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What 3 things make you feel like quitting your current job

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coxesorangepippin · 16/01/2025 14:46

On the back of the other thread, clearly!

Mine:

Terrible management
Boring work
The actual takes are mostly futile

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CestLaVie123 · 16/01/2025 23:26

Underpay (massively)
Overwork
Unfair pay in relation to another set of colleagues (school support staff v teachers)

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 16/01/2025 21:25

Senior exec hiring in consultants to build a new strategy who have taken negligible input, made up the numbers and it's received as though they've invented fire.

Now it's gospel and utter bollocks to boot. We now have to implement "our strategy" and will presumably be exited if we don't deliver the undeliverable or show any cynicism re its achievability.

WonderingAboutThus · 16/01/2025 20:45

Little chance at promotion as I am a woman and also not from the right family (very very nepotistic field).

Not enough time with my kids.

Not enough time with my kids.

ChangeEmailAddress · 16/01/2025 20:36

Sheep
Winter
Lambs

pinkroses79 · 16/01/2025 20:34

Monotony
Not enough money
I don't like working anymore!

lechatnoir · 16/01/2025 20:31

Crap pay
Boring
No chance for promotion

BUT I have the nicest colleagues and boss, totally flexible in terms of home /office and hours, joined them because it's a cause I'm passionate about. Im giving it another 6 months to see seeing last Dc through GCSEs & hopefully sort peri symptoms.

Bonjovispyjamas · 16/01/2025 20:23

Nitpicking boss

Underpaid

Bored

LoopyLoopyLoo · 16/01/2025 20:22

Can I add more ...

No annual leave availability
No pay rise this year
Serious lack of confidentiality - everyone finds out everyone's business because the management can't keep thier gobs shut. We all know why Gill left at short notice, why Brian is off sick, Why John was called into the meeting room of doom and why Sarah was late 3 days last week.

Crikeyalmighty · 16/01/2025 20:19

@summer3219 yep those are familiar in quite a few roles I had years ago before working for ourselves- you explain why something is a bad deal, a poor contract or hasn't worked out in the past due to xyz - and then they want you to do the post mortem and sometimes be the scapegoat when indeed it doesn't work

Crikeyalmighty · 16/01/2025 20:13

@Letlooseonthedanse I once worked in a HR type role with mainly make middle aged management consultants and all the puffed up corporate bolloxspeak used to really grate on me as i like plain speaking

DangerPigeon · 16/01/2025 20:06

Consistently too much work
Too little support
Too remote from the rest of my team

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 16/01/2025 19:59

I'm a teacher and can certainly never complain about being bored.

Poor behaviour from a minority of pupils, that schools have very little control over

Poor parenting from a smaller minority of parents, often linked to number one

Feeling that I don't have much professional voice and everything is top-down: either micro-managed or ignored!

BG2015 · 16/01/2025 19:58

Entitled children
Unreasonable parents
Government and public lack of support

BraOffPjsOn · 16/01/2025 19:57

Management
Workload
Lack of support

I’m leaving though and others are planning to by the end of the year!

TeenLifeMum · 16/01/2025 19:56

Poor management
boring work
lack of respect/ involvement in things I could help with

Fizzygoo · 16/01/2025 19:55

Boring
irrelevant
meaningless

JG24 · 16/01/2025 19:54

coxesorangepippin · 16/01/2025 14:46

On the back of the other thread, clearly!

Mine:

Terrible management
Boring work
The actual takes are mostly futile

These exact 3! I'm 2 weeks in and soooo bored
I've come from a company I loved and was lucky to have enjoyed all my jobs minus 1 years worth so I had no idea how horrific a boring, pointless job can be
Giving myself 12 months and a list of tasks I want to master then going to look for something else
What is more ridiculous is they are paying me a decent wage and I'm on £5k more than my last job but feel like its a huge demotion

PermanentTemporary · 16/01/2025 19:49

My boss has been off sick for a month and I've thoroughly enjoyed work during this period.

I suspect I'm a bit of a handful to manage tbh.

Elendel · 16/01/2025 19:45

Parents.

My timetable this year.

A complete and utter lack of resources for just about anything.

CandyCane457 · 16/01/2025 19:42

I’m a primary school teacher and mine are:

1- SLT who have no trust in us, micromanage us and ultimately treat us like children.

2- Pointless admin tasks with no purpose.

3- Parents.

Nevertoocoldforicecream · 16/01/2025 19:32

Unrealistic workload
Rude, unappreciative, aggressive, entitled people
Pretty rubbish pay for the level of qualification needed.

That said I love it, it's just that if I did ever stop then those would be the reasons.

AuraBora · 16/01/2025 19:26

But my team and manager are lovely,as are most of the company, and it's very family-friendly (apart from paying us enough!)

AuraBora · 16/01/2025 19:25

Lack of pay rise.
Lack of opportunity for promotion.
AI changing the entire landscape of my industry..and not for the better.

brassandswitch · 16/01/2025 19:23

Having to travel 6 times a year a week at a time, spending 14 hours on my feet dealing with clients, working with an absolute cunt of a bully whom I've reported so many times yet I still have to work with them and the fact the job is so boring.

Mumlaplomb · 16/01/2025 19:17

Manager who can be moody and a mood hoover/snappy.
The commute on mandatory office days where I sit on teams calls all day rather than mixing with my team.
Also office is often too cold for me.