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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Still conflicted with this job
I've been at my job over a year and right from the beginning it just hasn't been right. I was poorly trained and have struggled constantly to get into what this job is all about. I was hired for my knowledge of agricultural animals but what I do deals most in ag equipment. My background is only about 5% of what I do. I have people asking me questions about the equipment, or asking me technical/engineering things, and I do not have a clue how to answer. These are all things you do not just learn over night either. All of my colleagues have 20+ years of technical experience while I have none. This job is like a bad relationship... When its bad, it's really bad but every once in a while its great. I have some possible projects on the horizon, but this still doesn't feel like what I want to do. It's been taking a toll on me emotionally too. My DH and I got into an argument while I was on a business trip out of town because I was so stressed from work. I also feel like this job is not conducive to our plans for a family. I'm out of town a lot and when we start equipment up, I work 12-16 hour days, for a week, of hard physical labor. The biggest issue is that I don't want to feel like a quitter, or like I didn't give it my all, but it eats away at me. Some days I sit here and think "man, I hate this." I also make more money than I ever have and am not sure I would ever find anything that pays as much in this area. What do I do? Keep trying to become good at this or look elsewhere? Has anyone ever had this happen?
Re: Still conflicted with this job
You've stuck it out for a year and its causing problems in your home life. Is the extra money really worth it?