Unhappy Workplace How to Survive
Introduction • When you don't like your job, going to work every day can be a challenge.
Main Problems • Your problem might be with a bad manager, that you constantly feel stretched to the breaking point. • You are resentful about taking a pay cut. • The whole environment may just feel toxic. • You might need to stay in your job because it provides health benefits.
Important • Whatever your reasons for being unhappy, you need to maintain your professionalism and prevent a bad attitude from sabotaging you.
Signs That You Need to Take Action • Losing control at work. • Feeling distracted, sluggish, angry or irritable, not sleeping well or sleeping excessively, relying on alcohol or food to comfort yourself, and withdrawing from friends and activities.
Strategies to Improve your Own Job Perception • Face the reality head-on. – Accept that this job is not where you want to be, even if you can't make a change today. – Tell yourself, 'This is where I am, this is where I'm going to be for a certain amount of time.'
• Develop a plan. – Be proactive. Brainstorm with trusted friends and family members about your ideas.
Strategies to Improve your Own Job Perception • Find the positive. – Make a list of the good points about your job. – Listing what you do like about your job will help shift your perception and keep you from feeling so trapped.
Principles to Remember • Do: – Differentiate between what you can change and what you can't. – Take responsibility for making a change. – Focus on making the best of a bad situation.
• Don't: – Assume nothing will ever change. – Allow negative thoughts to rule you. – Go it alone.
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