Hating work- new year's blues or something else?

[teddyba]

I'm just so so so hating work right now.

I just cannot be bothered with it.

I work in tech, business development, if anyone is familiar with this space ?

The company I work for is really small and trying really hard to get a foot in the market. There's been some success. Then attempts to try slightly different approaches , which have failed.

I'm now just feeling burnt out and demotivated. Management know it's not the individual sales people's fault that we aren't in great shape and more of a company direction / market fit issue.

But at the same time, the pressure is relentless and the training style is just a bit demeaning sometimes. They're trying to teach us all about new services and positioning, but it's all a mess and confusing. We get told a new proposition one day and then shortly after we get asked if we know all about it yet and why don't we. I just can keep up.

I am finding it all demeaning and pointless and I am so demotivated. How do I get my mojo back? Or is this company just not right?

I'm sorry OP, I don't have any specific advice but that sounds really stressful, no wonder you hate it.

I'm also not liking my job at the moment, and was dreading coming back after Christmas. Annoyingly, on paper the job is good - nice people, really lovely boss, it's a in a sector most people think of as cuddly (charity), the hours are good etc - but the pay is low, and I find the work a mixture of boring and stressful.

I feel like I'm failing but don't have the energy or interest to pull myself up.. I'm supposed to be doing more training later this year and I keep thinking 'why do I want to upskill in something I don't enjoy'?'

Honestly, the thoughts of doing interviews and having to explain leaving a job after just a few months (I have a patchy CV at best) is the only thing keeping me here at the moment.

No advice OP but I'm in the same boat. I started my new job in October, and I'm already off sick with the flu. My boss refuses to train me because I'm ill, she made me cry today. I feel so deflated.

I'm also not sure if it's new years blues but DP has told me to keep an eye out for something new. I don't think any of us should be hating things this much. It's really shit.

Sorry to hear you're both struggling as well. I've seen quite a few job woes posts this week.

Perhaps it feels worse because of the time off we've had. Hope things look up for everyone soon. January is hard !