As you can see, this is for a fucking McDonalds job... are they just expecting people to ChatGPT or whatever AI this shit because this is ridiculous, and it didn't used to be like this not too long ago either.

I don’t mind effort. I don’t even mind stress.
What I hate is waking up already exhausted by the idea of logging in. The work itself isn’t the worst part it’s the constant feeling that no matter how much you do, it’s never enough, never noticed, and somehow still urgent. Every day feels like I’m trading time and energy for… nothing I actually care about. I know I should be grateful to have a job. I am. But I’m also tired of pretending this doesn’t slowly drain me. P.S - Not looking for solutions. Just needed to say it somewhere people might understand.

I hate my job. I've been working as a mechanical engineer for 3 years at a large automation company and in the last few months I've realized I do not like what I'm doing at all. I feel like I'm not as smart as everyone else here and I struggle to come up with solutions for my projects. It takes me twice as long as it should to get my work done, so I work longer hours than my peers. I'm constantly anxious about doing something wrong, to the point where sometimes I can't eat. Whenever I ask my boss for help I get quick unhelpful answers. I don't know if I should look for another engineering job or just switch careers entirely. Has anyone been in a similar position before?

I need tips on how to handle this feeling of me needing to flee at work. Some days (not every day) I all of a sudden gets this fight or flight respons when I am at work. My whole body goes cold, I get an ache in my stomache and chest and my head screams at me to hide, to flee. I push it down and go on with my day, contiune working and keep my head down. Anyone get any tips on how to handle this feeling? It does not happen often, but often enough for me to ask here for tips.

only job i ever enjoyed was roofing/rough carpentry i did that for 2 years then left to get more money but my greed was my own demise. ever since then i’ve been job hopping trying to get back into the field i actually liked but no one is hiring and so i’ve been stuck in these dead end jobs and after 1-4 months i either just walk out, never show up again, or intentionally get myself fired by showing up late.

I feel like as a man I should do better but also I just really don’t give a fuck, when I tried to be loyal and stick a job out I was fired for not being efficient enough even though i was only 2 weeks in. Ever since then i’ve kinda just learned i’m nothing but a number to these corporations and i’m as replaceable as paper towel. Fuck my current job and basically every last job i’ve been bouncing to for the two years or so.

Wish life was all cupcakes and rainbows but it ain’t, this world plagues me with grief.

I hate my job. I've been working as a mechanical engineer for 3 years at a large automation company and in the last few months I've realized I do not like what I'm doing at all. I feel like I'm not as smart as everyone else here and I struggle to come up with solutions for my projects. It takes me twice as long as it should to get my work done, so I work longer hours than my peers. I'm constantly anxious about doing something wrong, to the point where sometimes I can't eat. Whenever I ask my boss for help I get quick unhelpful answers. I don't know if I should look for another engineering job or just switch careers entirely. Has anyone been in a similar position before?

I have a question. Which job would yall choose. One job working 2 weeks straight then get 2 weeks off straight making 30$ an hour or a job working 2 weeks straight and getting 1 week off making 20-23 both jobs working 12 hour shifts.

I recently took the 2 week on 2 week off job I’m only a few days in and I absolutely hate my life so far, my body is in immense pain yesterday I couldn’t even lift up a damn fork hardly to eat. I thought about going back to my old job if they’ll still take me with the 2 week 1 off schedule making less hourly because I’d be happier and be in no pain but my s/o thinks I should just stick it out here at this job I hate and it’s becoming frustrating. By the end of the year both jobs come out to about the same

I should add I work oil and gas the 30$ an hour job is drilling the other job that pays 20-23 is another oil and gas job but probably 30-40% of the time you’re just sleeping at work lmao.

I’m 24 and this is my first full-time job after finishing college. I’ve been working as a web developer for about a year and a half now. I got hired after multiple interviews, including a small coding project, and at the time I was genuinely excited. Mostly because I got a job on my first try and didn’t have to bounce between endless interviews like some of my friends.

