Fookin hate my job, anyone in the same boat?

[X-pack-Glyn]

just before the recession hit i got myself out of a job after 3 and a half years which was a bit up and down, the final straw was an arsehole manager i simply would not tollerate...

 

i was offered a seemingly better job and soon after taking it it quickly became apparent id made the biggest most epic mistake of my entire sad career, had been lied too through the teeth, as far as im concerned i was unsutable for the job from the start due to living miles away from the area i was given.

 

the management are arsehole scum not to be trusted, the customers dob us into the management at every opportunity and now even the engineers are grassing on each other and to top it all if i make a mistake on some jobs im liable for up to 2 years inside... the job really is the lowest of the low...

 

6 months ago i actually had health problems due to the job on top of an industrial injury (i actually was pleased about that as i got a week off all be it with a smashed face), a past drink problem re-appeared, i smoked like a chimney and for a short while i had a total lack of self respect and respect for anything around me, i became short tempered and verbally took it out on loved ones and family (something i deeply regret)...

 

things are only very slightly better now but i still dont sleep till 2am earliest due to the sad excuse of a day job ive got ahead of me the next day.

 

Can someone give me some words of encouragement as to any ideas on when the work looks like picking up again as i need to do something soon.

 

sorry for the essay, just needed to clear all the shit in me ed.

[Mr Sam]

start looking for something new by the sound of it

[X-pack-Glyn]

start looking for something new by the sound of it

 

the bit that gets me mate is that i could have had such a better job somewhere or even within my industry, but after being trampled on and treated like shit on a shoe for 10+ years by middle management you just kinda give up and look forward to friday every week...

[Mr Sam]

thats the trouble with big companies though isnt it, doesnt matter how much blood sweat and tears you put in you'll never get re-warded for it fully

 

all you can really do i spose is start looking for summin elsewhere and slave on

 

 

 

at the moment im not to bad, working with my neighbour ive known for years so we all get on well and its something and somewhere new every other week + im still learning loads, cant see it lasting long term though

[omj624p]

People spend so much time at work its a shame if it isnt something you enjoy. Otherwise it feels like a prison sentence, and you get time off to pop home for a few hours each day

 

What line of work are you in?

[Retro-gone.]

as you know i was made redundant 3 weeks ago from the best,most enjoyable job id ever had in my 32 working life, i was gutted, i thought i was there for good, also it was the only job i ever actually looked forwrd to going to work in a morning, but before i had that job (and before i went full time with the band) i worked for a double glazing firm and i fookin hated every second of it, not so much the work cos im a glazer by trade anyway, but the 2 arses i worked with, so i know what its like and i feel for you, but youre still quite young ?? you cant write your career off just cos of 1 mistake, since my redundancy ive been looking into setting up my own glazing buisness, namely stained and leaded glass, isnt there anything you can do so you can be your own boss?

[capri71]

Hello Glyn, Ive felt the way you do for most of my working life, and reacted in much the same way as you with regard to those around me and felt pretty simmilar about the whole thing... but not no more 2 words mate - career change

I was in construction for 20 odd years - I earned good money but hated every minute of it. I was led down that path cos my father was in the construction but it was never realy my choice. A year ago I found a totaly different job that I realy do like and I'm a changed man - I sleep at night, I don't dread going to work at all and I can honestly call my new colleagues friends. I don't earn the kind of money I used to but that hardley matters since I'm not smoking half my wages anymore

Sorry for the sequel but the point is that theres a whole nother life out there for ya... you just have to give something new a try, be prepared to go back a few steps to ultimately further you entire existance and remember that money does not = happiness. Good luck mate

[Mrs O/H/C]

Oh hun, NO JOB is worth being that unhappy..and when its affecting your home life like that then its time to move on.

 

I realise that it is a hard time to find new employment but my advice is that you start looking NOW !!

 

Life is too short for it to have such an impact on your self esteem.

 

Is it possible for you to look into starting your own business ??

 

I run 2 small businesses and i dont ever invisage working for anyone ever again.

 

I applaud you for admitting that you are struggling with demons.

 

I am sure that you are strong enough to work through this hard time and move forward.

 

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS !!

[Mk2Jo]

I know EXACTLY how you feel mate

 

I have been working in this damn office for 19 1/2 years now and I have had enough. The money is good, the hours are great and I get to surf OSF on and off all day .... BUT ... I just don't want to do this anymore The boss is an aRSehole and he doesn't give a shite about anyone here .... it's an awful atmosphere at work.

 

I cannot afford to give up my job and go back to college to change my career as my mortgage alone is £854 per month ... and I don't want to go and work somewhere else doing the same job as I want to do something completely different .... so ....

 

Since February I have been training at the week-ends to become a Driving Instructor and I love it I passed my Part 1 exam on 19th May and I have Part 2 booked for 14th July ... I hope to be fully qualified by the end of this year. Then I can tell my boss where to shove his job and his attitude

 

It's the best move I ever made although it aint cheap ... it will cost me somewhere in the region of £3k-£4k by the time I have finished (hence my RS not being on the road this year as I can't afford to run it) and I can only afford 2 x 3hour sessions per month BUT it has allowed me to train while I am still earning an income from my current job.

