Page 7 | If you hate your job

Cottagepieandpeas · 26/05/2021 06:13

Student support.
The job itself is worthwhile but the college is in chaos, terrible systems and inefficient management.
It makes me really stressed most of the time.

menomary · 26/05/2021 06:24

Adults social worker. Stressed, overloaded, deal with safeguardings on a daily basis. Management don't care about our wellbeing and keep throwing cases at us as they have their own targets to fulfil. They are quick to put the boot in when things go wrong so their job is protected. Amount of paperwork is ridiculous. Daily verbal abuse from families who think it's our fault the LA charges for social care or that just because they're the daughter or son they can't bung their mum into a care home.

User1357 · 26/05/2021 06:27

I’m a nurse and hate it. Really want to leave nursing all together. The work load, responsibility and just general day to day is horrific.

I too used to fantasise about having a minor car crash and breaking my foot or something so I could take 8 weeks off, god that’s awful.

I have dropped down to 20 hours a week and it is slightly more manageable.

sandgrown · 26/05/2021 06:53

Civil Service. Used to have a fast paced challenging and interesting job. When Covid struck like all the staff I transferred to benefit delivery. It was so busy and there were some difficult clients but I loved it and no two days were the same. My new job is incredibly boring and everything is done a certain way just because it always has been! I never wanted to retire fully but even that is looking a good option .

UseOfWeapons · 26/05/2021 07:01

Nurse specialist, cancer services.
Love being a nurse, hate the politics, the unceasing grind, shitty management, lack of staff, excuses from management, the NHS being used as a political football, waste of resources and money...
Every day is bloody hard, but I keep going in to keep the service running for our patients.
If I could afford to retire , I would, like so many of my colleagues.

itsme · 26/05/2021 07:07

I had two jobs until yesterday, one being a retail job part time which is ok- management could be more helpful with my hours but the team we have are good. The second a Domcillary care position, I've had families upset that their mum etc aren't getting the correct level of care they need. After chatting to a family who are at their wits end i left, I've been in their position with my own mum and never stood for anything less than good care. The company seemed to not take families wishes on board, I just left that yesterday.

FabulouslyFab · 26/05/2021 07:09

Another NHS admin here! Taking minutes at bloody meetings about meetings about meetings ...... and they do nothing!! Continuous reshuffles which result in more highly paid people and less action. To quote Elvis - ‘a little less conversation a little more action’ 😂😂 it runs in a loop in my head in these meetings.
But for my area I’m trapped by more than minimum wage (though not a lot more) and a good deal on holidays and sick pay.

ImperfectTents · 26/05/2021 07:17

@hopelessbusiness

Local authority. So boring. Everybody stressing about how busy they were - take away the faffing/mindless bureaucracy/pointless Covid related nonsense and the working day could be condensed into half an hour. Stuck it for 3 months until I found something else. Actually properly have stuff to do now and I love it!

I’m in central government and if anything it is worse

Wineisrequired · 26/05/2021 07:17

I’m in It hardware sales and hate it so much . Since we were brought by a bigger company targets have gone up and it’s just soul destroying. I’ve been moved back to doing new business and just feel like not going in most days. I’d love to go back to carework but the money I earn in sales means I’m now trapped in a career I hate 😔

Earlgrey666 · 26/05/2021 07:20

Community mental health nurse, I only work part time but the mental load and responsibility is way too high for me. I do care about clients and want to provide the best service I can but it is so stressful with high levels of accountability and I am band 5.
I am desperate to leave nursing.

BillywigSting · 26/05/2021 07:22

I'm also a carer. Absolutely loved my job until just after christmas when our nursing home got a new manager.

She is very obviously in it for the money and doesn't give a fuck that we are chronically and severely under staffed. We are all burnt out, morale has tanked and the standard of care we have been able to provide has dropped like a stone.

I am currently searching for a new job (though still in care, because it's not really the job I can't stand, it's the management)

Pishybreeks · 26/05/2021 07:45

GP Practice manager. I hate it. I find most of the gps very difficult and miss my patient facing roll. I had less stress job satisfaction.

Onesnowynight · 26/05/2021 08:06

@Vursayles

Today 20:15 Onesnowynight

“Staff trainer in healthcare. Delivery training such as behaviour management, first aid, safeguarding, manual handling and MCA & DoLs. Absolutely love it!”

@Onesnowynight do you mind telling me how you got into that role? Did you just apply outright or did you have to work your way up?

I worked my way up after coming from an education background. It’s something you definitely need experience in whether it’s with older people, challenging behaviour, mental health or learning disabilities. Saying that I do know of a few rare people who have worked in admin roles in organisations who have started training one course then slowly worked their way up as they’ve gained experience. Would highly recommend it!

pinkpun · 26/05/2021 08:18

@Orangesox your background is similar to me ! I did call centre for a few years before doing my nurse training . I qualified and worked on a surgical ward I did that for a year then moved to telephony based nursing for a private healthcare company , where I have been for a few years - It's pretty dire ! What do you do now ?

