Month: June 2024

In my last job, I was doing the work of a senior engineer (that was in the role for 12 years), but paid as a junior employee. I EXPLICITELY recall being in constant stress from poor supervisors. little to no guidance, little to no problem resolutionary action or explanation in situations, getting thrown under the bus by higher ups, ZERO COMMUNICATION SKILLS. it felt like they just allowed people to walk in off the street. . . I'm trying to keep this post short. if you know what I mean when I say “i've worked under shitty leadership/management”, then you know I have my LOOOOONG list of “i would've stayed if they fixed…” Have you run into a similar situation? what things do you or would you have liked to see change? what list of things, if fixed, would've kept you around?

im not going to do it. but this is exactly how i felt at my last job. just wishing a catastrophe would happen so i could quit. i fucking hate it here.

Work is super stressful just now its often good for a couple days or a week then the next its so stressful, how do you manage this? I find im emotionally exhausted and at home im so anxious and struggle to sleep at night for worry about the day ahead or trying to pre plan my day best i can. I try to switch off and spend as much time with my family as i can its hard though, is everyone the same?

I hate the fact that I have to be extra sensitive in how I respond to Leadership at my company. Why do I need to put in the extra effort to make their experience as best as possible? I treat everyone as they should. They already get enough privileges in the roles they are in. I am here to do my job as best as possible–not be their assistant and read their minds.

First of all, I don’t really know if this is a rant, or me seeking advice or just me seeking affirmation. I graduated with a degree in finance years ago only to find getting a job with few connections to be nearly impossible. It wasn’t the worst thing in the world though, i was a restaurant server in a high income area making pretty good money and it paid the bills. However, I still wanted more, some sort of fulfillment. And, yeah, I wanted to live well and make a fucking boatload by doing something interesting. I bought into the bootstraps bullshit, the “hard work will pay off” bullshit. I sat in coffee shops every day off and became productive for hours. Some days I would read new shit, others I would try to take Udemy classes to learn new skills, many days I would apply for jobs and cold…

I work for a very large company and recently HR sent out a survey about employee engagement. Survey is branded as completely anonymous, carried by an independent firm. However, the email we got tells us not to forward the link to anyone else and to do it using our company laptop. It goes on to say we should not fill the survey using a link sent by a colleague either. This makes me believe this survey is not anonymous at all and that being honest in this survey can be dangerous, so I decided to not fill it out. But now HR is sending constant reminders to fill out the survey – not sure if they’re sending to everyone or if again they are only sending to those who haven’t – and my manager keeps saying he needs us to fill it out to help with his team indicators. We…