Why are you unhappy in your job?
In this article I'll be helping you to find out why exactly you are unhappy in your job and giving you some tips to overcome these problems. There tend to be six key unhappiness-causing reasons why people are unhappy in their jobs - read on to find out how many apply to you!

1. Your job is boring and just isn’t challenging
This is often the case when people have been doing the same job for a long period of time. Colleagues quickly forget that you have more to offer! If this is the case with you, your task is to put your hand up for some extra or different work. Show you are willing and capable of doing more than your current job and you’ll get noticed!

2. Difficult people
Often it’s not the specific tasks of a job that are stressful; it’s the people you have to deal with that make life so difficult! Colleagues, bosses, clients and suppliers can all be difficult to get along with or be unreasonable in their demands. If this is happening to you, your challenge is to try to get along better with just one difficult person over the next month. If you’re not sure how to do this, give me a call!

3. Too much work politics
It’s hard enough dealing with difficult people directly without having to deal with underhand politics as well! Yes, yes, I know that “wouldn’t it be nice if everyone just got on with each-other and did their jobs” but the bad news is that this will never happen and that politics happens everywhere. The only things you can do are to become more fine-tuned to the key players and political issues and to decide how much you’re going to enter into the fray.

4. Wrong job for your personality
Imagine someone who likes working with details, such as an accountant or an engineer, suddenly being asked to take on a role in sales or a people management role with no additional training or support! If you feel that you just don’t “fit” into a role and that extra training just isn’t the answer, what role would better suit you?

5. It’s a sign of something else
If you’re unhappy in your job, it could be a sign of unhappiness or stress in other areas of life leading to a reduced ability to deal with what could be normal levels of pressure at work. Issues such as strained or failing relationships, poor health or money worries can all have a huge impact on your feelings of satisfaction with work. If this is the case for you, your key challenge is to make sure that you deal with the root cause of your unhappiness whilst making sure you don’t sabotage your career at the same time.

6. Your work’s just not your passion
Finally, it could be that although you are doing well in the eyes of other people, your work just isn’t what you are passionate about. Lots of people have a dream to do something that is really meaningful to them, but they are too scared to take a first small step to achieving that dream or just don’t know how to start! If this is you, your challenge is to first acknowledge that you do have a dream and to then start to imagine what life might be like if you were doing what you’re really passionate about. Doing this might free you into taking that vital first step.

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