To dread going to work?

[Sunflowers2047]

At a point where I just despair of my job. My workplace is chronically understaffed with a really poor skill mix, a lack of support from management. Poor management generally.. I could go on. I'm in a vocational job and this is my 4th job in the same role in different places in just under 7 years, prior to this job I'd never stayed in one longer than 15 months and I've been in this one nearly 3 years. I'm just wondering whether it's normal to dread going to work and not enjoy it and whether I'm searching for something in the world of work that doesn't exist. I have the odd moment where I enjoy it but it seems to be getting less and less frequent. Maybe I should leave the public sector all together. Feeling despair and frustration.

are you working in the national health service ?
I feel the same. I dread going in, I feel Overwelmoned and my support is also run off their feet. Gaps not covered etc

Got it in one @Dente

Bump

Please give me your experiences and opinions and if anyone has left the NHS what do you do now

I have ben in public and private sector private much more stressful in my experience target to hit every week etc

@Sunflowers2047 try just doing bank shifts/locum if that is possible for your role, I've found it far less stressful. No students or supervising junior staff. Lot less aggro and politics and you can pick and choose shifts or have a break when you need it.

I've worked in public, private and charity sectors.
Public sector was definitely the easiest where the least was expected from you and you had the most protections.
Charity was the hardest by 50 million miles.

I would advise moving before leaving completely. Both myself and a friend have moved areas and are much happier. It’s worth banking/locuming first to see what other areas are like, see if you like it elsewhere.