Comments on: What to do when you hate your job http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-150669 Kevin Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:59:57 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-150669 Honestly, I am so OVER my job... We have had manager after manager after manager over the last few months. IT'S A MESS!!! I had just started back with the company (I had worked for them before) and the job that I had agreed to take (and portrayed to me from the manger that got fired the day I started) is NOT the job I was "placed in." I have a HUGE monthly goal to hit, no customers like the other reps have that have actual routes (and were given when they started) and they want me to cold call ALL---DAY---LONG and SELL SELL SELL New Business only!!! Some days I just literally "CAN'T" do it! Then a new manager came in (again) and I can tell he's cleaning house. All he cares about is NUMBERS NUMBERS NUMBERS!! He has no compassion or care for the people that work for him and he made that clear in the first sales meeting he held. He calls me at 9pm at night and clearly has no respect that I have a family (my wife and 3 kids) and a LIFE apart from work. On a whim, he wanted me to just jump up and relocate over 8 hours away and then when I said I absolutely cannot do that (ESPECIALLY for the pay I get... like 28K per year only because I'm on a guarantee right now for the first 90 days then it goes to straight commissions), he said, "Well, I thought that's what you were hired for?!" :-S So, with absolutely 0 empathy attached AT ALL, I was told that instead of relocating, I was being "sent" out of town to this area, with less than a weeks notice mind you, to cover the area until someone is hired??!! And it sometimes takes MONTHS for them to hire someone! All this guy sees in NUMBERS, NUMBERS, NUMBERS!!! They want this company to be your LIFE! No Thank You!!! I want so badly to perform and hit the number, but I find myself sabotaging my efforts because I totally LOATHE this job! I wake up with panic attacks fearing going to work. I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT!!! I felt like God was really trying to teach me something through this job, but I hope He can forgive me because I just CANNOT care about this job anymore... I've tried, but I want to leave the company at least better off (not worse off) versus when I came to it. That's my only requirement before I quit (to leave it better off than when I came) and I have asked God to please open doors for another job (that does not involve making cold calls ALL DAY. I just want to cry when I have to go to work! I just want to do the honorable thing and have an employeepreneur mindset like Dani Johnson talks about.... Please pray for me that I can endure... I just have no motivation to even do a good job (or a decent job for that matter) and I know that's not the right attitude to have... I just don't know how to make it any better at this point.... Sometimes I hate myself too... I know I'm actually really good at sales when I get out there consistently, but I just don't want to cold call "ALL DAY LONG," ya know?! It just get's old, especially when even the good reps with our company are making around 50K and they're working like 60+ hour weeks... The average rep makes 25K... and there's a lot of reps making 15K or less :( It's just not worth it to me... I just want to be honorable and do the right thing... The question is HOW? Thanks Honestly, I am so OVER my job… We have had manager after manager after manager over the last few months. IT’S A MESS!!! I had just started back with the company (I had worked for them before) and the job that I had agreed to take (and portrayed to me from the manger that got fired the day I started) is NOT the job I was “placed in.”

I have a HUGE monthly goal to hit, no customers like the other reps have that have actual routes (and were given when they started) and they want me to cold call ALL—DAY—LONG and SELL SELL SELL New Business only!!!

Some days I just literally “CAN’T” do it!

Then a new manager came in (again) and I can tell he’s cleaning house. All he cares about is NUMBERS NUMBERS NUMBERS!! He has no compassion or care for the people that work for him and he made that clear in the first sales meeting he held.

He calls me at 9pm at night and clearly has no respect that I have a family (my wife and 3 kids) and a LIFE apart from work. On a whim, he wanted me to just jump up and relocate over 8 hours away and then when I said I absolutely cannot do that (ESPECIALLY for the pay I get… like 28K per year only because I’m on a guarantee right now for the first 90 days then it goes to straight commissions), he said, “Well, I thought that’s what you were hired for?!” :-S

So, with absolutely 0 empathy attached AT ALL, I was told that instead of relocating, I was being “sent” out of town to this area, with less than a weeks notice mind you, to cover the area until someone is hired??!! And it sometimes takes MONTHS for them to hire someone!

All this guy sees in NUMBERS, NUMBERS, NUMBERS!!! They want this company to be your LIFE! No Thank You!!!

I want so badly to perform and hit the number, but I find myself sabotaging my efforts because I totally LOATHE this job! I wake up with panic attacks fearing going to work. I JUST CAN’T TAKE IT!!!

I felt like God was really trying to teach me something through this job, but I hope He can forgive me because I just CANNOT care about this job anymore… I’ve tried, but I want to leave the company at least better off (not worse off) versus when I came to it.

That’s my only requirement before I quit (to leave it better off than when I came) and I have asked God to please open doors for another job (that does not involve making cold calls ALL DAY.

I just want to cry when I have to go to work! I just want to do the honorable thing and have an employeepreneur mindset like Dani Johnson talks about….

