This is my first job out of college. I’ve been working here since February. I never understood why no one stayed in my position for more than a year, but I get it more and more every day. I work in human services and am basically doing case management for adults with mental illnesses living in the area.
$18 an hour is not enough. I see my coworkers busting their asses for their clients, and I wish my passion for this field was enough to get me there. It is not. I cannot bring myself to work until 5 pm every day, work through lunch, have stress headaches, etc. No one above us is doing their jobs. I am burning out, I have little to no supervision, the training for this job was not enough. Every day I feel like I am floundering and truly feel like a total idiot. I resent meeting with my clients because this is so thankless. I don’t give it my all, which is what our clients deserve, and I feel like an asshole. I feel like my job is just to fill in where other medical providers and higher ups in my company have failed. I find myself hoping to get in to a car accident or something just to miss work. I don’t know what to do. Every job in my field is like this.