Antiwork

Try to be brief. Not sure if for here. Been working none stop in same industry for 17 years. Swapped positions, took some pay cuts to get the experience. A lot (that’s an understatement) of over time. I got a good paying job now. But I’m mentally burnt out from what I’ve gone through. I don’t feel like I am right for the role. Worse, I have no motivation, things I enjoy I struggle to focus on. Work occupies my mind. Work is now busy again I’m back to doing OT. I want to quit but I can’t (mortgage). If I did, I don’t know what else (job wise) I would do. Starting off again. I don’t know if I’m mentally prepared for that. Switching to another company I know it’ll be the same. I feel stuck in a circle. Does anyone know a way to mentally recover? Excerise helps…

I’m a design engineer, 99% of my work is conducted on a computer (same with most people now I suppose) Reliable computers and solid IT infrastructure should be a no brainier in this industry. I have been here 6/7 months and have had a real issue with their outdated and fragile IT infrastructure and computer technology. They are using extremely laborious and outdated (design wise) software to operate the company; from logging every individual hour to saving/storing and accessing files. It’s a mess and a real strain on my life. I simply want to do my job and go home, not waste time with this atrocious mess. Am I mad for wanting to look elsewhere in order to negate this unnecessary stress from my life?

I work for american company that recently opened call Center in Poland . Today i got the info about changes in benefits after survey . I am so happy for people in USA because they will get 401k , insurance and medical care .

Just a little backstory. I joined my current employer around 2 years, having had to take a significant pay cut as it was a new startup and I could really see the potential. Within 2 weeks, the team I joined was dissolved and I was let go. After a few months of unsuccessfully looking for a similar role (during COVID by the way) they called me and said to join back up as they're restarting the program. I went back and absolutely smashed every goal they asked. The CEO was messaging me saying he has big plans for me etc and it got me really hyped to be working for them. Within 4 months, 3 members of the team I was on left for better paying jobs, reducing my team to 2 people. I continued there, trying to pick up the work of the 3 that left. When it was…

Hope this is acceptable. Just caught up with a friend I was manager of who reminded me of how she got the job. We had a requirement for a person to manage a heap of data via spreadsheets plus data entry into a large online database that was not user friendly interface. I put in the skills requirements to HR. Just skills and experience were critical, no qualifications were relevant. HR dick put in standard minimum qualifications because that would ensure skills. I could not get it changed. Get the applications and all but one had the qualifications but no experience (young). One had years of relevant experience but no qualifications (older). I scored her high, HR dicks wanted to throw her application out for no qualifications – and both had a reputation for always going for younger recent graduates. Lost the argument and ended getting a smart talking kid.…

It has made me rethink whether I should be busting my ass on 12 hour days at a startup, or whether I should take it easy and spending more quality time with my kid? Experiencing loved ones die, and seeing how quickly it can all end, kind of made me refocus my lenses a bit.

This guy didn't lie about experience he lied about essential skills. He's a PROJECT MANAGER….knowing how to use BIM, Autocad, Revit, etc. is a basic requirement in his industry. Do you know how much money is wasted, how many hours of extra labour people working under him and how long delays on projects are if someone like that screws up? He is the one who approves everything – do you know how many times major projects go to hell because of people like that not being able to do the basics right? And lets say mistakes don't get picked up – the repurcussions down the line can be awful. It's not like “oh the PM, messed up he can fix it”. People working under PM's are the ones who get ****** because they're the ones who do the actual heavy lifting! Even if they don't screw up they 'delegate' work…

That is all 🙂