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Anxious about keeping my job

ComputerScienceKid
ComputerScienceKid
Just last Monday I started working at a residential care home. The place is hell on earth, I really don't know how long I can keep this up between the pain of being on my feet all day and just all misery I am exposed too takes it toll. I work as a dietary aid so it really a thankless job, my co workers are cold people who think mental illness is BS. I just feel exhausted by the end of the day, and I really have to steel myself going in to work. Sorry I just needed to vent.
hyperpgal
hyperpgal
so sorry to hear about your stressful job---so many of the most important jobs are thankless--so if no one else will say it, I will! Thank you!...thank you for understanding mental illness, thank you for trying to help people with their diets, thank you for helping them to stay off even more meds. thank you for your patience with your coworkers, hopefully they will learn by your example.
gramybear
gramybear
I'm glad you vented. I can only imagine what you are going through. It's not a thankless job but thankless to those who shouldn't be working there in the first place if that is how they feel about mental illness. I would love to talk to these people, but I don't think they would enjoy talking to me! If you are injuring yourself more with this job, can you possibly find different work? I hope you can take with you to work that all of us know you are not doing a thankless job and so glad there are people like you in this world. You may want to also join that caregivers site. Hugs GB
Calebb
Calebb
Hi C.S.-er . :)

Gramybear has more optimism than I. (And optimism is real important, *super* important in our world. So..)
/ I agree with much of her post -- however she has the view that the job can eventually be tolerable. I on my part do not see a future in it.

On of the mistakes I used to make..when I was working : _trying to tough it out_ when a job was simply dragging me down. Then my supervisor eventually decided my heart was not in my work. And axed me. It happened lots.

Having a job is a plus, of course, when applying for a new job. A time prob exists yes, getting time free to go here and there applying.

When on those jobs where I tried to "tough it out," I only focused on the job and did not think of the future. . . . . / cheers