All companies and workplaces are not created equal. The great work environment you find in one might be entirely missing from a similar company in the same field. Or you might just discover that you and the company you're in are not a good match.
Below are five indicators that your current work situation is unhealthy for you and it could be best to look for an alternative situation.
Your company is no longer aligned to its values. If your
company starts cutting corners, rejects excellence and settles for mediocrity,
or makes every decision based on the bottom line it might have turned its back
on its values in order to maximize profit.
Your life is focused on work to the detriment of other
aspects of your life. Are you staring at your work email during dinner with
your family or working on that spreadsheet during your daughter’s dance
recital? If so, work just might be intruding into your personal life causing unnecessary
stress to you and your family.
You are unable to share your true opinions at work. When you
attend meetings with your manager, your team, or company-wide, do you feel free
to share your opinion, especially if it runs counter to conventional wisdom? If
you find it difficult being honest with your colleagues and managers, it might
be time to look for something new.
Decisions are made by many levels of decision-makers. In
other words, nothing gets done because there are too many hands in the pot, too
much bureaucracy, or too many layers of decision-makers. This is a great way to
kill individual initiative in employees and destroy morale.
You begin to feel anxious about work on Sunday afternoon. Sunday
afternoon and evening should be a time to begin to return your attention work
and is a perfect time to consider your plans for the week ahead. But if you are
filled with apprehension about heading to work the next day this common
experience is giving you a clear message: you don’t like your job and it is
time to consider something else.
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