I hate my job

[NekoRinChi]

So guys, might as well make a thread to ask for some advice.

I've worked at my current job since Nov 2013. I'm not super old I'm 21 so I'm sure this isn't going to be the job I'm going to work at forever. I do tech support for a time and attendance company; helping people fix stuff in the program we made + assist people with hosting a website for it.

My skillset for this job includes: Very minor interaction with SQL. I can write a few queries to find out what the version number is, locate specific info in tables (like logins), installing/configuring IIS, and of course interacting with the program.

I'm moving out of state this upcoming October and I am at the point where I can't stand this job or the people that work here anymore. I have threeish months to go. This place is so bad, everyone who had decent knowledge has either regular quit or rage quit. People have even quit without having another backup job because they couldn't tolerate this place anymore. I am now one of the most experienced techs >.> which is gay because I'll admit I don't know everything. There are questions I have and there's almost no one to ask it to with the dwindling amount of tenured employees here. Can someone please please please give me some motivation or advice?

 

[Imp]

If you need some motivation to last a few more months... I've hated my job since 2011 and am still here in 2014. I had seconds thoughts the first week I started back in 2009. They -- and I've changed departments many times -- treat me like I dropped out of high school when I have a related grad degree.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

You have a toxic workplace. Find a new job.

Easier said than done? Yes.

But given that you're a helpdesk monkey (no slight intended - most of us started out that way), your plan from day 1 should have been 1) improving your skillset so you don't have to work helpdesk, and 2) finding a new job where you don't have to work helpdesk. So if you haven't started yet, start now and never stop.

 

[K1052]

1) Replace the office coffee with decaf only.

2) Find a new job or do temp work.

 

[NekoRinChi]

You have a toxic workplace. Find a new job.

Easier said than done? Yes.

But given that you're a helpdesk monkey (no slight intended - most of us started out that way), your plan from day 1 should have been 1) improving your skillset so you don't have to work helpdesk, and 2) finding a new job where you don't have to work helpdesk. So if you haven't started yet, start now and never stop.

That was my original intention. I was planning to move up, then leave when I had to move. There's almost no opportunity here despite the fact that I was promised. The key issue is that I have to move in 3 months, and I don't think I can tolerate this job for another day. It wouldn't be beneficial really to find a new job for only 3 months. But this job ... might as well literally be killing me.

 

[slugg]

That was my original intention. I was planning to move up, then leave when I had to move. There's almost no opportunity here despite the fact that I was promised. The key issue is that I have to move in 3 months, and I don't think I can tolerate this job for another day.

If you have to move in 3 months, then I say suck it up and deal with it. Might as well hate it and not be broke, than to hate it and be even more broke while moving.

 

[NekoRinChi]

1) Replace the office coffee with decaf only.

2) Find a new job or do temp work.

I don't drink coffee lol. And would a new job even be worth if I have to move in October? I'd have to go through the hassle of looking + applying + interview + acceptance. By the time that's all done I feel like it would already be October.

 

[NekoRinChi]

If you have to move in 3 months, then I say suck it up and deal with it. Might as well hate it and not be broke, than to hate it and be even more broke while moving.

D: Then do you have any words of advice for trying to suck it up better? Make it at least feel like it sucks less.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

D: Then do you have any words of advice for trying to suck it up better? Make it at least feel like it sucks less.

1) Ask out the cute girl in accounting.
2) Drink more.
3) Don't give a shit. Clock your hours, leave, don't take work calls at home. Exercise is good for serotonin.

 

[K1052]

I don't drink coffee lol. And would a new job even be worth if I have to move in October? I'd have to go through the hassle of looking + applying + interview + acceptance. By the time that's all done I feel like it would already be October.

Then just wait it out. Only do your job and ignore everything/everyone else.

If people try to get up on you then:

 

[Thebobo]

So guys, might as well make a thread to ask for some advice. --- I'm not super old I'm 21

Advice dont say super old and 21 lol

 

[saratoga172]

D: Then do you have any words of advice for trying to suck it up better? Make it at least feel like it sucks less.

As suggested above start working out. Gives you an avenue to get out some work frustrations and you'll feel better with it.

Find another hobby after work or on the weekends. Something you can enjoy that is relaxing when you leave work.

Focus on the positive. You'll be employed until you move and should have a good reference for whatever new job you find.

See if there is a new project or something you can take on that gets you away from some of the BS. Otherwise try to be the friendly person that makes everyone's day. Seriously helps. People never call the help desk to say thank you. They call because there is a "life threatening", some at my job would have you believe, issue and they need help immediately. You're the person that picked up so they vent to or at you. Sucks but that's help desk.

 

[SearchMaster]

Yeah if you're leaving in three months anyway then just make the best of your last three months. Try to maximize the parts of your job that you DO enjoy (if you like the SQL part then try to improve your SQL skills by writing queries that interest you, read up on SQL on the intrawebs, etc.) but do the job you're being paid for to the best of your abilities.

So in short, suck it up better.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Step 1. Dust off/update your Resume.
Step 2. Apply while you still have your current job, Applicants are more attractive if they are already employed.
Step 3. Make a decision.
Step 4. Be happy (fuck the profit).

 

[NekoRinChi]

As suggested above start working out. Gives you an avenue to get out some work frustrations and you'll feel better with it.

Find another hobby after work or on the weekends. Something you can enjoy that is relaxing when you leave work.

Focus on the positive. You'll be employed until you move and should have a good reference for whatever new job you find.

