My Job Is so boring It Is stressing me out

by Mo

Hi
i just wanted to get this off my chest as i think all my friends are fed up with me ranting on about it to them.

i work in an office which used to be quite fun and busy, there was always something going on and even though sometimes there was too much work to do, at least there was a buzz.

Now everything has changed and its really getting to me. Due to reorganization and i guess the recent recession the atmosphere at work has cahnged from being fun to being like a morgue and the work load has dwindled so much that most of the day i end up playing computer games on my computer on the sly just to pass some time.

I am literally bored to tears but still have to look like i have something to do as i don't want to be sacked. i can feel myself becoming more and more stressed everyday. i never realized boredom could be so stressful.

When i get home I am mentally exhausted with it all and am frequently in tears and i find myself turning to the wine bottle every evening just to chill out which i know is not good for me.

well thats my rant over, guess i will have to find some courage and speak to my boss about it. Wish me luck.




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My Job Is so boring It Is stressing me out

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Hanging there...
by: Anonymous

Thank God I am not the only one!!!
Recently there was reorganization in our company and now I have almost nothing to do. I am too so bored every single day at work!(
I used to be super busy and even sometimes I wished some down time, I felt accomplished and satisfied at the end of the day.
Granted, I still have job/paycheck while a lot of people were laid off at our company but it is soooo hard to do nothing/pretend working so you don't look bad.
I am looking for another job but now days there are not many open positions...
Meanwhile, reading books related to work, browsing internet, reading books on my phone and... counting minutes until I get off work...
So sad situation and wasted time, potential, productivity...
Not the only one!?!
by: Anonymous

I just wanted to vent a little. I Am bored out of my mind too. All of these comments have said it for me. In addition (I am grateful to have a paycheck) but my spirit is low. I can't sleep. I think about how much time is left in the day before I have to return to work. I've gained weight. Cried. Worried. Moody.etc. Today I was asked to label a file and told of its importance to be placed in a certain area. I instantly thought about what I need to do to change my life but at the same time I feel I'm stuck because of how hard it is to find employment period. Start own business hmmm. Yes. I pray, I search, sometimes play the lottery though remind myself that I am blessed. I hope things get better for us all....the unemployed, under employed, etc...so that we can have more and better opportunities.
accounts receivable specialist
by: Anonymous

Wow, right now I am on the verge of tears because I can't do this anymore. The pay is decent and the benefits are great, but I feel like banging my head against the wall. I talk to idiots all day. I have not had an intelligent conversation with anyone in months. Yes, I feel like a whiney cry baby complaining when so many people are looking for work, but honestly is there such a thing as brain atrophy from lack of use.....
From Collections to BORING!
by: Anonymous

I worked student loan collections for 13 years and made a ton of money. By the 10th year I was bored out of my mind, doing the same thing everyday with no room for promotion. So sick of the same people and events year after year. Decided to go back to my first love-Sales and Manufacturing. The first month on my new job, they closed the factory and everyone was canned except sales, marketing and engineering. Now I work in a virtual morgue where everyone has a stick up their butt. Being the last one in and not getting termed did not endear me to anyone. Now I am stuck in an even more boring postion although the pay, commute and benefits are good. I hate my cube and every minute of every day.
What a nightmare!
by: Anonymous

I once worked in a manufacturing plant that was very hands on. I went back to college late and got a better paying job, but all I do is sit in my fancy office starring at a computer screen all day. I started six months ago and actually had some work to do, but now there is no work lined up and its driving me nuts. My highlight of the day is to make a cup of coffee just to get out of my chair for five minutes, (AND I HATE COFFEE)! I also drive two hours each way; five days a week, and it kills me a little more everyday knowing that I will be wasting another day on doing nothing. No one talks, everyone has a stick in the butt, and the freaking attitude around here is horrendous. It?s nice to know that I am not the only one dealing with this.
BOOOOORRED
by: Anonymous

I can so relate to this! I literally complete all the work I am give within 2 hours max. I try and spread it all out throughout the day but its hard. I ask for more work but I get ignored or I get something that lasts about 2 minutes! Like doing 15 photocopies of 1 piece of paper lol
I miss my old job ( I was a zoo keeper and it was VERY exciting) but I needed more money - now I wish I hadn't been so money orientated and realised how lucky I was....but I guess the grass is always greener.

