Very stressed with work

leave, claim jsa, work on exam.

That's what I did when I tried to sit my medical exam, got sick of work retards trying to make me come in when i was facing sitting a ******* 6 hour exam.

Edit: oh and the "thats just life" attitude is for people who settled on mediocrity and working some dead end job don't listen to it. If you unhappy or struggling take action in whatever form even if that means leaving job but make sure you'll be fine without it. Exams are FAR FAR FAR more important than some crumby job.
 
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Ignore the Randian superhero's in here who worked 100 hours a week whilst doing 3 phd's.

Tell work your not working over 15 hours and move on, your studies are far more important than a **** job will ever be :)
 
I used to work whilst I was doing my AS/A-Levels as well and personally I let the work and the money jeopardise my results.

I was too kooked up in wanting to know what all my mates were up to and if anyone wanted to go to the pub and chasing girls. I came out with BCD results when I should have been aiming for minimum straight B's. That led me to almost not being able to go to uni, which would have been gutting. Some will say you don't need to go to uni to still succeed, but its not just about that. It's the experience as much as anything, you just might be three years behind in the career ladder is all.

Do what you think is right, but from my opinion put your results first even if that means quitting. If I could go back now, i'd have quit. Hindsight is both a beautiful thing and a *****.
 
First world problems.

If you want to go out 24/7 then quit your job.

If you enjoy money then stay with the job, grow some balls and refuse to work more than 14hrs. If they sack you, don't worry as your studies are more important.

Monkeynut 99% of use in this thread have been in your situation, you are not the only one to ever do A-levels and go to uni.

Suck it up or quit and do your A-levels.

You only have a couple of weeks left anyway?
 
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It is a part of life and managing it correctly now will set you up better in the future, I've had similar stress before but managing them all property and setting aside time for friends and family worked a treat.

I remember asking my dad for advice and his words were suck it up and get on with it.

Full time uni, part time job, long distance relationship with a new born baby, and only now things are good, but it took a long time to understand how to balance my time. Hope you get it sorted.
 
Without wishing to punch our OP in the guts I do find it mildly amusing when I see students working part time talking about stress, for though I am sure there is stress there I PROMISE you that you've not experienced the stresses associated with adult life. You will look back in 20 years time and realise this, but right now I'm sure you think you are out of control when I promise you, you really aren't.

If your exams are that important and you don't need the money then stop your job and live with parents, get your grades and move on to education. If you are going to uni to fail however, forget the dream and look at building a career. If you are unable to do both together I suspect both work and education may be a challenge for you, perhaps setting your sights a little more short term might make sense.
 
Try working 48 hours a week, 20 hours is nothing lol

Sounds like you need to knock back a few whiskeys and relax

How can you say you're at work "all the time" when you only do 20 hours a week? thats 4 days @ 5 hours a day right? thats nothing. What about weekends?
 
Housey said:
Without wishing to punch our OP in the guts I do find it mildly amusing when I see students working part time talking about stress, for though I am sure there is stress there I PROMISE you that you've not experienced the stresses associated with adult life. You will look back in 20 years time and realise this, but right now I'm sure you think you are out of control when I promise you, you really aren't.

If your exams are that important and you don't need the money then stop your job and live with parents, get your grades and move on to education. If you are going to uni to fail however, forget the dream and look at building a career. If you are unable to do both together I suspect both work and education may be a challenge for you, perhaps setting your sights a little more short term might make sense.
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This is the best post I've read all night.
 
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Parents offer no helpful advice other than "that's life" or "you can use the money to go out with your friends" but I CAN'T, because I'm in work all of the time.
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I have anxiety issues, but what you said in my quote is a case of "that is life". Working 22 hours per week is what you should be doing over the summer hols. If you are 16-17 years old then the job you do will be very low stress.

I have no children, but wait untill you get a 40 hour per week job, a mortgage, children and have to cook/clean for yourself. You are currently living in a bubble and are being a big sissy about it!

When I was your age I worked as a cleaner for 2 hours after college each night and also sat and sun at Alton Towers (long days when transport was included). I was in college 9 to 3.30 each day as it was a 6th form at a high school.

Your opening post sounds like a teenager having a sulk.
 
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Try working 12 hour days, yeah it's 4 days a week, but 5am wake up and getting in at 7pm is a real killer, just nice that I get 4 days off to recover
 
Everyone has their different thresholds of work/life balance so go easy on the kid folks.

Don't let anything get in the way of your education. You'll only regret it if you don't do as well as you wanted (speaking from personal experience).
 
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At my University (Loughborough) we get the arts/psychology/sports/geography students bitching to the engineers/physics/maths students about their workload and how they have no free time. It is hillarious.
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That is just university though, long hours are a part of it.

I'm on about job(s).
 
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That is just university though, long hours are a part of it.

I'm on about job(s).
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At some Universities it's much more difficult than just having a 40-50 hour a week job. My degree, and Uni, for example, requires 100% dedication unless you want to seriously fall behind - which I find a lot more challenging than when I was working 50 hours a week but could leave work at work essentially at the end of the day.
 
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