Bitter at work

Souperfreak

I am incredibly bitter about a past job. I worked somewhere I loved for a year and it was a great job. But the hours were long 9am-8pm tues-sat. It wasn't that I was required to work those hours but there was so much work that I had to, to get it done. If I didn't get it done I would be freaked out at. I finally gave up after the boss asked me if I was a f#cking idiot? After making a decision he asked me to make.

I couldn't take it anymore so I left. I am so used to working really hard that I the temp jobs I have been doing are doing my head in.

My first temp job after 2 weeks they had nothing for me to do so I surfed the internet all day. So i didn't apply for the permanet position because it was a boring job.

Second temp job and I am even more bored it is just as boring as the first but there is no internet now. I read the entire da vinci code book in work last Monday and Tuesday.

I have become so bitter and frustrated because I had to leave a job I love because the boss is a known bully and jerk but he is the director of the company no one to complain to and now I am working the worst types of jobs and I am bored.

Is it so difficult to get a challenging job without a jerk for a boss? I actually like working and like working hard but can't seem to find something that is challenging.

HELP I don't want to be bitter!

seamus

What kind of work?

Souperfreak

My last job was as a coordinator at a school in the area I hold a degree. But at the moment I am working as an office assistant in a mind numbingly boring job. I am so much more useful then I am being given credit for.

Gordon

Moved from PI.

RicardoSmith

To start with working long hours, isn't sustainable in the long run. A well run company doesn't do this. Secondly finding the right job takes time and effort. You can't sit on your butt even if the job allows you to do so. Theres a book called what colour is your parachute. Have a read of it.

ranDom_tAsk

I walked out of my job last september that i hated, by telling my then boss to stick his job up his asre, i've been unemployed since than and i've never been happier to be out of the place, i'm setting my own business @ the mo

no job is worth the hassle, belive me... the ppl i use to work with are still moaning on about the place and they still work there :rolleyes:

well there's one job worth the hassle and that's being a father, the best job in the world

Souperfreak

I couldn't agree more, I am so happy to be out of there. But I NEED TO BE CHALLENGED. Spending the day playing minesweeper is not challenging!

I am going to pick up that book it sounds good!

It is nice to know I am not the only one out there!

WhiteWashMan

what is your plan?

i mean, what was it about your job that you loved?
was it the industy, the type of work, the people?

figure that out, and see if you can find a job that replicates the important bits.

Souperfreak

WhiteWashMan wrote:

what is your plan?

At the mo. I don't have one because I still can't look past the resentment and bitterness toward the last job.

I was thinking of going back to school for MRI and become a technician. But since the hubby and I are trying to buy a house that might be difficult for a couple years.

Souperfreak

Still bitter but better today.

TODAY I APPLIED FOR 2 MORE JOBS.

And then I talked to my recruitment agent while picking up my cheque and asked to be moved into the private sector again. She completely understood as she had worked in the public sector before!

RicardoSmith

Souperfreak wrote:

Still bitter but better today.

TODAY I APPLIED FOR 2 MORE JOBS.

And then I talked to my recruitment agent while picking up my cheque and asked to be moved into the private sector again. She completely understood as she had worked in the public sector before!

I don't understand any of that. 2 more jobs? and? recruitment agent? moved into the private sector ? again?

SantaHoe

Souperfreak wrote:

Spending the day playing minesweeper is not challenging!

Sounds like you need something more advanced... have you considered EverQuest or World of Warcraft?
Other than that, fair play to you... don't settle for a job you hate, that's my motto... but then I'm unemployed

Souperfreak

RicardoSmith wrote:

I don't understand any of that. 2 more jobs? and? recruitment agent? moved into the private sector ? again?

Sorry I do sometimes have a tendency to get tangential....

I applied for 2 jobs today while at work and doing nothing. I think I have figured out that a main source of my boredom comes from working in the public sector.

I am placed in a public sector job with my agency and Thursday I spoke with my agent and asked to be put back into the private sector (aka the real world).

FGR

Wait a minute. Which area of the public sector ? I'm in the public sector myself though due to a lack of people have been overrun with heaps of work.


I know...Complete Irony eh?

Tom Dunne

Souperfreak wrote:

At the mo. I don't have one because I still can't look past the resentment and bitterness toward the last job..

There's part of your problem.

I am in a job I dislike, and have disliked for the past number of years. But I have a plan. It's a long term plan, and hopefully in the next month or two it will come to fruition. I have set myself mini-goals over the years and as I achieve them, I can see myself edgeing nearer my overall goal.

You have to stop looking back and start looking forward. Only then will you start working towards becoming happy again.

RicardoSmith

ForegoneReality wrote:

Wait a minute. Which area of the public sector ? I'm in the public sector myself though due to a lack of people have been overrun with heaps of work.


I know...Complete Irony eh?

Same here. Though you can choose to sit on your ass if you want to. A few do that, most people get stuck in and get creative.

Souperfreak

Well I have decided to start working for myself at work!

I email myself jobs to apply for at night. And then spend the day working on CV's and cover letters. That works out pretty well but since i am looking to work in a hospital in the administration side there aren't that many jobs posted every night so I need to figure out a way to amuse myself at my boring job.

I need to get a good game.

Keyzer

Burn the original companys premises to the ground...
Then find the original boss and kick his face in...

That should give you some closure...

Souperfreak

Hmm,

Burn the old place, I rather like that idea. Watch out for me on the news.



It is not so bad at work now....still really really bored but everyone here loves me basically cause I am the first new person that has come in 4 years and the last new person constantly writes letters to HR about how crap the rest of the staff are. I come into work I am bubbly, talkative and do what I need to do and then go home!

All the while looking for a different job! Yeah!

So things are not so bad. Plus I had a scheduled migrane on Tuesday and having the day off gave me a whole lot of perspective.

I feel much better! burning it down what would I need....?