Sorry for the vent post. Long time lurker but never hit a breaking point until now. Long story short, I work for healthcare and I woke up in this situation because I graduated college with an art degree right in the middle of COVID and needed to make rent. I’m 2 years into a field that I don’t care about. Now, I am pierced and heavily tattooed so this is the first corporate job i’ve ever had because i was led to believe people who looked like me could only do entry level labour jobs.
I make about $24 an hour at this new job and I am constantly being nitpicked and micromanaged. Dealing with some stuff (family with cancer, personal issues, etc) and I guess my work has taken a bit of a hit. When I say I work in healthcare what I mean is I make training materials for agents, nothing more.
I was so criticized on a call with my boss today (she schedules multiple calls a month to have one on ones that are never positive) that I burst into tears. She heard me and it was awkward and quiet. After, she sent a follow up email reiterating that I needed to be more vigilant and work harder at my job. i am a very hard worker.
Guess I’m just feeling dejected and awful because this is not what I thought i’d be doing. I have an art therapy degree and I want to feel like what I’m doing matters, not punching numbers into a spreadsheet and getting yelled at.