Feeling inferior at the workplace

Richey

Well-known member
I too feel inferior but probably on a bigger level then most realise. It's almost a gaurantee that i will be the weakest link in the entire group at most jobs, sorry for pun.

I am hard working but i am not enthusiastic enough and i tend to shy away from management. Because i can smell the fakeness and ego in the air when i'm around them. Maybe its just that they have very high standards, its also because they have been blessed in many ways to get where they are but i just feel wird at work, its all very sterile and like you are in an institution or it feels that way for me, its usually very odd. But that's enough of me whinging.

I worked in an office for a while and was usually given the tasks that the managers saw as the least appealing. the most appealing tasks would go to the more confident people, confident physically or confident in personality. Its just like High School only worse and on a corporate level.

I was given too much and i started having panic attacks where i would just storm out of the office to get fresh air and i would get bad stomach pains.

I also tend to not handle pressure well. I'd receive lots of emails and alot of them had a very demanding/nasty tone to them because higher ups are under immense pressure. Example. "You WILL update me on progress, this is your first warning", and i'm just thinking. I have a million things to do and i'm spending half the day just replying to emails anyway. I have made some communication on progress already. This is mental, I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE..

It made me realise i need an outdoors job or something where i don't feel caged and too claustraphobic. A weird as that sounds.

In reality it just means i haven't found an enjoyable office environment to be in yet. No that jobs are supposed to be enjoyable though to be fair, they are meant to be about providing a skill for money, etc. all that jazz.
 
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Richey

Well-known member
Also in an open plan office, its worse than being in a cubicle because there are no walls. I need some privacy. Where i sat was directly opposite two people, we could see each other clearly, that is all day. That was sooo uncomfortable, unless you're best friends anyway that was never going to work. Then each department would gossip about really tacky facebook posts on walls that just bothered me. It was mainly about in house flirting from co-workers, i didn't want to know about that. Then the phones are always going off all around you. Then the bosses on three sides were directly facing us as they sat at their desks. It was nightmarish for someone who is shy or has SA symptoms.

Then the intense atmosphere of the job was off the charts.

I would say those distractions equated to 45% efficiency of quality and speed to get work projects done.

It made me re think my career choice. I've had to start all over again.
 

mikebird

Banned
Just the same for me. People are just on a different level.

I don't like getting fired, in & out of jobs, doing 'my best'
being undervalued

It's either due to being technically unskilled
or socially unsocial.

Every time I get fired, I ask the boss if it's for personal reasons, or technical.
They always say the latter. I think it's the opposite. I can't possibly know
 

Silatuyok

Well-known member
I didn't feel inferior at my job, but I did feel extremely underutilized. So I found a different job where I will likely be happily worked to death.
 
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