What should I do if I don’t have a job I like and it’s painful to go to work?

Generally speaking, there are four reasons for the pain of work:

1. Unable to find value. Self-worth realization is our highest need, and it is also the source and motivation that motivates us to work actively and tirelessly. When we give high value to work and find the meaning of work, then the pain of work will naturally disappear. If the work is of no value, it will bring about both physical and psychological torture. Frankl, a tenured professor of psychological psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna, shared his life in a Nazi concentration camp (in the book "The Pursuit of the Meaning of Life"). One of the tasks assigned by the German army to prisoners of war was to dig holes on the first day and fill them in on the second day. After that, they kept digging holes, filling holes, digging holes, filling holes... In less than a month, this worthless work made almost everyone miserable, and some of them had gone insane. From this point of view, meaningless work without value will have a very bad impact on us.

2. Not respected. Being respected is our second need. The sense of accomplishment in completing the work, the good reputation brought by the work, as well as the prospects of work and opportunities for promotion can all satisfy our need to be respected and will bring us motivation. If the job is too difficult and there is no hope of promotion, then the job must be painful.

3. Not feeling caring. Social interaction is our third need. The friendships gained at work and the good relationships between superiors, subordinates and colleagues are inexhaustible motivation for our active work. On the contrary, a bad relationship with colleagues or superiors and subordinates will cause pain at work.

4. Can’t find safety. Safety needs are our most basic needs. A stable working environment, salary level, and the company's ability to resist risks are all guarantees for us to work with peace of mind. This is also the reason why most people prefer large companies, state-owned enterprises, government departments and other units when looking for jobs.

Looking at the subject’s current work situation from the above four points, it is not difficult to understand the pain of the subject’s work. In the opinion of the questioner, the several jobs he has been engaged in lack a sense of value. As an accountant, he only does the company's internal accounts, but he has not touched the accounting and tax filing that he considers more valuable. At the same time, he is worried that his efforts will not be enough. (I can’t learn anything), my sense of security is not guaranteed, and I naturally feel anxious and painful.

After that, I worked as a machine material accountant and warehouse manager in a state-owned enterprise in the construction industry. Again, I still didn’t find the value of my job and felt that my work was meaningless. The words of the workers made the subject feel that I was not respected. ; It is necessary to have late-night snacks with the project manager, and most of the colleagues are "big bosses" with low academic qualifications, which makes the subject unable to feel a good relationship with colleagues; the work content is simple and there is little room for improvement, which makes the subject feel intimidated by his skills and makes his stomach unpalatable. Late night snacks and long working hours affect health and lead to frustration in safety. This is accompanied by pain and depression, which is why I support the person in question to change his job.

What I am about to say may offend the subject.

From the description of the subject, it can be concluded that the subject has no clear plan for his career. For a ship without direction, no matter how the wind blows, it will always be against the wind. When we choose a career, the most important thing is to understand what we want to gain and who we want to be. It is understandable that the subject is keen on doing research, but he needs to be clear about the purpose of his research. A weighty certificate is a stepping stone for us to choose a job that we are satisfied with. If we do not clearly understand the industry we want to work in, then the verification will have no effect. Even if you work in human resources or accounting, which the subject thinks is suitable for you, you will still feel pain.

The most important thing the subject has to do now is to change his or her mentality. Face your work with a positive attitude and devote yourself wholeheartedly to find your own value, the value of your work, and gain Respect, form good social relationships, and bring a sense of security.

The sense of value of work is discovered by oneself.

There is a second half to Professor Frankl’s concentration camp story above. The work of digging and filling pits caused many people to go insane, but it never affected Professor Frankl. He was in a calm mood and actively dug and filled pits every day. Why is this work that others see as meaningless?

Professor Frankl believes that this work is not meaningless. There is no choice in the concentration camp - either work or die, so the meaning of this work is to keep yourself alive. It was the adjustment of his mentality that not only did not knock him down in the concentration camp, but also promoted his subsequent psychological achievements.

The sage of Japanese management, Kazuo Inamori, also expressed the same point of view - love every job you do. Kazuo Inamori majored in polymers at school, but after graduation, he was introduced by a friend to work in a ceramics company where wages were in arrears to engage in research. At first, he hated his job because it was unfair, worthless, and could not even guarantee a normal life. Later, after a series of events, he changed his mentality and tried to fall in love with his job.

In order to save rent and time, he moved to the office. The company did not provide research funds, so he spent his own money to buy materials and information. After doing this, he has more and more research results and his status in the company is getting higher and higher, which in turn prompts him to work harder, forming a positive cycle. In the end, the old man single-handedly founded two Fortune 500 companies. When he was in his 70s and suffering from cancer, he made an airline on the verge of bankruptcy turn a profit and became a legend.

Take your job as mechanical and material accounting as an example. Previous people have pointed out the career direction, which is to understand the various materials used in the construction industry. No matter how difficult you think it is, it is the machine. The value of accounting is also the difference between others and you. For every job, getting started is easy, but becoming an expert is much more difficult and requires more time and energy. No matter how well you do in a relatively mature business, you still won't achieve high results.

You may think that accounting and tax filing is the main business of accounting, but a good person in the accounting industry is by no means only able to do accounting and tax filing. He must be familiar with various policies of the industry and the operating points related to the main business. Only then can you become a valuable accountant. To put it to the extreme, if your job can be done by a dog, how will your value be reflected? The same is true for human resources. Those who can handle entry and exit procedures, calculate wages, and handle social security will not reflect their own value. They can formulate organizational personnel development strategies according to company strategies, and can mobilize employees' work enthusiasm through human resources management. Being able to quickly cultivate outstanding talents in batches is the value of human resources work.

Finally, let’s talk about textual research. If you don't want to make a living by taking certifications (some people take various certificates and make money through affiliation), then actual work experience is more weighty than certificates, and actual work experience can also make it easier for you to obtain a relatively higher-level certificate .

No matter what your next plan is, I suggest you first think about what your interest is, what you can pay for this interest, and what to do if you still find that you don’t like the next job. . Otherwise, you will just fall into the cycle of job hunting, resignation, job hunting...