Anybody else feels completely suffocated knowing you're basically trapped here for who knows how long because the job market is a wasteland right now? I keep searching and pushing and checking every lead, and it still feels like there’s nothing worth grabbing onto, so barring a layoff, which would be its own disaster, it really feels like there's no escape from this stressful place anytime soon. And that thought makes me hyperventilate.
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@OP at least you gave a job to be stuck in. You are on a layoff blog of people with no job. Let that entitled thought settle in. We have no job
Yes, OP. I know many people who are taking this sh*tshow one day at a time. Some even have paid time off planned. Hooray for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day!
"Golden handcuffs" at corporations typically include medical benefits...luckily, we do have Employee Assistance available to call 24/7...you can get some talk therapy for free and that could help.
How many people self-medicate in one way or another just to keep going? Safe to say there are a LOT. You are not alone. Plan out what you will do over the next year...we all need HOPE.
Imagine defending your being exploited. Insane. Some of you people need to stop and ask yourself why it is ok for multimillionaires, like Charlie, to run you into the ground while he wants to replace you so he can line his pockets with even more money.
@k5 how dare we expect to be treated as human beings at work..
@k2 Still seems that you are unable to go to an office on a normal schedule (and unless you are hourly there are plenty of spots at WF that don’t monitor reasonable hours). If you have been working for 20 years than you should be aware that precovid at least in my spot you had to badge in at least half a month so weeks could vary. Now people have become so entitled that they are making this a bigger deal. You can have plenty of time to do things after 5 during the week or weekends. When in the world did it become a hardship to go to work every day. You can down vote me all you want but in the end the sooner you realize that you should maybe leave WF so you have more personal time. You can’t dictate or be angry about what a company does other than when they lay you off.
@jz I think you are a m-n. If you think people complain about 40 hour weeks in office, this whole thread is over your head. Last time I worked 40 hours was at my hourly job 20 years ago. For most people at a certain career level their jobs consume 80% of their wake time. You do feel like a slave because you are tied up in this cycle of “I have no where to go because I will be working as hard for less money so I have to make peace with expecting less and less as a human being in this corporate world”. It’s not just wells. It’s the entire corporate world that keeps us hostages. All this BS with “you choose to be a parent, there are childcare options, that’s your choice, live with it”. I have worked my a-s off the past 20 years, and I have been compensated for it properly. I am also a human being and parent, and I now have to work harder for less. I have to give most of my time for less. No one talks about making friends at work. But what I do need, as a normal human being, is to be able to see and interact with people, if I spend 10 hours a day in the office and have no time for normal interactions outside of work hours because there are no “after work hours” anymore.
Layoffs.com and you are posting about the stress of feeling trapped and not appreciated. Well think about what you are going to think when you get RIF’d like others on this site. You will be WISHING you had it so bad. My guess is anyone that is complaining and not leaving is stuck because their salary exceeds their value to another company and the skills are not irrreplacable. Chances are you could very likely be an AI targeted reduction anyway. So for now just be happy to have a paycheck.
No matter how I feel or what i want to complain about that day the primary thought in my brain is MONEY and a PAYCHECK. I come to WF for nothing else. Not i love the people or i want to make friends (i don’t). I find ways to make my work enjoyable and challenge myself otherwise it is boring as he-l.
No you are not stuck but you should get your head straight
If you think youre a slave because you get paid very well to work an actual 40hr week, instead of whats actually been getting worked the last few years youre a mo--n. If you think youre a slave because you dont have time to "make friends" at work youre a mo--n. You better hope you dont get sent packing because literally 90% of the other jobs in existence would make you jump off a bridge. Grow up.
I read the same thing on posts like this all the time: "I hate it here, but can't find a job that pays the same"
@g4 you’ve missed the point. It’s not the 5 day a week, 8 hours a day, it’s the stripping of flexibility, life outside of work, unreasonable expectations, leading to feeling like a slave. I have first hand experience with work life in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia. I can tell you the US is the o lot country that treats its employees like they are not human beings. With my workload and RTO I MAYBE have 30min a day of quality time with my family. It’s not about child care or medical appointments, it’s enslaving you to the point of you going insane because, just like you said, there a 10 desperate people (no family or kids) waiting to take your job.
They did a study recently and showed that the 8 hour output today exceeds the output of a full time week just 40 years ago. Yeah the technology and all makes it (supposedly) easier but in reality.. you can’t waste time making friends and connections at work anymore. You are expected to produce. At all costs.
@g4 it’s people like you’re insufferable bootlicking a-s that make people detest corporate America.
@fj They want you to leave. If you think going into an office 5 days a week is too much of a hardship there are a ton of people waiting in line to do your job. Grow up and stop whining. That is the job. Folks that want two income households plenty of childcare options. Sorry you know have to pay for it.
@OP life is shorter than you think. If you are working in a toxic environment to you and you feel trapped you need to reassess your priorities and figure out if staying in a job that could make you sick is worth the extra bucks. If money is the most important thing and you cannot find anything you would enjoy doing and they do not see your value that you see then su-k it up think the glass is half full and move forward do the job you hate but remember why you do it. MONEY
@fj *slave not space
I feel stuck. The workload is beyond unreasonable, and now we have to RTO 4 days a week with being monitored for 8 hours. I have looked outside and so far I know that any comparable job will pay about 25% less, but will likely be in office full time. But the biggest concern is that no one can guarantee that the workload or the hours will be easier. I am trying to stick it out just a bit longer in hopes by some miracle i get laid off so I can take my 9 months of severance to figure out a business idea to avoid ever having to go back to corporate America. I really do feel like a space to corporate.
@am stop phoning it in. This isn't a blog, and it's not for unemployed people, it's about layoffs. Learn to comprehend what you're commenting on before you wade into the water.
Yeah its bleak out there for sure. I've noticed there are low paying jobs that are customer facing here in the states, any other job says India or the Philippines except the executive jobs that are posted/fake. Thinking i'll have to take two jobs to make up for the current one if I'm laid off...
@OP this blog is for people that are no longer employed by Wells so none of us feel stuck here since we dont have a job. Not able to sympathize since we are broke now. Be greatful for your job and paycheck especially around the holidays.
I feel this way every day. I'm on a small team and am expected to do nearly everything, and am currently manager-less. I've considered quitting outright but the job market su-ks and I haven't even been able to get an external interview.