Unhappy with Work

melody83 SG

I am 23 years old, and have been in my current company for a year plus. I started out as a customer service and four months ago, i decided to switch to a sales coordinator as i feel that i should have more exposure.

Work went smoothly during the days i was in customer service, i was very happy and i have a three very good colleagues. But good things don't lasts. My team leader was force out of the department by my manager. So left the three of us, my two colleagues and me.. And our team leader slowly drifted apart from us as she was in another department.

After i become sales coordinator, things worsen. They became very wary of me, they dun share secrets with me anymore. For fear that i will tell my manager. Overall, the two of them attitude to me changes. i was very upset. As they were the one who always helped me when i was in customer service, can say that they dote me alot. I was so upset that i write an email to them to tell them how disappointed i was. And from then on till today, for four months we never communicate. The only time we communicated was through email and was work related.

I knew that my manager was practicising favouritism in office, she dotes the two colleagues (which i didn't communicate for four months). And my manager started to become hostile to me coz she knew i was not in good term with the both of them. My manager everyday after i leave office, she will start to dig my table to look at my work, check what i do. And she will copy every of my incoming and outgoing mails and pinpoint of every single grammer, spelling mistake i made. The she will scream at me at the top of voice for the slightest or even not my mistake that i made for all the people in office to hear.

Once, my manager and my other sales colleagues went for overseas trip. She ask me to handle all her things for the week till she returns. I emailed my two colleagues to remind them the things that they need to do. Yet my manager shoot me an email asking me why i was so free to spend all my time typing email to them. I should go over tell them instead and apologize to them. She ask me this also at the end of the email .. "How you able to pull through when i was not around?"

The other time i was doing some data entry work for my customer, and she told me off by saying "You must as well do your customer service job since you already know it. You are wasting company time and money!" I was so angry, she knows very well that sales person are not supposed to claim OT, i did not even claim my time off from the day i become sales coordinator.

Haiz.. i really don't know should i continue to stay on.. Big big boss all side my manager. So is useless to reflect to them. But i loves this job alot..

Rock^Star SG

It's like a relationship gone sour between boy and girl. And the girl can't give up becos she loves the boy very much. However, the situation doesn't permit a revisit back to the good old days. How?

If I were you, I would hang on a little more to see how, then jump ship. Make sure it's a better ship! You deserve better.

limpshaggy SG

I think that, money is not everything in life. Can't see the point wasting time at a place you are not growing to your potential.

Do you feel that the poor workingrelationship is hindering you? Reading your post, i must praise you as you seem to be taking it all in stride.

Perhaps you should also assese what you like about your job and find a job that enable you to do the same. Example, you figure out that interacting with people is the part you enjoy most, then jobs like air stewardness or hotel manager will be a good career switch, you get the point.

If i were you, i would scout for another company which enable you to carry out the same job, even at a lower salary, happiness is priceless...

Good luck, hope things work out. Smile

killstyle SG

wanna work for me?

your job very simple.

just do what i tell you to do, ok?

-[0]- SG

From the way you say it, I feel that this job is suffocating you to a point whereby you can't take it anymore. Well, there'll always be some politics going around, but I do hope you learn from this experience of yours.

If I were you, I'd hang on for a little while more while searching for another similar job with hopefully a better environment - better still, a rival of of your company. Twisted Evil

No point working in an environment where it's choking your potential and ability to perform. It's not the pay or the location. It's the environment that will affect your work performance.

As for your other colleagues, you have to move on since the relationship between you and them was broken. It's sad but we can't turn back the time, can we? Cool

Devil1976 SG

Change job...? Or try to transfer back to customer service to see if things would work better for you...?

As much as you might have pretty good luck while you were at customer service... There're sometimes just no 'best of both worlds'... Especially when you're trying to move up a ladder or make things work to the benefit of yourself...?

leo-kun SG

change a new company but look for a similiar job scope

22 S.A.S Regiment SG

aint see a point in wasting more time in a job u aint happy with…if u aint happy..ur work performance will suffer..and if that happens..its only a matter of time b4 the boss shows u the door..guess its better that u show urself the door than the boss..Neway…im sure that aint the only company that offers a job as a sales coordinator..

a_x SG

How can you be an effective sales coordinator if you limit your communication with your team just through emails?

Talk to them. It's not like it is IMPOSSIBLE to do, is it? Through emails, it's ridiculous. You're separated by your team members because they are in different countries? And yes, I could see your manager's point when you're asked why you were so free emailing them. Walk & talk to your team. You just create your own wall of barrier by not interacting with them face-to-face regularly.

Your manager was just being sarcastic & you're just too tired to recognize it. Remember that you're a sales coordinator. Those data entry work are supposed to be delegated to your team member. Uhm, not that I know for sure what the job scope. But for sure, a menial task like data entry would be a waste if it were to be done by a sales coordinator.

People change. You're still young. Take it as a learning lesson. Earn your team's trust. It takes time, though. Good luck.

de_middle SG

U KNN, this fella is sincere abt his pblms & u NB type rubbish. Twisted Evil

dragg SG

you are only 23. change job if you are unhappy.

DailyFreeGames.com SG

Sorry to hear about your problems... seems pretty unfortunate, like a case of being target (picked on)... If it was me, I will move on bah, but that's pretty much case by case basis, what works for me may not work for you. For me, I will move on and work till become somebody, and come back suan them when I "succeed" in life.

gerrykoh SG

U can always get the same job (since u like it so much) at another co.
Sales co-ordinators & customer service jobs are easy to find.
No point working for someone who shouts at u & don't trust u.
It is more impt to be happy than work under stress

melody83 SG

thanks all for your advice..

In fact is not easy to find similar job like my current company. Actually been flipping through the papers, to my disappointment not many or even none that has similar job scope. Anyway, I am in book industry.