Hi all, I’m at a crossroads where I need to decide something about my job. I’m in North England , single and on my own so find it difficult to bounce ideas and need some opinions if possible.
Current job:
PROS
- worked for 20 years, familiar with everyone
- job is 90% easy
- wfh 2 days a week
- Have changed my hours a few times in the past
- Goodish salary
- local
CONS
- senior colleagues belittle and bully me. Management won’t deal with it as they have too much power / inside knowledge
- Feel like managers are using me to argue with each other
- Lack of communication - don’t check in with me or let me know what’s going on
- Laziness from other work colleagues get noticed but not dealt with
- Colleagues get away with being angry/shouting at people and not disciplined
- No rewards for working over hours (am told to just suck it up / stop stressing)
- Colleagues maliciously gossip and don’t have each other’s back
- Can never switch off, constant messages from colleagues asking work questions / can you complete this, etc
Im exhausted from all the negative emotions (crying / feeling down about it sometimes) but I’m told by family that I’m so lucky to have the position I’m in and that every place of work has bullies and I just need to grow up and deal with it. Just not sure what to do. I know I’m quite lucky I’m able to work from home on a goodish wage, not a lot of people have that.