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Keeping up motivation at work when I'm leaving

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Kinsters · 18/07/2019 08:21

I'm moving to a different office in the same company in September and then I'm expecting a baby in January so will hopefully be on maternity leave from December. I don't intend to go back, this job is too soul destroying.

I am British but live overseas and have just found it impossible to fit in with my colleagues. The team I work with went through a phase of inviting me to team lunches etc but then they realised I actually always said yes they stopped inviting me. I don't get told about training sessions so I miss out on signing up, I have no friends and literally just sit in silence all day unless my manager asks me to do something.

Anyway, my clients are being extra difficult this year (I do corporate tax so we have a yearly cycle of work). They delay on me for months then all reply at once wanting their deliverable, and I just can't be arsed anymore. I've got six weeks left in this office and then three months in the new office. My back hurts from sitting down all day, it's just so tiring.

It's not that I mind working hard or if work is boring, but if that's the case then I'd at least want people who will chat to me occasionally or make me feel like part of a team.

No idea how to keep my motivation up for these next few weeks/months. Tbh I expect in the new office they won't be giving me much work to do as I'll be arriving at a very quiet time and leaving before it starts to get busy again.

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bringthethunder · 18/07/2019 13:13

I think the motivation is the maternity pay you will get (assuming that is relevant in your location), that's the light at the end of the tunnel. Just see the days out doing the work to at least the standard required to fly under the radar , and wave cheerio to all the crap colleagues when you finish in 4-5 months, never to see them again Smile

Vesperia · 18/07/2019 13:16

maybe they will be be more welcoming in the new office

Which country are you in out of interest?

WarmSausageTea · 18/07/2019 14:21

To be honest, it sounds like your motivation died (killed by your colleagues and customers), so just count down the days and the hours till freedom.

Oh, and do the bare minimum to keep the job ticking over; don’t be negligent, but take your breaks, don’t do any unpaid overtime, and don’t take on anything that isn’t your responsibility. You own these people nothing more than a day’s work for a day’s pay.

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