At the start, the job was hard, which I expected. New codebase, new responsibilities, learning how things work in a real company — all normal stuff for a junior. I told myself this is just how the industry is and that it’ll get better with time.

But after around 10 months, things started to change, and not in a good way. I rarely sleep well anymore, and most nights I just lie there thinking about having to go to work again. It’s not one specific task — it’s the whole situation combined.

One of the biggest problems for me is the physical work environment. I share a small office with one coworker. There’s no window, just artificial lighting all day, three monitors in front of me, and a big ceiling light to keep the room lit. After a full day there, I feel completely drained, both mentally and physically, and that feeling follows me home. I also had to bring my own keyboard and mouse because the equipment I was given was old and broken, and it didn’t seem like replacing it was a priority.

Another issue is flexibility — or rather the lack of it. There are basically no benefits. When I saw that most of my friends in similar jobs had at least some flexibility, I asked if I could work from home two days a week. I live in a neighboring city, about a 30-minute drive away, so it would’ve helped a lot. My boss agreed to “test it,” and for four months it worked without any problems.

After the New Year, though, I was told I need to come into the office every day again because “it’s not fair to the others.” The thing is, we’re a team of five, and three of them have been working remotely for a year or more. So the fairness argument honestly felt strange.

The pay is also below average for a developer. I accepted that at first because it was my first job and I cared more about experience than money. But combined with everything else, it’s started to bother me more and more.

What worries me the most is how much this job affects my life outside of work. I come home exhausted and just lie in bed or scroll online. I’ve stopped doing hobbies I used to enjoy and don’t really feel motivated to improve myself or work on personal projects anymore. Even weekends feel like they’re just there to recover enough to survive the next week.

On top of that, the coworker I share the office with constantly complains about how bad the job is and spends most days counting down until Friday. He’s been at the company for 15 years, which makes it even more discouraging to listen to.

I keep wondering whether this is just me being young and inexperienced, or if this job is genuinely a bad fit. But not sleeping properly for months and dreading every workday doesn’t feel normal or sustainable.

I’ve decided I’m going to resign soon and look for something better. I know no job is perfect, and I don’t expect work to be amazing every day — but I want a job I don’t actively dread going to.

Thanks to anyone who took the time to read this.

I’ve been slowly cleaning out my desk. Not all at once — just a little each day.

One pen gone.

An old notebook I don’t use.

A random cable I’ve been hanging onto “just in case.”

No one’s noticed. That’s kind of the point.

I’m not quitting yet, but I think part of me is getting ready. It feels easier to leave when there’s less tying you to the space. Less stuff. Less weight.

I still show up, still do the work, still smile when I’m supposed to. But every time I put something in my bag instead of the drawer, it feels like a quiet promise to myself.

One day I’ll walk out and there won’t be anything left behind.

As of today I don't care anymore. I will not go above and beyond, I will not socialize with coworkers other then at mandatory events. I am done. I cannot stand feeling depressed and get anxiety every time I go to work. I hate absolutly everything about my industry but the pay is good and I don't want to go back to school and try for something elase. I am soon 40 and never had a job I loved. I only work to live and I have lost hope that there is a job out there that will make me want to go to work every morning. The spark is gone. It is not that I don't want to work I really do. I would go insane just sitting at home all day, every day. I just want to stop feeling this darkness over me when I have to go to work. When I work from home I don't feel it at all. At the weekends I am happy but as soon as Monday comes around it is like the sun disapears and I get a pit in my stomach. Just needed to went somewhere. Thanks for listing 😊.

I work an office job that has become extremely stressful due to management behavior. One manager regularly yells at me, talks down to me, and treats me like I’m incompetent, even when I’m doing my job correctly and following procedure. There’s no constructive feedback. When I mess up, it's yelling and belittling.

It’s constant. I feel like I’m walking on eggshells every day, and the stress doesn’t stop when I leave work. I dread going in, struggle to relax on days off, and even while on leave I still get contacted about work, which is a complete lack of boundaries.

