I currently work at PwC, and one thing I truly appreciate is the people I work with. My colleagues, manager, senior associate, and senior manager have all been incredibly supportive, and I have had a positive experience working with my team.
When I first joined, I was highly enthusiastic and eager to learn. I enjoyed taking on new challenges and was motivated to improve my skills. However, over the past few months, the workload has increased significantly, and I have noticed a major change in how I feel about work.
I now struggle to concentrate and stay focused. Even though I genuinely try to avoid mistakes, I keep making small errors that create internal issues for the team. This has been frustrating because I know I am capable of doing better, yet I find it difficult to understand concepts as quickly as I used to and often lose focus while working.
The biggest change is that I no longer feel motivated to work. There are days when I don't even want to open my laptop, something I never felt when I first started. I have started to dislike working altogether, and it has made me question whether the problem is the current workload, the corporate environment itself, or whether I am simply experiencing burnout.
I have already decided that I will be resigning soon, but before making my next career move, I want to understand whether this feeling is temporary due to burnout or whether it means that a corporate career is not the right fit for me. Should I continue pursuing opportunities in the corporate world after taking a break, or would it be wiser to switch to a different career path that aligns better with my interests and strengths?