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Originally Posted by unguy
I am in a similar position. I come home from work and am mentally exhausted. My boss clearly does not like me but keeps me on for reasons that I don't understand. Most temps are hired after 3 months but she is requiring me to do 6 months. I have 2 more months to go. Everyone else is nice. At my age - I'm almost 60 - this is a huge physical test as I have no paid sick or vacation days, nor do I earn any as a temp. I don't know whether to start looking for another job or to stay the additional 2 months to see if she keeps her work. I doubt that she will.
My only suggestion is this: stick it out and make sure you get as much rest as possible after work. See if you can stick it out and keep looking at new job openings posted in your current company. After a year, consider applying for a suitable new position. If you cannot stick out a year then start looking elsewhere. Another suggestion, see if you can delegate some of the responsibilities of your new job after you have mastered them. This will help limit your responsibilities though you will still have to supervise. I wish you the best.
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I am working for a big company. It is actually nationwide with many subsidiaries. So I have been thinking that there are options but I have to hang in there during this initial period. I am also older. I could even transfer to another state and still work for the same company. So there are advantages if only I would stop being overwhelmed.
I have been trying to rest off work with almost military precision. I am operating dangerous equipment in a food service area and cannot afford to not be on my toes. I can't afford to go in tired. It could cost me a couple of fingers!
I had to laugh at your suggestion about learning the job then getting others to help me. I am not a supervisor. However, I have noticed that some people who are not supervisors do try to get the new people to do their work.
Where I work there is an insane amount of work. I am on my feet moving for 8 hours. Everyone has to work very hard. Teamwork is essential. But getting others to do my work would be frowned upon. My first day some guy was getting me to help him. An assistant manager pulled me aside and said, "That guy is not a manager. Only take directions from managers." That really helped. Where I work the assistant managers are great. The people I work with are great except for a couple of whiners who I stay away from.
I don't know why you are working temp but I hope you get hired. Maybe then you could move to another position in the same company. I hope you get a position other than with the boss who does not like you for unknown reasons.
What is with these bosses and supervisors. Where I am now working there must be some strict policies about how managers act because all the assistant managers I work with have a great attitude. It is all about the work.
The first day I came home I felt dead mentally and physically. It is getting a little better. My mental health issues are what makes everything hard.
Good luck in 2017. I hope you find job security. And you deserve to be respected at any job. (In my last job my supervisor got gnarly. We had been working together for years than she got kind of nasty. Either I never saw it before or she didn't focus her nastiness on me until the end. I never found out what her problem was and didn't care. She went from nice to nasty and I don't think that is tolerable in any supervisor.)