Surviving a Horrible Job: 7 Tips to Keep You Sane
We’ve all had one, and we’ve all quit one. It’s hard to escape a horrible job, especially when you need the money. Having survived my share of bad jobs, I’ve come up with seven ways to make your situation better before throwing your hands up and walking out.
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One man once said to me “it is easy to obtain but sometimes hard to maintain”. I never read much into this statement until I observed how people behave in the workplace. They paint a certain picture during the interviews such that the panel “falls in love” at first sight. Some people are only impressive while trying to sell themselves. Once “sold”, once they obtain the job, they become very poor at ensuring they keep the job. I have a number of former workmates who are now either in management positions or in some cases they now own their businesses as Founder and CEO. In my observations, listening to the cry of these managers, people neglect themselves and become comfortable too soon after getting the job. What they fail to realize is that the employee requires performance not merely someone who shows up for work with no tangible evidence of the reason the person is employed. People get suspended, sacked and they receive warnings of poor performance. I also marvel at some older people I get to meet who mention that they have been with the company for forty years; some even get into retirement having worked for just one employer
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