What’s your workplace like?

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I’ve been in my current job for nearly a year and I just don’t know if I’m enjoying it. There’s a few perks but I’m not feeling 100% motivated all the time, it’s been a bumpy few months there! Do most people enjoy their jobs most of the time?! What are the benefits of working where you do?

I LOVE my job, I am in a role that I find very rewarding, however, I want to leave daily. I am just so sad, down and feeling so awful in myself because of the staff and politics.

Daily I feel sick and anxious about going in, but I still do because I enjoy the work aspect. I usually feel okay when I get in, but I find the thought of going in petrifying.

I work in the NHS. I don't know what else I would/could do, so I am kind of stuck and not knowing where to turn.

Gosh, that sounds all doom and gloom, eh?!

No I think most people dislike their job most of the time. That's been my experience and I don't know anyone who says otherwise (except for the people at the very top, who by coincidence earn hundreds of thousands per year).

The only benefit of working where I do is that I earn enough money to just about get by.

I think it's unrealistic to enjoy any aspect of your life 100% of the time.

What I like about my job is that: it's interesting, I work with nice people, there's scope for progression, I get to do some travel, I have flexible work arrangements that faciliate the other things in my life, and I am well paid.

Sometimes I still feel bored and unmotivated. Is there a more intersting job for me out there? Probably. But where I am in life right now it would have to be near on perfect to make me leave my current set up.

I really enjoy most aspects of my job, the stuff I do on a day to day basis. But I fucking LOATHE the company I work for. But if I want to be a community nurse in the county I live in then they are the only employer.

I like my job
I like the company
I like my colleagues.

I definitely don't earn that much money.

LetstalkaboutBruno I feel exactly the same as you. NHS too I really love my team but that sick/anxious feeling is awful.
It's the politics and the compromised care which isn't odds with my values. However I couldn't do anything else.

@LetstalkaboutBruno Same here. I’m NHS and hate it. I would never recommend anyone to train and work in the nhs. I feel sick every day going in to work too. If I could get paid the same in another job I would leave today, but unfortunately my degree is specific and no good anywhere else, and with bills to pay I’m trapped.

There is way too much stress and pressure in my job.

High staff turnover leaving staff who are there longer unsupported and having to constantly teach people.

I have a decent salary, but I dont know if its enough for what I deal with. If I had more money I would still hate it though.

@Battlecat98 and @Poppiesway1 yep! I feel you both. I would leave in a heartbeat, but similar to you guys... my degree is so specific. I could set lip alone, but I don't have the cash or the means of setting up my own business. So is not an option. My degree also limits me by what I could apply for elsewhere.
I'm not even at a point of buying my own home yet, I'm about one year away, two if I want to push for a comfortable deposit. So I have no choice. Maybe another trust would freshen it up for long enough to help me push another two/three years.

This is just like me.

It's so difficult. I have looked at other jobs but I feel so guilty about leaving as I will be adding to the mass exodus and compromised care. On the whole the patients are lovely, and of course, that is why we do it.

But have you noticed how entitled people are? The amount of relatives and patients who have shouted and sworn at me recently, including getting right in my face has increased sharply but, the managers always come down on the relative/patients side. I feel a bit numb and worn down at times. I guess it's burn out but what do you do?
Sorry to derail the thread, perhaps we should have a nursing support thread?

Work in a supermarket. Low paid but no pressure. I actually enjoy it. Good chat with customers and staff. No deadlines and pressure. Go to toilet when I want
2x 15 min breaks and a 1 hour break each shift.
25% staff discount.

Coming from care home and I love it.

I love my job. (Nurse) but we are massively understaffed. And management are pretty useless at the minute. Morale is awful. But it will improve. It always does.

I like my job, my colleagues, and the pay.
The work is interesting to me, I'm the head of my department so that can be both a blessing (autonomy!) and a curse (board meetings.)

I don't exactly leap out of bed with joy on Monday mornings, but I don't dread it either. I find the combination of what I do and the fair compensation for my time doing it to be pretty motivating most of the time.

Mine is lovely.
It's well paid, management and colleagues are sound and while occasionally there's a bit of office politics that pop up, it's rare.

Mine’s OK. A bit dull but I’ve just got a promotion which I’m starting in 3 weeks so I’m hoping it’ll be a bit more interesting. DH has been going through it for 12 months now and no-one ever told me how hard it is to support a spouse who is being bullied and harassed at work. He’s just been offered a new job thank God but his place of work are still being nasty. He’s got a formal complaint in against his line manager (long and boring story) It’s been hard.

I left my old job shortly before DS (nearly 4) was born. I did some training whilst on maternity/during lockdown to prepare to switch careers and I've never been happier at work.

I'm not as well paid as previously, but the company I work for offers opportunities for progression, as well as upskilling and I find most of my colleagues to be a genuinely nice bunch of people.

I'm 75% home-based, too, which I love because it means more time to spend with DS and less guilt, which was something I struggled with when I returned to work.

It did, however, take me nearly a year to get to this point. Initially, I felt a sense of imposter syndrome and that I'd been out of the loop for so long that I didn't really have anything to offer. Sometimes it is underestimated just how difficult moving jobs can be and how long that transition takes in order to feel a little more natural.

We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to adapt and adjust, op, and often it takes much longer than we'd anticipated. My advice is, if it isn't a damaging and toxic environment you're in, give it some more time.

I love my work.

Of course some days are better or worse than others but they equal themselves out

My team has got 1000% better over the last year which has made a big difference

Shit pay but I love how varied it is

I do enjoy my job but feel I should push myself and progress up the ladder.
Majority of staff are nice.
Good sick pay.
Good annual leave entitlement.
Good pension.
However we are understaffed and there’s far too much box ticking and politics for my liking.
I work for the NHS btw.

Im 9 months into a new job so it still feels new and exciting, still got lots to learn.

Im 60% work from home and have a lovely team of colleagues so I enjoy my office days. Its not massivley well paid but enough for me to be comfortable.

I love my job. I work in the community but also the office or at home. Every say is different. We have a team of 12, split in two, all very close and supportive. Our managers are great and it doesn't ever feel like a hierarchy. We have loads of training opportunities, good holiday allowance, half hour a week paid wellbeing break, 2 days a year paid to take off and use for helping out in the community in places such as food banks, neonates, etc. Its a fab place to work

I like my job and the people I work with. No complaints. I earn £53k.

I've just returned part time from maternity leave and I'm not entirely happy with my new part time duties, but I've been given a pay rise, a car allowance increase, a cost of living supplement and a bonus.

And I've only worked three days this year so far, so I'm sticking with them.

Without reading the other responses I aim for being energised what I am doing 75% of the time. Once I drop too much below that and cannot identify a cause (a particularly busy time or whatever) then I look for what can change - responsibilities, the way I work, who I work with, the types of projects I get involved with or make the decision to move on.

I know it isn’t always black and white like that, but I try to work on that basis