Do you get the Sunday night misery about your job?

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I have this year. I'm doing 2 jobs because we can't recruit and feel quite shaky from stress. I used to love my job. If you don't get the Sunday night misery, what job do you do?

I get it because I have to get up and go to work. I don't dread the actual work though and generally enjoy my job. I'm a supply teacher and I think the fact that I'm usually in a different place almost every time I go to work helps.

It's the sort of job everyone sneers at and is incredibly badly paid - I manage a charity shop . I am lucky in that at my age I no longer need to work to pay the mortgage or childcare and can afford to retire if I want so that does give me a very different perspective. Raising funds for a charity I am passionate about gives me a lot of pleasure.

My ( now ex) husband loved Antiques Roadshow. Hearing the first few bars of that bloody music filled me with the most horrendous soul crushing dread. It began as soon as I woke up on a Sunday but hearing that vile theme tune only confirmed what I'd been thinking all day.. it will soon be Monday and you'll be back in that hell hole. I do a different job now and love it. If I do happen to hear that theme tune nowadays it's like water off a ducks back!!

Yes, teacher.
I work all day Sunday to prepare my week.
Counting the days until I can get out.

Me too. I’ve got that I absolutely hate Sundays. The black cloud is hanging over me all day, not just in the evening. It’s awful.

Good yes can relate to this . I work in sales (it hardware) . I got offered another job a while ago but didn’t take it due to the driving required. Now I’m thinking I should have just left . I’m so unhappy 😞 took last week off and it was lovely. I am dreading going back tomorrow

Sorry I meant god yes

No. But then I am both setting up my own business and applying for jobs as a back up.

They don't know that I'm so far out the door I'm practically waving from the airport.

I used to, and for that reason tried my best to be out on a Sunday evening. Over the years many different things, gym, comedy club (where I used to live), choosing Sundays to visit my grandmother (who died a while ago), local pub with friends.

I can relate to the OPs feelings. Why I don't have them any more is as with working from home most of the week, at least the start of the working week is without a journey.

Yep I know that feeling. Had it many times with various jobs over the years.
But I love my job now and look forward to going in everyday. I work for Citizens Advice. I help people everyday, my team is great and it’s not stressful. Money isn’t great but you can’t have it all!

It comes and goes for me. I'm a teacher. Can't even really say what triggers it. Currently I just think work feels a but like a long climb up a steep hill post covid.

I used to when I was a teacher. Not anymore though. Wfh definitely helps.

Only because I have to wake up early, do the school run, etc. actually being at work is fine & goes by fast.

Work is my only break... :/

Nope, I love my job!!! Am going to sit today and do some stats training that'll make me better at it, because I want to keep growing in this career also pays quite well which helps!

My ex husband would wind himself up all day and have a screaming 2 hour tantrum aimed at hurting me as much as he could. Apparently it made him feel better. Divorcing him made me feel better.

Yes reacher so Sunday is work at home and emails start flooding in causing stress for the Monday and week to come- not enjoying it at all and honestly might resign and do supply/ tutoring etc if I can earn enough.....

Nope. I love my job.

I used to get in previous jobs though - never a good sign IMO.

When I was a full time secondary teacher I really got this.

Now I work as a copyeditor, which i love, and also tutor part time, which i also love. No fear abd dread here. Life is way too short for that.

@username8888 good for you! Bad enough getting the misery about your own job.

I used to have a brief respite on Friday evening when I got home from work. Then the anxiety used to start up on Saturday morning again, dreading Monday.

Now I'm self employed. I still get anxious, but it's nowhere near as bad.

Good luck, is awful to feel this way

Used to get it terribly when I was teaching. It was awful.

In my current job (local government), I still get it sometimes but if I can work my calendar to WFH on Monday it doesn’t happen.

I can’t ALWAYS work from home on Mondays because I have to meet business need but I try to do it wherever possible because it helps a lot to ease into the week

I don't, self employed and enjoy work. But I do still get that Friday feeling, not working is still better than working!

Indeed. They don’t call it “going to fun” for a reason!

Once. I had a dream accounts job at a pharmaceutical company. I dreaded it on Sunday nights. I cried in the toilets at work. So I handed in my notice, with immediate effect.

Never again.

Not usually, no, I really love my job (primary school teacher). I have it a bit today though only because I have a really rotten cold and feel like crap. Not bad enough to take time off, but bad enough to feel overwhelmed at the thought of an exhausting day of teaching.