I hate my job I want to cry!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you me?? I"m a 38yo SW who hates my agency-based job. After years of saying I'd never "sell out" I'm taking steps towards starting a private practice. I've been taking specialized trainings in a "niche" area over the last two years, and am developing a business plan. I know that it will be rocky at first, but if I'm going to be overworked and under-paid, at least I'll like my boss!

Sounds like a really good idea...and am glad to learn that there is someone out there in a similar situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter starts college this fall and wants to go into social work. This worries me a bit because I've always heard that social workers generally end up poorly-paid, overworked, and burned out unless they go on for a masters or doctorate and get out of the lower ranks.

What do you hate about your job?

O.P here I have a masters degree....there is a lot to deal with . The clients are just difficult and nobody says thank you here even after you " bend over backwards".Generally over worked and underpaid...I just realized that you can't change a world that doesn't want change.

Sorry you just realized this. People need to help themselves, IF they are ever ready for that. I find that most people prefer to continue the cycle. I can only focus on bettering me and my own.

+1

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Same here. I'm a registered nurse.[/quote]
Have you thought of becoming a school nurse with DCPS? The ones I've dealt with for my kids have seemed happy.[/quote]PP here. No, I want to leave nursing altogether. I love the sciences and love to read. I wouldn't mind working as a medical librarian but it might too late. I'm 48.[/quote] May consider this route, Pop please tell me which websites to check out.Thanks[/quote]

DCPS partners with Childrens Hospital to support its nursing program. Here's a Link: http://www.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Health%20and%20Wellness/dcps-school-nurse-brochure-12-2010.pdf

[Anonymous]

how much does it pay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP- SW has to be one of the most high stress, thankless and underpaid careers. I use to be a school counselor and left that career completely. I'm going back to school this fall for a degree in engineering. I'm 40.

It's not to late. Good luck to you.

How did you decide to change from SW to engineering? What kind of engineering?

I'm the PP who is changing from school counseling. I decided on chemical engineering. It's something that I've always wanted to do but in my twenties, for some reason, decided that school counseling was the way to go. That was my career for several years but then I had a child, stayed at home for six years and REALLY didn't want to go back to school counseling. I just couldn't make myself do it. Fortunately DH is supportive and I've been accepted into a great program.

I was tired of my career before I had DC but staying at home gave me time to regroup and refocus. If I had never taken that time off I would have stayed at my last job. I'm excited to start over. Even though I have to pump up my self confidence, I'm proud of myself for not getting stuck somewhere that didn't make me happy (or pay well).

Take some time off to think about what you truly want to do. I know it's hard to push the suffering clients out of your head but you have to think about you. What do you WANT to do?

[Anonymous]

Interesting. . . NP here who is also thinking about making a switch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter starts college this fall and wants to go into social work. This worries me a bit because I've always heard that social workers generally end up poorly-paid, overworked, and burned out unless they go on for a masters or doctorate and get out of the lower ranks.

What do you hate about your job?

You may be right, but there aren't very many higher "ranks" in social work!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lord help me!!! Its getting more difficult to want to stay. I just hate being a social worker.

My cousin opened her own counseling center and specialized.

Do you have good colleagues who'd be willing to take the plunge?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]how much does it pay?[/quote]

I couldn't find it but here's a link to the program's contact page: http://www.childrensnational.org/advocacy/childrens-school-services/meet-our-team.aspx

Barbara Barbara S. Scott, MSN, NE-BC, RN-BC is Vice President, [e-mail]

Colleen Whitmore, MSN, FNP, RN is Director of Nursing Services, [e-mail]

In fact, the website is quite extensive, with department heads and all sorts of information. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Social work is an extremely draining, exhausting, and frustrating. Nobody ever thanks you, and clients only look out for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same here. I'm a registered nurse.

Me too!
Hate it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter starts college this fall and wants to go into social work. This worries me a bit because I've always heard that social workers generally end up poorly-paid, overworked, and burned out unless they go on for a masters or doctorate and get out of the lower ranks.

What do you hate about your job?

Not OP but hospitals use nurses for discharge planning. The money's pretty decent.

Last RN poster here, I do this, well something similar. It gets to you after a while. I feel like a social worker.

[Anonymous]

I have been in social work for seven years....I work with families that are involved with children's services. I feel stuck in the job. I could literally throw my HIPAA approved locked bag over a bridge and into the water AND NOT LOOK BACK. I need the job but it is sucking my soul, my energy, and it is ruining my health. I am in a state of severs burnout. I spend all weekend in bed trying to recoup some semblance of energy so that I can drag my self through another soul sucking day on the following Monday...want to cry just thinking about it. The weeks are getting longer and longer. I am neglecting my kids because I just don't have the energy to deal with them in the way that they deserve. I am so depressed. hate this job!!!

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who is a social worker - actually I have a bunch of friends who are social workers and I think you have to look around a lot to really find a job with a good work/life balance. My friend who worked in an outpatient mental health facility beyond hated it. I have a friend who works for S.O.M.E and loves it. Another friend works for the schools and loves it. The ones that love their jobs get decent pay and have decent hours. My suggestion is to look around a bit and find an area you are interested in. The bright lining in social work is that there are many varied job options out there. One area of need that I see in the DC area is Fertility/infertility Counseling. Many people I know are looking for someone to talk to about this kind of stuff. May be an area of SW worth looking into.

[Anonymous]

I am a school psychologist and I feel the same way. The never ending report writing, the litigious environment, angry parents, many who have a right to be angry, hearing about horrific events that have happened to kids, working as a gatekeeper to keep kids out of spec. ed., feeling sad when they do qualify and know they will fall further behind because some spec. ed. teachers are awful and some gen. ed. teachers give up on these kids. I hate that it never ends. I can't sleep nights, worry all weekend, yell at my kids, I hate, hate my job.