In this thread we ask for comfort because we are having a horrible day/week/career
 

Hi.

My job sucks.
I'm trying my best not to cry at my position, and it's almost working. I'm so frustrated with the lack of direction and purpose I've been given. And I've told several people this and they don't seem to care.

How long should one stay at a job before they give up and decide to look for a new one? It's my fourth week and I'm starting to wonder if there is perhaps something better out there.....

My friend's cousin NEVER ends her job search, and in a matter of I think three years, made it all the way up to $75,000 a year, moving every year if need be. But don't spread yourself TOO thin, you'll look fickle. But if all your moves are upward ones, they'll think you're ambitious and hardworking, definately a plus.

I personally hate school, because its a lot of work and I don't like doing it, although I do very well. Its annoying because I don't have time for ANYTHING else. I need a vacation.

I've been at my job for a little over 8 months. I hate it. It's in my chosen career path, but now I am thinking I wasted 4 years of college in the wrong major. But it's all I know how to do unfortunately. Why can't I just be paid to surf the net all day? Oh wait... I kinda already am...

I've been at my current job for 9 months and I've even thought about leaving here (just for a different company). Prior to this job I was in my hotel mgmt, which my 4 year degree is in. I enjoyed it for a while but it got to the point to where I was so unhappy and could not stand it anymore. Work was running my life, and it made me a completely different person. It was a hard pill to swallow (in a round about way) that I went to school for 4 years to get a degree in something I want out of. I'm so happy now with my career change even though my degree is completely irrelevant to my career. I heard the statement, 'Your career won't end up being what you get your degree in.' so many times. I didn't believe it, but now I do.

You just have to market yourself in the right way in order to find the right career for you. I went from Hotel Mgmt. to being a Loan Officer. Its hard, but if you are truely unhappy, give it a shot and look for something different.

Having a bad day...week

Is this the place to whine about having to have a lesion off my arm..and it hurts!! The dr took off a patch of skin the size of a 50 cent piece and left me with 19 stitches!!! It is on my right forearm and I am right handed! Wah... everyone use sunscreen and don't stall in seeing the dr when you have something that doesn't look quite right!!!

OUCH OUCH OUCH...

I would just like to HAVE a job to complain about! :rolleyes:

I hear you there! I've been out of school for a few months now, and haven't found anything yet. :(

I can't stand one of my co-workers because he CONSTANTLY sends me emails that contain Republican propoganda just to get under my skin. Plus, he always makes it a point to say right in front of me, "Kerry never knows what he's talking about." I just want to be like, "Listen here, jackass. I don't say anything about Republicans or Bush so leave me the %&$# alone!" My boss has been in a crappy mood and he's been kinda shady to me. I think it's because he has a feeling that I'll probably be moving to Atlanta in a few months (which is true) and doesn't feel he needs to be nice to me. ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!
On top of it, the week sucks because one of the Marketing people in the other office keeps "forgetting" to send over his portion of the project to me so I'm having a lot of trouble getting my work done. Oh, yes, and it's due on Friday.
I need a LONG vacation.

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Sounds like a good start....keep us posted...

Alright, so I am not the most organized person. I admit! And after sending a few emails to people who were not supposed to receive them (in my defense I wasn’t told explicitly not to send them and I am used to getting such directions), I have been put under closer watch of my supervisor. This is odd for me, since I am very on-top of my other projects (I seem to make all my mistakes in the most boring of the 4 projects I work on), and always get told I know what is going on and such from my co-workers. I took immediate steps to re-organize myself, and my work so a mistake like that would not happen again (although the one particular project itself is not extremely well-organized). I can't stand the new closer supervision, because all my boss does is send me another email (after the first email request) that asks me to do the same thing as the first. Thinking about this critically, how would a second email that immediately piggybacks the first ensure that I didn't accidentally forget to do a task? Wouldn't following up a day later be a better strategy? Everything I get a piggyback email, I feel like I am being yelled at. I think this is going to continue for a few months, and that makes me loath coming to work. If I had time to look for another job, I would. But I don’t. I can’t wait to get out of here and go to grad school, so I can do something that uses the skills and abilities I have.

ETA: the kicker is my job is very simple and very boring most of the time. All the projects I do which require thinking, I am very good at, but after a half an hour of administrative tasks, my eyes glaze over, my brain goes dead, and all the little things that should mean something to me start to blend together. To be fair, they did ask how I delt with monotony in my interview. I guess the answer is not well.

HA! I've been in a job I mostly dislike with a passion (there are a few good days, but they're few and far between) for going on three years. We cannot live without my income and there are no other jobs in my field in the area. *sigh*

At least it allows me ample time to mess around on the computer while I look like I'm doing real work.

