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My job is absolutely tanking my mental health.

I guess I just need a pep talk. I was so excited to get this opportunity and I still love the work I do but the toxic environment is killing me. My boss is scheduling me 6 days a week at absurd hours and pushing back on every boundary I try to set. They’ll extend my hours the day before without talking to me about it at all and then threaten me with less shifts going forward when I say I can’t do it on such short notice. I got time off approved weeks in advance and when the schedule came out I was working. I kindly pointed it out the next time I saw them and they went off on me yelling that I changed the dates (spoiler: I didn’t, they just didn’t actually read the message before they replied). My boss also literally never talks to me and…


I guess I just need a pep talk. I was so excited to get this opportunity and I still love the work I do but the toxic environment is killing me. My boss is scheduling me 6 days a week at absurd hours and pushing back on every boundary I try to set. They’ll extend my hours the day before without talking to me about it at all and then threaten me with less shifts going forward when I say I can’t do it on such short notice. I got time off approved weeks in advance and when the schedule came out I was working. I kindly pointed it out the next time I saw them and they went off on me yelling that I changed the dates (spoiler: I didn’t, they just didn’t actually read the message before they replied). My boss also literally never talks to me and it’s getting weirder the longer it goes on. They’ll say good morning or whatever but in the 8+ months I’ve been there they’ve never once actually checked in with me or asked how I’m doing in the office. And like… it’s not a big office. They’re around talking and checking in with other people. I thought I was doing something wrong and I’ve been so hard on myself for feeling burnt out but now I realize it’s just a lost cause. I barely have time to take care of myself let alone do anything I want to do and this high school drama from 60+ year old adults isn’t worth it. No resume experience is worth having to go back on anti depressants (through insurance I pay for myself because of course I don’t qualify for company benefits) so Im applying to every job opening including ones outside my field just so I can get the hell out of here. I’m literally one negative interaction away from handing over my keys and walking out but I don’t think the stress of unemployment would feel any better.

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