| "body"> | | | | siphoning off your mental energy. But if all you do |
| Ever been fired and it was a complete surprise? | | | | is listen, leave, and silently attack him, your days |
| If you have, it shouldn't have been. You missed | | | | are numbered. |
| the cues. Whether you created it or the company | | | | It happens over months, not weeks. Your |
| decided it, you lost control of your career. | | | | attitude gradually exacerbates your situation |
| Frequently those two are intertwined, and if you | | | | causing you to continue the downward spiral. |
| don't dissect the experience, you may recreate it. | | | | Management becomes terse with you. Casual |
| A Gallup poll found that 77% of Americans hate | | | | conversation ceases, and their smiles are fewer. |
| their jobs. To me, that's not a surprising discovery | | | | The new project that should have gone to you is |
| because most people, before they begin their job | | | | given to someone else or your bonus is |
| hunt, don't do the examination to learn what their | | | | withdrawn. Your boss seems nitpicky. Maybe |
| perfect job is. And after a few years -- or | | | | you've become invisible. You're stressed, and it's |
| sooner - disillusion and distaste set in. This, | | | | affecting your life outside of work. |
| combined with fear of change, creates what they | | | | Any scenario can contribute to this: you've |
| wanted: to be outta that lousy place. In other | | | | outgrown your job, you're tired of the commute, |
| words, if you don't tune in, you'll tune out, and | | | | you feel underpaid, management has changed and |
| then you'll be gone. | | | | philosophies of work differ, or you've become |
| Do you dread Monday mornings? Do you | | | | tired of the existing management style - who |
| frequently disappear into your office grumbling | | | | knows what the reason is, but you'd better figure |
| about your stupid boss? If you've lost respect | | | | it out and decide what steps you're going to take |
| and enthusiasm for your company, your attitude | | | | to rectify the situation before it's decided for you. |
| is going downhill fast. Next you don't care about | | | | How do people miss this? Not everyone does. |
| your performance and you start slacking, | | | | Millions of people hate their job. If it doesn't |
| rationalizing with "I don't care." Because you don't. | | | | compromise your performance and you hide your |
| You start doing the minimum just to get by. | | | | distaste from those who work there, the only |
| If you don't notice what's happening, over time, | | | | repercussions are to your health for lying to |
| your company will. So the constant refrain of "I | | | | yourself and your fellow employees. |
| hate my job" - sung to anyone who will listen - is | | | | What keeps people from changing is usually fear |
| where bells should start going off. If the fun has | | | | of change. Change is an anathema to most |
| stopped, it's time to act. And if you change jobs, | | | | people, "The devil you know is better than the |
| you need to go to a new job, not away from | | | | devil you don't." What if you change jobs and the |
| your old one. When your attitude is sour and | | | | new one is worse? What if you're more unhappy |
| you're desperate to leave, you lose your | | | | than you are now? |
| objectivity and jump, and risk going from the | | | | Finding your perfect job means taking control of |
| frying pan into the fire. | | | | your career. That means being aware of what |
| Shortly after the quality of your work has | | | | you're creating. When you're aware, you can |
| dropped, you're called into your boss's office for a | | | | discover why you feel that way and what steps |
| performance chat. If you've done some | | | | you want to take to eliminate it. In addition to |
| introspection, you can have a heart to heart: you | | | | that, you avoid actualizing those "next job" fears. |
| need more challenge or there's an aspect of your | | | | But if you hate your job, ignore the signs, and |
| job that's been giving you difficulty. Maybe you're | | | | stuff everything, all you're creating is sudden |
| having family or personal problems that are | | | | unemployment and a lousy next job. |