Signs that you are sick of your job in Singapore

By Winston Liew

It's all too familiar. In Singapore, you are one of the many people experiencing these signs.

You have been working in the company for 5 years and you more than know the ins and outs of the operations procedures and people working there.

Day after day, month after month, year after year, you are doing your everyday job just to get that monthly salary to pay bills and personal commitments.

But unnoticingly your passion and ‘fire’ for the job has diminished. Every morning you wish you could sleep for another 5 more minutes before getting up from your cosy bed.

You are not looking forward to the start of the day at work. You are literally dragging your feet to work.

You tend to be late for work, blaming on train faults, not feeling well or traffic jam during peak hours. Once at work, you are always wearing a dull and ‘don’t bother me’ kind of facial expression.

You are thinking of what to eat for lunch, counting down by the minutes. You tend to complete tasks on hand with no enthusiasm.

You are resistant to any changes that management wants to implement, often thinking it’s redundant. You complain more about your work rather than making it to be more productive.

You try to avoid regular meetings and take frequent medical leave.

Instead, you spend more time updating your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or checking out the latest release on your favourite blogshop.

You ‘gossip’ more frequently than discussing work matters with colleagues. You do not look forward to company’s functions or get together sessions for better colleagues bonding.

You just wish to leave the office environment once the clock hits 6.00pm.

If you find the above sounds familiar, you may be starting to get tired or ‘sick’ of your job. It can be detrimental or even ‘lethal’ to your professional career.

Sooner or later, your boss will notice your disinterested demeanour and may question your loyalty and commitment towards the company. Your boss will also be concerned about the rest of the company staff affected by your negative engery.

Physiologically, you may be subjected to some health risks due to your long-term ‘unhappy’ state of mind.

Do a reality check to ascertain do you still enjoy what you are doing and are there still growth opportunities within the company. The least we could do for ourselves is to be a happy employee contributing to the better of the company.

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