So I went back to work (full-time) about a month ago. My DS is 8 and a half months old and in nursery full-time.
I am really not enjoying my job. My mat cover is being extended over and over so is co-existing, my (admittedly diabolical) boss has been elbowed out and a once same-level colleague is ruling the roost in a frustratingly domineering way.
My mat cover is at my old desk and I have been forced to sit at a makeshift desk for the first four weeks with inappropriate IT, and have now moved to a proper desk (a temp member of staff has finished her contract) so at least I have a phone, but the IT is again woefully inadequate. The IT helpdesk know me by name by now owing to the amount of assistance I have required to make basic things functional (in context we have more than 1,500 staff).
I am largely being left to my own devices (which is fine) but I am also being edged out. My knowledge and experience is being ignored and I am becoming increasingly frustrated that the unofficial 'boss' is being sent stuff and called into meetings and being asked to advise on things even on her day off, rather than them asking me.
The mat cover is very nice but sees me as the same level or beneath her (she's done well, but I have a huge amount of more experience than she does), and idolises the 'boss' so that anything I say or do she will not take on board, or will ignore me and go to the 'boss'.
I am filling my time by working on strategy projects that have been on the wishlist for years, but miss the cut and thrust and pace of my former role, much of which revolved around crisis management.
The other issue is that I have realised how insignificant my job is - it really doesn't matter to me as much as it used to - and I miss my DS.
Anyone got any ideas of how to get over this? I am looking for other jobs but I work in a fairly specific role of which there are very few similar opportunities in the vicinity and I would need a vast payrise to buy a new car to work further afield.
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Back after mat leave - hating job
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BraveLilBear · 08/04/2014 17:06
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