Please pray for me that I can endure… I just have no motivation to even do a good job (or a decent job for that matter) and I know that’s not the right attitude to have… I just don’t know how to make it any better at this point….

Sometimes I hate myself too… I know I’m actually really good at sales when I get out there consistently, but I just don’t want to cold call “ALL DAY LONG,” ya know?! It just get’s old, especially when even the good reps with our company are making around 50K and they’re working like 60+ hour weeks… The average rep makes 25K… and there’s a lot of reps making 15K or less :(

It’s just not worth it to me… I just want to be honorable and do the right thing… The question is HOW?

Thanks

]]> By: Greg Miliates http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-126753 Greg Miliates Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:21:34 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-126753 A bad job is actually GOOD for you, because you can use your negative emotions to propel you toward something better. Keep thinking about your lousy job each day, and you can motivate yourself to take actions every day that move you to a better situation. I can honestly say that my last bad job (and bad boss) were the best things that ever happened to me. I made the transition from frustrated employee--with a micromanaging boss--to satisfied business owner. I started a consulting business part-time, and built it into a full-time endeavor which is the sole income for my family of 4. I quadrupled what I used to make at my day job, and have much more flexibility. I've posted about this topic on my blog, and show others how to start their own consulting business on the cheap. Whether you decide to start your own consulting business as I and lots of others have done, you can use a bad job to propel you toward a better place. Don't let a bad situation keep you stuck; use it to your advantage. A bad job is actually GOOD for you, because you can use your negative emotions to propel you toward something better. Keep thinking about your lousy job each day, and you can motivate yourself to take actions every day that move you to a better situation.

I can honestly say that my last bad job (and bad boss) were the best things that ever happened to me.

I made the transition from frustrated employee–with a micromanaging boss–to satisfied business owner. I started a consulting business part-time, and built it into a full-time endeavor which is the sole income for my family of 4. I quadrupled what I used to make at my day job, and have much more flexibility. I’ve posted about this topic on my blog, and show others how to start their own consulting business on the cheap.

Whether you decide to start your own consulting business as I and lots of others have done, you can use a bad job to propel you toward a better place.

Don’t let a bad situation keep you stuck; use it to your advantage.

]]> By: Megan http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-104971 Megan Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:58:34 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-104971 Thank you so much. This is the second time I've come to it to find comfort in my job situation. I don't even hate my job...it's just that after some changes, the aspect of the job I'm the worst at, is now a huge drain...basically, I'm just not very good at what I do anymore, and I find that incredibly stressful. I'd love to stay in the same job and be able to push and be productive in the job God's blessed me with, but after eight years, I think I'm suffering from burnout. Even time off is spent tense and concerned. I know though, that my job is a blessing...and not just because jobs are scarce these days. It pays well, I get good vacation time and have coworkers I genuinely care about. I really believe it's a blessing God has given me to ride out a rough spot in life...it's just weighing on me very heavily right now. Thank you so much. This is the second time I’ve come to it to find comfort in my job situation. I don’t even hate my job…it’s just that after some changes, the aspect of the job I’m the worst at, is now a huge drain…basically, I’m just not very good at what I do anymore, and I find that incredibly stressful.

I’d love to stay in the same job and be able to push and be productive in the job God’s blessed me with, but after eight years, I think I’m suffering from burnout. Even time off is spent tense and concerned. I know though, that my job is a blessing…and not just because jobs are scarce these days. It pays well, I get good vacation time and have coworkers I genuinely care about.

I really believe it’s a blessing God has given me to ride out a rough spot in life…it’s just weighing on me very heavily right now.

]]> By: Angela Williams http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-104631 Angela Williams Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:45:48 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-104631 Please pray with me and for me. I can't stand my job. I feel like crying everytime I have to go. I know that I am wasting my life away there. The Lord has given me the vision for a business, but I feel stuck in my currenT job. I would like to do something that I enjoy part-time while moving toward the vision that God has given me. Please come I to agreement with me that the Lord open that door. He said that He will rebuke the devourer for my names sake, and He will pour out a blessing that I will not have rion enough to receive. I am a tigger and a sower, and I know that He is only moved by His Word. PLease pray with me and for me. -Angela of CA Please pray with me and for me. I can’t stand my job. I feel like crying everytime I have to go. I know that I am wasting my life away there. The Lord has given me the vision for a business, but I feel stuck in my currenT job. I would like to do something that I enjoy part-time while moving toward the vision that God has given me.
Please come I to agreement with me that the Lord open that door. He said that He will rebuke the devourer for my names sake, and He will pour out a blessing that I will not have rion enough to receive. I am a tigger and a sower, and I know that He is only moved by His Word. PLease pray with me and for me.
-Angela of CA

]]> By: Grace http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-104480 Grace Tue, 01 Feb 2011 04:21:22 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-104480 Thank you for this blog. I'm going through it and this helped SO MUCH. God bless you for your testimony. It's making a difference. Thank you for this blog. I’m going through it and this helped SO MUCH. God bless you for your testimony. It’s making a difference.

