5. You Hate your Job
Is every day a soul-destroying and challenging journey to a place which fills you with dread? Perhaps Annie, at reception, shares your pain and offers her support every day. You chat, making coffee, and share your gripes, and issues. You’re stuck in a dead-end job and your life is going nowhere. At least there is Annie and she brightens your day with her equal dislike of working at your company.
In fact, you are two brave soldiers, together, battling through the day in a hostile environment with no chance for promotion, or a brighter future. Who wouldn’t complain about a terrible job like yours? You. That’s who. You should never broadcast your unhappiness about your job, role, or current work environment, at work.
The walls have ears and you never know who is listening. Yes, you may be unhappy and entirely miserable, but you are being paid. To do a job. Large companies and diverse multi-national companies seek to make their employees as happy as they can be. It may be a conversation you can have with your boss or HR, if you need more of a challenge or want to change roles within your company. This may lead to a positive outcome but if all you are doing is complaining about the job you are employed to do, then this could backfire in your face, terribly.
Broadcasting your unhappiness to anyone may lead to an entirely different conversation, altogether. One, in which, you may be asked to resign or leave the company, given how unhappy you are. Your boss and senior managers may look very closely at your work and re-appraise your worth as an employee of the company as a whole. Keep your complaints and gripes about your job to your family and friends. Never share your unhappiness with anyone you work with. Paste on a smile and grin and bare it until you find a company or job that is more rewarding.