Because my direct supervisor drives me crazy and my boss is really difficult to work for. I'm constantly burning up with frustration inside.

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Anonymous wrote:I've had jobs I've hated. It's always been a culture/management issue. Tedious and hard work can be fun if you're with the right people.

This a good culture and group of people can make it worthwhile. Right now in a bad culture and terrible manager. It has taken all of the pleasure out of working.

Totally agree with you.
I love my work as an elementary school teacher but despise the cliquish culture of those colleagues, members of principal’s inner circle, who rejoice in making their less popular colleagues’ life miserable.

Past three jobs:

Job 1, federal direct hire - boring work as a GS-7, but a chill, low-drama environment. Never brought work home with me and was able to complete a master's degree while working full time in 2 years. Grew to dislike it because it was a dead-end job and the hiring freeze during the administration change meant I wouldn't be able to change within the govt for a while.

Job 2, contractor HQ for government contract - work was more interesting and I was trusted with a lot very quickly, and was quickly able to ramp up my skills and beef up my resume. Learned a lot very quickly and was able to actually put my skills in use. Work wasn't SUPER interesting but it wasn't bad. Boss for that job was an emotionally abusive nightmare who regularly sent nasty emails at all hours of the day and night and never gave clear guidance on anything, but would scream at you if you couldn't mind-read her. Most people left because of her and I was no exception.

Current job, on-site contractor, same agency as previous job - was billed as the exact job I wanted. Asked a lot of questions in my interview to make sure it was what I wanted and they were sure to tell me what I wanted to hear. What they did not tell me is that I'd be working closely with a pedantic, micromanaging man WHO I DO NOT EVEN REPORT TO wanting to read every email I send and refusing to actually share the portfolio I was hired to take on. I have reported this to every supervisor I have had and nothing has happened. The work itself, when I get to do it, is interesting and very fulfilling. But this irritating and dimwitted man is beloved by higher-ups so it doesn't matter what I say. On my way out.

I never hate my jobs. It's the idiotic management that drove me to find another.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had jobs I've hated. It's always been a culture/management issue. Tedious and hard work can be fun if you're with the right people.

Agree.

+2

Another agreement. I actually love my job, but have had assignments over the years that were less enjoyable. The worst one was a very tedious assignment that was based in another state. I spent every day alone in my office (or home office - the only perk was ability to telework part of the time) heads-down in spreadsheets with occasional conference calls. I hated the lack of interaction with other people. When I did similar work with another group in the same office, we had a great time.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate the area of law I am practicing. It is so boring and I don't want to be a lawyer anymore. The problem is I don't know what I want to do instead.

Are you me?

ME TOO. And my boss is miserable.

It was okay for a while but then I grew to hate consulting at the Big 4 (working evenings and weekends ALL the time)....even if the client thought my performance was superior it was never enough come performance review time, your "grades" on proposal work, or the lack thereof could sink you....don't know how it's working since they allegedly took the ratings away but I'm sure it's the same ol, same ol....

Anonymous wrote:This is a spin-off on the great thread that was posted recently.

If you hate your job, why?

Please identify if you work in the DC area or not.

MD

I love my job duties and my colleagues, but I absolutely hate my boss. She's such a nightmare that I'm thinking of leaving. has no clue how to manage and tries to divide and conquer in the most passive-aggressive ways possible

Peter Principle graduate

My big boss is a merchant of chaos. Our group has a turn-over of 45% compared to 5% overall in the company and yet he thinks it is not fast enough. He wants to put everyone on edge. Yet like any dictator he wants to be loved, and anyone who don't love him is a potential enemy to him.

He is also very ruthless, and two years ago fired the longest serving member of group who was actually very helpful to others.

Anonymous wrote:Basically I just don't like having my time dictated by someone else. And I'd like to see my kids more than two hours a day.

This changing is what turned working from being a chore into being rewarding. Never knew that's what it would take, not the $, not the title. Controlling my day.

I hate my current because my new boss is crazy and his boss is a snake.

DC. Government. I don't like my job because there is only real meaningful work to do 3 months out of the year. There are no mentors, no advisors, I was hired on out of college and expected to know how to work equipment I never did in college.

Pharmaceutical market research. Interesting work, pretty great clients ... despite my efforts I have never been promoted... feels like a mediocracy and is very demotivating.

Company is run by jerks. Expect people to work for well below market pay, but then complain they are overpaid and aren't working enough. Expect everyone to work at all times, including vacations, weekends, holidays. They own the company, so treat every expense like it is coming out of their own pockets. They are terrible communicators. Culture lends itself to backstabbing, finger pointing, and lack of collaboration. No mentoring, no professional development.

DC. Consulting.

I like the work well enough. But I was not onboarded well at all. So it's all about the corporate structure and terrible flow of information.