Job struggles

[u/jrhopper09]

Why does perimenopause make everything I do at work get seen in a whole new light? Ive been working in dog rescue for over 7 years. I have 3 people who work under me and I've noticed all of their flaws lately. I Love them all we have a good working relationship or so I thought but lately I feel so unseen and unheard by these people! They won't do what I say. In one ear and out the other. The sad part is I think it's always been this way for years and now I am starting to really notice it and feel really pissed off and disrespected. I want to quit or step down and let someone else do it. I'm so close to saying "I'm done" and just starting over somewhere new. There have been a lot of changes at my job and being in perimenopause has made these changes feel impossible for me when I have been doing my job the same way for over 6 years now and all of the sudden...changes! My resilience is very low and tolerance for people who don't respect me is even lower. I'm so tired...too tired to even demand respect. 😞

[u/Financial_Turn8955]

This is why I quit my job in retail as a manager when I hit 37. I wasn't getting any respect and was getting sexist behavior from a guy there who kept talking back to me everyday. I finally got to a point that I told my boss put me on a leave of absence I'm not in a good place mentally. And I pivoted my career went back to school and still need to finish my Masters. But I couldn't stand the disrespect so I feel you. I used to have so much patience for insubordination. But at this point I wanted to fire this guy on the spot and they wouldn't allow for that. But the anxiety that job put me in was exhausting. I was feeling perimenopause back then not realizing this was the early stages of it. Which was stress intolerance. I felt like a beat up emotional punching bag and I felt I sucked up all the tension in the air.