r/hatemyjob

So, I’ve been blue collar all my life. Used to think it was great…. All that Overtime money when I was young. Now, I’m 42 and I used up my last bit of vacation this week to help my uncle combine corn. Nobody tells you when you are young that blue collar life gets tough when you start to get old. Went from fun times, a small house and a truck when I was 21 on top of the world to the same small house that’s needs a ton of work I don’t have time or money for, another old truck and lower back pain every night. WTF? I think we were all lied to 😂

8 hours of working means 2 hours preparing/ driving; if we wanna sleep for 8 hours, which means only 4 hours for personal matters.
If we're gonna live like this for the rest of our lives, day by day sold.Which means companies have bought our life w money.

This is not just about employees; how productive are you gonna expect from an exhausted employee?

Why dont just give us enough rest time so everybody gets what they want?

Here is my idea: we could have work days and rest days on a rotating basis. I prefer Mon, Wed, Fri to be working days, and Tue, Thu, Sat and Sun to be rest days. In this way, we could have enough rest and work on our personal matters before continuing to work, without cutting the consecutive days off(Sat-Sun).

Or: having a shift system by splitting into morning shift and night(afternoon) shift, rather than making tons of ppl siting in the office for the whole day with little tasks. Such as 9 to 1 and 1 to 5 shifts.

Anyway, these are just my personal thoughts; let me know about anything I overlooked, or if there are any better ideas

I was sitting at work the other day thinking about how much worse this situation would be if I had a spouse and kids depending on me.

Imagine absolutely hating your job, waking up miserable every morning, but knowing you can’t just quit because your family depends on your paycheck AND your health insurance.

At that point, how much freedom do you really have? And it’s crazy how much of your life can hinge on keeping one employer happy. You make a mistake, get laid off, piss off the wrong person, whatever, suddenly you can lose your income and potentially your family’s health insurance at the same time.

Then everyone says, “Just find another job,” as if getting another decent job is something you can instantly do, especially in a terrible job market.
Obviously you technically have the freedom to quit. Nobody is physically forcing you to show up. But when quitting means potentially losing your ability to pay your mortgage, feed your family, or afford healthcare, that freedom starts feeling pretty theoretical.

It genuinely feels like a prison sometimes. The older I get, the more insane this system seems to me. And there seems to be no way to escape.

She works currently as a sales/account manager for a local countertop company, the culture is toxic and she hates working Saturdays. She is shy, but she forced herself to be helpful, she is also not good at dealing with the competition drama of her other female coworkers.

She has routinely gone to the bathroom to cry. She cries about work at-least 2x per month that i know about and every day she comes home in a horrible mood, she loathes her job and its taking her toll.

Problem is her job is what allows us to keep the bills paid. We cant afford to live without her being employed fulltime. Ive been helping her put in applications and its tons of rejection and each rejection makes her more depressed. So ive told her ill take over her job search and act as a sort of recruiter for her so she can focus on staying sane.

She is a small women so id like her to be in a safe office setting (no cleaning homes/putting herself in dangerous situations)

Im at a loss what she can do that she wont be miserable.

Here is the skills i listed on her resume from her current (and only job)

- Served as primary point of contact across 30+ commercial client accounts, owning the full customer lifecycle from quote to production handover

- Maintained CRM database to track client interactions, improve account visibility, and drive repeat business with timely follow-ups

- Prepared quotes for retail and commercial accounts, facilitating the completion of all project documentation

- Advised clients product specifications, lead time, and production schedule, supporting informed purchasing decisions and repeat business

I was just terminated from my job because, well, I wasn't performing upto the expectations. And honestly, I saw it coming.

The past three months, I saw my ideas being shot. Tools not being provided, which were accessible to the upper management and not to the marketing personnel, expected to go above and beyond when the limitations were mostly the upper management going "we don't like it, AI can make it better and for cheaper."

So of course, my performance was trash. I hated the management and how everything was a shit storm. And now that I am terminated, I don't even feel guilty.

But the dread of being jobless is so damn real. My father lives in pension and is still paying for the most necessities in the house and I hate how I just lost my income. I am pursuing my graduation side by side but this is just all kinds of bullshit.

Any solutions for remote jobs? Even part times will do. I ask for remote because of my studies and my aging parent. I am based out of India and the job market is pretty trash atm. So Idk what to do.

Brief summation: I was working overnights at a job, off work at 6am. There was a mandatory meeting at 11am, or "whenever the district manage showed up."

Fuuuuuuuuuuck that. I said in the store group chat that unless the meeting was earlier I would not be able to attend. NO ONE had an issue with it, which to me means "yes thats fine."

Now the part i didnt do - a coworker said that I had said "if the boss thinks im going to that meeting he can kiss my ass."

I know for a fact i didnt say kiss my ass because thats just not something I say. I might have said "he can blow me" or "he can go fuck himself", but i wasn't fired for saying those. The accusation was for "kiss my ass".

Regardless, its not like I said it to the boss. I would've been venting in a private conversation with a coworker. If we are going to fire people for complaining about the boss there'd be no one left to work anywhere.

Basically to sum it up. I was put on a written warning for “toggling”. I had a few times where my computer system would crash and even though I would notify my manager, I have had some experiences where I forgot time stamps on when my system would crash. Mostly due to me needing to jump back on the phone so I wouldn’t get in trouble… well those occurrences caused me to be place directly on a final since “toggling” is considered work avoidance and does not need any 1st or second warnings. I have been with my company 10 years and gave blood sweat and tears, I came back a few months ago after maternity leave and through out dealing with post partum and other stresses I still managed to make sure my numbers where above the required. However they now have said screw all that. You have been “toggling” you are out of here. I am considering going on leave because of the stress! Anyone have any advice or experience on what I should do?

I came out of retirement this year to work as a teacher for one more school year, hoping to save a little retirement nest egg. I also felt a little selfish for not teaching anymore.

Now that I’m back to work at a new school, I have discovered MORE reasons why people leave teaching. To try to do my job reasonably well, I am spending my weekends grading papers and lesson planning; I have no work-life balance; I have already gained 15 pounds in 2 months because I come hime so exhausted and feel like I no longer have time for gym or food preparation; my administration expects teachers to find and use their own resources - the school doesn’t provide books or online curriculum; I have already spent about $1,000 on my classroom buying posters, books, and folders for my students; administrators expect teachers to use various computer learning programs for students and expect teachers to teach the programs to their students but without adequate training leaving teachers to ask their colleagues for help learning the program(s) or ask their students for help with the program(s); I feel like the philosophy of my school is to let new teachers “sink or swim”; about 6 weeks into the school year I was told I must also complete a year-long course using my time during my school day and my personal time at home.

So, I am ready to burn out after being at this job less than 3 months. I realize I can’t do this job for 10
months!!!

I put in my 30-day notice that I’m quitting mid-year. My administration told me they were surprised. An administrator I know outside of this school workplace advised me to just “do the bare minimum” as I work out my notice.

Anyone else experience unrealistic time demands at work? Piles of work being loaded on them by their bosses? or lack of adequate training to do their job reasonably well?