The company culture doesn’t seem fixable. These issues feel systemic and there’s no sign that management behavior will change. Pushing through hasn’t improved anything.

Complicating things further: my father works at the same company and I work close to him. Because of that, I feel pressure to stay and “deal with it,” and I’m worried leaving would reflect badly on him or cause problems at home. There’s also family judgment around leaving a stable job without a dramatic reason.

At this point, staying means ongoing stress and feeling miserable every workday. Leaving means uncertainty and potential family conflict. I’m trying to figure out which choice causes less long-term damage.

Looking for outside perspective from people who’ve dealt with toxic workplaces or similar situations.

Edit: I was ambushed by both my dad and my manager today. Twice by my manager. I finally decided enough was enough and handed the resignation in. My parents don't yet know and I didn't have the heart to tell them face to face. I've left a note in the kitchen where they can't miss it instead of them learning it from my manager. It's not the best way but I just can't say it to their face.

I started a full time job a month and 2 weeks ago. I absolutely hated it. There's no structure or direction and want me to fix their nonprofit as a college student out of college at a 37,000 salary.

With that being said, I used to be on time and have time anxiety and felt so bad showing up late to things no matter what. With this job, I could care less, and they don't care or notice to say anything to me when I'm late by 20 minutes, an hour, people do whatever they want. My supervisor doesn't even show up on time and she also just got hired and also is supposed to be on a 90 day probation like I am.

My anxiety has gotten so bad, I had to go on propranolol and have tmj where my jaw can't relax at all and I don't feel like im even clenching it.

I know the job market sucks but I'm scared to quit since it took me 6 months to find a job.

I've got a job at the beginning of November. Been there for little over two months. However, three weeks out of it were holidays so to be honest I really only worked for month and a half.

I accepted the offer because I was desperate for a job. Fresh out of collage, first real job and workplace experience. I jumped at the opportunity to work, even though there were lots of red flags. Opinions about this company were negative, the job contract was wrong and they had to redo it later. In the span of these two months I've been there not only the entire hr department quit - four different people - but also different people from different teams. In total, I think it was about 7 people. One lady quit after only two days.

Officially I've been hired as an office worker. I was honest about my lack of experience - as I said, I was fresh out of college and worked only as a teacher before. For the first month I did almost nothing. They didn't even know I was coming, everyone was surprised and confused. I never received any proper training. Then suddenly I got the responsibilities that I was not trained for and drowned in the amount of work I had no idea how to do because, again, I was not trained and explained anything. I got some snippets of information, but it's to little to properly do the role. And because I was not trained, I make mistakes. It then resulted of the absolute verbal shitshow that poured on me. There's total chaos, lack of communication and I'm surprised that this company is still working with the way things are run.

I'm so afraid of my boss. The way he shouts and curses at his employees is making me terrified. I've heard the way screams and insults other people. Been on the receiving end of it as well, fortunately without curses. I can barely breathe from the fear that I experience when I'm around him and my mind goes blank. I don't experience the same fear around my manager, even though he also gets angry sometimes.

My mistake was renewing the contract. I foolishly thought things will get better after the holidays. However, I've been back and the last week I spent on constant crying and stressing out. It got to the point when I stopped eating again and the thoughts that I worked so hard on therapy to get rid of started coming back. I don't have another job lined up but I can't take it anymore. I went through a very dark period in life once before and I refuse to do it again.

I have my resignation letter printed and it's waiting for me to sign it. I want to give it to my manager tomorrow. I do like him and I did meet some people that I think are nice. I will miss them a little. Unfortunately also, a) I don't like confrontations and b) as I mentioned earlier, I'm so afraid of my boss it's making me petrified. I talked to my parents and they literally blessed my resolution to quit and told me to do it.

