I started a new full time role with a national charity a few weeks ago and I hate it.
I now dread the idea of working like this every day for the next year or so.
To put this in context I have worked part-time for the last few years, often doing project management contracts.
The reason for taking this full-time role is because it is a remote role and I am planning to relocate to a totally different part of the country. The full time, permanent contract would else help with taking on a new mortgage or rental in the new location that I am moving to.
So from a practical point of view it made sense but I just am not enjoying it at all.
It has all the bad points of many charities: endless meetings rather than a focus on completing actual work, messy processes, crap IT and unclear expectations.
I think at 52 I am just struggling to cope with the constant demands of a full time role. I am starting to have difficulties sleeping and have a long term conditions which is aggravated by stress.
So what do I do? suck it up for a few more months until I make my move to a new location and find a job there might seem like the most reasonable solution.
My other thoughts were to try to ask whether I could switch to part-time hours (4 days a week) doing my probation meeting.
It is a shame because I really relate to the cause that the charity supports but the rest is just not for me.
Any advice? as anyone else been in the same situation?
I have already mentioned to management that the amount of meetings that I was expected to attend every day hardly left time for work delivery and that a better balance would need to be struck.