I know I'm not the only one. Just needed somewhere to vent. Skip if you like. Offer condolences or some humor maybe? Tell me about your day so I don't feel like I'm on an island? Advice? TL;DR - Work got pretty toxic like 5 months ago, I don't totally know why. I'm not having a great time working my ass off for these people. Today was particularly stupid. Triple time commute traffic jam. Computer issues. QAQC department randomly calls to slaughter our process, even though I'm like 3rd on the totem pole at best. Try to run it up the totem pole, get stiff armed by PM. Subcontractor thinks I'm her personal accountant. To-do list out of control, not enough help. Given a relatively important task with like a 3 hour timeframe to complete...managed to do it, will probably get told I did it wrong. Had to drop everything else to do it too, will probably hear about whatever I had to drop not being complete. I had to take a company survey today, among my answers were I feel micromanaged and like I can't take a vacation or personal time. Also mentioned that if the flex policy is a company policy, it applies to everyone not to favorites. We'll see how that goes. I said I'm prompted every few months to project my idea of what's to come over 1, 3, 5 years but the company never really does that for us and I'd rather not spend 5 years to find out we never had the same goals. Don't feel like what I'm saying is outrageous but I can almost guarantee the reaction will be in line with stabbing puppies. Over dealing with the ego of my bosses, their eye rolling golden boy, the pot stirrer in my office, and all of it. Jesus save me.
Been there and feel your pain. Do what you can for yourself and try like hell to not let it dig at you. Running helps me, but I find when in the thick of it at work that’s it’s just another stress of “something I have to do”. Can’t give you a solution but I can say I hear you. It will get better.
Hit up Linkedin etc. A better career opportunity is out there, one that comes with a great and supportive team. My big break happend at the end of 2017, great team, pay, work life balance, benefits..... that got me out of the hell hole that was sales at a company that was on its way to filing chapter 11. I literally landed my current gig applying for a position I found on linked in at midnight laying in bed on my phone. Good Luck. It's not worth staying at a job where you don't feel appreciated and are constantly stressed.
Listen to this OP. I stayed at a job 4 years longer than I should have and it almost ruined my marriage and mental health. There are jobs out there, don't let your fear of feeling like you failed or attempting to man up lead you to make the bad decision of sticking with it. Our employers can drop us in an instant, there is no sense to be loyal if it is affecting you outside of work.
Get. A. New. Job. Job market is still crazy good. I doubled my salary a few months ago. Pay this guy the premium $115 whole dollars to revamp your resume and Linkedin. They're still beating down my door. https://www.fiverr.com/robert_hr/de...1&imp_id=ea4a24a9-642e-414d-9463-ffde9cef83ec
I am a global business leader and a developer of high performing teams. Below is my diagnosis. 1. You do not respect company leadership AND the talents/leadership of your direct supervisors. (#1 reason people switch jobs) 2. You may feel like you are capable of doing higher level work than what you are being asked to perform. This is a common feeling for ambitious employees. 3. It sounds like you are not on the fast track for promotion at your company, which is frustrating you 4. It may be the case that you are not efficiently closing out tasks and that's leading to a pileup of work. This could be a productivity issue or a motivation issue. I would suggest a short-term surge to "get on top of things" and make sure you are proactively approaching your work (leads to better quality). Work a full weekend or resolve to stay late/come in early 2 days/week until you have caught up. This will relieve the stress of constantly being behind. 5. It sounds like you desire a job change, but are fearful of what change will bring OR you are hesitant to commit to the effort it takes to switch jobs. 6. Take some time to reflect on your performance -- basically be your own executive coach. Be critical of yourself and honestly address any shortcomings. Have strategies for handling expected stressful situations BEFORE they occur. I'd recommend launching a job search to test the market. But make sure you do a thorough self-review before hitting the job market... otherwise you may end up in a similar situation at another company.
I have been looking for a somebody to revamp my resume, not on the market but would like to see what I am worth on the open market. Good **** my brutha.
The Job market is an employee market but one thing I have learned the grass is not always greener so make sure you absolutley want to leave the job. How do you like your co workers? Can you make things better if you talk to your supervisor? Do you like what you are doing? You could very easily end up in worse place so weigh your pros and cons.
Job searches usually average around 90 days. Start now. There will be a lot of fresh energy after New Year's. Given how Q1 will look shitty off Q4 results, I'd spend some extra due diligence with what the new companies are about, how they plan to make a profit, how much that industry is in debt. A raise is nice but it's usually LIFO when belts tighten. Dial up that bs detector while still playing it cool. For example, a company that overspends on their office with fabulously looking overly happy people might have a terrible CFO... So fully commit, train that job hunting muscle, and look to jump towards a job rather than running away from one.
