Hate Your Job?

 

 

There always seems to be a time in your career that we end up hating a job we have. It might be over time it develops or soon after you start. It could be because you were, say, promised a regional sales manager job and ended up being district manager. You may not like your boss or you have a co-worker that is unbearable, so what do you do?

 

First of all admit how bad it really is. By admitting just what it is that makes you so miserable, you’ll be more inclined to do something about it. Also keep your “I hate my job” thoughts to yourself. Getting ticked off and blasting your horrible day all over the social media is not a good idea. Tweets show up on Google. If you aren’t private with your Facebook page settings, the whole world will know how you feel, including perhaps, your boss. Yes, employers do browse Facebook.

 

Do your time and go home. Give your job the time and effort it takes for your salary, but leave work at work. Don’t bring the troubles home with you. You have other things in your life beside work, learn to enjoy them. Do the fun things you love and it will make your time at work more bearable. Sometimes hobbies even can lead to new job opportunities, you never know.

 

Don’t let co-workers bring you down. Sometimes water cooler grumble sessions aren’t the best way to go. Negativity breeds more negativity. Try to be around more upbeat people. People who are cheerful and happy like to spread it around. Negative people will make you feel worse. You get together and complain about everything but no one really fixes anything, do they? So you just have more negative thoughts weighing you down.

 

Figure out what you really want to do. When you know what your dream job is, study it. Find out if there’s schooling involved. Is it a job that you need experience at? Is there any schooling at your present job that can help you get your dream job? Talk to people who work where you’d like to. Find out how they like the job and how long it took them to acquire the skills they needed. Improve your job search and take a personal inventory and see what skills you already have that could be used in the job you’re going after. Be discreet and quiet about your job search. You don’t want everyone to know you’re planning on leaving until you’re ready to go. It’s easier to get a job when you already have one.

 

When you do find a new job, resign gracefully. This means do not make a big scene and yell “I quit!!”. It means perhaps offering to provide assistance during the transition and leave the company without hurt feelings on anyone’s part.

 

Comments, as always, are welcome.

 

By Linda Lee Ruzicka

 

 

Linda Lee Ruzicka lives in the mountains of Western PA , happily married and with her 8 cats and three dogs. She has been published in Twilight Times, Dark Krypt, Fables, Decending Darkness, Writing Village, June Cotner anthology, The Grit, Reminisce , the book, Haunted Encounters: Friends and Family. She is a Affiliate member of the Horror Writers Association She also does freelances work for Beyond and for Salesheads. More of her blogs can be found at Salesheads blog.