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So sick of my job...Vent
I am seriously getting so sick of this job. I would absolutely love to just quit right now (with a 2 week notice, i think i could do 2 more weeks knowing it was the end) and spend my time looking for another job. Part of it is that I did a job interview about 2 and a half weeks ago and I thought it went really well and I really thought I would get that position and be able to get out of here and was so excited waiting on their call. Well I still havent heard back from them. The least they could do is call me and say hey we've decided to go with someone else, sorry. But no, I haven't heard a thing. I have emailed the girl and tried to call her 3 times (left a message once) and nothing. So I have now given up on hearing back from them. It feels like that was my only chance to get out of here and now I'm stuck. I have applied everywhere in the past couple of months and all i got was that 1 interview and apparently I blew it.
ughhh i just needed to vent about how much i dislike my job that pays crap for having spent 5 years getting my degree.
Re: So sick of my job...Vent
Maybe this job going to somebody else is not your fault.
It's funny what happens nowadays with job ads:
Maybe nobody was hired at all (that happened at a company i worked for -- the boss interviewed people, had it narrowed down to 3 candidates and went as far as to ask them for references -- and then in the end she hired nobody.
I worked there and I never found out why she changed her mind.
In another company I worked for, there was an ad posted for a welder's job -- we got about 10 phone calls -- and the boss returned none of the calls. The idea of hiring a new welder was scrapped.
Maybe the job was filled from the inside and they *had* to post the ad before they officially hired that person.
Maybe the boss' friend or relative or somebody the boss knew got the job.
Maybe there was no job and they used the candidates as a freebie think tank or focus group.
The rule of thumb used to be don't give up until you officially hear from the company whether it is yes or no --- often as not they don't even contact the also-rans after the hire is hired.
Yes, interviews can be frustrating.
You spend ample time (our at least I have) researching the company you are about to interview with to sound informed. You take the time to find the right outfit, fix your hair, and make-up to look the part.
You attend the interview and it goes better than expected.
I have been there. I know how it feels!
I interviewed for a paid internship and during the interview the manager talked about me working fulltime with the company after completing the internship and moving on to a even better paying position. She was very encouraging and seemed very interested.
I was disqualifed from futher consideration because it turns out they needed a business major for their internship. I was upfront about my major the entire time and even passed the prescreening.
Funny how they can change their minds about what it is they are looking for in a candidate after the fact.
I will do an unpaid internship next semester for a different company. I am hoping it is a fun and informative experience.
Stay strong and keep applying to other places. You will find something eventually.
Suppose you have no office manager experience or you do not wish to be an office manager? They have just wasted your time.
Is it a bait and switch? I don't know. Do they just not know what they are looking for? Possibly; who knows?
I appreciate the responses. I didnt realize so many places spend time interviewing people and just change their mind for whatever reason. I wish they could at least be professional and call me to let me know something either way.
I submitted a couple more applications yesterday so all I can do is wait. I really need to get out of here..its not good when your whole Sunday is ruined because you are dreading having to go to work the next day.
Thanks
I'll update if I get any good job related news.
If it's for any kind of corporation, sometimes it just takes a while.
The job I'm at now, I interviewed FIVE times for and it took over five months to get hired. After my first phone interview I hadn't heard back for a month, so I just wrote it off, then I got a call out of the blue for an in person interview, then it took another month etc.
Not an awesome process, but it's just how this company works with hiring. They're very thorough with their candidate search and are thorough with their interviews. I've heard from others that this is also what their process was like.
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I'll add one more to your list. My company at least at the local office likes to do these things called "job fairs". They're not job fairs in the traditional sense. We bid for contracts from the government. Knowing that we tend to need certain types of positions (say programmers, computer admins, etc) we will conduct interviews for those skills sets out of resumes that we've collected from various places. The people interviewing you often have nothing to do with where you will eventually be working they are just usually somebody within the same skillset (ie. another programmer) trying to figure out if you actually know anything.
The kicker is that usually at this point, there is no actual job. If you really happen to shine they might find a place for you somewhere. Otherwise, you might hear back someday in the future if they ever win the contract.
I've been forced to do these interviews a few times. I try to avoid them if at all possible.