Each week in “I Hate My Job,” we bring you insights from the minds of disengaged workers across the Twittersphere. The biggest lessons is that there’s no one reason why people hate their jobs and why they’re disengaged.
Dissatisfaction is driven by personality, life circumstances, day-to-day stresses and much more. This is just a glimpse.
But each week we try to pick out a diverse set that illustrates all the things that turn people off to their workplace and employer. Perhaps they’ll inspire you to take action?
1. If you don’t trust your co-workers to work to the same standards, your own can quickly slip…
I don’t hate my job, I hate that other people who do the job when I’m not here don’t do it as well as I do.
— Tom Armbruster (@bassplyr5150) October 4, 2015
2. Time for a move to the four-day working week?
While I hate working Mondays, I kinda love Wednesdays being my last day job day for the week. #goodmorning
— Emma Lindhagen (@EmmaLindhagen) October 14, 2015
3. There’s that internal motivation making such a difference (Thanks, Mr Pink)
Sometimes I hate my job but then I’ll have a day like today where I end up feeling like a superhero. On those days, it’s worth it.
— KC (@Simply_kimm) October 14, 2015
4. “People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.”
I really don’t want to go to work tomorrow. Like, my boss has kinda made me hate this job and it’s only been 3 months since I started.
— Michael (@MCornax) October 14, 2015
5. No comms = no trust = cynicism = disengagement
When I hate my job: I ask 1 question and 30 minutes later the guy STILL HAS NOT ANSWERED IT. #blowhard
— Kimberly Winston (@kjwinston11) October 13, 2015
6. The head’s convinced but not the heart!
Here’s the thing – I don’t hate my job. I just don’t feel compelled by it, except in that it’s good work for great $$ & benefits.
— Gloom Wizard (@YarnGeek) October 13, 2015
7. Not necessarily a terrible thing if the culture is right, people respect each other and diversity is celebrated
Another reason I hate my job. Every one of my coworkers are adamantly aligned opposite of me politically.
— …I got nothing. (@StevenRosia) October 13, 2015
8. Inspiration for the next great Hollywood horror film?
I seriously hate the toilet at my job. It usually automatically flushes at least 5 times while I’m sitting on it. Like it’s just scary
— xxxxxxx (@oovoid) October 13, 2015