OMG - I think I've found my people. I used to have 2 bosses who would be at each others neck. Now one has left because of the other and he is a tyrant!! He steals from the company and deliberately messes with me and my other co-worker. He literally threatened to fire me because I don't say good morning to him.

I would LOVE my job if it wasn't for him, that's what's so frustrating.

Oh ISUKappa! Have you been looking? I'm sorry! I don't dislike my job all the time. I manage to forget I dislike it at least once a day.

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I posted what I thought was an interesting piece of news to the news and politics forum and got my intelligence insulted by Rudey because he's conservative, and I am not. Grrr....

But, on the upswing, my boss loved my ideas for improving my work and the project we work on. Super! And I have 11 secondaries.

For personal reasons and experiences I cant really mention here, I'm having a really bad day and a bad week.

Well one I can mention. My ex bf dumped me over a year ago. Lately he's been trying to get back into my panties and then gets mad at me when i tell him NO! He wont leave me alone :( I guess some guys just need to be hit upside the head with a two by four. :(

That's awesome!

Some boys do need to be hit by metaphorical two by fours. :rolleyes: Keep saying no! (as discussed in the dating and relationships thread, I have pledged to do the same with my ex).

Thanks kappaloo! I was very happy to hear she liked my ideas. Now all I have to do is implement them....
:eek:

To those of you who hate their jobs...I hear you. I hate mine, too. If I get through a day without a moment where I want to walk out, I consider it a fantastic day. My boss is incredibly annoying and pushy, certain coworkers very cliquish, and the company's owners are pricks. What else is new? I'm looking for a new place to work.

Also, every girl I know is having man trouble. What is wrong with all you men lately? Is it a full moon? What? We'd all really like to know.

I'm having a moment right now.
*breath, breath, breath*

Does all upper-management have a trait where they're physically incapable of admitting they're wrong or they can't say sorry? If I screw up, I admit it. I did a few months ago on a project although my boss was 50% to blame but he still made it seem like it was all me and not at all him. Whatever. Now he gets in a disagreement with a bunch of my co-workers and won't get off his high-horse to admit for a second that he could be...gasp...wrong.

Bumping this b/c I pretty much hate everything in my life right now.

I can't stand my classes, and I can't make myself study. My personality has changed in that I don't even make an effort to talk to anyone anymore, and barely even to my friends. I'm terrified of the bar exam, I have no idea if or how i'm going to get a job, and oh yeah, mr. kdddani doesn't want to have a relationship b/c his life is consumed with his job and building his house. That one was the straw that broke the camel's back.... I've never been like this before.

Well to those of you who have seen my past rants about my car I couldn't take it anymore and gave in and bought a new 2003 used car. (I really need one for work & the amount I've been shelling out each month for repairs is over a car payment). Now I am having a major guilt complex because I've never bought something almost brand new like this. I just got a promotion but the $$$$ in my field overall sucks, along with the economy. This is nothing new to me and I know things are gonna get better $$$-wise eventually but not for another 6 months-year. I was ahead for awhile but now because of my new purchase it's back to living paycheck to paycheck. The thing that sucks too is I would be willing to work P/T somewhere but I highly doubt many places will hire someone with a Master's degree if you know what I am saying.................

the state is supposed to limit classroom sizes to 35 at the high school level. i have 45 in my speech class, health has 50. that's a bit ridiculous.
you can't teach speech to 45 in a small room. there's no room to perform.

Remeber that book.. "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"????

"Ann Marie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" is the story of my life today.

I looked for comfort in Mr. PlymouthDZ.. (I complained about life and about school), he responds "You only have 10 more weeks of school left, ever.. you can tough it out." :eek:

Not Impressed With Anything Today. :(

Don't I have a lot to look forward to after graduation. :rolleyes:

Have any of you guys looked into self-employment?

WOW!! I needed this thread
there is so much to talk about that i think illjust list them.. maybe that will make me feel better

-15 credits that are kicking my booty
-100 hours of field work at the elementary school for my classes that are almost impossible to obtain going one day a week (all i can go cause of work and school
-hate my low paying 162 dollar every two week campus job which makes me feel like a SLAVE
-got into a car accident
-wasnt my fault
-got a rental car cause his insurance said that once an adjustor was assigned they would reimburse me for the rental
-IT HAS BEEN A MONTH ALREADY!!!
-guys insurance claims he "lied about his policy so his insurance is now null and void which means we drop your claim"
-MY car had to be towed at the scene...
-HE got to drive his car away!!!
-NOW I have NO CAR...a rental that is costing me an arm and a leg...which I cant afford..
-I have to return the rental today and pay up 800 dollars...which will leave my account very empty...
-Have to go to small claims court
-Parents REFUSE to help me out.."you moved out wanted to be an adult..so act like one"
-NOW I am going to have to take the bus (a 2 hour commute) every day to school and work!!!!!!!

