Any else's weekend ruined by the Sunday scaries

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I don't know why but I always spend Sundays worrying about work and it is ruining my time off :(. I won't say what I do, as it is potentially outing but it does come with a lot of responsibility.
I do have generalised anxiety too xx

I'm jealous 😄

Hope everyone has a good day today, hopefully not as bad as we've been dreading! Lovely blue sky where I am!

I called in sick today. I couldn't face it. In my defence I was genuinely sick all of last week and I'm still a bit weak and wobbly.

It wasn't too bad thanks. I hope yours was okay too x

I hope you feel better soon x

My day was as bad as expected. The manager who is well known for moving goalposts did and randomly quadrupled my work load for the day. Nice.

I am job hunting but the market is dead where I am! Is that the same everywhere?

Tempted to leave with no job to go to. I can survive off savings and could take a temp role

I don’t think my stomach should be upset for a whole Sunday and Monday from work anxiety? It isn’t normal and it’s been going on for a year and worried about long term health issues of it all

I wouldn’t say my whole weekend was ruined by them, no, BUT definitely on Sundays I get the feeling of dread.

Yesterday I was out for a roast for lunch with two girlfriends, and as we paid the bill and got up to leave around 3pm I was hit with that horrible feeling of dread “argh my weekend is over now.” That said I did go home and have a lovely evening with my boyfriend, but I definitely can’t help these feelings seep in!

What I find odd is, I generally like my job. When I’m there I’m fine, but every single morning when I wake up, am getting ready, and driving in, I just feel like I can’t wait already to get home. But as soon as I’m there I’m fine, which shows it’s all in my head!

Oh @liquidsquidli i know exactly what you mean about country file and antiques roadshow! Today was as predicted, two people called in sick, I spent all day having "friendly" reminders pinged at me and then had a demoralising meeting with hr that confirmed that there's nothing much that can be done with the underperformers. I have never felt so demoralised.

Mine was worse than expected! Im
on countdown though, less than 10 days at work and I’m done, new job for me with no more managerial responsibilities! I’m currently managing nearly 30 people!

It doesn’t make it easier though and I really do feel my managers want blood and nothing less!

I’m not suited to the job I do at all, I am excellent at what I do but not mentally resilient enough for the challenges of the management position I find myself in. I’m pleased to finally have bit the bullet and resigned but I still have to deal with everything and it’s breaking me.

@Doyouthinktheyknow I could have written your post. Also a nurse in management and hating it. The workload is never ending but the job market is terrible at the moment and I'm wary of taking a step down as I wasn't enjoying clinical either, I have been keeping an eye on educational roles but there's not much coming up. It's becoming increasingly difficult to go to work 😞

@inantwerpitrains I'm sorry you feel the same, nurse management really is the pits😞

I do enjoy clinical work and I was fortunate to find another post the same time I decided to jump so applied and got it! My back up plan was doing bank but I’m looking forward to a new team and different area of nursing.

I genuinely feel like nothing is ever enough and I just feel like calling in sick which isn’t like me at all! It probably isn’t helping that I’m not back to my usual self after a close unexpected bereavement so everything is getting to me more😢

I hope something comes up for you very soon😞 Look after yourself💐

My day was hell 😞 I honestly felt like crying at one point.

Oh same here. I absolutely hate line managing especially this amount of people. We have so many staff on long term sick and don't have enough staff to cover. It's just relentless 😞

I get this too. I'm a secondary head of dept and I just have more work to do than I can ever fit in. Had to take the day off as one of my kids was ill today. Managed to sit at ky desk and try to plough through my emails and to do list but it was a drop in the ocean. It's a ridiculous job and when I'm in school I have no time to do any of it because other people and students take up all my free time or slt are busy thinking up new things for me to do.

Sundays aren't too bad. I resent checking over my planning and reading emails though!

But I HATE Mondays until about 10am when I seem to mellow a bit.

Looking at retiring next year and finding a very part time job!

So jealous. May be one day.

@Doyouthinktheyknow sorry to hear that, it's so hard to prioritise yourself when you are stretched so thinly, I genuinely think this job can make you unwell.

I hope something comes up soon, I have thought about leaving with nothing to go to and just take a little breather but worried about how that would look on my CV and the pension, sick and maternity leave implications. I guess I can't spend all of this time unhappy because of things that may or may not happen in the future.

@inantwerpitrains Thank you.

Yes, I genuinely got to the point of feeling quite unwell mentally and I felt trapped by financial commitments but had a conversation with DH and realised I could move on, just had to bite the bullet.

The whole break in service and impact on benefits and pension is a worry but I’ve seen too many nurses end up unwell and sadly passing away before reaching pension age! We all need to look after ourselves!

Never an easy decision, I really hope something comes up for you soon.