See if there is a new project or something you can take on that gets you away from some of the BS. Otherwise try to be the friendly person that makes everyone's day. Seriously helps. People never call the help desk to say thank you. They call because there is a "life threatening", some at my job would have you believe, issue and they need help immediately. You're the person that picked up so they vent to or at you. Sucks but that's help desk.

Overall it isn't the interaction with customers that suck. Most of the people are really nice because I am one of the few people that know what I'm doing. Almost 100% of my frustration is from upper management.

For instance: They replace our knowledge base for looking up errors and stuff with a different knowledge base that has less information because it hasn't been built up yet (It's been over 6 months since we started this btw), and it only searches based on the title of the article you're looking for. (Aka, no one can find anything, and ever since, most of the knowledge we've been working off of is from experience and tenured reps [which there are only like 5-6 now that are more tenured than me and I haven't been working here very long].

And they'll make a change like that every few weeks. At first it's like .. well I can deal with this. This sucks, but I'll manage. Then after the next 7-8 times you're like I'm fucking tired of this BS. This is dumb.

 

[NekoRinChi]

Step 1. Dust off/update your Resume.
Step 2. Apply while you still have your current job, Applicants are more attractive if they are already employed.
Step 3. Make a decision.
Step 4. Be happy (fuck the profit).

Resume is already done, already been applying for jobs in California while I wait to escape this hellhole. If anything I think this has just increase the amount of spite I have for this job. I need more mettle.

 

[NekoRinChi]

Yeah if you're leaving in three months anyway then just make the best of your last three months. Try to maximize the parts of your job that you DO enjoy (if you like the SQL part then try to improve your SQL skills by writing queries that interest you, read up on SQL on the intrawebs, etc.) but do the job you're being paid for to the best of your abilities.

So in short, suck it up better.

The best aspect was the challenge, and that doesn't exist anymore. I can usually fix all the problems I come by. If I can't, well upper management just changed it so that now all techs are tier 1. If it surpasses a tier1 issue or the abilities of the tech, we escalated it to tier2. Monkey mode enabled.

 

[BoomerD]

So guys, might as well make a thread to ask for some advice.

I've worked at my current job since Nov 2013. I'm not super old I'm 21 so I'm sure this isn't going to be the job I'm going to work at forever. I do tech support for a time and attendance company; helping people fix stuff in the program we made + assist people with hosting a website for it.

My skillset for this job includes: Very minor interaction with SQL. I can write a few queries to find out what the version number is, locate specific info in tables (like logins), installing/configuring IIS, and of course interacting with the program.

I'm moving out of state this upcoming October and I am at the point where I can't stand this job or the people that work here anymore. I have threeish months to go. This place is so bad, everyone who had decent knowledge has either regular quit or rage quit. People have even quit without having another backup job because they couldn't tolerate this place anymore. I am now one of the most experienced techs >.> which is gay because I'll admit I don't know everything. There are questions I have and there's almost no one to ask it to with the dwindling amount of tenured employees here. Can someone please please please give me some motivation or advice?

If you're in a low-level job and hate it...and don't have the necessary education/skills to get a better job/promotion...you're gonna hate life for a long time.

Better to suck it up and get through the next couple of months, then when you move, do something to improve your situation. Get some edumacation...enlist in the military...do SOMETHING...otherwise, without improving your value to an employer, you're gonna be stuck in similar jobs your whole life.

Life is full of "I hate this job" moments...you just have to figure out how to fix that.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Just chalk it up to a stepping stone, and move onto something else. Learn as much as you possibly can in your last few months.

 

[NekoRinChi]

If you're in a low-level job and hate it...and don't have the necessary education/skills to get a better job/promotion...you're gonna hate life for a long time.

Better to suck it up and get through the next couple of months, then when you move, do something to improve your situation. Get some edumacation...enlist in the military...do SOMETHING...otherwise, without improving your value to an employer, you're gonna be stuck in similar jobs your whole life.

Life is full of "I hate this job" moments...you just have to figure out how to fix that.

The issue is less of "I'm not qualified" and more "I need motivation or to find something I enjoy". I've done well in every work environment I've been in. This is the first job I haven't been promoted because this one actually feels like a dead end job. The saddest part about this is that when I got here, everything was super fun and amazing. The people were great, this job was a great learning experience. Upper management keeps changing things, and like I said in the original post, one by one, anyone decent or knowledgeable is leaving or has left. This leaves everyone that's incompetent that I have to deal with.

+ I don't think it's fair because pretty much hired at the time I was gets paid more than the senior techs. From what I hear, the people that have been working here for years get paid 13-14. I'm getting paid 16. So most of the people getting paid at the same rate are college dropouts or HS graduates lacking competence.

Btw: I was also promised a promotion about 3-4 months ago, but it never happened. It isn't even that someone was chosen over me, it was that position disappeared entirely.

 

[IronWing]

If you quit then no unemployment benefits for you, so don't quit. Make them fire you. That might be fun.

 

[NekoRinChi]

1) Ask out the cute girl in accounting.
2) Drink more.
3) Don't give a shit. Clock your hours, leave, don't take work calls at home. Exercise is good for serotonin.

Also, harhar, I live in Utah. There are no pretty chicks here. I've only seen 1-2 7/10+ in my two years of living here.

 

[Engineer]

Get in line junior....

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[NekoRinChi]

If you quit then no unemployment benefits for you, so don't quit. Make them fire you. That might be fun.

That would be pretty hilarious. Unfortunately, it's pretty hard to get fired here. The quality of the employees are matched by the quality of management. No one does anything to manage stuff to get us fired unless you super duper blatantly doing do anything at all. That in itself would be kind of hard because I think I have a pretty good work ethic despite the fact I hate this job so much.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Job is something you are suppose to hate...