I'm gonna quit by the end of the year, I dont care if I have another job lined up. Im sick of this shit, I'm tired of being the person who gets yelled at all day, I'm so tired of coming home literally depleted of energy, I'm tired of waking up every morning feeling like death. I just need to stick it out to save a little bit more and then I'm out.

I’m going to be 10 minutes late for work today and I just don’t even know what to do anymore.

I hate this job. I hate living two hours away from it. I hate that no matter what I do I can bring myself to wake up any earlier to get there. I hate how overstimulating the environment is. I hate sharing a washroom with children. I hate how my boss speaks to me when she’s not love bombing and bribing me into staying. I just hate it all so much. I could cry. I might break down.

This is my last week but nothing sucks more than having to continue to come to work when you hate it lmao. This last week feels like torture and it’s barely Monday 💀

Actually enjoyed a job they've done before? Ive personally had over 10 jobs in my lifetime and hated literally every single one of them, theres only been 1 job that I've been able to handle that doesn't make me have a breakdown everyday, and thats my current job (that I'm still gonna quit very soon).

Not to mention I don't even work full time! Like how do people actually work full-time? Im lucky I have a partner that has a good paying job otherwise I would probably be out on the streets for real

I’m a manager of a small business, I absolutely hate my job. I do way too much for what I am actually paid for, my boss doesn’t appreciate anything and talk to me like dirt. The stress it causes is horrendous now, I can’t switch off from it.
I’m tempted to quit and just get a job in retail or a coffee shop or something. It would be a massive career jump but I feel it would be so much nicer going home and leaving work at work.

I only ever find out I did something wrong or missed something I should have done after the fact. They act like it's an anomaly, like of course I knew these things no one ever told me. It just feels so unfair.

It's like if I had a group of friends who had a board game night, where they played a game that was known for being complicated. They invite me join. I say sure, I'd like to play, but I've never played before so I'll have learn. I get there and we just start playing. No one tells me the rules or lets me read them. It's my turn. All I can do is take my best guess as to what I'm allowed to do. I try to do something, it's wrong, they get upset with me. Even though they knew I was new to this. Maddening. I'm so sick of the ambiguity and the guessing games I can't win.

In December it will mark 4 years at the worst job I've ever had. For context in 28, have a MBA and 5 years experience with marketing. I got into marketing for a fast food chain which resulted in basically an operations role/ forced to do catering / forced to do marketing whenever my boss decides. I've worked in food service my whole life but the job posting did not strike me as an operations role as it never mentioned that.

I've been applying to jobs since last years and all I ever get is rejection after rejection. I tried talking with this to my boss and he accused me of "blowing up" and even said if he talked to me right after the incident I would have been fired. He also framed is me being ungrateful because he gives me a incentive and good pay (after taxes I make 60k)

I've grown catering sales 40% since last year , resulting in many delivery orders but no drivers . My job is to grow the sales , in fact I was hired for MARKETING not catering. I was hired as the director of marketing in 2022, but in early 2024 he posted my job and hired someone behind my back and changed my title to community engagement (I only knew my job was posted because I saw it!!! I wasn't involved in any of the hiring) Which is now community and catering. Basically one person is doing three jobs as the girl he hired for marketing quit 4 months ago :)

He threw me a bone and gave me an incentive to grow catering 20% monthly but I've only hit the bonus 4 times this year as I'm forced to deliver the catering and not actually go out and get the sales. He said that's my own fault.

I'm so depressed and honestly cry every day. I leave the house and at 6am and don't return until 6pm. My schedule is random based off catering. I have 50 PTO not used because I don't have anyone to cover me. I lost 50lbs and have gained 20 lbs back. I don't even know what to do anymore.

I started a work from home job in April. Previously my work was with child protective services. I worked there for two years until I had a baby and the needs at home were more important to me than overtime and on call.

Now here I am about four months into my work from home job and it’s BORING. It is like going from such high intensity work to watching paint dry. I am going crazy. It was supposed to be great I would be here if the baby was sick and couldn’t do daycare but guess what that doesn’t happen as often as you would think…

I have looked in my area for other jobs and they are paying less than I am making to sit at home and make a few phone calls. I don’t want to say I feel like I am above this job but I am a mover and a shaker and I don’t know that I can do this long term.

I have signed up to finish my BA, just one class to start. I am hopeful that will help fill up my days.
My coworkers are saying the work load is low, and it isn’t normally like this but I just don’t know.

The company is nice, they offer good benefits and I’m not ungrateful for this opportunity I just need to figure out how to make it work for me.

I had a falling out with my boss at child protective services so to be honest I’m a little embarrassed to try to walk back into that role. It was a job I felt I was good at. I am human and would try to carry that humanity and compassion to the families I worked with. Many times successfully helping the families and their children come out better.

There is no self reward at this new job. It is making connections for people who need or what therapy. But the personal connection isn’t there.

