Who out there is struggling with a miserable work situation?
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Email me or comment below telling me about your situation.
Keep fighting, stay focused on finding better job satisfaction for yourself, and never, ever give up.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 @Stephen // Oct 11, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Well, my summer contract just ended so I am pursuing some more consulting gigs and building an e-learning site. Then, last week my lovely bride lost her job to downsizing, so we are preparing to go for a ride.
Our lease is up at the end of the month, and we have enough money to last us until April or May. So we are going to visit family in Illinois and Wisconsin, then off to Hilton Head, SC for December and January. After that, who knows?
Far from giving up, we are taking the fullest advantage!
2 Chuck Westbrook // Oct 22, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Glad to hear it, Stephen!
3 Rachel // Oct 23, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Any suggestions on how to figure out why my work situation is making me so miserable? “Objectively,” I have a really good job - good pay & benefits plus pretty secure (e.g., downsizing very unlikely). Yet, I hate it but I can’t put my finger on why…
4 C. // Nov 8, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Why I Hate My Job?
1. Everyone gossips- but I know a guy who pretty much gets paid to hang out, chit chat and gossip all day. He literally goes from office to office hanging out all day. Due to budget cuts, he can’t write as many voucher’s as he used to. This gives him a lot of free time. Annoying!!!!!
2. Social work is a low-paying, very stressful career. I manage money for mentally ill and/or drug addicted and/or learning disabled clients. I thought I wanted to help people and money wasn’t important. Boy, how stupid was I? Now I am depressed and overweight. I did not have these problems before I landed this job. Depressing!!!
3. Now that the economy sucks, nothing is available. I know people with Master’s degrees who can’t find work nowadays. I have a mortgage and other bills to pay-so I can’t just quit. I feels stuck and like my job is giving me bad references- but I have no way to prove it. I can’t land an interview and no-one responds to my resumes. I don’t have a sketchy employment history and have been at my job for about 8 yrs. Hopeless!!!!!!!
4. I am a private person. I feel forced to participate in pot lucks. I have been asked personal ?’s such as: Which bills do you pay and which does your fiancee pay? What are your brother’s and sister’s names? How much do you weigh? How come you are not married (this was before I got married)? Ridiculous!!!
5. People annoy me in general: They are very clickish, they smile in your face and frown as soon as you turn your back. I have witnessed the back-stabbing and two-faced crap. They tell me personal stories of their so-called friends at work (who’s sees a psychiatrist, who’s depressed, who’s an alcoholic,etc.) and are annoyed that I am private and don’t want to hang out much with them. I know that I come off as a snob-but I don’t come to work to put my private business all out there. How phony people can be!!!!!!
6. I have looked at home-based jobs, but I can’t find one that pays more than $7-$8 bucks an hour.
Sorry for all of the griping-but I am at my wit’s end! I have never been this bitter before!
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