So I’m not planning on doing anything to myself so don’t worry but I’m just so sick of working to not be able to afford anything. I’m a Nurse in the UK and I’m autistic as well. I only work 30 hours rather than the 37.5 but honestly I’m not living comfortably with what I make. I could leave the profession completely but that would mean even less pay.
I actually love my job, but the lack of staff and the abuse we get continuously means I’m essentially being bullied by patients (I work in psych) for 12 hours a day. If we had a bit more staff we could rotate who deals with the abusive patients over the course of the day to lessen the burden. I did extra hours one day recently on the nurse bank and got £46 for 4.5 extra hours of non-stop bullying.
I’m burnt out and I don’t want to leave the job because I do genuinely love what I do, just not the state of today’s economy. I worked so hard to become a nurse as well and don’t think I could bring myself to redo the whole degree thing. Ugh I just want to rest.