What to Do When You Hate Your Job?

Simply switching jobs doesn't always make people happier, either. Sometimes it's not the job or the company that's the problem, but the individual. Are the below scenario that you are facing?

You're overwhelmed. Maybe the work is too hard, or there's just too much of it.
You're not up to the job. Tempting as it is to blame others, sometimes employees just don't have the skills, smarts, or drive required to thrive at their jobs.

To be able to keep up with all that, of course, you must be a master of stress management, too.

Solution provided free of charge:-

When there's too much work

- Cry uncle to your boss. Of course, crying uncle could put you in the doghouse, but that will happen anyway if you can't handle the workload. Better to 'fess up now before the consequences.

- Delegate. A lower-level employee might be flattered that you trusted her enough to do some of your work. Or others might welcome the chance to curry favor or work with you.
- Try to cut your weekly two-hour meeting down to one.
- Turn of the instant messaging while working

When the work is too hard
- Use the "Hey Joe" technique. Get help!
- Sign up for a short course.
- Trade tasks with a coworker

When there's too much stress
- Cool man! Take a walk.
- Tell a friend like me. I am willing to listen to you.
- Find me and let’s go to yoga classes for meditation.

When you're not up to the job
- Try to identify which of the following is the problem; then focus on making yourself a better employee. Are you lack of intelligence, skills, motivation or personality problem?
- Do you lack of intelligence? Accept your limitations—and know when to ask for help.
- Do you lack of skills? As mentioned earlier, take short course.
- Do you lack of drive? Many people develop bad attitudes simply because they're unmotivated. - Tweak your job so you're more likely to succeed at it. It's hard to feel driven if you think you'll fail. Find ways to get small wins.
- Do you have personality problem? You begged your coworkers and friends for honest feedback. Now it's time to act on it. If you're too chatty, force yourself to shut up or use the traffic-light rule.

Why don't play more?

According to one recent study, The number of employers at companies with fewer than 100 workers who plan to take a summer vacation has continued to fall in the past four years. Two in three bosses worry about their businesses when they're out of the office. Fully 75 percent check in by phone or E-mail even when they're on "vacation," many of them several times a day.

A life! There's a good chance the benefits of vacation will go straight to the bottom line. According to a study by American Express, more than a third of small-business people say their best ideas—the ones that lead to business growth—come not at work but during their downtime. "Having a life outside of work doesn't detract from work success" but enhances it, a study by the Families and Work Institute concluded in 2005.

Happier people, no surprise, tend to be more productive than unhappy people. Two business professors, Sigal Barsade of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Donald Gibson of Fairfield University, found in a recent study that employee moods have a measurable effect on just about everything anyone does at work-job performance, decision making, creativity, turnover, teamwork, and leadership.

Overwork also comes with serious health risks. Researchers have found that people who work long hours can even become addicted to their own stress hormones. They feel sluggish when they're out of the office, so they head back for their fix, and the cycle repeats itself. Continuous stress also affects the performance of the part of the brain responsible for memory.

Why don't you taking some time off can work wonders on health and productivity. Studies show the psychological benefits of vacation start accruing after seven days. It takes most people two or three days just to start relaxing.

So if your work is struggling, here's a solution: Go to the beach. It'll be good for you—and it might even be good for your company.