I spend most of my days surfing the net for jobs and playing silly games online. It is stressful being bored and same thing my boyfriends job is really busy so he doesn't understand!
I watch the clock all day and regularly hide in the loos when I cant take the boredom anymore. The other day I sat and pruned our tomato plant for an hour!
I try and look busy but most of the time I am typing away on sites like this (as I am now lol)I am grateful to have a job i just need a bit more excitement in it!
It's a relief to find you!
by: Anonymous

I'm so glad to find some like minded people. I too have a great job but it is very monotonous. Any other small tasks that come up are easily and quickly dealt with and its back to the same old, same old. My sister recently re-located to a different part of the country. My mum, dad and grandad are planning on re-locating too so I've decided to look at starting my own business in the same area. Seems a bit radical and it sure is scary but I think it's just what I need.

Good luck to all of you with finding something stimulating to do.

Regards

Anonymous
Bored to death -
by: Anonymous

I'm glad I'm not alone, I thought I was mad until I saw other comments. I applied for a job during recession, I was desperate, It was for Conveyancing but when I got to the interview, they told me they want a receptionist,I hate it so much, its killin'me and also affecting my brain. When I get to work in morning, I open emails, face book and wait for the phone to ring. I gat paid to answer the phone that hardly rings.
I must get out of there!
by: Anonymous

I HATE my boring job! I sit at my desk most of the day looking for another job. Sometimes I just go and hide in the bathroom! On top of being bored to death I do not like the people I work with. They have been there for many years, I think they may be brained washed or soemthing. I find it hard to get out of bed in the morning to face the hour long drive to the office only to do nothing! Even when there is something to do it usually only takes a few minutes to finish and the task itself could be done by a child.
Bored the death
by: Anonymous

Yeah, the exact same problem here, folks!
I spend 9 hours in the office, sitting in my chair, browsing the web and watching movies occasionally.
Obviously, I got some work to do. But it usually takes me an 1 or 2 hours our of 9.

From the one hand, there's nothing to be complaining about. I get a good salary, most of the time I'm alone and can do anything I want..say, dancing around the office, whatever..But I more enjoy the moments when there are some people in the office, all of them are really fun. But they come in very seldom.

Anyway, we shouldn't be very stressed out about it. Let's hope that one day we get a call from someone offering us the same good salary but more job opportunities. Keep it up!

Boredom Kills your spirit
by: Nina

I want to tell you all how I lost my job that I really liked due to downsizing and it took nine months to find another job that turned out to be so boring that eventually I felt like I was dying a slow painful spiritual death. The pay was not the problem nor the benefits. It was that for weeks and months there was nothing to do and the people there were friends for 30 yrs so I was the outsider. They made that clear.Making copies for 4 to 6 hours a day is mind numbing. Normally I am energetic and happy, eager to do a good job.

I started gaining weight, not sleeping, feeling fatigued, depressed and very anxious. It felt like prison. In the end I was miserable and to tell you the truth I never felt they had any intention of keeping me there. I am still unemployed after 10 months. I feel stronger and healthier now. But I am afraid that If I ever get another job it will be even worse.

Thanks to everyone who wrote comments. I have spent months wondering why I experienced the things I did. They say the quickest way to kill something is to ignore it and unfortunately the work environment has become so profoundly strange that it can take time to adjust. I really hope you all are able to hang in there.
Me too!!!
by: Anonymous

I work in a church office and it is booooorrrriiiinnnggg!!!

The phone rings maybe 3 times a day. I am along 99% of the time. I work 30 hours a week and the only day I even really do any work is the day I print the Church bulletin. Besides that, there is nothing to do!!! It is horribly boring. I am exhausted when I get home too from being so damned bored all day. Plus, I am so sick and tired of just sitting in this chair for 7 hours a day waiting for the phone to ring so I'll have something to do. I have gained weight from the boredom. There has to be something better in life!!!
Bored to Tears
by: Anonymous

I am happy to see that I am not alone. Today, I called in sick because I could not bring myself to go to my cubicle today. I am a Title Examiner, and this has got to be one of the most boring jobs ever. I literally want to cry every morning. An eight hour day seems like 20 hours. I don't know what to do. My family thinks that I am never satisfied. I just don't like to be bored. The salary is really good, but to me, I'm not sure if it is worth it. I go to bed at 9:30 because I am so drained from the boring work I do.
Something is wrong with this picture
by: Anonymous