 

Good luck with whatever you decide to do mate but don't let the job get you down ... your health and happiness is extremely important in your working life

[Fishtailparka]

money does not = happiness.

Once you understand that properly, life is a bed of roses.

 

If things are that bad then move on. A pay cut is better than bad health, upsetting family, being depressed........

[BIG G]

Funny how many of us are in the same boat

[antz]

I feel sorry for you glyn but don’t know how you could get out of it.

 

I despise my job too. As I posted up a few days ago Im currently getting made redudnat and the company has been dragging it on since last October and has only just given us a finishing date. But they still expect us to be enthusiastic and love our jobs and the company. All whilst the top directors swan around merrily.

 

To say Im bitter towards my job and the company is an understatement….

[BIGKEV]

money does not = happiness.

Once you understand that properly, life is a bed of roses.

 

If things are that bad then move on. A pay cut is better than bad health, upsetting family, being depressed........

 

 

hence the reason we are relocating to lincs

 

 

Quality of life here we come

[flyingbanana]

has soon has i get fed up with a job that starts to annoy me..........bye bye

 

time to look for something else,life is too short to work your arse off to make some one else rich and being unhappy while at work

 

in my last job they took the piss daily....i think they thought i was santa clause and still expected more .......enough was enough one day so they got told where to stick their job where the sun dont shine!

 

i would start looking for some where else....if its bad now....it's not going to get any better in the future! ..........never does

 

good luck what ever you do

[Conor]

 

Can someone give me some words of encouragement as to any ideas on when the work looks like picking up again as i need to do something soon.

 

sorry for the essay, just needed to clear all the shit in me ed.

 

It already is, or at least in haulage.

 

Mate 1, works as a lorry driver mainly in portacabin/caravan transporting: Three weeks ago, rings me telling me he's next to be made redundant after a steady trickle of redundancies in ones and twos over the last 8 months. Today he rang me to tell me they'd just taken back on the last 6 guys they laid off.

 

Mate 2, self employed courier: Phones me 3 weeks ago saying he's on the bones of his arse and looks like he will have to fold the business. Two weeks ago, phoned me to say it's gone mental. Still like that now and so mental that he asked me to do a couple of jobs in my car.

[mk1super]

Hi Glyn Ive been in your shoes and its not good, what i did was looked at the skills i had and what other jobs/careers used similar ones, i also went to a careers centre one saterday morning and did an online test where it gave me a list of jobs it thought i was suited to. Its just an idea I now do Tree surgery and some landscaping, ok the pay isnt amazing but iam left to it nobody bothers you unless the jobs wrong or H&S are in checking equipment and working practices, can stop for a cuppa or a ciggie when ever i want and the lads i work with on the whole are good and we have a great laugh, Few of the managers are knobs but i think thats just middle management the world over !

[Supercharged Nat]

Chin up mate! I know its hard ive been in a similar situation myself. I wanted to give up on everything, and i mean EVERYTHING.

 

I think id be looking for another job, but maybe in a totally different line of work? try to talk to different people, get a round a bit, find out whats available. do you know anyone who does something you wont mind giving a go?- speak to them, mention you want a new job, maybe even try and get involved a little bit.

 

I know its hard but you have to try not to let it bother you, if you do it will only get worse and like you already said youve gone back to bad ways due to it- do you really want to go there again?

 

dont let your current situation prevent you from moving forward, your CV may only show qualifications for your current line of work, but nows the time to change it. apply those skills to new roles.

 

If you wanna chat, just let me know.

Nat.

[X-pack-Glyn]

I think i need a man hug

[james1700]

mate i know your situation, im currently looking for another job. the place i work for treat us like shit and i just dont enjoy the job anymore. the last year or so i have been more and more exhausted, impatient, short tempered, and just down really finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning. i even ended a relationship with the mother of my child thinking that was what i was after, someone new! what a King mistake, now my family hate me for trying again with her, and i still feel crap all the time.

 

i have however found a way out something that really makes me happy and am looking to make that dream a reality.

 

stick with it mate and find your own way out as long as you want it to it will work out in the end

[stevepeanut]

Glyn, you have read and commented on the crap I put up with at the loft place. Latest one is this, we work 7.30am - 4.30pm with 1 hour unpaid lunch.

 

Now normally most of the lads leave the house a lot earlier than 7.30 so they can get to their first job early and make a good start to the day. Its always been that if we leave early and get the jobs done, we can come back and load up and go home, as long as its not stupidly early, like they were cool if you got everything done and loaded at 3pm and went home.

 

Then we got told, dont come back till 3.30pm, then dont come back till 3.45, then 4pm, and now we have been told, we cant come back in to load until 4.30pm!!! so any loading time is meant to be done in our own time unpaid. So from now on I wont leave early in the morning anymore.