Have any of you felt "displaced" at a job?

Question

I work at a job that provides great pay AND benefits (much better then I did as a teacher).

I feel as if I am going mad (well "mad" might be a a bit overstating it,)

however.

I like working with people that involve caring for others (that's why I chose teaching, but I couldn't pay my bills) and in turn ALSO are supportive of the people they work with.

This is not the scenario of this position.

As a secondary part to this question: IF you did say yes to "have any of you felt "displaced" at a job?," answer this queation:

"What did you do to resolve it?"

I WILL tell you that I am not looking for responses that advise ME what to do. I also don't want to hear that I am being negitive.

I love to work, and I plan to work the rest of my life.. I just want to be true to me.

I have been at this job for 6 years and have a hard time believing that this is all there is.

Thank you for your responses.

Answer 1

YES...I took a long hard look and the pros and cons first of the job. The cons weight out, I had a great job, too, but the owner sold the business and the displacement came in like a brick wall. Then I had to take the approach of doing something that I thought I would never do. Revised a resume that was outdated. I went on-line to Careerbuilders.com, the local newspaper and even the EDD website and signed up...I then was able to pick and choose jobs that suited me as well as I would suite them. At first it was like, yeah right syndrome...but after a week or so, I started getting hits, more hits than I could have imagined. I found a company that was well suited to take and the offer was amazingly FAB. I now have that same feeling of my old job before the company sold and great co-worker to be around. It is a nice feeling to wake up and want to go to work instead if having to go to work feeling. I too, love to work and it is so important to keep on track of things. I hope that this give you some hope.

Answer 2

I would stick it out for a few weeks and if things dont get better, then you should go somewhere you would feel more comfy.

Answer 3

by displaced do you mean you didn't feel like you fit in. If your not a brown noser you'll never feel like you fit in.

Answer 4

sonds like you are a very indecisive person so snap out of it