For a bit of context, I used to work for a shipping company. I strained my body a bit too far lifting a heavy box, and ended up majorly fucking up my back, so I quit that job. I went to physical therapy for a while and all seemed well.
Fast forward a year, and my back feels fine and dandy. I found another job that seemed physically demanding, but not too much lifting, just a shit ton of bending over and crouching and whatnot. The pay was decent and I couldn’t find anything better + I needed the money, so my dumbass went for it.
The shift is 10 hours long, and it’s actual mind torture for me. It’s a repetitive process, and I feel like every second I spend in there the further I stray from my sanity. Not to mention I’m sweating like a pig for the first four hours of it. I feel like an outsider to my coworkers as well. They’ve all been there for years, not to mention they are decades older than me. I know it’ll come with time, but I feel like an outcast in highschool.
By the time I get home every night, I’m exhausted, sore, and in pain. I actually feel sick. I spent the days I got off catching up with sleep debt, and my back has been aching uncomfortably close to how it used to be back in my old job. At the rate this is going, my social life will fall into shambles, as I’ve been too exhausted to speak to anyone but my girlfriend. And even she is concerned over the amount of social isolation I’ve dug myself into with this job.
Regardless, should I stick it out for another week? I’m afraid of longterm shit happening to my body, but it feels wrong to give in so early. And if I were, how would I even go about it? Telling my manager the job is too ‘hard’ seems like a surefire way to get laughed at and blacklisted.