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Has almost everyone at your work become borderline intolerably mad and difficult recently

64 replies

CurdinHenry · 02/06/2026 23:11

Is society crumbling?

Or just mine?

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MulberryFresser · 03/06/2026 05:49

Yes it’s the hot weather and the impact of half term on the non-parents (some colleagues without children take leave anyway to work on commercial courses/spend time with nieces/nephews etc). Some people don’t have a steady social circle outside work and are actively unpleasant when stressed.

NOTANUM · 03/06/2026 05:45

JLou08 · 03/06/2026 00:18

They have at mine, but working for adult social care under a Reform council has definitely presented some challenges for us all.

I’d love to hear more. This is the reality now for many in Reform areas now.

Apacketofbiscuitsaday · 03/06/2026 05:43

There's not a great feeling in my primary school at the moment and lots are leaving.

MinnieMountain · 03/06/2026 05:40

No, but I'm one of the few permanent employees at a consultants-only law firm. Small core team and the consultants have to be professional to keep their work coming in.

Thepeopleversuswork · 03/06/2026 05:36

My bosses have turned into exploitative, vindictive cunts in the past couple of years. They have always been hard driving but there used to be support and empathy with it. it now feels like working during the height of Stalin’s terror. You are constantly one minor fuckup away from being (metaphorically) taken out and shot. I work 17 hour days sometimes just so no one can accuse me of dropping a ball. Its horrific.

Andsoitbeganagain · 03/06/2026 04:21

Yes, hence I'm awake at am stressed about it. Although that will go completely unnoticed by the SLT who will plough on with various changes whilst we lose good staff.

ShetlandishMum · 03/06/2026 04:08

My colleagues are basically the same. The people we serve on the other hand are complete lunatics.
Things have changed so much the last years.

tamade · 03/06/2026 04:04

Not in my department, but the downstream users of our product (group company) are fucking barking. Out of control, technically incompetent, hair-on-fire children

That felt good to write down

dayslikethese1 · 03/06/2026 03:50

No but I think I'm getting less tolerant of people the longer I'm there 😆

Overtheatlantic · 03/06/2026 00:26

April and May were mad at my office. Today was the best day we’ve had since the end of March and I hope we’ve turned a corner but I’m not holding my breath. Everyone is overwhelmed and overloaded, calling in sick just to get a break, low morale.

JLou08 · 03/06/2026 00:18

They have at mine, but working for adult social care under a Reform council has definitely presented some challenges for us all.

FromRwithL · 02/06/2026 23:31

It’s a general rule that you have to be intolerably mad and difficult to not only get a job at my workplace but to be good at it, those who aren’t can’t cope in the industry.

I don’t think people have been any worse than usual, perhaps just a little more psychotic.

PermanentTemporary · 02/06/2026 23:13

No, my colleagues are great as a rule though not perfect. I’m going off the rails a bit since my mum died though.

beasmithwentworth · 02/06/2026 23:13

No change here! But maybe it’s to do with what your job is and the increasing pressures on the people there. What do you / your company do?