How do you handle going to a job day after day that you hate? I basically 'quiet quitting' at this point. Luckily I have had two interviews and two more coming up. I hope something pans out out of one of those.

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1. AnonymousApril 14,2025 at 1:41PM UTC

   Good luck. You'll find something.

2. AnonymousApril 14,2025 at 2:48PM UTC

   Hoping is not a strategy. And neither is quiet quitting. It says more about you than about the situation. You need to divorce your emotions from it and make it transactional, doing the best work you can until you find a replacement role. But notice and be honest with yourself. If every place you've worked can be described as toxic and something you hate, there's a common denominator there. Toxic is very overused these days as a workplace descriptor. Maybe do some investigation of others fields you might enjoy. You deserve to be happy and fulfilled in your work. It can be easy to blame it on the workplace or expect more from them to fulfill you than was ever on offer. Good luck!

3. AnonymousApril 14,2025 at 3:06PM UTC

   I will send good vibes your way and say a little prayer!

4. AnonymousApril 14,2025 at 4:52PM UTC

   UPDATED: I have been asked to take a pre-interview assessment, so maybe I will get a fifth interview!

5. AnonymousApril 15,2025 at 12:53PM UTC

   Going to work and doing my job. Doing what I can to help improve the situation. Taking responsibility for my work and my part in the situation.

   You may think no one has noticed your 'quiet quitting' strategy but you are wrong. People notice.

6. AnonymousApril 15,2025 at 7:06PM UTC

   No, it's for different jobs.

7. AnonymousApril 16,2025 at 1:34PM UTC

   Yep! I will be five interviews this month for 5 different jobs!

8. AnonymousApril 16,2025 at 3:31PM UTC

   Do everything you can to keep your job, especially if you cannot afford to lose it. In the meantime, save as much as possible to have a few weeks' cushion, as unemployment benefits can take some time to kick in. It's good that you are getting a good response to applications. Good luck to you!

9. JB09718April 16,2025 at 7:23PM UTC

   do more to make your current workday enjoyable. Anything from packing your favorite snacks and lunch to treating yourself to coffee on the way to work.

10. maria roseApril 17,2025 at 2:12AM UTC

    Not saying that having a job that gives you joy is impossible and I am glad that this OP is looking for a better job opportunity but I want to address the main question here of this post—how to handle continuing working at a job that you don’t enjoy. I can think of one main reason to keep oneself employed and earning a paycheck—you need that paycheck to maintain your self-sufficiency and cover all your necessity costs. So unless you don’t need money for those necessity expenses because you somehow don’t pay necessity bills and any money you earn is just spare change, then feel free to quit your job.

11. AnonymousApril 18,2025 at 4:17PM UTC

    Agree. Only a few of this wouldn't be doing it if we weren't getting paid. I married someone who works in the Trades. They have a whole different approach to work. Very transactional (I do X I get paid) and they celebrate finishing a day's work, whether it was something that would continue or something that is over. Good or bad, it is acknowledged and then dismissed. We work to live not live to work. It also taught me to value my presence. My spouse gets paid X to show up and X to work. Very transparent. When I started viewing myself that way it helped immensely.

12. AnonymousApril 18,2025 at 4:19PM UTC

    Two people i know took their PTO allotment and divided it by 6. They scheduled 1/6 each quarter and saved the remaining 2/6 for emergencies and year end time off. They said looking forward to that planned time off each quarter helped immensely.

13. AnonymousApril 21,2025 at 4:51PM UTC

    Frame a copy of your lease to keep next to your monitor. . . .

    If u got kids that's even better.

    Repeat after me:

    I love my job, I love the pay.

    I love it more and more each day!

14. Rosa GoesApril 21,2025 at 5:05PM UTC

    It's tough going to a job you "hate". Keep applying to other positions, but like other posters mentioned take care of yourself. Take mental days off, don't tell your employer it's mental, that's just for you to know. I hope you find another position soon, one that will inspire and allow you to grow.