Doesn't it feel like something is terribly wrong with this picture? Here we all are, bored out of our minds. It feels like such a waste. I went to school for 7 years and have 3 degrees and I do nothing all day but stare at a computer desperately trying to keep my mind from going numb.
The more I research, the more people I find who feel this way. I feel terrible for complaining about having such an insanely boring job while there are so many people struggling, people who could use my paycheck. It is extremely depressing to do nothing for weeks on end. Show up to a job, sit there for 9 hours and try to look busy while actually accomplishing nothing. It is exhausting, stressful, demoralizing.
My Job Is so boring It Is stressing me out
by: Anonymous

Yep. same for me, I've done nothing all day besides trying to look busy. So I'm going to start a business from my desk and get paid a salary from somebody else.



alone and bored
by: Anonymous

My job is torture too.. I have literally 39 hours of the week with nothing to do, and I am alone on top of it! Most days, the only human I see is the mailman! I am thankful for the job in this economy, the pay and the fact that I dont have to deal with office drama but sheesh, I am becoming more and more antisocial and my mind is wasting away!! what to do, what to do..........

Comment from Kate
I know so many people who tell me that they have nothing to do in their job. I find that really strange don't you and makes me think that there are so many companies out there who are wasting money and the skills of their staff.

I left a job because i was so bored that my stress levels were building daily. I did try to tell my bosses I could do with something more stimulating but I was simply ignored. But I do think it is always worth a try, you never know your bosses may have a little more between their ears than mine did.
Can relate to every single thing you said
by: M

I am so glad to know I'm not alone. I also play computer games and surf the web on the sly to pass time. Trying to appear busy is harder than actually being busy. It is so stressful! It also bothers me that I am getting paid for doing almost nothing, but what can I do? I need a paycheck, and there aren't other job opportunities out there right now. I feel my brain turning to mush. I feel guilty that other people I worked with were let go, and I still have a job. I was drinking wine every night too, until I realized I needed to stop that. I started gaining weight and feeling bad about myself. It's such a downward cycle.

I've been working on eating better, and exercising on my lunch break to try to keep my spirits up. It has been helping, but I just don't know if I can take the daily boredom of my job. I'd rather be cleaning toilets too, which I have done before, and trust me it's better than this! Unfortunately it just doesn't pay as well:(
Glad im not the only one
by: Anonymous

I am an active 19 year old male in the united states navy. I decided to pursue a career in a hot career field, I chose to enter the navy as an information systems technician. Although the job prospects look great on paper, in reality this is the most boring job EVER. I find it difficult to strive for success in a career im not even remotely interested in. I am stuck here for a few more years before I can do anyhting about it. But my plan is to jump into something more exciting, like taking an IA to Iraq, or cross rate to become Aviation search and rescue.
You guys are awesome
by: oregony

Thank goodness... I thought I was the only one. You'd think with a boring job I'd have more energy to spend when I got home but I am just gassed! People keep telling me that in this economy I should be lucky to have a job... Well in this economy can we be lucky to have hopes and dreams for something better?!
bored here too
by: Anonymous

Oh, how I know the feeling. I would rather be cleaning toilets (and seriously thinking about it) than dealing with this boredom. We recently switched to a new system that is severely faulty in every department from Manufacturing inventory all the way up to Finance. Sure I expect new systems to have some problems, but this is far from ridiculous. So, not only was the training horrible and brief, but I can't even fake working because most of the system doesn't work. Internet browsing is only fun for so long, news reading is only good for so long. I feel like my brain is turning to mush
Snap!
by: Anonymous

I read this, and it was like I had wrote it myself! I am so bored at my office, I pretend to do work most of the day to avoid getting sacked, and my husbands job is so busy he thinks I am lucky to work in a quiet office!
I dont want to sound ungrateful as lots of people dont have jobs... but yeh its stressing me out too...
bored
by: Anonymous

Understand completely. My boyfriend doesn't want to hear it most of the time because he is extremely busy at work. I'm just trying to monitor the time that I spend in other people's office BSing without my boss seeing us. It is so hard to get myself out of bed in the morning when I have to work. The worst part is that I get overtime almost every week, because there has to be someone there and usually that is me. I too am so drained when I come home, that I don't want to do anything.

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