Let's face it....work is shit isn't it?!

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Don't get me wrong, I do have a work ethic and put 150% into what I do but omg...the politics. Just went for a job interview today but I don't think my boss likes me so prob won'y get it.
Plus I perform as best I can but somehow I am never quite good enough. At 42 I am fed up of having to be the best continuously.
Oh...and I have been bullied in the workplace. Id rather stay at home with my lovely cat.
Aibu to feel not all of are cut out to be a career woman?

Completely agree. It’s shit.

Yep.. I'm just absolutely mentally drained. I don't know how much longer I can do this for.

I AM retraining! Still hate it!

no I enjoy working and my job. whenever I havent enjoyed it I've left and found one I did.

No, work isn't shit. It's shit if you choose something you feel is shit. Same as anything else.

Same here. Utter bollocks

Unfortunately I work to pay the bills...i am not into workplace politics at all and would rather be alone.

I want to do art all day but unfortunately I cannot eat acrylic paint!

No I'm with you OP. I love my job but would rather sit with my cat, draw, or do gardening. Going to try and go part time as a compromise

OP - you have my sympathy I have been in your shoes.......

All the backstabbing, petty office politics and bullying. :(

I don't agree personally, but I have a job I love, plenty of autonomy & I feel I make a positive contribution...I work for a charity.

Currently furloughed and can't wait to get back to work. After the previous lockdown I realised I am in no hurry to retire ... and I am 62 .

sitting on your arse on UC wouldn't be any better id imagine

Pottering around on universal credit was infinately less stressful....but goes against my desire to contribute...
The thing is...I WANT to contribute and make a difference but omg....the politics!

Yup. Work is crap. I'm in a trap. Worked in the same place all my adult life. Do very specific job with virtually no other companies in my region to move to. I get paid quite well so makes no financial sense to retrain. I hate the politics and the drama. Just want to do my job, get recognised for what I do and go home. I feel like I'm back at school sometimes with the cliques and nonsense. I thinkni'm the only one in the office that actually wants to work from home soni can avoid all that but I can't. Sometimes it's better the devil you know.

Yep the politics and drama is so draining. WFH this year is the best thing that has happened to me for years. I can do my job and enjoy it more without having to engage with the toxic bits. So much happier.

Previously I have found meditation / mindfulness worked well to help me minimise the stress (like OP, I also feel disliked and bullied). Very sexist environment and it’s depressing as I have no options to retrain /leave.

So happy to be at home with my cat and family .

But yes, work is shit - but maybe it passes and it is not shit forever. And the rest of life can be pretty amazing .

I want to work from home but can't as im nhs.

Working from home removed interaction and thereby removes politics. If you can find something home based (you will need to think creatively) it is better.

I feel very lucky, I am over 60 and have never experienced a toxic work atmosphere or bitchy colleagues. I've had the occasional colleague who might have been a bit difficult to work with but generally all the places I have worked in have been very pleasant and I agree I have been incredibly fortunate. I can't wait to get back to work, being at home (in Covid times - when opportunities to do much are limited) feels very dull, probably something to do with my grumpy DH .

Yep it's shit, I'm also NHS, totally get it. Office politics, staff shortages, workload so big it's impossible, really poor physical working conditions. Constant grief about things not up to scratch (see big workload), impossible targets. I could go on.

Yep, it's shit at the moment anyway. I love my job, really do. But I work in a school and all the joy has gone out of it. No chattering children coming in with their cut knees or messages or telling us tales. It's all screens and masks and tension. I want it back to how it was . Thankfully I have fab colleagues but everyone is (understandably) so subdued, including me.

I love my job but i despise workplace politics. I can't bear all the cunning, sly moves and people thinking they are being really clever. It's much more clever to just have straightforward conversations where everyone knows where they stand as a get on with the job. Some people live for it though. I do love watching from the side lines when they come unstuck.

I've also noticed I'm much less tolerant of work place politics now I've got kids. I need to get my job done in as few hours as possible and don't have time for all the double crossing.

I like my actual job and when I'm alone on shift I'm ok, it's the others I can't stand and the general public aren't much better

I feel like I'm working with angry and spoiled toddlers (administrator, law firm)