I hate my job so much!!!

[Wylie's Mom]

Aw, geesh. I have been in jobs where I HATED them - just despised them. And when you spend 8 hours of your life per day there - it's incredibly spiritually draining, you know? Just debilitating. All I can say is, keep looking for something else - which I know is exhausting too. And try to do small things to help nurture yourself too, like - at night before you go to bed, right down 3 things your'e grateful for. Maybe it sounds dumb - but during really hard times, it can at least keep you connected to a few good things in your life.

[grandmatoall]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Aw, geesh. I have been in jobs where I HATED them - just despised them. And when you spend 8 hours of your life per day there - it's incredibly spiritually draining, you know? Just debilitating. All I can say is, keep looking for something else - which I know is exhausting too. And try to do small things to help nurture yourself too, like - at night before you go to bed, right down 3 things your'e grateful for. Maybe it sounds dumb - but during really hard times, it can at least keep you connected to a few good things in your life.

This is a great suggestion. I have done it in the past and it really works.
Not overnight, but it helps you realize there are good things in your life.


When it is hard to deal with people.. one of the things I have learned in life is ... you can not change other people.. you can just change how you let them affect you.

Try finding something that is good in each of these people. Everyone has something good in them. It is not always easy to do. Don't focus on their negativity.. try to focus on their good points.. It will make the days a little more bearable until you can find another place to work.

Good luck sweetie.. my thoughts and prayers are with you.. to be able to find a wonderful job you love to do.. with nice people. And to find some good in the people who are giving you problems at work.

[celstu1]

ya know girl, I can't say I HATE my job, but i can say Im BORED! I dread mondays, I try to rush the week to get to fridays, each day looms ahead of me from 8am - 5pm with almost nothing to do most of the time. Im also looking for a new job. I applied to 4 jobs within the last couple weeks, Ive heard nothing back but Im keeping my fingers crossed. My co-workers are alright, even my boss is alright.... its just the absolute boringness of it all that kills me everyday! sucks the life right out of me!

[veguroev]

Ok, as of yesterday I had my mind set about going to vet tech school and start working at a vet's office. Looked like something was going perfectly fine. The vet's office where I take the dogs has an opening. I was going to drop off an application and resume today, but yesterday my printer didn't want to work.
Today instead of going straight to work I had to go to some training that everybody has to take. At training, I saw this lady who I met when i first started working at the company I work for. We did some volunteer work together. She is very nice and we kept in touch now and then. Well, today we were both happy to see each other and we chit chat for a little while. She then asked me if I was happy with my job, like she knew I'm not. I told her about my plans of going to school.She suggested me not to leave the company that I have seniority, I will be losing my benefits and stuff, if I leave I may not be making as much as I make money wise, the she drops the bomb!! come work for me she told me she told me she needs someone like me and she would love to have me in her team. I was like... are you serious??? she told me to think about it and to let her know. As soon as I post the job go ahead and apply, talk to you manager and I will take care of the rest, I was like wow!!!
The only thing is that It's around 20 minutes away from home. Where I work now is 2 minutes from home, I'm not joking it's literally 2 minutes from home.
If I tell my boss that I want to transfer she is going to make my life miserable and give me really hard time. 4 people had already transfer to different locations due to her attitude and she has give them hell!!! She is very, very mean!
I don't know what to do now

[mizzwanned]

i know how you feel and that's why i ended up quitting but i know in the future with a real job i cant do that. It was so stressful for me, i just needed a big break and then start again. Don't give up hope, i hope you find a job you love.

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by grandmatoall

This is a great suggestion. I have done it in the past and it really works.
Not overnight, but it helps you realize there are good things in your life.


When it is hard to deal with people.. one of the things I have learned in life is ... you can not change other people.. you can just change how you let them affect you.

Try finding something that is good in each of these people. Everyone has something good in them. It is not always easy to do. Don't focus on their negativity.. try to focus on their good points.. It will make the days a little more bearable until you can find another place to work.

Good luck sweetie.. my thoughts and prayers are with you.. to be able to find a wonderful job you love to do.. with nice people. And to find some good in the people who are giving you problems at work.

That's SO true - you can't change people. The thing is - people who are rude or demeaning usually don't care that they're doing it so you have to be the bigger person and ignore it though I know it's hard to do. Office interaction is pretty amusing I think - you see all sorts of sucking up then the REAL presonalities come out.... and you think wow....

[Misti1]

Originally Posted by veguroev

I can't handle the thought of going back on Monday. I can't, I can't I can't .....
I've been on vacation since last week and been looking for a job online.
I can't stand the hypocrisy of some of my coworkers or my boss.
It stresses me out to the point that I can't sleep at nights!!
I don't want to keep complaining and be miserable and still be at the same place in 5 years.
I feel bad for complaining because I know that I need to be grateful that I have a job. When you have a boss like mine and some co workers like mine you forget about being grateful.
I hope somebody calls me soon for an interview.
I also want to change career paths. Maybe doing something animal related. I have no experience, but that is not a problem I'm more than willing to learn.
Just wanted to vent !

I'm going to pray for you because I have/am in your shoes.

I am a career (35 years!!!!!!!!!!) Guidance counselor in a public school system. For 35 years I have fought for the rights of children and the rights of counselors and for the right of the counselor to be a COUNSELOR for the kids who need them and not a pawn of the Principal.

For this I have stayed in constant ridicule and suspicion in my school system.

Once I had a teacher put children in a storage room for an entire school year because she did not want to deal with them. When I blew the whistle, my co-workers turned on me for "betraying a fellow teacher." It was much like the code of silence among policemen that I had broken.

Skipping over to present, I am in a battle with my current principal, because she has ME, the children's counselor, participating in searching them daily as they enter the building. She is NOT short-handed, there are many other staff members who could take my place and I could be assisgned to a duty to assist that would NOT involve searching the kids. IT is only because I discussed the fact that this was NOT appropriate with her that she has taken this stance of not changing her mind, and assigned me to the duty for an entire year.

What she does not know is, I am retiring as of Dec. 30 (earlier, much earlier than I had planned).

They win....I'm tired of fighting.

I will pray for you though, I KNOW how it feels to enter a door on Monday mornings that you do not want to walk through.

[alaskayorkie]

Hope things work out for the best.

[LaPeque]

Originally Posted by veguroev

The thing is that I don't hate what I do, I hate the people I work with and that makes it really hard, because it affects everything you do and yes, you do take all those frustrations home sometimes which starts affecting even your personal life.
I've been researching about vet tech schools and I think that is my next step.
I'm going to submit an application at the vet's office where I take the dogs to. I know the office manager and going to talk to her and tell her straight forward that I want a job there. I hope she has an opening . I wish with all my heart that she hires me

Good luck! I hope the vet's office works out for you.

[red98vett]

ALL THE BEST !! A change sounds like just what you need

[Gingergirlsmom]

Hang in there! I think you are right to look at making a change. The hardest part is keeping your nose to the grindstone while you do what needs to be done to move onto something else. It may take time, but you can do it!