I have no real complaints from my job other than the fact that they have given me a role which I suck at, despite my begging not to give me this role. Suddenly I feel like just slacking off and doing nothing today because it all seems extremely boring. Is that justified?
Obviously, I would never suggest someone quit, and risk potentially losing access to unemployment. However, should you find yourself in an intolerable situation, and quitting is the only option, consider reframing it in a way bosses and management understand. What I mean is, they understand the power and posturing of firing someone on the spot, despite the obvious fallout they’d have to recover from. It’s the script. Quitting is also in the script, but it reads as is “underling” and “weakness” (even though it takes managerial decision making and bravery to follow through with.) Reframe quitting as firing yourself. Instead of saying “I quit,” say “I’m fired, effective immediately.” This is their script, their ramifications, with fallout they (should) understand. If they can do it, you can do it. And if they try to reclaim their stolen power (as I’m sure they will) by saying that they’re actually firing you,…
Not a concrete question or seek for help here. I just wanted to express my exhaustion from working all by myself. I like my topic but I am slowly losing interest because I am the only one working on this project. And the worst thing is, my department relies on my results. This is my first job and I didn't think it would be this quick. After just a year I am slowly getting into a burnout. I have a very good sense for when I am going into a burnout. I'd say I had one in the past and I used to have minor ones. Usually my heart makes weird things, skips a lot of beats (so-called PACs) and I feel dizzy, exhausted and short of breath. In the past I was unable to work due to this. Months of panic attacks and slow recovery. I am feeling that…
For context, I work in an insurance office. I have been a licensed insurance agent for years (property and casualty.) It’s not exactly my dream job. I just like the hours. No weekends, nights, or holidays. If I had it my way I would sell my art. But with the expenses my husband and I have, that’s not really in the cards for me right now. Even though I am not currently pursuing making money on my art, I still do it. The only thing is, for me to be inspired for my hobbies (art, reading, cooking, and hiking being the big ones) I need to have the energy for it. Both mentally and physically. It’s a battle in this industry. Basically, that time off is very precious to me. And insurance is DRAINING! The clients can be extremely rude, entitled, and demading. You always have that one person in…
I currently work at a construction company where I'm a superintendent of all company job sites and I recently put in my notice because I'm moving to a new state. I gave my current employer a month notice because I didn't want to leave them without any time to prepare for what will happen with my responsibilities once I'm gone. Since giving my notice, I've seen my responsibilities dwindle down to basically nothing and I have a couple more weeks of my notice left. In one hand I feel like I should ride out the time frame I gave my boss but in the other I should cut ties now and focus on the move. Thoughts?
I have so many stories that would probably drop jaws here but I think this one takes the cake as the strangest. During Covid my company handled the situation pretty great. Only super necessary essential employees who have jobs that need to be done in person had to go in. This was basically warehouse guys moving inventory around and that’s it. Maybe 15 people out of 100 tops. The rest of us were WFH until maybe middle of 2021 where people slowly started to trickle back in. I’m a technical trainer, so we generally have had to be in the office more than others to train customers, unless we’re doing documentation or editing and for the most part we COULD do that from anywhere (unless we need to equipment). Once Covid started leveling out a bit and it looked like more and more officers were going to be going back…
I was informed that for the crime of logging in remotely, reading and responding to emails, on my day off I would be subject to corrective action …..You are not paranoid if they are really out to get you…?
Edit: when it’s suppose to be my day off, not with. I woke up this morning with a bunch of plans for the day. I had plans to hangout with some friends and have fun with some of my hobbies. I’m in high school and my manager does this to other people too. I hopped in the car and got an email, and got scheduled when it’s suppose to be my off day. I’m getting tired of this shit because I make plans and they all get ruined. Honestly could care less about this job cause it’s a temporary part time job while in high school and I swear if she does this shit one more time I’m shit talking
Over Christmas I was exposed to covid because my girlfriend’s brother was sick. I told the grocery manager my symptoms and he told me not to come back until I have a negative test. So I leave work and drive to 4 different pharmacies looking for an at-home test. I couldn’t find one so I set up an appointment at the local urgent care for a few days later. I was scheduled to work the next few days and I assumed it would be fine if I stayed home because I gave proper notice to the grocery manager but, apparently he never told any of the higher-ups my situation. A friend I work with said the GM told him that he “doesn’t play that shit” and To tell me that I’m fired for skipping. This guy has always been a major league asshole who scheduled me 35-40 hours a week…