6 months in...far too stressed!

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

Sam.23 — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 22:46:58 GMT

3 months ago I was in the exact same position as you are.

I tried talking to management and quickly realised things would not improve.I decided enough was enough and moved on. At the time it felt like an impulsive decision but I've never been happier and I look forward to going into work now :)

Put yourself first, you won't regret it :)

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

Julia Wallis — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:05:55 GMT

Love your job not your company

In a nutshell do what is best for you which I think is move. What advice would you give a friend, can you follow your own advice. Xx

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

FINNIGAN — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:48:16 GMT

i moved on after being in a job 11 years, where i was stressed, i went home most nights in tears, it was a bit scarey to leave, but i havnt looked back, love the new job , best think i ever did. good luck

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

Heather Bacon — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:30:40 GMT

I have been in the same position as you. Go for the new job. It sounds like a great opportunity. Moving job was the best thing I did for my confidence/sanity/work life balance!

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

VetNurse Anon a/c — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:38:51 GMT

Hiya

Yeah I know how you feel, and I have been in the same boat, same as you qualified three years, I had that as a student, in my first permanent job as a RVN and as a locum. I ended up losing my confidence and felt stressed and dreaded going to work every day, started getting really bad anxiety and migraines. I worked in practices extremely short staffed and throw me in at the deep end and every little thing I did they would pull me up on it further knocking my confidence but obviously that's what happens if they don't introduce there staff properly at the start of employment.

No job is worth more than your mental health so that needs to come first so as if the other posts have said I would go for the other job but you need to do what is right for you

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

Celine — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:01:10 GMT

Your quality of life is the most important thing here, if the situation is making you anxious, keeping you up at night or filling your head with garbled thoughts in your dreams it has gotten to the point your job is having a negative impact on your life. Unfortunately although feeling guilty shows you're a caring sort of person it achieves nothing other than keeping you tied to a position that is making you very unhappy.

Go for the new job, but see if you can take a little time in between to have a rest - it will be stressful starting a new job, you'll feel slow and not "on the ball" until you get used to how everything is done there and if it's a busy practice and you've been worried you've not had time to provide good care in your last job there's a chance you'll feel the same way about this one, if that makes sense? At least, that has been my experience before. Good luck!

RE: 6 months in...far too stressed!

Alison Clare Hickman — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:33:06 GMT

hi,

In a sentence...

No guilt; do what's right for *you*!

hth

Ali h