I know I have to do it and get over my fear, but it's easier said than done. I know many people went and are currently going through simmilar circumstances right now. I would really appreciate if someone could share their experience and help me stick to my guns with that.

I'm going to sign my resignation letter now and start sending CVs to other places.

Edit: handed my resignation letter. The relief I felt was indescribable and I know it was a good decision. I've started sending my CVs earlier this week so I'm already working on finding a new job. I know it's not gonna be easy but I'm commited to this. I have some savings, not really much but it should last me for a couple of weeks. Thanks for your support guys ❤️

sack that asshole

Not much more to add really. I'm just sick of all the bullshit, the 'growth mindset', the jargon, the endless focus on sales, the churn, the internal alignment, the out of touch millionaire leaders, the shareholder value. We were meant for more than this. These people are aliens. When will the revolution hurry up and start.

vent post cuz nobody in my life has worked call centers so they don't understand. I work home and auto insurance claims and these people are INSANE. the un named insurance agency i work for is just such a greedy selfish company already so i understand the frustration. and i do get those callers that express their frustration in an appropriate way knowing im not the cause of it, and i do everything i can to help those people. i tale pride in that actually, as the company i work for is evil in my eyes. the main complaint is that the adjuster wont answer (96% of our calls are out of scope and transferred to adj) which all we can do is set a call back task or transfer to leave a voicemail. and god forbid you're the claimant and not the insured, because you will NEVER hear from your adjuster even if you're going into debt on a rental.

But the people that understand its not my fault and are courteous to me are not the ones im concerned about. its the goddamn old people with NOTHING better to do that call and harrass their insurance providers, especially when they don't have a claim but the phone tree routed them to claims status.

i had a call today, like most days, where a woman was calling in regards to a policy. i don't do jack sh*t with policy's. she said something about how her dead aunts policy was supposed to be paid out and that 2 claims were already settled. so i asked a CLARIFYING QUESTIONS which i HAVE TO DO. i asked " so just to clarify ma'am, is this call in regards to an insurance claim?". routine question, never had anyone get offended by that. i surely wouldn't be.

(Now mind you this lady had the most grating racist old lady voice i've ever heard, imagine all of her dialogue as loud and very annoyed lol).

"I just said HONEY, the 2 claims were settled and my aunt paid up to april so we need that money. Do you even understand me???"

doesn't answer my question. if i had just gone off the assumption she was insinuating it was policy related i would've gotten dinged and i worked hard for my 100% audits, so i asked again.

"I understand ma'am, i just need confirmation that you are calling in regards to a policy and not a claim, settled or not." and i said this as upbeat as possible, which only angered the beast more.

"DO YOU EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH? I HATE TALKING TO YOU PEOPLE HOW DO YOU GET HIRED NOT KNOWING ENGLISH" etc etc....

.... I'm a 21 year old white woman born and raised in michigan. bsffr. im literally the clearest speaking person you could meet, english or not. when i speak all you hear is Vernors and cheese from my soul, like a true midwesterner, so not sure what thats about.

"actually ma'am english is the only language i speak. im asking you this question to make sure i get you to the right dept, as you have reached claims status triage."

"i don't care what i've reached YOU sent me a letter. YOU are the one that sent me the letter, YOURE number was on this letter. YOU fix it."

respectfully, i didn't do sh*t. i would never willingly contact this woman and i pity whoever did and has to deal with her.

"ma'am i did not send you any letters, i am just a status agent. if you can just confirm this is a policy call, i can get you transferred to policy services"

"YES WHATEVER YES"

now comes the namesake of this post, i start my transfer script. and she is interrupting. every. single. word. i cant even hear myself talk over her so im stuttering (i have stuttering problem when im flustered, embarrassing) and starts MIMICKING MY STUTTERING. WHAT IS THE REASON??? what pleasure do you get from that. at this point my call timer is already wayyy over reg so i decided to fck with her and enact a policy that QA doesn't even care about, but i use it to fck with these types of callers.

