You Know You’re in the Wrong Job if…
How do you know, really KNOW, if you are in the wrong job, if it’s better for you to change jobs or stick with the one you have? How do you know you’re not just in a slump at work, that it’s not temporary boredom or frustration?
You know you are in the wrong job if …
1. No matter how much you are being paid, you still hate your job. You don’t want to get up in the morning and you don’t look forward to your day.
2. Your day passes and you’ve learned nothing, you are just stagnating.
3. You don’t get positive feedback from your bosses. You feel like you are of no value and have no purpose. You often ask yourself, “Why am I here?” or “Why am I doing this?
4. You feel underpaid for the quality and quantity of work you do.
5. You and the company are too different. The environment is too formal or too relaxed for you.
6. You dislike management/your boss so much that it has become the focus of your work day and your time off.
7. You feel angry and overwhelmed a large part of the time.
8. Your stress levels are always on high alert. You find yourself often sick from stress related illnesses. Headaches, stomach aches, insomnia, etc.
If you are experiencing these situations, you need to find your career passion. Something interesting and that, at times, will completely absorb you. Once you find your passion most of these will not happen. However, you will still need to find the specific job that meets your specific needs and suits your specific character.
If you now know you’re in the wrong job, nobody but you can change it. So do something about it now!
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I can definitely relate to 1, 2 and 7 while my boss is fine, the company projects an environment of total lack of regard for its employees. I guess I need to start looking for a new job.
That could be a solution, or you can try and see if anything can be changed, now that you know where the problem is.
Alex
Its a huge multinational company with about 250,000 employees. They’ve taken the pension away, reduced medical coverage, taken away other benefits and with hardly an increase in pay, all the while their profits have been soaring and the stock price has constantly climbed. They obviously don’t value the employees that help earn the profits for them. It used to be a good place to work with outstanding benefits, not anymore. They’ve taken away all the reasons to stay loyal and not look for something better.
Hey Dave, I can commiserate. I’ve had a few jobs that well…ARGH!
You have a few options other than quitting your exisiting job. Depending on the structure of your company you could talk to your boss, head of human resources or union representative. Be sure to have a clear, consice description of the problmes you are encountering.
Another option is to lodge a well documented complaint with the labour board of your area.
Unfortunately, if you are in a small to medium sized company, the backlash is hard to duck from and you are most likely better to find employment where the atmosphere is more to your liking.
Good Luck
Sorry Dave, I was writing as you posted.
What you’ve described is a current trend for large corporations. Unfortunately the shareholders have more weight than employees.
From the sounds of it, you are better off starting to look for somewhere that has more appreciation for employees.
If that is the path you choose,once you do acquire new employment, maybe a letter describing your complaints could be fired off to the President of the old company. While it may not change anything, it will give you the satisfaction of having your voice heard.
I’m in the process of getting everything situated so I can find something new. It probably won’t be another couple of months before I do leave.
Good luck with it and please let us know how things turn out for you!
And I would appreciate a comment to SocialPacks to tell us how you did
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Good luck with it Dave!
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i can related to a couple of these but when the work is easy the pay is alrite and i can stumble into cool stuff like this so it works for me for now but in reality i def. gotta really start looking for something new..
Hey Cam. I can appreciate the work situation you are in. Easy work for decent pay is always hard to walk away from. Over time though you are likely to develop such utter boredom that you become resentful. The human mind likes to be challenged and busy. For now I’m sure it works for you but keep an eye out for something that is more interesting!
I can relate with that. The job I’m in fit that exactly. It was easy work for good pay and good benefits. Fast forward 2 years and now the easy work has turned into boring work and the good pay stagnated and the benefits are being reduced. The point is that a good thing won’t always be a good thing.
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