Quitting an apprenticeship
Hi all,
I’m hoping for some advice. I’m currently doing a Level 6 in Creative Design/Project Management for a large organisation.
For the past 6 months, alongside my apprenticeship, I’ve been part of a project team. The project work is helpful in that it contributes evidence towards my apprenticeship and allows me to learn about future roles that I could be in after my apprenticeship, but I’m starting to realise how little I enjoy the work itself. I just don’t enjoy the fast paced and high pressure environment and really feel that I’m not thriving where I am.
I realised this early but in order to give myself and the apprenticeship a chance, I decided to stick out the apprenticeship for a couple of months to see if it would become more enjoyable. Unfortunately, months later, I dread both the project and apprenticeship even more, to the point my mental health is suffering. I dread work every day and dread the amount of apprenticeship work that I have to do for something that I just don’t see myself doing in the future. I feel like a failure and that I’m chucking the towel in.
I enjoy the creative tools we use, but I dislike managing people and stakeholders and the PM element that is a core part of the role. I don’t feel as if the mandatory write-ups for the apprenticeship are well explained - they are just thrown on you, with little to no explanation, and you essentially have to wing writing them, which causes more stress.
I’ve had good feedback from tutors and peers, but I dread carrying on for myself knowing that I just don’t like it.
Is there any advice you could lend me? Would you quit if you were me? I haven’t quit yet, but I’m seriously considering my future.
Thanks