The office

LegacyUser

My job is mind numbingly boring. I also dislike my co workers to the point of hatred, but that is the least of my worries.

I can't stand it, I have been working in this small office over a year now and i don't know how people do this for the rest of their lives. I am losing my mind.

It has gotten to the stage where the simplest if tasks are just beyond my capabilities, just because I have become so lazy I just don't give a buttons and do a half arsed job. I can barely function. I am depressed. I wake up in the morning and think about throwing myself infront of a train..of course i would never really do it, but jesus do i think about it alot.

Have other peoples brains gone to much...is this what happens when you work in an office, i can't even get on with a hobby or something i am actually interested between breaks as my boss can see exactly what I am doing at all times.

I just can't take it anymore. Brain dead. Miserable. Is this it.

Obviously i have thought about leaving, but get the "don't leave your job in the current economic climate"


Is this it! Is this what everyone feels like? Is this being a "grown up" ??

sorry i am horribly miserable at the moment

LegacyUser

Ah mate... You sound just like me. I started working in an office in a large Irish company 4 months ago and it is so incredibly dull that some days I think I'll punch through the computer moniter, tell my boss that she is a monster, and storm out of the office and into the cool, free air. Unfortunately i would quickly become destitute if I did that... So I have to stick it out. Worst of all I mightn't have a choice in the matter. My contract is up for extension soon and they may just decide to let me go. No matter how hard I try I consistently make mistakes. Even though I don't make the same mistake twice my boss see's every one (She works opposite me) Its tough going and tougher still because the work is so dull. I'm a creative type but they're locking me in a tiny box! Depressing as hell, but that is life. At least the money is good, console yourself with that. Save up and go travelling or something. I hope to work at this job for 18-24 months and then go travelling and enjoy my youth (I'm only 23) Sometimes you have to do dreadfully boring things in order to do the marginally less boring things in real life. Good luck, and don't jump in front of any trains.

mikemac

You can make your job more enjoyable.
Be competitive, if your teammates are getting the tasks done faster I used to work realy hard to race them. Some people are like that and look for challenges.
If the teammate does ten tasks I must do eleven and so on. Not to impress anyone, just to keep myself occupied. I don't tell others I race them, just a little game in my own head to keep sharp

And regarding keeping occupied, find a little project for yourself you can take ownership of.
Could be something complex or maybe just changing the disastrous filing system that nobody bothered to do. You own it, it's your baby, everyone comes to you with questions, you are the go to guy

If you still want to move on then easier to get a job when you have a job
So move on OP, don't stay there

But don't do anything rash like handing in your notice on the spur of the moment and then going sitting at home on the dole
Get your CV sorted and start looking.
But most offices have bitchiness, mind numbing task, back stabbing come promotion time and politics, always politics. Grass isn't always greener OP

Anyway, I'd say you need to occupy yourself too, what are you doing with your mornings and evenings?
Head off and go for a run in the mornings.
Play for a sports team in the evenings, basketball forum organize weekly sessions or go join five a side soccer or something. Burn off that stress
I've read about white collar boxing over in boxing forum, sounds class.

mikemac

Ihearya wrote: »

No matter how hard I try I consistently make mistakes. Even though I don't make the same mistake twice my boss see's every one (She works opposite me) Its tough going and tougher still because the work is so dull.

A lot of that is down to confidence

If you get flustered you make a mistake, then the boss sees it and you make another.
Soon you are scared to made a decision and start putting off tasks.

Been there
If you're relaxed and confident things tend to flow

Though in you case you're finding it dull so maybe you're not concentrating enough?

nyarlothothep

Perhaps you can look into what you're really interested in doing professionally and make moves towards that whilst using the job to fund this, ie if you were going to college etc.

R.D. aka MR.D

hey op!

i'm kind of in a similar position. Basically because of debt and a family commitment i got stuck in a horrible job for the past year. i hate my co-workers and the customers and the work in general!

I was very down and still am sometimes but i now have a time-frame set as when i am leaving. Basically come new years i don't have to be there anymore. This helps a lot!!! For example i've worked out there are probably only 100 mornings left when i have to wake up and go to work.

Why don't you do this and set yourself a time when you are going to leave. Even if it has to be a year down the road. Maybe within that year you could save enough to do something different.

Don't listen to that recession rubbish being in a job you hate is literally a living hell!!!!! Why waste your life doing something you hate. Having a time frame helps not to feel like that's what you are doing. I've also found it makes me more tolerant towards my colleagues because i think to myself; At least i'm not stuck here.

Best of luck and keep your chin up, you'll get through it!

Oranage2

officehell wrote: »

My job is mind numbingly boring. I also dislike my co workers to the point of hatred, but that is the least of my worries.

I can't stand it, I have been working in this small office over a year now and i don't know how people do this for the rest of their lives. I am losing my mind.

It has gotten to the stage where the simplest if tasks are just beyond my capabilities, just because I have become so lazy I just don't give a buttons and do a half arsed job. I can barely function. I am depressed. I wake up in the morning and think about throwing myself infront of a train..of course i would never really do it, but jesus do i think about it alot.

Have other peoples brains gone to much...is this what happens when you work in an office, i can't even get on with a hobby or something i am actually interested between breaks as my boss can see exactly what I am doing at all times.

I just can't take it anymore. Brain dead. Miserable. Is this it.

Obviously i have thought about leaving, but get the "don't leave your job in the current economic climate"


Is this it! Is this what everyone feels like? Is this being a "grown up" ??

sorry i am horribly miserable at the moment

Ha, seems like a lot of people hate their job. I feel like you op, my co workers are sound but the work is so mind numbingly boring - its been alright for the first 2 months but over the last month I've been firing CVs off everyday.

Thats all i think you can really do op, not having a job would be worst so I suggest just staying and look for another job though there's no garentee the new job will be any less boring.

LegacyUser

Wow op, I couldve written this entry myself.

Problem for me is there is no chance of leaving as I have a mortgage and am surrounded by people who tell me I'm lucky to have a job. I dread going in every day, all of the perks are gone with the boss using the recession as an excuse while market figures show the company is doing better than ever before.

The boss has zero trust in any of his employees even though most of us are there 10 or so years.

Things have become worse and worse and very bit of fun seems to have been knocked out of the staff as the recession years pass us by. We work in a totally silent environment surrounded by cream walls, no windows or natural light. 46 hours per week, sometimes more. I wake up every day thinking is this it?

I try to take an exciting once a year holiday but it's just not enough.

I guess that's just office life in modern Irish companies..

dafunk

Do your best to gtf out of there. I was in a similar situation a few years ago. I hated, hated my office job. It made me so depressed it affected every otter aspect of my life in that I became miserable company and as a result my relationships with my family, friends and partner got badly damaged. I used to literally cry in the mornings at the thought of going in. Now I'm in a job that I enjoy and my life is much better. I'm earning less money and there is less potential to climb the ladder but it is definitely worth it as far as I'm concerned. I'm not suggesting you just quit and walk out but make a concerted effort to find something else you'd enjoy more.

It might be worthwhile investing a few quid in going to see a career guidance person who will perform aptitude and personality tests to see where your strengths and interests are. I found this worthwhile.

Keep your chin up, just focus any energy you have on finding something you'd prefer, life is too short to be miserable.

Das Kitty

You feel so ****ty about it because you feel you have no control over it.

What I would do would be to decide what you do want and make plans for how you will achieve it.

Once you get to the place where you can say, "this is just for now" you'll start to feel much better about having to go into work. It won't feel like a sentence anymore.