PLUS...to make yesterday and this month even better...
Yesterday it was pouring rain in Miami.. I thought I got a flat tire and pulled over to see if everything was ok (on the rental)...
ENDED UP LOCKING MY KEYS IN THE CAR WITH THE CAR RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!
Had to wait 45 minutes in the pouring rain on the side of traffic for the locksmith...

finally got home and found out my computer broke.. power surge fried my modem..

I am just about ready to GIVE UP!!!!

:( :( :( :(

OK I KINDA feel better now :(

ACK!!!! No! No! Don't do it!!

Both of my parents started their own businesses, so I grew up in that atmosphere. Having your own business (no matter what it is) means working 24/7, 365 days a year. It means filing more forms for the IRS than you ever imagined, more often than you can ever imagine! It means March and April are completely miserable months for you, as you and your accountants/tax attorneys wrestle over what's deductable and what's not.

It means living off of your savings for the first three to five years you're in business.

It means friends will always expect a break in price, and sometimes spending holidays with complete strangers because no one else will (but that's a little more specific to their businesses). It means that every unsatisfied customer is a potential litigant, even though you've done everything imaginable to satisfy this client. It means being on first name basis with magistrates, as you have to file a lien on someone's house when they don't pay their bills. It means guilt tripping your kids if they don't jump to pick up the torch and continue the business. It means referreeing between employees over "who is better" when they're both very good - in their own way. It means the end of your "real" popularity, and the beginning of people kissing your rear to try to get ahead - but stabbing you in the back.

That's just a starter - I could go on and on!

Deep down, I like my job and enjoy my work, but this new principal has got to go. She's one of those people who thinks no one has a good idea but her. Her "My way or the highway" attitude is making many people unhappy. I'm thinking the highway out of our building is gonna be real crowded come spring.:(

For all those who have a job, be thankful that you have one. I've been unemployed for 3 weeks now. And you know what, it SUCKS. Even though I hated my last job,I actually liked going to work. Job hunting is not fun and I'm going slightly crazy trying to find another job. Whoever said "searching for a full-time job is a full-time job" definately knew what they were talking about!! Trying to find a decent full time job takes a lot out of you

This love hate relationship...
 

I love what I do. I like doing biological experiments on the lab bench... Being on the cutting edge of scientific research and disease that could help millions of people one day...

But my ambition is completely stiffiled (sp?). My Principal Investigator is NOT a micromanager... Nice guy, but NEVER gives direction. Which means I find my own. And when you don't have direction at my level, you are left floundering for years... And the whole nature of my business is publish or perish...

And PI is a whole lot better than the past maniacs that I worked for... They caused me to have a "seizure disorder"--which could be a panic attack because in scientific research most things do not work at all!!! So, why is it MY FAULT that I cannot read the mind of Nature (or God)??? So I get blamed for not doing the correct experiments...

But now, I have NO EXPERIMENTS going on and I am left wondering what the HAYLE am I gonna do because I am truly unhappy...

It leaves me thinking was I better off with those stressful tasks slave masters rather than a nice guy that pays me much more than those other (insert colorful language here)???:(

I hate my job again.
I just had the worst morning yet.

I just want to cry and quit and start again.

My job has more plusses than minuses, so unless I hit the lottery :rolleyes: , I imagine I'll be here until they carry me out. But today, today has been bad!

I work in a small office. I usually do 6 hours face time, 4 days a week, then visit clients or am on 24-hour call. Our office is surrounded by other small businesses, which is cool - we literally set an alarm clock for the meter, since we know exactly when he comes around! That's the background.

We usually have mail to go out - both business & personal, and sometimes the mailman will take it with him. About four weeks ago, I had a lot of birthday & other cards, plus bills going out, but the mailman grabbed them before I could say that I'll take them to the post office. NOTHING from that pile has arrived!! No cards, no bill payments, no anything! Same thing for the business mail that went out that day - zip. So, I have spent most of this morning, calling Blue Cross, utilities, insurance, etc and paying them with the dreaded credit card. This really has me mad, because I knew that there was a lot of mail that day, and I had planned to go to the Post Office anyhow - and this mailman hates when any of us have a dog here - even tiny little Buffy the Wonder Dog. I'm mad at myself for not taking the mail off of him, mad that I had to use a credit card for bills, and mad at what could have happened to this mail. Grrrrrrr!!!!!

Look for a new job! It is a paycheck that's it. If you are really unhappy, work as a waitress for a while unti you can find somehting else.

To anyone having a bad day/week/whatever, I hope things look better for you. Try not to get stuck on the small things.

-Rudey