Job Satisfaction (1 Viewer)

[0rion]

Talk me off the ledge, y'all. I am ready to quit with nothing lined up. I forkin' hate this place.

I know you're not the age of my kids but my advice would apply to both. NEVER leave a job without a job ( or plan) lined up. I have a feeling you don't really need my advice though. Not your first rodeo. You gotta find something that makes you happy though and if this place isn't doing it then find the place that does. You only need as much money as you need. Happiness doesn't have a price tag because it's invaluable.

 

[saintmdterps]

He is good at what he does and he has a pretty good personality- which is the opposite of most dentists. He won Dentist of the Year in the "Best of" in the Gazette Telegraph a few years running

He also got incredibly lucky - when he was first starting as an Associate he worked for a women who owned his building and the practice - she owned medical practices all over, even though she wasn't a doc.

She also happened to be a Scientologist who was actively trying to reach Tom Cruise status.

She came to my bother one day and asked him to buy it from her because she needed cash so she could learn to time travel or whatever. At the time the practice was only 4 chairs and two technicians so he built if from that.

The building used to have 8 medical offices. He merged three of the offices (two on the first floor two on the second) with his to make his practice and put the OR and extra chairs on the second floor.

The oral surgeon who did my implant has one office and a staff of 6. His hours are 9-4 with an hour for lunch. He does not work weekends. As he told me “I’m not going to kill myself or my staff for money. It’s not worth it. I have 3 children who need their dad. I can pay my bills and we live pretty well”

He has a 4-6 month waiting period for a procedure. Mine was done at 11am after which I went home. At 5pm that evening my phone rang “hi it’s Andy Bookwalter (not doctor Bookwalter) I just wanted to see how you’re feeling “. He does not delegate these calls to staff and said these follow up calls are important to him, and part of the reason why he keeps shorter hours.

Without a doubt he’s one of the best healthcare providers I’ve met in my life. We need more like him.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

NEVER leave a job without a job ( or plan) lined up.

I have heard this exact advice all my life, but to me it’s not always realistic…. Personally speaking, I have done it (quit jobs without having something else lined up) and it’s usually turned out fine.. ive also had it not work out fine and really get me stressed out and have to take a job i really didnt want until that next thing came along…. The thing is, it’s REALLY hard to devote the time you need to applying and interviewing for new jobs if you already have a fulltime job… like, so hard that im not sure how people do it…. Whereas, if im unemployed, i can, and do, always treat the new job search/hunt like a fulltime job in itself, which puts me at a distinct advantage .

 

[saintmdterps]

Channel the hate into something physical. Hit something.

This was an exchange between me and my counselor while i was at my old job

Me: I'm cursing a lot
Therapist: You've always cursed. you curse during our sessions

ME: is that bad?
Her: you tell me

Me: well, it's cathartic, but I feel it's gotten worse and is more bitter.
Her: do you curse at inappropriate times?

Me: is walking out of my office and across the rehab gym floor with patients and staff present while saying "God I hate this ******-******* job!" inappropriate?
Her: what would be your advice to someone else who found themselves in that situation?

Me: Point taken
Her: On the other hand cursing can be healthy, it's better than hitting someone or breaking things.

Me: well, one out of two ain't bad. I haven't hit anyone since 1983, but I've broken a few things here of late.
Her: Have you been on Indeed lately?

I left the job shortly thereafter. I don't curse as much but job stress is replaced by financial stress

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

Sounds like I need to do a few things before rage-quitting:

Taste cat food to ensure I am not a fan.
Go to a rage room and destroy some ish
Get on Indeed (I applied for 5 jobs yesterday lol)
Save up $100K
Potentially start therapy
Go back in time and marry into wealth so I wouldn't have ever had to deal with corporate America in the first place and lived my best life as a lady of leisure (since I was not born into wealth nor acquired it since birth).

Then consider quitting. LOL

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Sounds like I need to do a few things before rage-quitting:

Taste cat food to ensure I am not a fan.
Go to a rage room and destroy some ish
Get on Indeed (I applied for 5 jobs yesterday lol)
Save up $100K
Potentially start therapy
Go back in time and marry into wealth so I wouldn't have ever had to deal with corporate America in the first place and lived my best life as a lady of leisure (since I was not born into wealth nor acquired it since birth).

