Hate my job but it’s part-time do I go full-time in a new one?

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I utterly hate my job, I love my actual job but hate the people they are toxic. Yesterday my boss was horrid to me, today a colleague was. A year or so ago I was passed up over for a full time job despite working there for over 3 years but I was ok to fill in and work full time on a temp basis. My health has since deteriorated greatly and working part time is about all I can manage just now. I have the lowest if the low jobs now, I am messed about, given hardly any notice if my timetable changes and given the rubbish jobs being the “part-timer” I am fed up with this and all the sly little comments that are slung my way constantly. People are twisting things I have said and are/or lying about me.

I work in quite a specialised field and jobs are rarely available and if they are they are nearly always full time. Do I apply for full time just to get me out of there and hopefully I could negotiate part time later on? Full time would be very hard on me physically but I have to weigh this against crying every night and how mentally drained I feel just now.

yes op

mot sounds like the relationship has broken down and neither you nor they want you to remain

i suspect there will be relief all around if you hand in your notice

I think you should go for it and find a new job but don't rule out negotiating part time or some work from home if the sector means it is possible.

I am seeing loads of jobs adverts that while advertising a full time job state at the bottom of the ad part time/ flexible/hybrid working even term time. If your skills are difficult to come by the employer might be willing to adapt the job to your preferences from what is advertised.

Your health as the basis for wanting to work part time might mean some organisations woukd look at part time as making a reasonable adjustment. If you think the employer you are applying to is actively encouraging applicants with a disability it might be worth framing your health condition in this way and asking for part time on that basis.

You could perhaps be more flexible in uour search and look beyond your job at gge moment to using your transferable skills in something slightly different.

No work from home option I’m afraid
I have worked there for over 5 years, up until last year I have always worked full time (although my contract is 3 days there has always been enough work for the extra days). A year or so ago I was informed that if I wanted to do permanent full time I would have to apply as 2 posts had become available, myself and another person who had been there a year applied and neither of us got the jobs. Two external candidates came in. At the same time another colleague came back from mat leave and wanted part time so it was supposed we would job share.

one of the candidates couldn’t cope with the job and after a few weeks went off sick so I was asked to cover! Then he resigned so I covered again until they got another replacement so again I was full time most of last year.

Start of this year I went back to part time but was unwell and was off for a bit, I was back one week and was being asked to cover illness, so I’m not good enough for a permanent full time job but fine to cover illness and work full time! I feel it’s very humiliating like picking up scraps when they expect me too.

Any update OP ?

Hope things are better now for you xx