Anyone else hate their job?

Happy Holidays everyone…little update on my work status.

I was terminated. Their reason: my attitude at work and the mistakes I would make in the position. Total BS.

To say I am ok mentally is an understatement. I’ve been going through all types of emotions. In many ways, I’m happy that it’s over…but also afraid of what am I going to do.

I gave them 17 years of my life to just terminate me for some nonsense. I would never do an office job ever again.
If anyone in Los Angeles is hiring, shoot your boy a dm.

 

Take some time for yourself and decompress. The holidays are already a lot for most. After New Years is when companies begin to hire.

Have you considered a trade and or starting a business? Painting, junk removal, drywall/insulation, handyman....

 

Do not worry about a negative report. Companies do not even bother with that. Find a place that interest you and drop a resume. You are going to come out ahead as well as have some quality holiday time.

Keep us in the loop.

 

I like my work as a hammer swinger but recently have just been burnt out. I knew I'd get a little time off because my employer is retiring. We shook hands yesterday after my last project for him was completed. Great guy and I wish him the best. Glad I got to work under him for a bit. Now, I get to take a month off and just chill. Looking forward to it. I'll decide what's next in early Februaury.

 

Does anyone actually like their job?

 

I was totally there. Toxic people eventually wear you down until yes of course you have a bad attitude.

It isn't you. It really isn't. Sometimes people just don't click, and once it spirals there's no pulling out. I'm 9 months away from my hell, the anxiety attacks are getting further and further apart. The pay isn't perfect, but life is much better, which makes the job better.

Take the rest of the year off. You deserve it. When January hits, new you will tackle it. Not only will you get through this, but you'll surprise yourself. You'll learn that you can survive anything. And you'll look back and realize that your happier life starts today.

You got it. Good luck. Welcome to the club.

 

I’d love to jump into a trait or start a business. I’d take a pay cut, as long as my benefits are good.

thank you for those encouraging words. That’s what most family and friends have told me

the thing is it was never my attitude. I came in and left with positive attitude towards everyone. Even as I was being walked off the property I cracked jokes with my HR that had a part in my termination.

I kick myself cause I was never planning on staying at the company as long as I did. My endgame was being a police officer and as of 12/02…I’ve submitted my application. I am two steps in and giving it all I got to make this dream a reality. I refuse to get comfortable at a job again.

I will keep everyone posted in my progress and where I end up.

 

One can only hope those people who were the issue blow the engine in their vehicles on the way home or something.

As others said, decompress and hit the ground happy.

 

nah, I don’t wish anything negative on anyone.

I’m ready for the next chapter of my life but like most have said and what family has said as well, take the time to decompress and enjoy the little things I’ve missed cause of work.

 

My boss is an asshole, makes me work weekends due to poor planning, hardly any days off, expected to be available on a moments notice, takes on shitty jobs we have no business doing, too stubborn to get more employees to help out and the list goes on and on.
Some days I question why I choose to be self-employed.

 

I don’t mind my job most days, it’s the getting here that sucks! Longer than I want to drive for work but only 4 days a week. The irony is it is walking distance from where I grew up. 40+ years ago

 

Yeah a good group of coworkers should feel like family away from family.

 

Whelp, I've had a month.

I had my one year anniversary when this went south...

In my one year at this company I spent roughly nine months wondering why in the hell I was hired, and working feverishly to drum up meaningful tasks that would justify my paycheck. I can't stress that part enough, because it was wild. For the first time in my life both adolescent and professional, I have not been spoon-fed so much as a general direction. I was just given a desk and they said, ok, have fun. I spent a lot of time thinking, "...self, I must have been hired to do something... But what? Do I just sit on my ass and surf car forums? No, screw that. Self, go figure out what knowledge they're lacking, then be the sole dealer of that knowledge." I eventually got there. I found my job after defining it. I spent a good month enjoying my role, networking, and actually got to a point where everyone I met was impressed with what I can do.

And then in February one of our techs was let go. People shuffled to cover for the tech, and I shuffled to pick up the work the shufflers didn't have time for. By the time March rolled in, I was starting to fire off emails for rescheduling and prioritizing. My popularity had outgrown me; I was getting 60 hours worth of requests in every 40 hour week. Good, that's what I wanted.

But then, April happened. The wheels fell off the wagon. A senior level tech experienced a minor first aid incident, but it was a reportable injury. Long story short, both the tech and their supervisor were terminated over it. (It was a critical and long ignored safety violation.)The tech was about to celebrate 20 years with the company, the supervisor 40 years. This was not minor. Simultaneously, the lab fell apart. Instruments failed calibration. Automation broke. Motors and XRay tubes needed replacement. Robots needed reprogramming. Standards were lost. Also, many long-standing and happy employees no longer have the will to work. In their eyes, the two terminated employees embodied the spirit and ideals of the company far more than the faceless corporate committee that decided their fate. I can't blame them.

The supervisor was pushed out because the entire department was violating a safety rule. As such, come Monday, those of us who have jobs will all receive written warnings. If I still have a job after that (Im fairly sure I will) I suspect that I will become the new supervisor in name. I've already been filling in for him in function.

Whiplash doesn't begin to describe it. It's, uh, been a month. I was hoping to make myself a name on merit. Instead, I get a battlefield promotion.

 

Battlefield can be tough if you have a lot of longtimers around who might resent the "noob", been there. But sounds like you're working hard to justify everything you do and that's going to matter in the eyes of at least the decision makers.

 

What a story Rock!

Safety Violations will always bite the culprits in the butt.

I’ve been in my job for going on 17 months now.

My knowledge/skill set have been accelerated because there are only 3 of us handling a variety of tasks.

At larger locations, there are dedicated work centers for each of the processes we do at this location.

The objective is to get spun up on these processes so as to cover the site duties so others can have relief of those responsibilities…spread the wealth, so to speak.

It pays to do a good job…but, it’s a double-edged sword for obvious reasons.

Good luck to you, Rock.

I need to take some advice and not let minor problems irritate me so much.

I’ve described it as “caring too much” but my coworker said otherwise…describing it differently…but I’m not changing my stance.

If people are irritated by your work ethics, you’re doing something right.

Let them eat a bag of dicks. lol