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Anyone else stuck in a job they hate now due to Coronavirus

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CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 05/04/2020 13:06

I know I'm lucky to have a job before anyone says... and I could still be made redundant further down the line although safe for now.
But the only thing that has been keeping me going in my dysfunctional job with an awful boss has been the thought of moving on to something else soon.

I had decided to really go for it this year and get a better job. I'd had a few interviews and got to final stage on a couple of roles, even had an offer for one but turned it down as it did not feel right.

Now it's looking like my career plans are on hold indefinitely and I have to stay in my rubbish job that I hate with my awful boss that I can't stand for a hell of a lot longer.

I can work from home and as I say, I know I'm very lucky to still have an income compared to others but still it is a blow to know a new job will be a long way off now. And I'm getting on a bit now, 43 years old and really hoped my career would be in a better place by now.

It was hard enough getting a good job before all this, now it just seems like all my ambitions and goals are on hold indefinitely......

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Hariborocks · 21/10/2020 09:43

Hi OP, just came on to say congratulations! I was made redundant in the summer from a job that I hated (mad boss, micromanaging manager and deadly boring work). It's not been easy looking in this environment but I'm taking the time to think more through what I want for the next thirty years . The ideal is to have a job that I look forward to every day and brings me satisfaction, interest and joy. Goodness knows if I'll find it but at least I'm giving myself a chance to find it. Good luck in your journey!

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CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 21/10/2020 10:13

@Hariborocks

Thank you, not sure if it is congratulations or commisserations at this point but I'll try to take your congratulations as an indication that all will work out for the best in the end. I'm fairly confident I can get contract work, which may lead me down some new avenues, but it's a scary time and I will miss a permanent stable income. Ah well maybe this is the push I need to get out the rut I was in, I don't think I would have left this miserable but financially comfortable job through choice not at the current time anyway.

Good luck too.

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Hariborocks · 21/10/2020 10:32

I think that's the right way to look about it. At some point this pandemic will end and the flowers will bloom again. Until then use it as a time to recharge and regroup. The next decade is going to be really busy!

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CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 25/10/2020 12:05

Still really angry at how I've been made redundant, the only one out of over 100 head office staff but apparently I'm thrilled only one they no longer need.

As I work in HR I have enough knowledge of employment law to have a good go at putting a claim in against the bastards, but I feel insulted and offended at how it's all come to this.

Ah well i guess it would be far far worse if i was in a job i liked working for a dece6boss and then made redundant. Gotta make the most of it, but it's a shock when it happens.

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CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 25/10/2020 12:06

*the not thrilled. Nothing thrilling about this!

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MadameBlobby · 25/10/2020 12:09

I felt much the same, I actually quite liked my job thought but the opportunities for progress were shit and I think they took advantage of me. I’d been planning to move and then Covid happened and I decided to stay as we were so busy and I was convinced my role was secure. And then I was made redundant out of the blue. Got something else which I wouldn’t say I like more but at least it pays better. There’s nothing else doing so I’ll sit it out and hopefully things will improve in a year or so. Hang in there x

MadameBlobby · 25/10/2020 12:14

Sorry clouds just seen your update. I also felt very singled out and upset at how I was selected as they kept on someone who had been there 5 minutes ahead of me on some sort of bullshit reason about his “experience” . I did manage to get more money out of them though and now he has left as well anyway!

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Lightsareonnobodyshome · 27/11/2020 18:33

I feel that I spend all my spare time looking for a new job. I have a new manager, and my gut feeling isn't positive and I am struggling to feel a connection on any level. New boss doesn't include me in team emails and yet my former manager involved my in everything. Even admin wise she prefers to do it herself. I feel side-lined, undervalued and down right down. What is said doesn't match what is done. Never had this before, always got on well with everyone, odd niggle here and there, but I can normally get past things and carry on. I have serious work dread.

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