Does anyone else struggle day by day, week by week with work?

willhub

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willhub

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Bit of a bland title, didn't really know what else to type.

But just the thought of work, for example on a Sunday, generally bringing the day down and worrying about getting prepped for Monday, a gloomy day, always feels so dark and dismal.

Then the thought of the working week, it's almost as if you're looking up at this impossible to climb mountain that you have to climb but you're feeling so lethargic already.

I do 12 hour shifts Mon,Tue, Thursday, every other week do 4 hours on a Saturday, but I can't fathom why I still feel like the week is so dismal when I have more time off than people on conventional 5 day week, I get Wednesday off, Friday off and then Saturday/Sunday, Wednesday is generally the day I have to myself but just sleep to try and replenish my energy after the 8-8's. Other days I'm with the family and it's generally non-stop.

The thought of work just makes me want to run for the hills at the moment. Maybe it's the time of the year?

I sometimes think perhaps it's my job, but, every job will have some cons attached to it, mine is speaking to angry peoples as I work in a bank, and, generally quite sensitive so I can feel quite aggravated when customers start going off on one at me and know there is nothing I can do about it and I have to just sit back and take it.
 
BUDFORCE said:
@willhub what is it you do?

Don't get me wrong I don't love my job, but I tolerate it, certainly don't dread it, life it too short mate get another job.
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I work in a bank for a collections department, and it's very stressful especially if customers are not happy and as banks are regulated heavily we have to try and ask all the required questions and carry out the required processes and sometimes it ends up in some sort of battle and customer's in my opinion do take it personally and start to get difficult and then threaten to log complaints directly. it's also a case that the slightest thing wrong and we get a "fail", there is no sort of 90% and above, and even if the amounts are within agreed % I still don't like the negative nature, and even then, it's always thinking about when you do a good job what else could you have done. There just is no smooth sailing and even then when it comes to money it's never going to be positive.
 
The problem is, for my role I'm paid the higher side of 35k, and looking at jobs at least in manchester city center, equivilant jobs are much lower pay. Yuo'd think I should be happy with a relatively decent wage, but this wage doesn't seem to go far, it doesn't feel like I've got expendable income it almost feels like the new £20k, or even £18k, I'm scrimping and saving, buying the lowest tier components for my bike, getting by ona rusty chain, money just dissapears, rent nearly £1k, you get doss houses for 950 now, mtge scene is unstable, really grates away.
 
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@DanTheMan
I used to work at Hardman Boulevard 6th floor for 4 years (left in 2016) customer svs for NW/RBS, at least they had a really good canteine and a nice subsidised starbucks.

There isn't much in the way of stepping to non customer facing unfortunatly most of that going to India.
 
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