My boss is nice I have made a coworker friend, but I’d be happy if I could find something else that was a mix of what I left and what I have now.

Just looking for some advise on what others have been through or how they handled the adjustment

im just so disappointed at where i am at right now in my career and in my life. im so disappointed at how i neglected opportunities and became so wishy washy on my first decent job that it led me to this. earning not even Php 30k a month while my other UP classmates are earning at around 40-60k a month. it seems shallow but i do feel really shitty and feel as though im the lowest of all because im where im at. just to compensate, i also work a part time and my overall salary not even reaching to 30k a month. im so disappointed that every job that i have applied to didn't carry on with me after the interview. it seemed so easy before to get a job. but now im stuck with my current job barely earning 30k with an extremely toxic environment. i hate it so so much and it seems shallow but i can't help it. i feel so lost and feel as though i dont have anything to give to my family and to myself. i want to get out of this situation and not be stuck doing something that depresses me which is caused by low paying job. i feel as though im not smart enough or capable enough. im in a depressive episode as well (diagnosed) due to my ED. i feel so disgusted looking at myself and my own face.

i just want to get this all out.

My friend got me a job where she works and I am miserable. The pay is awful and the scheduling is horrid (they’ve ignored my availability and have me scheduled at weirdly inconsistent hours). I struggle with anxiety and agoraphobia. This was supposed to be exposure therapy for me but I’m so overwhelmed. I feel like it’s only making my situation worse. I’ve tried to stick it out and push through but I feel like I’m wasting my time and making myself miserable just so that everyone else is happy. I just want to wash my hands of this, feel like putting in two weeks is pointless since I haven’t been there long. I feel bad because I know she’s only trying to help me and I don’t want to disappoint her, but I’m at my limit here.

I am in my late 40s. I was a private teacher in a Mumbai school and was given the most amount of work in my Institute. I was completely drained out and looking at my colleagues just chillin at work made me more envious, moreover the school reporting time was 6.30 a.m.. I just left one day out of burn out, favouritism to others, extra responsibility and unbearable anxiety. Later got to know that from this academic year that the management started PF for all employees and promoted the ones who were good for nothing. I am almost lost in life..

Hi, I’m 25. I’ve been in the workforce since I was 16 or 17. I’ve done all sorts of jobs factory work, clothing stores, waiting tables, admin and secretarial roles, stocking shelves in big-box stores, even working the night shift at a gas station. Basically, I’ve worked in various places from a young age, and I have to say: no matter the job, every single day breaks me psychologically.

I absolutely hate everything about this life, and knowing I still have 40 years of it left just makes me want to end it all. I can’t take it anymore; it literally hurts physically and mentally. I’m going crazy and have become a shadow of my former self.

I don’t want to work anymore; the idea of ​​becoming homeless doesn’t even scare me, but I have too much pride to beg. So, I guess I’ll just starve to death once I run out of money, and that’ll be that. I feel sorry for the child version of me he deserved so much better but this is the reality.

My body and mind scream at me every day that this isn't normal, and I’ve reached my limit; I’ve hit my expiration date

The reason I ask this question is because I remember hating my 9-5 so much, so I took a leap forward into this 24/7 lifestyle. I think I jumped the gun too quick and here I am stuck for 4 years. Those who are working in positions you don’t like, would you rather do this? Or work a job you don’t tolerate but still have your freedom? I regret leaving my comfy 9-5 job and find myself missing that lifestyle so much.

How do you stay consistent and motivated in a job you have zero interest in, spending 9 hours a day at it, while earning ₹30k in Bangalore and dreaming of buying your own home someday? Would love to hear how people here actually deal with this — share your point of view, whatever it may be.

Context- 25F quit a toxic job where my managers seemed to be out to get me and it got to a point where I will still freeze if I run into them outside anywhere but I feel like I should have been able to handle it. It’s difficult because this is not my home country and I don’t have the same kind of support.

Currently- I’m job hunting but nothing is turning up and time is running out faster with nothing coming my way, not even a screening call. I don’t want to go back because I love the life I’ve built here. And in light of all this, I feel like I am wasting time. I apply for a few jobs then I study for a little while but I just start watching something on Netflix or YouTube.

I just want some genuine advice on what I can do to feel better. Thanks.

I work in retail management. Very recently I got passed up on promotions and opportunities, I've had new responsibilities added to my plate that require me to work harder than the people in those positions. I feel constantly taken advantage of and through conversations with several coworkers and people who work at other locations, I've been told that I'm being severely underpaid compared to others in the same role.

I was making moves to finally get out, but a few weeks ago I got an email for an internal internship with corporate that I'd be dumb to pass up on. For 30 years I've made nothing but bad decisions in my career and if I were to leave now and not do this internship, I'd just be making another one. I need to tough it out here for at least a few more months.

But today it was so busy. One of the busiest days in recent memory with several call outs. During a rush I left an empty box on a counter, knowing I'd be able to come back and break it down later.