Vursayles · 26/05/2021 08:50

Thanks so much @Onesnowynight, I currently work in MH in a clinical role, and have teaching experience (both staff and service users) but no formal background or qualifications other than my BSc and postgrad diploma, neither of which are in teaching unfortunately. Definitely sounds worth looking into though!

ThankYouHunkyJesus · 26/05/2021 09:15

Work in insurance. The job is fine, i quite enjoy the work. The people are not. Nepotism, Sexism and mysoginy are absolutely rife. I was sexually harassed a few years ago and was forced to continue working with the harasser despite me making a complaint. Ptsd, anxiety, depression will haunt me for the rest of my life now. It's like an abusive relationship. You get to the point where its ground you down so much you just can't see any way to leave. But covid has helped as more and more jobs are being offered as remote. in a moment of clarity i applied for another job and the recruiter loves my CV and is going to be putting me forward for interviews. so hopefully I'll be out of here asap after 15 years wasted working for the same horrible place.

LunaTheCat · 26/05/2021 09:40

GP here. Just finished a 12 hr day without a break
I am exhausted and I have got to the point of not being able to physically or psychologically give anymore.
In the last week I have been sworn at and threatened
I am the main income earner. - otherwise would be gone in a millisecond.
Very sad as all I wanted to do.

ScratchyItchy · 26/05/2021 10:15

I was front line NHS but quit just before the pandemic. On the whole the patients were lovely, but all the paperwork and ineffectual management made life stressful and I was turning into a short-tempered monster at home. Since leaving I have been able to take the time the figure out what I want to do and am now lucky enough to be studying full-time for a degree in a totally different subject.

Onesnowynight · 26/05/2021 10:56

@Vursayles

Thanks so much *@Onesnowynight*, I currently work in MH in a clinical role, and have teaching experience (both staff and service users) but no formal background or qualifications other than my BSc and postgrad diploma, neither of which are in teaching unfortunately. Definitely sounds worth looking into though!

You can easily do a teaching/assessing qualification maybe even get funding for it. Some organisations will even pay for it if they want you. Our clinical trainer is amazing she has so much knowledge. I love the job. Organise my own diary, 1 day out a week and the rest virtual training. Plus I love my subjects and the staff are ace! Go for it you won’t regret it!

Jakarta · 26/05/2021 11:13

Marketing assistant, in financial services (small, old fashioned company)

There’s barely any ‘Marketing’ in my role. In fact, I barely have anything to do in general and it drives me crazy. It has significantly impacted my self esteem as I feel my job is worthless and I’ve little to no skills. If I had stayed working in retail, at least I would have strong customer service skills (only reason I’m reluctant to go back to retail is the pay cut)
It has been fine working from home, as I can simply leave my laptop idle for most of the day whilst I do something else but the thought of going back to the office ugh...
Honestly, pretending to look busy is more stressful than actually being busy from my experience.

I’ve been looking for another job (pretty open minded to most entry level roles - obviously excluding specialist ones I won’t be qualified for) but just haven’t been able to get one yet

Nottodayjosephine111 · 26/05/2021 11:30

Not this job, my previous one. QA for a medical research company. My good god that was boring. Colleagues used to bet on how many times I would yawn in an hour. Plus the micro management was insane.

Left there after 4 months and took a part time admin role for an airline in their aircraft maintenance department. Now permanently working from home and it is so quiet due to the pandemic I started a full time college course this year on a whim. Absolutely love it so am now retraining to be an accountant at the ripe old age of 34. Hoping to get into forensic accountancy eventually, that’s my goal anyway.

My current work are so laid back I could do my work at anytime, they don’t mind as long as it’s done. So will be able to do both until I need to get work experience in an accountants at least.

ChrisQuean · 26/05/2021 11:43

I’m a finance lawyer. Appalling long hours. I was expected to change family plans, work weekends and cancel holidays in 5mins at the whim of a client or my boss. Absolutely no control over my time or workload, with 90 hour weeks. Working across time zones to suit clients, pointlessly tech-y. Clients were the big banks everyone hates or hedge funds leveraging money and assets to make more money. It was all synthetic and pointless. Currently not working in law, or indeed working at all, for the first time in 22 years.

Vursayles · 26/05/2021 13:17

@Onesnowynight thank you so much I think I’ll have to seriously look into it! I’ve been looking for a career change for a good while and this really fits the bill. Very glad I found this thread 😃

Cherrytree1621 · 26/05/2021 13:49

@schofieldsunderpants I can't imagine doing it for that long 😱 I've only been doing in for 10 years and been off on mat leave for 2 of it. I'm due to go back part time and know I will have to do paper work at home.

DynamoKev · 26/05/2021 14:07

I look after IT systems.
Constantly way too much work, stupid arbitrary deadlines, everyone always shouting to get their issue done first.
It is stressful and demoralising - not that anyone cares.