Top 3 Reasons People Hate Their Job

Career Burnout
You work hard for long hours that often times encroach on your evenings and weekends leaving you stressed and exhausted both physically and mentally. This happens so often that you have no time for a decent social life and forget about enjoying those hobbies you once looked forward to for peace and solace. You become short tempered with your co-workers and at the end of the day you come home and feel like kicking the cat for getting underfoot. Any achievements you do accomplish at work hold little meaning to you as the pressure is on to produce more in less time. You begin to dread going to work on Monday and it is only Saturday night. Can you relate to this?

Boredom
Your work is so monotonous you could do it in your sleep. Most of the day is spent completing tasks that are just shy of busy work. Your mind is far from challenged and there is nothing new for you to learn. Those sharp pencils in your pencil holder taunt you on a daily basis to jab them in your eye just so you can feel pain in order to be certain that you are still breathing.

Toxic Work Environment
The work atmosphere is so negative you get an attitude just walking through the front door. The people you work with are disrespectful and would sell you out the first chance they get just to move ahead. You avoid contact with most of your colleagues. Maybe you deal with discrimination or harassment but here you remain because you need a paycheck.

What can you do about it? For some it’s easier said than done to get another job so for those who need to hang in there a little longer until a move is possible I offer you the following:

To combat burnout take a vacation no matter how long it is. Two or three days could do wonders if you truly take a break from your job. That means no checking emails, answering calls from work or signing on just to “see” how everything is going in your absence. Another option that I strongly suggest is to prioritize and delegate where you can. Not everything is top priority and if additional manpower is needed to accomplish tasks then request it.

To alleviate boredom you can look for ways to create a new project that will compliment and improve your department. Many companies offer online training. Take advantage of these online classes to improve your knowledgebase and make your department more efficient or for nothing else enhance your skill set in order to move around in the company.

If you deal with a toxic work environment I am sorry to say that you can not change other people. What you can do is improve your own skills in order to move up or out. If you do not have an HR department or at least one that provides any type of relief I suggest taking a few mental health days to plot your escape plan and return with a different outlook. Take classes, if offered, through work or outside of work. Avoid the most toxic people in the office at all costs and if you must interact with them give them no ammunition to work with. Do your job thoroughly and professionally. Do not stoop to their level. If this does not get you noticed and out of the mine field then make your move towards the door.