I hate my job!

I feel for ya...

Sounds like company politics as usual...For some reason, you're not "one of the good ol' boys"...better look into how you can get on their good side...good luck...

bianchi10 said:

I want a new job SOOOO badly but I understand that right now it is just good to have a job and there are people worse off than I am. All of this is why I am needing to simply yell......I HATE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look for a different job. You can still work and look.

alienator said:

Look for a different job. You can still work and look.

I just got to a point that I had to stop complaining and not doing anything about it and start taking action and moving forward. I just finished up my resume and I'm hitting the streets. Luckily being in this industry as long as I have, I have built some great relationships and hopefully I can use them to get me into something new. I actually wouldn't mind finding an entirely new field.

Ah, the resume. Do it right.

I feel your pain brotha..... I'm a sales rep for Polar Beverages. It is exactly what you do. I'm based on STRAIGHT commission, and have one of the biggest routes in Mass. I run 11 supermarkets, and eventhough my last years W2 was around $70k, it didn't feel like it (uncle sam grabs $400+ every week). As far as management is concerned, it's like that in every corporation now-a-days. Also the people that work for me to put up what I order, are complete idiots, because the company won't pay over 11/hr and no full time hires.

All that being said, you have to consider yourself lucky to have a job today. A ton of grad student now get out of college and can't find work. HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU CAN, even if sometimes it sucks. Just my 2 cents.

-Greg

Seeing newer people go ahead of you is tipical industry politics. Coke and Pepsi are the worst ones of them all. My friend is a Pepsi rep, the company is re-bidding all of their routes, and they're going by seniority. It's a joke, they aren't even union. It should be "pay-by-performance" and that's it. So now, even though he's one of the best in the region, he might loose his route.

gman0482 said:

Seeing newer people go ahead of you is tipical industry politics. Coke and Pepsi are the worst ones of them all. My friend is a Pepsi rep, the company is re-bidding all of their routes, and they're going by seniority. It's a joke, they aren't even union. It should be "pay-by-performance" and that's it. So now, even though he's one of the best in the region, he might loose his route.

I saw that happen first hand - to me - before I got into the electrical/fire protection business, in my first job from high school working in a plastic component factory. I was passed over for promotional opportunities by newer employees who knew less about the company than I did. It blows big time. Nowadays, seniority pretty much means nothing unless you're in a union.

The thing that is most difficult for me is my manager who go MY position is the son of one of our biggest accounts state wide. They tried to tell me it had nothing to do with the relationship they had with his dad...I call BS!!!!!!! (this is the guy who doesn't know how to build relationships) NOT that this is a bad thing and I need to be careful on how I say this because I dont want to offend anyone, but he stutters like a badly scratched dvd (again not that someone who stutters cant be succesful, my best friend has a bad stutter and is very successful) has NO self confidence, doesn't know what the hell he is talking about and most the time pisses off my clients and then leaves never to be seen in that account again. I hate my job.........

I'm not gonna get started on unions or seniority (I've seen plenty of senior staff bereft of neurons), but I am firmly in favor of performance based promotions and hiring.

It is a bad time to be in the wrong field, but I don't think the turn-around is that far away.

Bianchi, you've got to do more than just put out a decent resume. You need to know the companies to which you're applying and tailor your resume to positions they have available. Too many people write a one-size-fits-all resume. The only purpose of a resume is to nab you an interview, so sell what they're lookin' to buy.

i know what you mean Bianchi10. i quit showing up to work last week, as in no call and no show altogther and it was the biggest weight from my shoulders. the grief of having to go in everyday to that specific company was lifted and it felt as if i could breath again. not to mention i'm just waiting for this flu to work it's way out so i can start the other one.

happy hunting.

alienator said:

Bianchi, you've got to do more than just put out a decent resume. You need to know the companies to which you're applying and tailor your resume to positions they have available. Too many people write a one-size-fits-all resume. The only purpose of a resume is to nab you an interview, so sell what they're lookin' to buy.

I have my resume written out just as you described. I have ways to adjust my resume according to the company and job descriptions I am applying for.

bianchi10 said:

I just needed to say out loud, write it down, type it....I HATE MY JOB!

