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What is wrong with me?!

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Dodoofferyou · 08/07/2024 16:21

During covid I was made redundant.

Heartbreaking at the time, however I have had the opportunity to gain many skills and experiences since, that I consider myself a much more skilled individual in my profession.

HOWEVER despite always having had long terms of employment, since covid I’ve just not been able to find a job I’ve been happy in. I’ve worked for a company that went bust, a company where the culture was constant bullying and my mental health plummeted, a role which was so incredibly boring and unchallenging, where I was continually told things would change but they didn’t, and I’m currently in a role that should be my dream job, and it just hasn’t been. People are nice but I feel like I’ve been set up to fail with lack of support (despite asking for some!).

I’m not a job hopper. I like to feel secure in a role and really give it my all, but I just keep questioning why do I feel like I keep on having bad luck?!

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Speedweed · 08/07/2024 16:30

Most workplaces are awful. People seem to have stopped behaving decently, and it's dog eat dog. Often they are able to hide this behind apparently neutral policies and procedures too. Many places don't value staff who want to just stay and do their job, but are only interested in those who say they want to progress (which then becomes a way to manipulate that person into working harder and harder, not to really help them progress or develop them). Salary increases are low, so people are incentivised to move on every couple of years. Admin staff are non-existent, so there is no one to help with random niggly tasks. Staff social events are cut to nothing, do no one really ever gets to know anyone else, and no one cares when someone leaves. It's awful, and probably not you.

piscofrisco · 08/07/2024 17:56

I hate work. I've also had a few jobs in the last few years and hated them all for various reasons. I used to be so motivated. Now I just want to stay at home with the dog.

stayathomer · 08/07/2024 17:59

I think the ‘dream job’ always has a lot to answer for- you’re excited for it, people who know you are excited for you so you literally run in thinking everything is going to go swimmingly for you and life just isn’t like that! Then because you hyped it up you keep silent about finding it tough/ not what you hoped and next thing you know you’re carrying around this ‘god I don’t like it but I have to fake happiness’ thing. Hugs op, hope things fall into place x

IDontHateRainbows · 08/07/2024 19:29

Glad it's not just me who finds jobs/ work difficult.

I live in hope as another 20 years working life left!

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