Fed Up With My Job

EnPointe

Marcon said:

EnPointe said:

fundamentally you have three choices 

1. start going sick etc yourself  as it's obviously getting  to you  - this might work but  equally you may just find yourself being run through attendance / capability  and   exploring the opportunities at  dept P45 with little come back if the process is followed 
2. buckle  down smile on the outside and apply for roles elsewhere 
3. flounce / rage quit   and  then  have to explain why you flounced / rage quit from your previous role to new employers  and run the risk that  the DWP delays your  claim for JSA/ UC if you need to claim

Fourth and more sensible choice: learn to say 'no'.

It's got beyond that  now , management aree likely to    try and  engineer the OP out if they suddenly grow a pair  now 

badmemory

If they are ringing you on a mobile, fior once that is great, as you are staying with friends over 100 miles away & it will take at least 6 hours to get back by public transport.

Grumpy_chap

questricky8 said:

One colleague in particular very frequently keeps calling in sick or makes an excuse to say she can't come into work. There doesn't seem to be any repercussions for all her absences.

It is, of course, entirely possible that this individual has some genuine health issue that requires the frequent absences and the employer is doing their best to accommodate their needs.  That such an issue does not result in repercussions for the absences is a sign of a good employer.  There are good reason around confidentiality why the employer cannot share with others the medical details of any employee.

As for your own situation, if you keep accepting extra shifts, it may well be possible that you are understood to want the extra shifts.
Have you said "sorry, I can't do it" on any occasion?

El_Rey

MikeJXE said:

It sounds like you're a hard working dedicated MUG 

What is a job if its not a happy job, I don't know I have never been in that situation

I worked from 15 years old until I had to retire at 63

Every single day I couldn't wait to get to work, they were undoubtedly the happiest days of my life.

Move and getter a better job, it doesn't have to be more money if you are happy in your work 

If you don't mind me asking, what was it you used to work as?

It's very unusual for someone to look forward to going into work every day for 48 years. 

elsien

Quite. I enjoy my job but I do find it quite stressful at times. Would I cut down my hours if I could afford to work part time - absolutely I would.

MikeJXE

El_Rey said:

MikeJXE said:

It sounds like you're a hard working dedicated MUG 

What is a job if its not a happy job, I don't know I have never been in that situation

I worked from 15 years old until I had to retire at 63

Every single day I couldn't wait to get to work, they were undoubtedly the happiest days of my life.

Move and getter a better job, it doesn't have to be more money if you are happy in your work 

If you don't mind me asking, what was it you used to work as?

It's very unusual for someone to look forward to going into work every day for 48 years. 

I left school at 15 my mother couldn't afford me to stay on at school where I was top at maths and technical drawing as it was called then..

My first job was in the coal mines but only stayed 12 months as it was shift work, 

My second job was county council highways working on the roads, gritting in winter.

Next came bricklayers labourer, 3 years,  then I taught myself to lay drains kerbs slabs, I didn't need an alarm clock, 

I won contracts for new housing sites doing roads and sewers but my 2 partners were bone idle so I left them 

A groundwork's company head hunted me and made me contracts manager back in 1985

My wife used to say why do you have to go so early when your the boss 

I can truthfully say except for injuring my back and having 10 weeks off, I never had a day off through illness or like my kids do for my birthday.

Sadly I had to give it up when I was 63, my wife had a brain tumour opp that went drastically wrong so I cared for her for the next 10 years 

I worked a bit with my son after that but 10 years not working leaves your body not able to do what it once did.

I have tried to get driving jobs but too old for insurance cover they say

I don't need the money just like something to do so I have volunteered for Dog walking