]]> By: Joyce http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-97185 Joyce Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:07:45 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-97185 Thank God for this blog and the comments, I am waiting on God to deliver me from a job I hate and at the same time I have to be grateful and thankful for having a job. Reading all the comments assure me I'm not alone and this too shall pass. I was very encouraged upon reading the blog and comments. We must remember to prepare ourselves for what we are going to do, as we wait on God. We do not want to miss our opportunity to leave "our dreadful jobs". I too stand on Isaiah 40:31 and Matt 6:33 and let us keep our mind stayed on Jesus and He will keep us in perfect peace. Thank God for this blog and the comments, I am waiting on God to deliver me from a job I hate and at the same time I have to be grateful and thankful for having a job. Reading all the comments assure me I’m not alone and this too shall pass. I was very encouraged upon reading the blog and comments.

We must remember to prepare ourselves for what we are going to do, as we wait on God. We do not want to miss our opportunity to leave “our dreadful jobs”. I too stand on Isaiah 40:31 and Matt 6:33 and let us keep our mind stayed on Jesus and He will keep us in perfect peace.

]]> By: zelda http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-49815 zelda Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:30:46 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-49815 I'm currently in a job that I really hate: I dread every moment at work, and have never felt so miserable in my entire life. Thank you for your advice though. Just one truth I would like to share is that you should never get involved in something that you never had peace with from the start: it's a recipe for disaster! I believe that lack of Godly peace, is God's way of warning us not to take that particular route. I’m currently in a job that I really hate: I dread every moment at work, and have never felt so miserable in my entire life. Thank you for your advice though. Just one truth I would like to share is that you should never get involved in something that you never had peace with from the start: it’s a recipe for disaster! I believe that lack of Godly peace, is God’s way of warning us not to take that particular route.

]]> By: katey http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-43241 katey Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:29:33 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-43241 THANK YOU BOB FOR YOUR TIPS...i am currently having to ENDURE a job I HATE, and GRATEFUL of any HELP how TO DO IT. I LOVE HAVING GOD IN MY LIFE....without HIM all is IMPOSSIBLE ! I will follow your advice and PRAY TO HIM to find work I LOVE. HOW WILL I HAVE PATIENCE ? If anyone reads this and would like to share any helpful info I would be MOST GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE Katey THANK YOU BOB FOR YOUR TIPS…i am currently having to ENDURE a job I HATE, and GRATEFUL of any HELP how TO DO IT. I LOVE HAVING GOD IN MY LIFE….without HIM all is IMPOSSIBLE ! I will follow your advice and PRAY TO HIM to find work I LOVE. HOW WILL I HAVE PATIENCE ? If anyone reads this and would like to share any helpful info I would be MOST GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE Katey

]]> By: sigh.... http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-21185 sigh.... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:37:06 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-21185 This is so true! I go to work most days praying that God will use me and keep me from doing wrong and then I so often get sucked into the venting game w/everyone else....I also see myself slacking out of discouragment with the whole system. I went into my field to help people and so many times the people either really don't want my help, are just trying to play the system or the system itself seems to prohibit me from really providing much in the first place. It is only when I have an eternal perspective that I find purpose in my job, not to mention my life. I find I have "flickers" of the spiritual perspective and then find myself drifting into trying to please my boss, please others, move up the ladder, get the people to do "what they are supposed to" so it reflects better on me...I am ashamed to say that but if I am honest, I know that is what I'm doing. It's in those brief moments of drawing close to the Lord that I find peace and rest...and purpose in what I'm doing. Cause that other stuff is not the real reason I'm at my job and true purpose is to reach others for Christ. Thanks for this post! I have to remember to work hard as unto the Lord. This is so true! I go to work most days praying that God will use me and keep me from doing wrong and then I so often get sucked into the venting game w/everyone else….I also see myself slacking out of discouragment with the whole system. I went into my field to help people and so many times the people either really don’t want my help, are just trying to play the system or the system itself seems to prohibit me from really providing much in the first place. It is only when I have an eternal perspective that I find purpose in my job, not to mention my life. I find I have “flickers” of the spiritual perspective and then find myself drifting into trying to please my boss, please others, move up the ladder, get the people to do “what they are supposed to” so it reflects better on me…I am ashamed to say that but if I am honest, I know that is what I’m doing. It’s in those brief moments of drawing close to the Lord that I find peace and rest…and purpose in what I’m doing. Cause that other stuff is not the real reason I’m at my job and true purpose is to reach others for Christ. Thanks for this post! I have to remember to work hard as unto the Lord.

]]> By: MD http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-17641 MD Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:08:31 +0000 http://christianpf.com/what-to-do-when-you-hate-your-job/#comment-17641 Thanks, exactly what I needed. :) Thanks, exactly what I needed. :)

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