job has been hell on my diet - I travel a lot and end up "stress eating" a lot. The boss is right about one thing - I don't have the intestinal fortitude to do this job - it's hard to be a jerk to people. I'm a firm believer that you treat people with respect - the custodian should have the same courtesy as the CEO. Looking forward to starting my new career - I've got a job waiting for me when I'm done with the current position.
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    omg, i work with the laziest bunch kids ive ever met! they r so worried bout their phone and their twitter and no their jobs . i end up doing more wok because of them!
  • artickb22
    artickb22 Posts: 411 Member
    Nope, I refuse to be unhappy at a place I have to be at 40+ hours a week. I am a nurse and use to hate the people on my old unit...needless to say I was only there 6 months and that's only because it took awhile to get into psych where I wanted to be. Now I work with amazing and birlliant people all day...it's wonderful!

    if possible, look for alternative employment!!!
  • AnabolicKyle
    AnabolicKyle Posts: 489 Member
    Hell-i-burt-on
  • jennifer907
    jennifer907 Posts: 84 Member
    I can relate. I definitely could not have lost the weight that I've lost if I were still at my old job. In fact, I would undoubtedly be heavier. The stress of my last job taught me the joys of "comfort eating" and when things were going badly (as they normally were every day), nothing made me feel better than sitting in the food court with a greasy burger slathered in mayo (and this was after I indulged in a grande mocha) I don't miss it one bit. I hope you can find something that makes you happy. It's very tough.