How do you cope with jobs that you don't like but you need?

I think I have an hypothesis of what’s the root cause of the toxicity at workplaces. Especially startups, but this theory should be extended to big companies as well. Step 1: Putin starts the war Step 2: Inflation increases, to combat it federal reserve of USA increases interest rates Step 3: the capital in the funding eco system(vcs) gets diminished, because they don’t have access to low interest money. Step 4: company ceos start to do layoffs, starts putting pressure on teams to reduce the audit findings, release things quickly etc Because you need to make money to survive Step 5: directors (tech and product) start putting pressure on Engineering managers Step 6: Engineering managers and product owners start putting pressure on us(normies), where our estimates get challenged, work will be micro managed or hyper optimized to the point you feel like you are not respected nor you opinion. You start to think whether it’s really worth staying here or you need to find a different job. Then you find that no one’s really hiring or the ones that are hiring are lowballing you. You cannot really quit, because you have monthly EMIs and don’t really have a runway. You become disengaged with work, and start doing the bare minimum to stay float. At this point, the pressure you have been getting increases because the expectations are high, but you don’t care anymore Now you are burned out, and you really start thinking if you chose the right career.

Does anyone feel hopeless? It’s a never ending cycle of chasing money and the sad part is I am not even making anything close to my peers with same years of experience. I am just disappointed, my direct manager refuses to promote me even after I have consistently told him that I want to be PM from the very start and followed pursuit for projects to highlight my skills. Yet he continues to say do the job without the money, you don’t really need the title. I understand that this is the way forward for coelevating and collaborating but it professionally hurts me if I don’t have the title. CTC: 14lpa

Sometimes I feel that the work I am doing in the office is worthless. It is providing no value to the client nor does it help me. I am able to answer the technical questions of the client which help in their business decisions and I think that's what keeps me employed. But I still feel I am wasting my time and I really don't know what I should do. Does anyone else face a similar issue or is it only with me? Also have someone come out of this and would like to share their experiences.

I have been in this dilemma for the past two years. Work is nothing interesting to write about. Literally frozen learning anything new. Was able to start with teaching through an opportunity and started liking it. But the inability to process thoughts in a streamlined execution plan is throwing me off. There are so many things to do, but so little attention span. I want to be grateful for what I have but also want to prove to myself that my ability is probably better than this, to toil this way. I thought moving to a better job with better money might be the solution but is it ? Do people relate to this or is this just a me thing? Please share your thoughts. Any suggestions to get out of this loop is welcome.

So I am working at a startup for around a year now. Everyday I see, it feels, what am I really doing? Where is the life headed? Doing bare minimum or doing your tasks and fucking off isn't enough. It's expected that we outgrow constantly, as if it's this work that we can always think about and nothing else. At the end, am wondering if it's still worth it? 1 day it feels that let's just quit it! Next day I feel, okay, I do want the money. I ain't looking for suggestions here, just wanted to see if anyone else felt this way

I have done MBA from 7 years of work ex and switched into product management later. I have been struggling for the last 3 years with switching jobs every year post MBA. I am not able to find any anchor or goal. Further, wfh doesn't help either 😭😭. I was planning to connect with people who empathize with my situation, any guidance or help.

If you mess up on a client engagement and can't finish a task properly? What happens ? What are the repercussions? I'm a fresher and I don't know what to do anymore ? Is this normal ? It's only been 7 months here , I'm a campus hire and I feel out of my depth? Seniors don't help that much as they're too busy? My anxiety is really high and I don't know really know what to do anymore. Any tips advice would be helpful?

So I left my job at one of the big 4s few months ago. Will discuss the reason some other time. But one of the issues I'm facing right now is that I never felt good in the corporate environment. Bosses shouting at you for your mistakes, you feel threatened to stand up against your own boss since they unfortunately have too much power. You need to take permission for leaves. People can be rude to you and you need to maintain your calm. The corporate politics. Then I left big 4 for some reasons. Took a short break. And now I'm working in one of the Indian firms. They have such policies that your TAT cannot be more than 5 minutes. You cannot log off before 8 pm. If you login after 5 minutes of the actual login time, then you would be marked as absent. Sometimes you're given deadlines which are very difficult to manage and hence you remain stressed out with your work. You don't have the freedom in your work and need to do everything as it has been told. So I don't really feel good in corporates. I feel there is too much pressure and it is just making me feel more and more sad. I don't feel myself anymore and I feel like a puppet. Does anyone else feel the same? How do I deal with this feeling? It scares me to think about how I have just started my career 3-4 years ago and need to work for the significant years of my life and I don't want to wake up and sleep with this feeling EVERYDAY. I think this is the first time I'm talking about it. If anyone would like to share their thoughts, or guide me regarding how do I feel better, or anything you feel I'm doing wrong and could be improved, then I'm all ears. Let's talk it out.

I joined the company in Dec of 2021 and since then I have been completing udemy courses and company wide seminars and everything except work. I got into a project around June and till now I haven't done any work at all. When I ask the manager about this he always says the profile has been sent to the client, they will let us know about work and stuff like that. Towards December he just saw my messages and didn't even reply back. I was off-boarded from the so-called project a while ago and when I asked about this he says I'll be shifted to another project. "P2P movement" idk what it is. In summary: on paper I have 1 year experience but I don't have any knowledge about work and I'm functioning like I'm still a fresher. I don't think I can quit as I'm on a two year bond. I got this job when I was in very desperate times and I'm very grateful for it and the salary I'm getting but I'm still at a place where I can't tell anyone what work I did in 1 whole year in a company. Maybe I can prepare for some competitive exams or prepare for another job, but tbh I don't know anything about anything. My friends tell me to chill out since I'm getting paid for doing nothing but I don't feel that, I feel I'm stagnated to a point where I can't see where I'm going to end up in my career. I don't even know if I'm an experienced working professional or still a fresher.

I made some wrong career choices and have ended up in a career that makes me really miserable. Have anyone of you changed your fields late in the game?