to leave my job?

[aristomache]

It's making me so miserable and depressed to the point where I feel it's changed me as a person.

I travel a long way there and back which is hard, as well as having to drop dd off at a family member's house at an ungodly hour(well not that ungodly at 7:30am, but feels like it on these cold dark mornings)

I hate the work - it's boring me to tears,isn't stretching me at all,I really dislike my immediate boss and my office mates are dropping like flies. Soon there will only be me and two others left, both men - which doesn't bother me per se but I just don't have any rapport with them at all.

I've been looking for something else since before christmas and there is almost nothing, in the last 2 months there have been 2 jobs that I am qualified for and experienced enough to get, but never even had a "thanks, but no thanks" response.

I do want to stay till I get something else but it's looking so unlikely which is also depressing in itself.

The crux of the matter is that I don't actually have to work, my son has special needs and I get carers allowance for him(as I'm only working 16 hours) and wouldn't have to sign on as a job-seeker if I left work.

But would leaving make me a quitter, and set a bad example to my kids? Or should I really not be putting myself through this if it's making me this unhappy.

I spent 15 months being unhappy in a job I didn't like, then finally had enough of being miserable and quit.

It was like a grey blanket being lifted from me - I didn't realise just how being so flat had affected my life until I handed in my notice. I felt ten tons lighter and became a much happier person generally.

I had a new job within a month and I think being so relieved to move on and so keen to start somewhere new showed in my interview!

Life's too short to do a job you hate. Everyone has days when they don't want to go to work, or would rather stay in bed, but when that's EVERY day it's time to move on.

Im with carriedaxmaspudding, you wouldn't see me for dust.

tethersend, what are you talking about? whos on a life support machine?
don't think the op is....

corny

carrie.

some people's last day = hooked up to a life support machine = joke

I've had this dilemma Op. The advice I took was to stick at it as I'd gone back after dd2 and dd1 was due to start school soon. She now has, well two days ago and I think I like working part time but the issues with the job are still there.

Can you maybe describe what you don't like a bit more? It's a very difficult one and I sympathise with you.

Well I didn't quit today, even though I had 100% made my mind up last night that I would

The main reason for not quitting is that I found a job advertised today,very local, same hours - so I could still be ds's carer, and I am qualified and experienced enough to be able to get it.
It will look better for me that I am in employemnt if I get to interview stage, and also thinking about the reference should I need one.

shandy the main reasons for disliking the job are really what I stated in OP, long commute which leaves me cold and tired and adds 4 hours onto my working day, hateful boss, and extremely boring work which is not stretching me in any way(I don't cope with boredom very well at all)

Lots of people have left the office and wont be replaced till March, so I'm gong to be stuck working with two men that I really just don't get along with.

Nothing personal,I don't dislike them in any way, just not my type of people and don't have any kind of rapport with them.

In a nutshell, it just isn't a very nice environment and I hate the work!!

Good Luck OP.