Then consider quitting. LOL

Do not go gentle into that unemployment line

 

[0rion]

Sounds like I need to do a few things before rage-quitting:

Taste cat food to ensure I am not a fan.
Go to a rage room and destroy some ish
Get on Indeed (I applied for 5 jobs yesterday lol)
Save up $100K
Potentially start therapy
Go back in time and marry into wealth so I wouldn't have ever had to deal with corporate America in the first place and lived my best life as a lady of leisure (since I was not born into wealth nor acquired it since birth).

Then consider quitting. LOL

Solid plan

 

[0rion]

This was an exchange between me and my counselor while i was at my old job

Me: I'm cursing a lot
Therapist: You've always cursed. you curse during our sessions

ME: is that bad?
Her: you tell me

Me: well, it's cathartic, but I feel it's gotten worse and is more bitter.
Her: do you curse at inappropriate times?

Me: is walking out of my office and across the rehab gym floor with patients and staff present while saying "God I hate this ******-******* job!" inappropriate?
Her: what would be your advice to someone else who found themselves in that situation?

Me: Point taken
Her: On the other hand cursing can be healthy, it's better than hitting someone or breaking things.

Me: well, one out of two ain't bad. I haven't hit anyone since 1983, but I've broken a few things here of late.
Her: Have you been on Indeed lately?

I left the job shortly thereafter. I don't curse as much but job stress is replaced by financial stress

If cussing is healthy I'm the healthiest person you've ever met.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Get on Indeed (I applied for 5 jobs yesterday lol)

Good post, and solid plan.. as for the particular point i highlighted above- i think Indeed is a good job site, but i personally think that LinkedIn’s job search feature is the best of all the major career boards.. for whatever reason, it has seemed to produce better results for me over the last few years or so in America… also, and i am not sure if this would apply to what you do- but circa 5-7 yrs ago, i was looking for a new job in Medical/Healthcare sales and there was a specific job board (MedReps dot com maybe ? But dont quote me on that).. in any case, there was a fee to join , i think $5 or $10 per month.. many people will discount sites like that , esp if they are unemployed and trying to save money where they can.. or sometimes just on general principle.. but i paid the few dollars per month, and it landed me a six figure job… so i would have gladly paid $200 or $300 per month for a few months if i had known the result would work out so well, but of course there are no guarantees .. just something to think about .

 

[CajunInVA]

Most of last year I was feeling super burnt out about my job. I took over a location from the previous manager who had been there over 40 years. To say that they have a certain way of doing things is an understatement. All really solid people who want to do a good job, but only had ever done it one way. Unfortunately that one way was just do whatever the previous guy told them to do. Not much in the way of delegation, just do what he said. I am skilled in my field, but don't have all of those years of experience with these particular products. So, I've been working to get the managers and supervisors to be more self reliant and willing to make decisions, use their experience, etc. I had a key guy leave mid year that hurt (he told me that the reason he had the courage to leave was because I had spent time the last six months developing him), and it just kept being tough after that.

In November, I was approached about a role at another company doing something I was very familiar and mostly comfortable with. It was a small increase in money, but likely a lot easier and less stressful in the long run. I ended up accepting. After I accepted, my current company made a fairly significant counter that I turned down.

After turning down the counter and relieving myself of the stress of staying, it really let me reflect on why I was leaving and what was my role and the role of others in creating a situation that I felt I wanted to get away from. Having that stress free clarity of thought and reflection, I realized that I didn't really want to leave all that much. While we have a lot of challenges, I also had a lot of positive momentum and I do think my team is changing and getting stronger. I thought about what it would take for me to stay in the job and be able to be healthy mentally and physically. So, I went back to them and accepted the counter, but also got them to agree to let me work from home at least one day a week and made them understand that my intent in the role is to transition towards a more strategic mindset.

My company is full of a bunch of "doers" but not a lot of think ahead folks. We do the old "Ready, Shoot, Aim" quite a bit. My goal is to reverse that trend and get out ahead of our difficulties. I think the time away each week, knowing this is what I need to do (and my bosses knowing it, too), and feeling like I'm starting to get my managers to think like this, too.

But what I've realized from all of this is that I do need to figure out how to clear my head and cut myself loose from the day to day, on occasion. That freedom from the grinding stress is what empowers me to see the big picture and effect positive change (or at least that is what I'm telling myself). So, I am all in back at the old company any, probably naively, expecting good things.

P.S. - the employee who left last summer dropped by this week to ask if he could come back. Working on getting him back now, because his old position was filled.