When depressed in your job role...

xapprenticex

Its fact that your colleagues make or break a job, if you have fun people who make you laugh and you laugh with them, work is great, otherwise, it is not.

When younger i did a few agency warehouse jobs and knew thats NOT where i want to be. BUT i did do a warehouse job (agency) about 5 years ago for about 3 weeks and had a total blast, moving old furnature, lifting things up, putting things down, cleaning up, painting the walls.. it was fun because of the guy i was working with and really enjoyed our chats and jokes.

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Don't whinge long, it will zap any energy to look for other jobs. Nothing nicer then feeling needed when as soon as you submit your application you'd get a call asking you to the next stage/interview

Spent about just over 2 years living like this sure sometimes I got my fingers burnt but experiences are what makes you - then one day just felt totally different that it isn't another job I want right now.

You must value yourself. Colleagues can wind you up in any position for any reason.

Sharon87

Ask yourself what is it exactly that's getting you down about your work? Is the type of work you do? Colleagues? Bored? Unchallenging? Too stressful?

If it's colleagues I would suggest find another job in the same field.

If it's the type of job ask yourself what would you like to do or what do you think you will be good at and enjoy?

You need to pinpoint what it is before you can think about your next move.

RedfordML

Thanks for the replies.


I agree the title should be miserable not depressed!!


As the poster above said, we work for such a large part of our lives trying to find happiness is key! I also agree about it can be who you work with!


I think my current role, which I have been in for around 6/7 years plus the people I work for/with make the job less enjoyable.


My responsibility to my family mean I can't just leave - however much I want to just walk away.


Today, its rough again....


This thread has helped!

RedfordML

HappyMJ wrote: »

When I find a job is depressing me or getting me down and making me uninterested in life I quit. I go to my GP first and get a diagnosis of work related stress hand in my notice and go onto jobseekers allowance and have never had to have a waiting period or a sanction for leaving a job.

However, I know not everyone can do that. I have always been a money saver. I can easily live on benefits and have money left over each week. All I cut out is just a few luxuries.

Wow.


Are the roles you have high paid? Do you pay rent or mortgage?


Sounds a great place to be in. Fair play to you!

RedfordML

Sharon87 wrote: »

Ask yourself what is it exactly that's getting you down about your work? Is the type of work you do? Colleagues? Bored? Unchallenging? Too stressful?

If it's colleagues I would suggest find another job in the same field.

If it's the type of job ask yourself what would you like to do or what do you think you will be good at and enjoy?

You need to pinpoint what it is before you can think about your next move.

Bored, certain members of management team. Been in current role for 5/6 years - which I can not go any higher in.


I just need the confidence to move field/sector and believe in myself.


I have only done school support and retail so would have to transfer skills.

ricardinho88

I'm in the same position. I currently work in a sales role, and I've realised that I HATE sales. Because it's all target based, I live from pay day to pay day, and currently it feels like I do nothing in between.

The only problem is I have a lot of experience in sales, I'm bloody good at it and I get very well paid. It just makes me so miserable

HappyMJ

RedfordML wrote: »

Wow.


Are the roles you have high paid? Do you pay rent or mortgage?


Sounds a great place to be in. Fair play to you!

I do work in reasonably well paid roles. I don't work for minimum wages but I live as if I am earning minimum wages.

It's the JSA payment I can survive on. JSA pays £73.10 per week for a single person. It's quite easy surviving on that. Council tax is paid for by council. I only have a few essential bills such as broadband, gas, electricity and food to pay for. I don't own a car. Whilst not in employment I don't make pension contributions.

Housing costs are separate to that. Mortgage payments can be deferred, reduced to interest only and possibly capitalized, rent can be covered by housing benefit.

When not employed I don't pay down debt. I do have plenty of debts (currently £25,000) and I do keep up to date with my repayments by using cash. However, I then use those same credit cards to buy things so at the end of the month I am still in the same amount of debt.

With what I consider luxuries added on I spend around £120 per week plus council tax plus housing costs. To cut that down to £73.10 a week I cut out eating out, visiting pub and going on holiday.

I don't have TV licence, Sky or a mobile contract which I consider to be unnecessary.

My essential bills are gas/elec annualized less topcashback incentive and divided by 12 £43 per month, home phone with free unlimited broadband plus inclusive free pay monthly sim only deal less annual cash back and divided by 12 is £10 per month. I also earn £15 per month by depositing £500 a month into 3 Halifax reward savers and having 2 direct debits set up on each.

Rest of the money goes on bus fares and food.

pinpin

God, Isn't life depressing!! lol
Seems like basically everyone hates their jobs.
I hate my job too (loading lorries), so can't really offer and help!
I'm thinking either a lottery win, or going on benefits! (j/k)

dktreesea

ricardinho88 wrote: »

I'm in the same position. I currently work in a sales role, and I've realised that I HATE sales. Because it's all target based, I live from pay day to pay day, and currently it feels like I do nothing in between.

The only problem is I have a lot of experience in sales, I'm bloody good at it and I get very well paid. It just makes me so miserable

What about moving to a company which is selling a product you are passionate about and believe in?


One guy I know, who went through something similar to what you're going through (he used to be a mortgage broker), now sells windmills suitable for houses. Not windmills exactly, they seem to fit on the side of or alongside the house. The homeowner then gets feed in tariffs for however much energy their wind turbine generates and if they have surplus they get paid by the national grid, i.e. they export it somehow.


He tells the story of a small holding that had an electricity bill of around £800 a month, who got one of these installed then the next statement was still for £800. So he called out the guy to find out what had gone wrong. But he had only read the amount and assumed he had to pay. It turned out this was his credit, i.e. the amount they paid him for generating his own electricity, even for the stuff he used (can't quite get my head around this bit), and what he then exported to the national grid.


He later sold this guy something for a couple of the farm caravans he had on his site and said he had the first credit notice pinned on his wall. He said he likes to look at it.