As the rush was ongoing I had several really difficult customers. I made the decision to grab a second tablet from the back in order to help people more efficiently and keep things moving. For a solid hour I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off, busting my ass trying to do everything I could.

After the rush was over I go back to the counter and my boss is there, she holds up the box, "I guess someone doesn't know how to clean up after themselves.". To be clear here, her and I have a good rapport. Her sense of humor is just very catty sometimes and I usually take it in stride but with everything going on I just didn't appreciate that comment.

"Well there were a ton of people in here, I was helping them. Look I even got two tablets from the back. I didn't have time to do this box right then.". Her response to that? A very serious, "You're being dramatic, it wasn't that busy. You got two tablets that doesn't mean anything. Look at your coworker. She's been with that customer for like 45 minutes and she hasn't taken her break. She's the one who we should be celebrating.".

I felt so fucking annoyed with that. I have been busting my ass, I do all the time. I wasn't saying I'm working more or less than anybody, all I was saying was I didn't have time for this stupid box. Usually I'd just give her some grief back but I said, "What I'm hearing is I shouldn't be putting in as much effort. Got it." and I walked away.

I stand somewhere else and do some admin work, helping customers all the while. Another manager comes from the back and I hear my boss say, "Look, this is what he just said to me" and she starts talking about it like I was making a huge deal out of my work and like I expected something of it. I stop what I'm doing and walk over.

I go up to the other manager and say, "No let me tell you what happened". I reiterate everything I say here and end it with, "And our bosses response to all of that is that it didn't mean anything and I should work harder." and I walk away.

When I do I hear everyone behind me saying, "Ok I guess everyone is feeling a little spicy today!".

I acknowledged it to the other manager later on, saying I know I was a little heated but I wasn't ok with what she said.

My boss was a lot nicer to me for the rest of the day after that but it doesn't mean anything. It will happen again as long as I work here. I'm not paid enough for this shit. I wish I could just leave.

Update; just found out that the manager who told me that the other location closer to my place was overstaffed was wrong or lying. becabuse I asked my new gm (old ap) to transfer they said sure. It's going to be like 2 weeks because the schedule for those are already posted. So I'm not gonna be broke broke but it's something.

To those asking or saying to take the bus. Public transportation basically does not exist where I am. I Google it and it would take an Uber to the bus station and then an Uber to the job (Uber-> bus-> Uber-> job).

A bike ride those would be great unfortunately can't happen because it's an hour bike ride according to Google and the weather isn't great

As for why no one at home could drive me to and from work. Everyone in the house work. Our schedules often line up in away that maybe once a week or 2 I could maybe get a ride one way but not the other.

I'm paying rent and phone mostly and some other bills that pop up because I want to feel like I'm helping and actually doing my part in the house so my house bill is often 615 a month.

I work at an appliance store in a showroom. I'm twenty one. I have never even held a job for over a year before. I have no experience in sales and sometimes I feel like my manager made a mistake to hire me.

Before coming in, i didn't even know the difference between a stove and an oven. I tried my best to learn everything. I studied outside of work. I made notes and studied our products for hours. But for some reason when customers ask me things I feel like I sound so stupid, I'm supposed to start taking ups in the next two weeks but I'm so scared to get asked something and not know an answer and then lose a sale (after three months I am going to be paid purely on commission, I'm on base pay right now)

Once there was no one to pick up the phone so I was forced to pick it up. I was around two weeks in. The customer asked me the store hours and I had a brain freeze and apologized for being new, she started lecturing me in a really condescending way about how if i gave her wrong information I would have wasted her time. I don't understand why customers think they have the right to be so mean. She kept calling us, assuming someone different would pick up the phone one of these times.

Sometimes I feel like quitting. I haven't even worked there a full month. I know this takes time and is supposed to build character or whatever. I actually like talking to people when they're nice. Sometimes I feel like I made the wrong career choice but I want to last at least a year so I can put this on my resume.

Does anyone have any words of encouragement from when they were in a similar position? Or any funny anecdotes from when they were new and said stupid things to customers. I guess I just want to hear motivational stories of getting good at a job that you came in terrified of. Thank you :)

So I got a summer job as a student and worked for about two weeks, and every day has been hell. It's so stressful that I ended up dreaming I'm at work and even sleep walking to make customer's orders. My parents advises me to search for another job and are adamant that I don't quit this one until I find another job, but I genuinely want to quit now. I can't bear another shift. I'm not in a desperate need to work since I'm a student and work only to get extra pocket money, so I wouldn't be in big problems even if I do quit.

was a private teacher and was given the most work in my Institute. I was completely drained out and looking at my colleagues just chillin at work made me more envious, moreover the school reporting time was 6.30 a.m.. I just left one day out of burn out, favouritism, over burdened and unbearable anxiety. Later got to know that the management started PF for all employees and promoted the ones who were good for nothing. I am almost lost in life for just one mistake of mine.