The Depressing Part of a Job You Hate

Several years ago some of the independent operators in our warehouse decided to get together and form a drivers association. There were some disturbing things going on when the company got bought out by a larger company, a lot of new rules.

When we got together to meet, the company was very uncomfortable and wanted to break things up. When we had a private meeting two of the managers showed up to “talk” to guys as they entered the meeting.

When it was all said and done we were intimidated to give up and I was personally called into a “meeting”. I was told I was a trouble maker and that I was banned from coming to their warehouse. (OUCH!)

I had to hire a friend to go to the warehouse everyday to pick up the bread and then bring the truck to me outside of the property lines. At first I just shrugged it off but eventually it all hit me like a ton of bricks.

As the days went on it was harder and harder and my friend was getting tired of waking up at 1 a.m. to pick up bread even though I was paying him. I got really depressed, I wanted to get away from this bad situation and away from this negative environment.

Can you relate? Has your job ever depressed you?

This wasn’t the first time I was depressed at work and it’s not going to be the last. Just today (Thursday the 23rd) I had one of those days when everything seemed to go wrong. I went through the day depressed and angry, I just wanted to go home and sleep

In theory I know how to get through moments like these but when they happen all that knowledge goes out the window. The thing that got me through today was prayer and music.

I just took a moment to sit down in my truck, pray and then turned on my iPod. Eventually I started to get over it and realized how much I’m blessed.

You’re blessed and you can get through it too.

If you’re at a job you hate or even a job you like and you get depressed, you can get through it too. The best advice I can give you is to pray and focus on the positive. We truly are blessed, even in jobs we hate, there are many who would love just to have a job.

If you are taking action on your dream then it’s only a matter of time before we can move on to what we truly want to do in life, that’s a comforting thought.

If you feel like it’s to overwhelming, then do what we talked about in the last post, reach out for support I got over it and so can you!

How have you gotten over depressing times at work?