#JobSearch #WorkplaceAbuse #CareerJourney
Hey guys, have any of you ever found yourself in a job that you absolutely despised, but now that you’re in the midst of a tough job search, you’re starting to reminisce about it? 🤔 I recently went through a horrible experience with an abusive manager and was eventually laid off, but strangely enough, I catch myself thinking about the “good times” at that job.
Here are some things I’ve been pondering:
– Is it normal to feel this way about a toxic job?
– How can we distinguish between genuine nostalgia and gaslighting ourselves into thinking a bad situation was actually good?
– What are some ways to snap out of this mindset and focus on finding a healthier work environment?
What do you guys think? Any advice or experiences you’d like to share? Let’s help each other navigate through this tough time and come out stronger on the other side! 💪🏼🌟
This is how messed up our current system is…it makes being a mistreated slave desirable 😭
I feel this post. My old boss was insane and abusive, but I have a new job now that’s more work and I can’t help missing the “good times” with less and easier work. I hate that I can’t shake the feeling. I get paid significantly less and that doesn’t help either. I’m overqualified too. But you take what you can get in this environment hey? Damn. I wish I didn’t relate to this post as much as I do.
I went through that recently. I actually loved the job, but I seriously distrusted the CEOs and the way they were running the company. I was actually considering leaving, as I could see the company sinking. But I liked my team and some parts of the the job. Well, my mistrust was justification, as they laid me and some others off without any warning. Probably to save on salaries.
I’m still furious at the whole thing a couple of months later, and it’s been seriously eating at my self-esteem. What’s even the point of working hard to build something great when useless idiots get to smash it all up again for no reason.
I’m at a loss here, who can’t find a job? What fields do you all work in where there isn’t immediate openings?
Thats just doubt and fear clouding your thoughts. I left a good job to take a “better” job with a 50k pay bump and within 6 weeks knew id made a terrible decision. I soldiered on for a year at that place, fell into a deep depression and was mercifully laid off. The day it happened, I was extremely happy. Six months into being unemployed, I had your exact feelings. Felt like I fucked up the best opportunity of my life but then remembered how I DREADED mondays because I knew I had to work there. Stay strong, dont seccond guess yourself.
The job market really is making people think “hmm maybe being kinda abused at my past job might not have been as bad as how I’m going to be abused in my future jobs.”
I always say stay at your job until you have something lined up.