Stuck in a job I hate!

[Helpmeout124]

I just need to vent. I absolutely hate my job, I work in a certain bright green uniformed supermarket. I absolutely hate it, I've been there for 7 years and it sucks my soul out of my body. Even going in there as a customer zapps my mood, I don't know what it is. The environment, the building, the job itself, the people. I just hate everything about it. I have work in an hour and after a long day looking after 3 kids the last thing I want to do is go there.

I need to work to get by. But because of our circumstances I can't even look for another job, no where would take me on with the very limited hours I can do.

I just have to grin and bear it but I'm losing the will to live. I was speaking to a colleague the other day who like me worked there while her children grew up, she's been there 17 years 😳 I almost died just at the thought, but it'll probably be me before I know it. I just feel so trapped.

how many hours do you do?

12 I can only do that many because my I get carers allowance for my daughter who has autism and GDD. I know it's bad of me to complain at the minimal amount I'm there, but it's 12 hours of pure crap

i think anyone can suck up a shitty job for 12 poxy hours OP

Have you considered care home work purely for the hours, OP? 12 hours would be equal to 1 shift per week and may be better paid. You may have your choice of care homes depending on the area you live in. Just an idea based on the hours you can work.

Never fun to feel so stuck is it.

Have you actually tried getting another job in a different supermarket? Is your assertion that no one will take you on based on experience or what you think might happen?

At the end of the day you either need to "change self" (to cope with it) or "change it" (by moving on).

Can you not get a few hours like that in hospitality?

Evening work? Care work could be nicer, hard work but a change. Or a couple of evening shifts in a pub?

Care work in nursing home or peoples own homes. Could just do 1 or 2 shifts a week.
Hospitality work in bars or restaurants 2 evenings.
Lunchtime supervisor in school or nursery

If you have retail experience you could try a different type of store or has others have said look at working in pubs/bar/restaurants or hotels. Or working in an admin job from home or for a customer service helpline?

Do you work evenings at the supermarket?
A Care home might offer you a twilight shift 2 evenings a week. Or cleaning offices?

Thanks all, I have considered a care job and it's definetly an option, I also used to have a cleaning job I used to clean a pub 9-11:30am and it was okay, I didn't mind the work but because of my partners job I had to take my 2 year old (at the time) with me and she'd sit in the pram, but then she started to escape and run a muck and in the end I had to give it up. I did that job as well as my supermarket job for 3 months so I could see if it would work out before leaving the job I hate, which I'm glad I did because it didn't work out.

I have 3 children 8, 3 and 16 months. My middle daughter has autism so it's hard to work things around because she wont go to peoples houses bar my mil's and anyone else who watches her has to do so at our house. It won't be like this forever and realistically I think I just need to grin and bear it for another year or so untill the youngest can go to nursery and then I'll look for something better. I'd love to train and do social work, or child care. That's the long time plan. Just feel like I'm wasting my days away in the place where joy goes to die!

but I've done 7 years there, 1 more won't hurt.. to much.