Do you hate hearing the alarm knowing you’ve got to get up to work? Is your commute full of dread for the day that stretches for seemingly endless hours ahead? We spend so much of our life at work and if we’re not happy with our job, it impacts our overall wellbeing and happiness. But you might not be making the most of your work and it might not be the job you hate. You might just be bored. How do you tell?
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1. When Was the Last Time You Learnt Something New at Work?
Most jobs have a very repetitive edge to them. Most people have to do the same things over and over again, and after a while, it grinds us down. If you are learning new things at work, then you may still be bored, but at least your working day experiences change. If you rarely learn new things at work, then you have every reason to be bored and should consider taking a new job.
2. Do You Have “Very” Good Friends at Work?
Even the worst jobs in the world can become bearable if you happen to work with a few characters. These are people that you would want to spend your day with even if you were not at work. If you have very good friends at work, it is quite possible you hate your job, and you may even be bored, but you should think hard before quitting. Even if you look for another job, try to get your friends jobs too. You could change jobs, but transfer the atmosphere and camaraderie.
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3. Do You Hate Mornings?
You’ve guessed it, if you hate mornings then you hate your job. It is a classic symptom. People that really hate their jobs will also stay up late, just because they know when they go to bed, they are one step closer to going to work. If you hate mornings, then you hate your job and should look for another.
4. Are the People at Work Worse than the Job?
There is a good chance you would like your job if you worked with the right people. There is a chance you are simply bored with your co-workers. It is even worse if you actually hate your co-workers because they are spoiling your working experience.
5. Are You Constantly Depressed or Negative at Work?
Contrary to what you may believe, it very likely that you are depressed or negative because you are bored at work. We allow ourselves to sink into depressed and negative thought patterns (headspaces) when we are bored. There is a good chance that you hate your job, but the root cause may actually be that you are bored. If you spiced up your job or took on new responsibilities, there is a chance your mental health may improve.
6. Do You Have Frequent Sick Days?
This is a classic sign that a person is bored of their job. You can like a job and still take a lot fake sick days. The main reason you take sick days is because you are bored of your job and want a longer rest from it.
7. How Many of Your Skills Are Going to Waste?
If you feel you have a batch of fantastic skills that are never used, then over time you are going to grow to hate your job. Find a way of integrating them into your working day: take on extra duties; get promoted; or ship out and get another job.
8. When Was the Last Time Your Ideas Were Adopted?
Even the most bored person can come up with a few ideas. It lifts people’s spirits when their ideas are used. It helps prove they are a valued member of the team. Boredom often ensues when a team member doesn’t feel valued. It saps away any motivation to excel, which eventually leads to repetitive boredom.
9. Have Your Duties Increased but Your Pay Hasn’t?
This question was recently covered on Forbes and used as an argument to quit your job. As time goes on, you should learn more skills and take on more responsibility, but the fact is that you are at work because you are being paid to be there. You may have taken it upon yourself to become a more valued member of staff, but it is up to them to compensate you for the value you add to the company. If your answer to this question is yes, you are not bored, you have every right to dislike the company that employs you.
I count myself very lucky to absolutely love my job. How do you feel about yours? If it’s negative, what can you do to change it?
Comments
Victoria: I love the job but hate the manager. He is a control freak, a copy cat who looks likely to have got his job through friends in high places. He did not train me, u had to learn everything myself and whenever I asked him anything he told me to Google it. True story, that's when I realised he knows absolutely nothing. He leaches information from me and other staff and presents it as his own at team meetings. Even to his manager whom he calls "mate". He cuts other proles hours including mine yet gives them full time work loads, and I suppose that extra money goes to him or him and his manager present higher up the hierarchy as "these are the cost savings we have made.bravo to us!". I hate his micromanagement style and his stake rush behaviour. He called my best friend in the past asking weird questions about me. Several times he asked who is your husband, boyfriend. If I could give him a present it would be a high cliff with sharp rocks at the bottom and an invisible push from behind him. Rant over too.
Shammy: I don't hate my job I really dislike the company I work for!!! They owe me over a grand in pay which I'm still waiting to receive, I've been off on sick for genuine reasons and they paid me less sick pay which they can't do! And to top it off I'm diabetic and they put me on a 15 hour shift without a break. I am a live in carer but I should get 4 hours break and personal care is done by other carers and I had to do it myself!! I love my job but working with this company I'm beginning to dislike it and finding it hard to be happy with the work I do! Sorry about the rant haha
peony: Goodness are you sure we didn't share the same manager???creepy manager. Left though best thing I ever did.
Megan: If we keep doing the same thing we have ALWAYS done, we will have the SAME LIFE we have ALWAYS LIVED! We MUST CHANGE SOMETHING, if we are NOT SATISFIED with our life.
Krazziierina: I used to love the place I work at so much! Who wouldn't love working at a buffalo wing spot. I'm a cashier and I've been employed at my job for about 5 years now. 5 years I feel I have wasted because the last demanding position would have been becoming manager which I tried so hard because I knew I was capable of doing it, but as soon as I got in my hands I realized how much work I had to do. At first I didn't mind, but my boss gave me 12 dollars an hour to do all this work when really our last manager made 15. I know my company is seasonal and it gets slow during summer days but I've about had enough. I'm bored and because I'm bored I dislike. They also don't pay us on time and for the past 5 years I've heard nothing but lies come from the man that owns the place. Def time for a new job but with no degree I'll end up in the same kind of situation. I'm just hoping to get out while I still have alil bit of kindness in my heart to spare LOL (RANT RANT RANT BUT ITS GREAT TO VENT :) )
Tenny: I love what I do and my coworkers. But my boss micromanages too much! Making it unbearable to work at times.
Vixen: *i meant I hate his stalker use behaviour.
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