https://www.reddit.com/r/SeriousConversation/comments/1h5fg7a/im_miserable_at_my_job/
created by Sad-Juggernaut-7629 on 03/12/2024 at 04:41 UTC
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I’ve been working in customer service for most of my adult life with no gaps in employment. I’ve been at my current job for almost 3 years and I cry almost everyday at some point in the day because I hate it so much. Under normal circumstances, I can handle angry customers, I’ve been doing it for years, but in most cases, these customers are rightfully angry, all I want to tell them is that they’re completely valid and that this company is fucking then all over and I want to walk away and never look back.
It also hurts me everyday because I know that I should be doing something more creative that challenges my mind, something that I actually care about and means something. Instead, I say the same thing everyday, copy, paste, and repeat. It’s killing me. I truly believe that entering another year at this job will lead me into a serious mental breakdown.
I’m single with no kids and live with my mother, but I know that my mother would have an incredibly difficult time with the bills without my income so I’ve just stuck it out, but now I truly can’t make it through a single work day without tears. This job doesn’t pay a lot, but I do have a schedule that allows me to perform in local theatre productions outside of work which is my ultimate passion and the only glue that holds me together.
I want to leave so badly, but the job market in America is terrible and it’s not about to get any better. I don’t know what to do.
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