What are your strategies and best practices for being a cog in an inefficient bureaucracy? How do you compartmentalize the frustration and leave it in the office?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 11, 2013 -
14 answers
Nearly everything I liked about my current job has evaporated, and I am left with stress and anxiety. In addition, I've always been indecisive about what my career should be. At this point should I try to build a career at my current company or leave and try something else?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 19, 2012 -
11 answers
I need a new career. Special snowflake factors: I like my current career, I've been very successful -- but I've been diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder and can't take the stress anymore. Details very slightly obfuscated.
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posted by sock puppet du jour
on Oct 31, 2012 -
21 answers
My husband has just gotten a new job in his dream company at much higher pay/benefits after a long and stressful search. That's the good part. The bad part is this job involves a lot more responsibility, longer hours, commuting time, and a much bigger project to oversee. How can I help him deal with the increased workload and stress when he is clearly having trouble adjusting to it?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 12, 2012 -
13 answers
Is leaving my job because of (possibly irrational) fears an example of avoidance? Or a realization of limitations?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 13, 2012 -
7 answers
Panic attacks are killing my self employment. What (work) should I do?
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posted by b33j
on Jun 11, 2012 -
13 answers
I am in my 7th year of a science Ph.D. at MIT and I need to graduate. I have invested an incredible amount of time and energy in this process, and I definitely have a Ph.D. level of skills and knowledge by now. 7 years is not outside the norm for my department. The problem is that a number of circumstances occurring in a row have lead to a bad/toxic relationship with my advisor and slow performance on my part.
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posted by anonymous
on May 7, 2012 -
11 answers
In the past three weeks I've gone from working 23 hours a week to 53 hours a week, and having 2-3 days off a week to having maybe one day off every 3 weeks if I'm lucky. How do I handle the resulting stress?
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posted by Autumn
on Apr 20, 2012 -
4 answers
How to deal with severe depression and delusions? Where do I go from here? Special snowflakes inside.
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posted by Gosha_Dog
on Feb 18, 2012 -
7 answers
is it common to get invited for a job interview when the organization has already hired someone for the position?
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posted by fromageball
on Feb 2, 2012 -
11 answers
I panic at work when the stress is on. Can you help me handle the fire more gracefully?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 24, 2012 -
5 answers
I got a job six months ago as a technical recruiter for a third-party contractor whose field techs replace parts for warranty customers. It's a family business with about a dozen employees in the office. Things are hinky there. Please help me understand what's going on and make a decision. Sorry, but it's very long.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 23, 2011 -
14 answers
My new job is really stressful and demanding, and it's making me unhappy, but I don't want to leave after only a couple of months, because it would look really weird on my resume and I would feel like a failure. Please help me stick it out for the medium-haul.
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posted by Ziggy500
on Aug 1, 2011 -
12 answers
Career: New job, rapidly discovering I don't like the way the place works, but need to stick it out. How to adjust my expectations in order to survive?
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posted by Franny26
on Apr 16, 2011 -
22 answers
I'm starting a new job. What are the weird little things you do on a daily, or weekly basis to a) get up to speed in a new workplace, or b) 'get your game on' to be worky/professional at your job, or c) quite literally, not go crazy from work-stress?
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posted by Elysum
on Apr 4, 2011 -
13 answers
I just quit my (bad) job and have no new job to go to. I know I need to be proactively seeking work but I'm suffering from confidence problems and bad personal circumstances and finding it difficult. Any tips or similar stories?
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posted by Franny26
on Dec 8, 2010 -
14 answers
There can be only one (full-time employee in this company). Help me get through this - and/or possibly get out?
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posted by deludingmyself
on Aug 27, 2010 -
6 answers
I'm a legal secretary at a Big Law Firm, and was previously assigned to two attorneys, Sam and Sarah. Because my workload was light, I accommodated each of Sarah's requests as best I could (Sam is every secretary's dream, and requests very little assistance). To my own fault, I spoiled Sarah, enabled her laziness, and now find myself stuck in a hole. I've been assigned a new attorney, Scott, who is both new to the firm and has a large docket. My workload has increased substantially - Sarah is used to getting her way, and Scott has deadlines coming out of his ears. I need advice on how to get a couple points across to Sarah and Scott.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 23, 2010 -
23 answers
I'm dealing with feelings that I'm not ambitious enough and not enough of a hard worker, and I'd like some perspective on how hard is 'hard enough.'
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posted by Tehhund
on Apr 7, 2010 -
11 answers
How do I stop thinking about work all the time?
I started a new job a few months ago, and for the most part, it's okay. It's not the greatest, and it's not something I can see myself doing long term, but still, it's okay. The problem is that the job is much more stressful and demanding than any I've had before. I think I'm handling it pretty well; I finish projects on time, I fulfill my responsibilities, and my boss is happy with me, but I find myself thinking about work ALL the time, and I really need that to stop.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 11, 2010 -
5 answers
I know all jobs come with some tedium, some hankering for freedom, but I've never felt as desolate as I do now. How bad can the wrong job make you feel?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 24, 2009 -
22 answers
Help me help my fianceé! She just had a bunch of new responsibilities added at work and is completely stressed by them.
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posted by Inkoate
on Jul 24, 2009 -
18 answers
I want to quit the corporate world, grow a head full of dreadlocks, make a living selling handmade beads, and just kind of...
hang out, y'know? How do I do that?
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posted by greenie2600
on Aug 9, 2008 -
24 answers
How can I deal with the stress and pressure of being an internal candidate for my own job?
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posted by bonheur
on Apr 9, 2008 -
11 answers
How to handle a relationship with my boss that has deteriorated beyond salvage?
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posted by LN
on Aug 20, 2007 -
17 answers
What should a recent computer science graduate, who is currently job hunting, do to gain the experience almost every potential employer is seeking?
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posted by hcastro
on May 17, 2007 -
29 answers
