Weird feeling after leaving a job.... (1 Viewer)

[Alan Erceg]

Ok, I've had the same job for about a year and a half now, it was my first "real" job outside of places that I wored in high school. My first 40-45 hour a week job, where I actually had responsibility etc etc...

I had grown over the past few months to despise this job, not so much the people who I worked with, but the job itself. I got hammered with more and more responsibility, and my dept never got any help.

Friday was my last day at that job, and now it's Monday morning, and I feel weird that I am not at work. It's like I have some sort of weird attachment to that place, and I still care about the people I worked with, and what is going on there even though I am no longer an employee at that office.

My Co-workes last friday had a little party for me before I left, Cake and Ice-cream and stuff like that, which was suprising becuase I didnt ask for any of it, I took it as a nice gesture from nice people who I had really grown close to over my year and a half there...

So like I said its Monday now, and I have a week off before I start my new job, and I just feel weird that Im not at "work" there.....It's just a really weird feeling..

Maybe I'm crazy...

 

[Malcolm R]

Nah, you're not crazy. It's just a change in your routine that you've had over the past year and a half, and you know in your mind that it's different from a vacation because you're not going back in a week. Plus you're leaving what's familiar and moving on to someplace new.

My first "real" job out of college lasted nearly 8 years until I left for reasons similar to yours. It's been 3 years since I left, but I still keep in touch with some of the people and try and get news of what's going on. Figure if I live to be 80, I worked 10% of my entire life at that office, so it's hard to just break it off.

 

[MarkHastings]

Jobs can be like relationships. Just because you break up with someone, doesn't mean you either don't love them anymore or it didn't mean anything.

Pulling yourself away from a long standing job (or relationship) is not always going to be an easy thing to do no matter how much it drove you crazy.

So yes, you're not crazy.

 

[Mike Littrell]

I can't imagine being anywhere else but here. I've been at the same job since I was 20, I am now 31. Although the job sucks, I would really miss it if I were to leave

 

[Glenn Overholt]

If you think you feel weird now, just wait until you show up at your new job next Monday!

Oh, and take advantage of the week off. This is a good time to get some projects done, if you have any.

Best of luck at your new job!

Glenn