Job Satisfaction

SWJJ said

That sucks! While my job is not fulfilling, I wouldn't say it's boring. Tho I am stuck to a desk all day, and I don't love that part, there is some creativity involved. Maybe a sabbatical (if available) could reset your ability to tolerate the hamster wheel.

Perhaps a new hobby or some new life interest that gave you something to look forward to at the end of the work day could help, but it sounds like burnout to me.

Twice I have felt like you describe, with anxiety centered around work. Both times I left the industry altogether. Once was a lateral move, and once was a advancement (monetarily anyway)

Maybe change your Linked-In to Open for Work, visit with a Headhunter or two, discuss your skill set, and see what's out there. You can just dip your toes into "looking for another job" and if something comes along that compels you to leave biotech corporate hell, then great! If not, at least the hope and search can distract you from the mundane for a while.

Going to work dreading work drains my soul. I always felt better after I moved on.

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When I've discussed some frustrations with my boss - like how I always just have to do all the jobs on my former team, etc., he is like "no this is great, actually". For consulting, that's a really important thing because every project is so different so a jack of all trades, master of none is really good to have. I just despise the more traditional aspects of consulting work. Building powerpoint decks, trying to make bullshirt sound like silk, talk about things out of my depth. When I hear the other consultants talking I am like oh my gawdddd.

I really enjoyed all the business development stuff I was doing when my most recent last team was still funded as well as my client projects because it was just me and the clients and I was exceeding targets, hitting milestones and doing great.

Now I have to collaborate with all these azzz kissers trying to climb the corporate ladder and suck-ups to clients. The reason I've done really well with clients is that I am no nonsense and provide more consultative sales. Consultants and our traditional BD people badger people and talk out of their depths.

I work well as a lone ranger as long as I have expertise I can rely upon when I hit roadblocks. In consulting, everything is decision by committee and I forking hate it.