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How do you deal with stress? Help? |
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they |
| Date Posted: |
01/21/2002 |
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No one ever said consulting was easy, but it doesn't have to be agonizing.
I am so burnt out these days, it is absolutely ridiculous. I feel like I've been sold a cheap bag of goods. I'm not doing any of the work that it was inferred that I would be doing when I got hired. I've essentially become a grunt for one of the higher ups, doing work that is neither meaningful or challenging but is necessary. I didn't need to go to grad school to do this work. I'm quite confident that any one of the bright people on this message board could do the work I do everyday without much training.
I'm reaching the point of absolute frustration and anger that I dread even coming into the office and having to deal with my direct supervisor (who is a self-serving jackass). I think all of this frustration has amplified the day-to-day stress that is typically associated with consulting. Double whammy!
Since I started working here, I've lost motivation, the enjoyment of the work and the will to keep going (even though I still somehow find a way). The manager who hired me has told me that he thinks that I'm a very bright guy with good skills. But I know that my lack of desire and motivation is showing in my work. They're just not getting what they want out of me.
I feel that I could snap any day now. And as I stay late tonight after all the bosses have left knowing that I will be stuck here for several more hours, I can do nothing more than wade through the knee-deep river of crap that I'm in and just try to survive.
I want to leave this job badly, but the economy has cornered me here. of course the next logical step would be to talk to the boss and level with him. I don't know how the office manager is going to react if I told him that I no longer want to work on the project that I was explicitly hired to work on, and I also don't know how he would react if I told him that my supervisor is a piss poor co-worker and supervisor.
If I know that I'm going to quit this job as soon as the economy heals and hiring within business/strat consulting firms starts kicking up again, then why would I "rock the boat" here by laying everything on the line? Wouldn't it be more prudent to suck it up (somehow), leave on the best terms possible, get a good recommendation and move on, or should I speak my mind and let the chips fall where they may?
Make no mistake about it, I'm miserable, to the point where I get a sick-to-my-stomach feeling every Sunday evening just thinking about the fact that I have to be here at work on Monday morning, no joke.
Any advice? Anyone feeling the same way about their job? |
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are getting ready to lay you off. has the work you have been getting steadily decreased in quality since you were first hired?
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