Some quick context:
I left my career in healthcare that I had been in for 22 years, to pursue more money in a private manufacturing business that paid approximately $7K NZD more.
I loved my government healthcare job, but I wanted to experience something different (or so I thought) in a totally different field of work. All I saw were the dollar signs that were presented to me.
Fast forward 2 months and the first month in, I knew I made a major mistake. The acting team leader was extremely rude and arrogant and hated teaching new people the complex manufacturing machinery. I wasn’t given any guidance and training for 6 weeks, I was basically thrown into the deep end with zero training.
Over the last 2 months there’s been a multitude of incompetencies that I picked up on, with the main problem being – I was never shown on my first day where the fire exits, fire extinguishers and evacuation points are located.
Also, toxicity. I know toxic work culture exists in most workplaces, but the negative environment I saw, was having a shitty hold on me. Every time I woke up for work I was getting anxiety butterflies and I wasn’t looking forward to going to work, I was regretting my decisions every time I opened my eyes.
Fuck, it feels like a massive weight has just been taken off my shoulders.