Sunday, August 22, 2010

I HATE MY JOB? 10 points for the best advice?

I am 24 years old. I am an office manager for this small office of 10 employees for over a year. My job is to take care of everything in the office, inventories, supplies, correspondence, files, refreshment. I also manage 2 staff houses. I am responsible for all HR related matters. I am coordinating with finance on paying all the bills for stuff houses and office. We have 7 expats and am handling of their visa and travel schedules. I am contacting all vendors and hosting office guests. I am organizing workshops and handling a project. I am also a receptionist and answering the office phone. I successfully designed office manual and security guideline.





I recently hate my job for various reasons such as politics, unprofessional, and too much workload for me. I have 4 different bosses in the past year. The newest boss is the stupid person. She asked to do everything, but she does not even understand the work.





P.S. I earned Master's Degree and am now doing Ph.D. I constantly believe that I am deserved to be treat better with my education and talents. Although, I am young and inexperience. Sorry, English is my second languageI HATE MY JOB? 10 points for the best advice?
My advise:


Never be arrogant, but give respect and earn respect.


If you aren't appreciated and are working in a environment that is emotionally unfair; overworking you, not recognizing your talents and hard work and you are unhappy...it's unhealthy to stay there.





Look for a new job with a better type of challenge. Don't say anything negative about your current job when you look for a new one. (This is very very important)





Good luck and do what you have to do to make your work life satisfying.I HATE MY JOB? 10 points for the best advice?
As office manager isn't also part of the office manager's duties to delegate to the other employees? Take some of the work load off of you if you can. Your still young, this is certainly a life lesson for you, and with all the experience and knowledge you are acquiring strive to start your own business. Or do something that you will not dread going to work everyday, keep up the good work, no pun intended.
omg, you do that all on your own? howcome?


i think you should really get another job, you deserve something better than this one with your education and SKILLS!


what, are you a slave? your boss make you do all those jobs, please respect yourself more and start looking for another job.


and remember, don't be too cocky when u got a better job because of your education
i work in a care home for the elderly... so to be honest you job actually sounds better than mine.. i hate the hours... i dont have any qulifications and its rubbish pay... either you put your chin up and get on with it or start looking for a new one (whish is what im doing at the moment but with no luck... )


Hope this helps
All i can tell you is that if you complain about it, you'll only make the situation worse for yourself.
see, god knows whats your name but u should never hate your job you should always love god will anytime give u something really good which u like
I hate my life...
It does sound like you aren't getting treated fairly. Have you ever talked to your bosses about it? Maybe they assume that you are able to handle it that the workload isn't too much. After all, why give those responsibilities to other employees, and maybe have to hire some to cover them, if you can do it all successfully by yourself. You should talk to your boss, and see if she can help. If not you can try delegating some of the work to the people under your command if you feel they are capable of doing it. If none of that works I would suggest you start looking for a new job. It sounds like you have pretty good credentials and shouldn't have too much trouble finding one.
The answer would greatly depend on what your Master's Degree and Ph.D are on, as if it's not in a business related field, that would be why you hate your job. If it is in the business field, then you have to get out of a small company and into a big one, where the different tasks you currently do are undertaken by many employees who are specialized in each area. The reason you hate your job, is because you are doing too many and varied tasks all by yourself. On the otherhand, your employers probably can't afford to employ more people, as there are only 10 employees in the office. So, you either have to grin and bear it, and do your job as best possible given the circumstances, or find another job in a bigger company. If, as mentioned before, your qualifications are in a different field, then find a job that relates to your studies.
Hmm, well sounds like you have great Admin based skills. Maybe you should move into more graphics %26amp; letter writing skills and move away from baby sitting staff %26amp; answering phones.


We have the same problem with our admin staff. It's a one man army. The bosses don't know $hit %26amp; they expect everything done yesterday!


We hired some young girl to answer phones which helps HEAPS. She collects the mail, answers phones, cleans the kitchen, attends to clients, etc


It has taken a load off the other admin girls that are also in your position. Highly skills and wasting their talents on crap!


If your boss is willing to hire extra help, then pick up Uni students that can work part time or young girls that are just looking for a starter job.


If your bosses aren't interested in hiring extra help then threaten to leave. And when you go for your new job, don't go for second best! State exactly what you do %26amp; DON'T wanna do. Our newest receptionist demanded a car bay, late start %26amp; early finish %26amp; good pay!


Well good luck, but in the end if your not happy start looking for another job a sap!
Welcome to the real world. We all hate our jobs to some degree. The question is how much do you hate it. Are you motivated to get a different job? Are there other jobs even available? Are there other positions within the same company that you could move into? The workload issue may be your fault as you continued to pickup the new responsibilities and didn't say no to anything. Is your new boss truly the source of your frustration? I would start by having a conversation with the boss outlining your issues. You need to give them a chance to make things better. If they don't respond to the issues it may be time to move on.

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