Work has been weighing on me for the past few weeks. It was already a difficult time leading up to getting my bonus and pay rise in March. After that, things have gotten even worse and each week has been tougher to get through. I know the reason for this. It’s because I’m being developed and pushed upward for a more senior position eventually.
While I can logically understand the basis of my suffering at work from an objective perspective. I’m not going to lie. I feel like quitting. It seems like my learning curve has gotten even steeper and the resources I have been given to achieve my objective have been cut. It’s frustrating trying to achieve results when working in a bank under a cost cutting environment.
I honestly don’t think I’m going to make it. I keep dreaming about resigning and taking on a similar position with less responsibilities elsewhere. I don’t even mind taking a pay cut. But is there even such a thing anymore? I reckon firms will just keep demanding more from its employees as their revenues and profits fall. Or should I hang on until the situation gets better?
This is a common occurrence at work I guess. It happens eventually when you stay at the same job long enough. The more capable you prove yourself, the more work you get allocated. Maybe the best way forward is to find a way to cruise and manage the level of responsibilities you take on more actively. Just so your career growth is more gradual and sustainable in the long run.
I’m feeling more tired from work and I have been increasingly talking to my wife about the issues with my job. I’m just glad she understands what’s it like and gives good advice on how I can manage this. More importantly, her job has stabilised since last year and she’s in a better & stronger position to support me during this time.
It’s not the financial cost of resigning from my job that worries me. My wife makes more than enough to keep improving our financial position even without my salary income. It’s having nothing to do at home that worries me. I like going out to work, dealing with challenges at my job and getting along with my colleagues.
It’s the same for my wife. We like having our own separate professional lives that keep us engaged with different social circles and meeting even more new friends. This is on top of the personal and family lives we have together. Keeps it interesting for us.
I keep wondering about what I should do next since the start of the year and before you know it. May is already here. Anyway, we are going to Greece for about 1.5 weeks in mid-May. I reckon that would be a good time for me to take my mind off work, relax and think about what’s my next step.
Take care bro, stay strong.
Soon, this moment in time will pass and you will stand amazed at how you have developed as a person.
Cheers!
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Thanks, just doing what I can to survive this period of time, and explore what I can do to get myself out of this situation as well!
Sometimes you just have knuckle down and tough it out. I think as long as your supervisors are supportive, you’re ok. They probably want to test you and how much pressure you can handle. I think you only need to worry when they are no longer supportive and become nasty. Then you know they’re just trying to force you out.
Do something to destress and find someone you can trust talk to. You’ll feel better.
That’s true. I do think they are setting it up as a test environment to see if I can handle it. It would have been nice for there to be more communication between us on this so I can at least get a heads up on the expectation. Yup, I have been talking to my colleague sitting next to me in a similar situation. Helps both of us to feel better!
I’d be careful about quitting your job. There are millions of people stuck in jobs where they have little responsibility or chance at promotion. They’d love to be in a situation where the level of responsibility is ever increasing and there is a promotion around the corner! That certainly is what made my career a lot of fun. Most companies go through rich and lean periods, in my career when there wasn’t much money available for new projects I just focused on low cost items like improving the internal systems of my company. If there weren’t enough resources I focused on ways to get more done with less. There is always a way to show your supervisors that you are adding value to the organization.
Yup, understand I should be more careful about quitting my job in such a manner. Agree that I should appreciate having the opportunity and being put in a position to advance in my job and career. I would like to think I am adding value to my department and company. Just going to keep my focus and see what happens next!
I am in exactly the same situation and the though of quitting has been lingering for as long as I can remember, perhaps I am just waiting for an incident that trigger the event, but knowing that I am not an easy quitter, it is harder to execute than I could imagine, I am still learning to take things easy (easier said than done) while evaluating my alternative every single day, good luck to both of us.
The burn out is real! Have a nice trip ahead
That’s right, and the burn out is happening earlier in the career now. Thanks!
stay strong and carry on.
sometimes having a bit of a break might lighten things up and put things into perspective. maybe a paradigm shift and mindset change might help in this situation.
wishing you all the best and may you have peace of mind. cheers.
Thanks! I am looking forward to my 2 week block leave to take a break from my job. Hope it changes my perspective in a positive manner as you said.