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[CrashPrime]

I just recently transferred to another position in my company (I took a promotion that I worked very hard for), and I am immediately regretting the change. I have been an emotional wreck on the inside for the past three days, while holding it together professionally.

There is a heavy workload going forward with the new position. I developed a very good working relationship with folks working under me in my previous position, which made my job a breeze for both myself and my employees.

What have you guys done to ease into a new job, and convince yourself that things will get better?

Have you ever switched jobs and ended up hating it?

 

[aku:jiki]

I have, but only because the new position sucked even more than the old one and not because the old one was actually good.

 

[teruterubozu]

I once got promoted from hourly to salaried and actually made less without the overtime.

 

[Viewt]

What I've learned is that you need to give new jobs at least a month or two before deciding one way or the other that you like it or don't like it. New gigs are always rough if they're worth working towards. You're a wreck now, but you might find yourself acclimating to the workload just fine after another month. I know that's personally been the case for me a few times. I nearly quit a job that was essential to starting my career because I didn't know if I could hack it at first. This is a challenge. If you have it in you, you'll rise to the occasion.

 

[AlteredBeast]

Never. Every successive job I have taken has been better than the last. I have been incredibly fortunate.

 

[Medalion]

sort of

I left a stressful tech support job to work for another tech support job, when I was seriously thinking of getting out of that kinda work altogether

The difference for the move was working for a small independant company vs a huge corporate franchise, meaning the number of people on hand to help the job and the perks

It still didn't help that much, I still got unnecessaily frustrated and pissed off