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Hi everyone, I'm sure all of you have found yourselves in this position before, and I was looking for some words of wisdom and experience as it is my first time I have found myself pondering leaving a job.
To cut a long story short, a year ago, I used to look forward to going into work. We would have a brilliant time with both the clients and staff, and the working day was enjoyable.
I now find myself absolutely dreading going into work these days. A very bitchy and unwelcoming clique has developed, which includes my boss and most of the senior staff who you report to on shift. I also find that as people are getting into this clique, it is spreading onto the work floor, even in general attitudes towards people, people openly talking about others in front of you, being 'off' and casting negative attitude before you've even spoken. I don't like these sort of people, or this sort of environment so am considering finding another job.
Here is the difficult bit though - in the midst of chronic job cuts, there is not much on the market. I don't really want to stay in the same field of work as I think it will be much of the same elsewhere, but I don't know what else to do? I used to do bar work but the hours and pay are awful. There are lots of things I couldn't do due to personal or health reasons (like work anywhere that has animals as I am allergic, or be a cleaner as I'm allergic to most cleaning products). I would be glad to take a pay cut (not that I earn a lot anyway!) in order to have a job where I don't automatically feel anxious and dread before I get there.
I am not on a contract where I work (relief worker) so have to be careful how I tread, I will have to keep my job as I can't sign on (neither would I want to either) but has anyone else found themselves in this position? What would you advise? Also, more general question - where/how best to look for a job? Sounds silly, but I always seem to just walk into jobs and keep them for years, so have little experience of 'jobhunting' as such.
To cut a long story short, a year ago, I used to look forward to going into work. We would have a brilliant time with both the clients and staff, and the working day was enjoyable.
I now find myself absolutely dreading going into work these days. A very bitchy and unwelcoming clique has developed, which includes my boss and most of the senior staff who you report to on shift. I also find that as people are getting into this clique, it is spreading onto the work floor, even in general attitudes towards people, people openly talking about others in front of you, being 'off' and casting negative attitude before you've even spoken. I don't like these sort of people, or this sort of environment so am considering finding another job.
Here is the difficult bit though - in the midst of chronic job cuts, there is not much on the market. I don't really want to stay in the same field of work as I think it will be much of the same elsewhere, but I don't know what else to do? I used to do bar work but the hours and pay are awful. There are lots of things I couldn't do due to personal or health reasons (like work anywhere that has animals as I am allergic, or be a cleaner as I'm allergic to most cleaning products). I would be glad to take a pay cut (not that I earn a lot anyway!) in order to have a job where I don't automatically feel anxious and dread before I get there.
I am not on a contract where I work (relief worker) so have to be careful how I tread, I will have to keep my job as I can't sign on (neither would I want to either) but has anyone else found themselves in this position? What would you advise? Also, more general question - where/how best to look for a job? Sounds silly, but I always seem to just walk into jobs and keep them for years, so have little experience of 'jobhunting' as such.
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