Work stress

LegacyUser

Appreciate any advice on this.

I’ve been working for a large company for the last two years. Having a great time, the staff are really nice. But about four months the management changed and so did the work practices. Very pressured daily reporting and meetings. Meetings is a nice way to put it, it’s a grilling from three people as to why your not ’’achieving’’ They see it as a way to drive the company forward.

Since this has happened I hate getting up for work in the morning. My stomach churns from the moment I get out of bed until I leave work. Then when I get home and if I think about work the next day I feel horrible. I’ve stuck it out so far but can feel myself getting worse. I have been looking around for jobs the last while but no luck yet. I want to jack it in as it is affecting me mentally. I’ve talked to a friend who cant believe the way we are treated and said I should give my notice, no job is worth the affect its having on me and sign on and keep looking for something.
I have been working since I was fifteen part-time then did my leaving and was full time since then. About eleven years working now, worked in a shop for most of it. I cant really go back to that because of my back.

The way I see it is if I leave I am a failure, I cant get a job and will probably have to sign on.
Or if I stay I am a coward for not leaving and I will just get worse feeling sicker.
Thanks

MagicMarker

Stay until you find another job, keep searching, you'll get one eventually. This would be a bad time for you to quit.

DanOB

As magic maker said, stay until you've found something else

trio

Have you contacted any recruitment agencies? If not, then start ringing around today, and join as many as you can.

And thereafter ring about once a week, as those who keep their names at the top of their recruiters heads are the ones who get the jobs fastest.

We've all been in companies like that and there will be a slow and steady trickle of people out the door over the next 6 months, mark my words. You are certainly not the only one who is stressed crossing the threshold in the morning. Just make sure you are one of the people who ultimately leave. That management team will destroy your confidence and you should vote with your feet.

paperclip2

If you can stick it out I would reccommend staying till you have something else lined up. It is easier to get work from being in work. Seeing it as part of a strategy might make it easier to deal with as its not going to be forever.
Be very proactive in your job search, talk to contacts in areas that you feel you would be qualified / would like to work in. Try and be positive in how you see yourself. You are definately not a failure or a coward. You have a lot to offer and got on well in your job until the draconian practices were introduced. Chances are, as was said, you aren't the only one finding the situation intolerable.

Also do as was suggested above and stay in touch with recruitment agencies. It also might be an idea to get your CV professionally looked at and get some help with interview preparation.

If its relevant you could get in touch with the careers dept in your college, IT or Uni if its not long since you left. They can still help you. NUI Maynooth Careers dept website has a lot of info on potential employers and links to other sites that might help: http://careers.nuim.ie/

Best of luck OP.