4 Signs You’re Not Happy at Work & How to Make it Better

Source: Undercover Recruiter

Are you always checking the time and counting how many more hours you have to stick it out at work?

Most people are caught up in this mess….They hate every minute they spend at that desk and wish they knew how they could change that.

Well, here are the top 4 signs to look for and how to improve your job happiness level.

1) Your job is on your mind when you walk, eat and sleep:

The symptom: After you go home from work you find yourself fixated on what you still have to do tomorrow, what you didn’t manage to get done today or what the fallout from the today’s events will be.

This is a strong sign you’re being overloaded, not being given enough time to do the things you need to do or being stretched too far and spread too thin within your job.

The solution: To help make you feel more on top of things and lessen the time you spend thinking about work after hours you could make a list at the end of each day of the things that you need to tackle and estimate the time each one will take.

It will let you walk away knowing you’re ready to hit the ground running the next morning and, if the tasks are going to be more than you can fit in in that day, will let you be prepared to make changes, push things back or delegate to make the day more manageable.

2) You’ve lost the fight or you’re always at war:

The symptom: Challenging processes and questioning the norms to get a better result or improved working environment for you and the people around you is great, but if you’re finding yourself picking every battle, blocking every new idea or debating daily you might have lost the romance with your workplace

The solution: Bring back the passion by making a move within your workplace – update your CV and apply for a different job .A change is as good as a holiday and fresh faces or new projects can help get back the love for your job.

3) Instead of feeling like you’re in the driving seat choosing your own direction you feel like a passenger on a runaway train:

The symptom: Bullying workmates, work overloads, constant unobtainable deadlines and unreasonable hours can all be contributors to making you feel like are loosing control over your work day and your role.

They can leave you feeling that you are falling through the job hitting every branch in the way down rather than navigating your own path.

The solution: To get back behind the wheel take some time to identify the reason you feel more out of control than when you began the job and take steps to regain it.

The solution might be finding better ways to establish realistic time frames, suggesting staffing up to help with your workload or changing projects to get space from a difficult staff member – either way go back to work with a plan of action that you can take to your boss or you yourself can put into motion.

4) You’ve fantasised about resigning. On multiple occasions. And it felt amazing:

The symptom: You’ve pictured the dramatic walk out, the cool calm quit or the email that lets you cut and run without the face to face. You’ve looked at your contract to see how much notice you’re required to give or found yourself wondering where you saved that old resume.

The solution: When you’re mind is regularly wandering to resigning you might be at a point in your life where a change is the right thing for you.

Often the best time to look for work is when you’re still employed. Keeping the security of your wage lets you to hold out for the best role, explore all your options and totally prepare yourself for your next career move.

Time for a change, don’t you think so?

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