I didn’t realise how bad it was until I got out, the max exodus of staff should have been a warning sign, but as things got worst and worst during my last years I started to think that this is what a job is, the pressure was crushing, numerous staff went on stress leave and never came back, I just quit with no where to go, I would lay awake at night thinking of everything I had to do and with little to no help, constantly micromanaged by people that hadn’t done the job in the last 10 years and had no idea about what we were facing, with price increases of 30% in just over 2 years, keeping customers let alone gaining new ones was almost impossible, yet pay rises were closer to 2%, constantly short staffed and covering other territories had me stretched thin, now I realise this isn’t what a real job is, their engagement survey resulted in just 18% engaged staff and now I can see why, I moved on to a 23% pay rise with a company that has engagement scores in the high 70s and that are happy to reward staff for hard work, I’ve had more in 4 months from my new employer that I had in the last 5 years at Ecolab. You may think your current job is terrible, but trust me, it can be worst.
Cons
Lack of support, long hours, poor wages, constant pressure, do I need to go on