I am in Red Bull (energy drink) sales here in Oregon. I worked for a different company that lost the brand and was transfered to a larger distributer. That company offered me a Management position with all the perks. After much thought as to what would be best for my career I accepted the position. I have been selling red bull for 6 years and WAS in management just long enough for me to train everyone and then have them tell me that my position was eliminated and I could either take a step down in sales or get laid off. of course I had to think of my family so I took the sales job and 2 weeks later they hired someone for the position they had just told me was eliminated! for the past 9 months I have been doing the sales and hating every moment of it. nothing I do is ever good enough, my DM is a total idiot and couldn't build a relationship with a $5 hooker, my direct manager is a never pleased, angry douche.
I get told to do something 1 way and then the next day get yelled at for not doing it a different way. I am told to make decisions by myself and then when I do, I get the third degree and written up for not consulting a manager before!!! 😠😠😠

I want a new job SOOOO badly but I understand that right now it is just good to have a job and there are people worse off than I am. All of this is why I am needing to simply yell......I HATE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bianchi … you can never expected something nice from your Bosses … I hate my job too, and here we named our boss the “Big Ass” … It brings us some release.
😄 😄 😄

It seems that these days there is no loyalty to the employees that has worked hard. You have to be in a position of unique knowledge and skills to have any security and hope your employer is sharp enough to recognize this.
Re-inventing yourself can be exciting and something to take pride in but usually requires patience.
I am not at the point of hating my job but I am a lot more resigned since things have certainly changed.
I am more concerned that disatisfied.

jhuskey said:

It seems that these days there is no loyalty to the employees that has worked hard. You have to be in a position of unique knowledge and skills to have any security and hope your employer is sharp enough to recognize this.
Re-inventing yourself can be exciting and something to take pride in but usually requires patience.
I am not at the point of hating my job but I am a lot more resigned since things have certainly changed.
I am more concerned that disatisfied.

man you nailed it on all levels.

jhuskey said:

It seems that these days there is no loyalty to the employees that has worked hard. You have to be in a position of unique knowledge and skills to have any security and hope your employer is sharp enough to recognize this.
Re-inventing yourself can be exciting and something to take pride in but usually requires patience.
I am not at the point of hating my job but I am a lot more resigned since things have certainly changed.
I am more concerned that disatisfied.

a BIG +1 on that one.

Careers are gone and its just work again. The office is the new factory. No loyalty from employers. No shame in cutting benefits, pay, adding extra work. All work is done not for the end-user or for the quality of the product but rather for the shareholder, who wants the dividend regardless of the economic and market conditions.

A cabin in the woods or straw hut on the beach would suit me just fine. If my checking account could just support that!

rawhite1969 said:

Careers are gone and its just work again. The office is the new factory. No loyalty from employers. No shame in cutting benefits, pay, adding extra work. All work is done not for the end-user or for the quality of the product but rather for the shareholder, who wants the dividend regardless of the economic and market conditions.

That's over dramatic. Careers aren't gone. Careers are alive and well. The worker isn't the only that's been affected by the ecomonic state. The businesses have taken a hit, too. I've seen a lot of small businesses, in our area, close up shop. Likewise bigger businesses are seeing fewer orders and a dollar that's worth a bit more than table salt. Are businesses laying people off or permanently letting them go? In a lot of instances, yeah, but it doesn't take more than a junior high school education to see that's expected when the economy takes a [censored].

Now, if reality is problem, people should tell their bosses they don't want to suffer or gain because of the health of the economy and the trend of company profits. Of course, that means from a purely idealogical point of view, a person would have to refuse pay increases and better benefits that stem from a company's success.

Our economy isn't built solely for the employee. Customers, workers, corporations, and yes, their shareholders are all needed to make the economic boat float.

Whining and casting blame is what little children would do.

The law of supply and demand affects almost everyone, but it seems to more apparent to most of us when the economy is bad.

10 years ago the economy in the US was peaking and workers were literally shopping hiring companies for the best pay and benefits.

When we interviewed candidates for open positions in the company I worked for 10 years ago I felt like we were the ones being interviewed. There were so many jobs available that you had to sell that potential employee on the benefits of working for you.

Now with so many out of work the shoe is on the other foot and some employers are really taking advantage of the situation, or at least not staying atuned to the needs of their employees. Regardless of how the economy is doing, I don't think any business can remain profitable in the long term if it doesn't treat it's employees properly.

hav'nt been in a employee boss sittuation for 10 yrs had forgotten the the feelings of frustration untill i read these posts , am now self employed in construction the work is hard and often in unpleasant weather but would never go back to working as an employee for any money even though work has slowed down for obvious reasons ..the feeling of not beeing tied to 9to5 is great.....if you can take the plunge in what ever you want to do the feeling of achievment is great..good luck

well from my standpoint, friends shouldn't work with friends. things got intense and and it was time to let it be known that i wasn't going to be taken advantage of. we'll keep the friendship in the long run as it's a somewhat civil relationship and always has been like this and i had a job lined up already. my bud started his own electrical contracting/service company and i was with him, btw. i've known the guy for seventeen years and was the best man at his wedding so again, we'll keep a relationship, no doubt. and we urban ride, dirt ride and most importantly, drink and ride together. always have and always will.

lucky for me i could care less for the construction field for the most part as being in it for almost a decade, i now feel as if it's just completely beneath me. it's actually quite easy to get up without having the ability to care one way or the other.

all i could think about at work was riding a bike anyways.