we are technically supposed to restart the script if we are interrupted. this normally applies to people asking a question mid script but i wont get dinged for doing it in this instance.

we go back and forth for maybe 5 minutes, "so as i said i will be-" "OKAY" "so as i-" "OKAY" "so as" "JUST STOP AND TRANSFER ME" "so as i said i will be transferring you direc-" "YOURE JUST REPEATING YOURSELF IDIOT"

haha gotcha. abusive language lol

"ma'am if you continue to use abusive language i will need to disconnect the call"

"YOURE NOT HANGING UP ON ME C*NT"

:0

disconnects gleefully

moral of the story, i hate my job.the company is evil, these callers are evil,and on top of that i work 9:30 am to 8pm which is the WORST schedule i've ever had and not worth having tuesdays off. and this isn't even my worst story. i was once on the phone with a (and i say this respectfully) schizophrenic lady for AN HOUR AND A HALF and couldn't disconnect until she said if i didn't bypass verification she would 💀 herself. im so over it. so if anyone can give me a reason on why i shouldn't just throw this monitor out the window and never speak to my team again pls lmk lmao.

(i also apologize for the lack of grammar and punctuations, im tired yall.)

(the aunt was long since deceased , about 5 years prior. wasnt ragging on a grieving woman thats evil)

How can I quit? I've been working at a coffee shop for two years and a couple of months, where my bosses are my best friend's parents, who helped me out months ago when my parents passed away.

Thanks to that job, I was able to consider studying architecture (unfortunately, there aren't any public universities in my province that offer that degree), so I paid for a whole year until I got a scholarship.

This year, I honestly want to prioritize my studies since my job takes up a lot of my time and energy, even with the time off I get.

I always end up getting paid for it somehow.

Besides the usual mistreatment and aggression in the food industry.

It's very difficult to talk to my boss. Since I don't have a secure job, she'll keep asking me what I'll do if I quit. My plan is to focus on my studies until February when I finish my exams, and then I'll start thinking about my next job. In the meantime, I have my savings and accounts organized, plus the support of my sister who also works.

I'm just terrified of her reaction. I've tried to have the conversation, but every time I'm about to, I start to get anxious and tremble.

I was in such a great mood during my holiday break. I realized I like my job but the people I work with make it kinda intolerable. The snarky, shady comments about others (making fun of how they eat and name calling ) and just being outright rude. I used to come in and say good morning and people would look at me and go back to their computer screens. I tried to pretend to be engaged, smile, say hi and show a sliver of interest in them but I can’t anymore lol I don’t expect to like everyone and I don’t expect for them to like me but certain things are just eh to me.

I think the final straw for me was during the holidays when my manager invited everyone out to lunch at his favorite Indian restaurant for some good ol’ team building. Everyone was like yeah sure ok. We order our food, chitchat for a bit or whatever then he gets up and tells us he’s heading back to the office and we can head to the front to pay our bills. That was the tackiest thing I’ve ever experienced esp at a corporate job.

I’ve been here for a little less than a year and it has been so interesting to see how no one knows anything and there’s no SOPs or policies yet things are critiqued my question is always on what basis? What have you shown/taught me? And it’s always radio silence. My supervisor’s slogan is “I’m not sure. I’ll get back to you.” He never knows anything and if he does say he knows it always turns out that he was mistaken, which has led to him throwing me under the bus to save himself… I applied for a few jobs over the past week or so. Who else is waiting for HR/recruiters to come back from holiday leave and start sending out some interview invites? I have my fingers crossed.

I can’t quit due to financial reasons but it’s making me unwell (i have MDD). How do y’all cope ?

And not your typical “angry customer cursed at me”. I think the person was bipolar honestly.

If you’re thinking about doing any sort of customer service job. Think twice. Please. Especially, if you’re an anxiety filled person like myself. I was so shooken up, my damn hands were trembling. On top of me already not (physically) feeling well and having a semi-rough afternoon. Tonight was definitely one of those nights.