These past two weeks have been so turbulent for me and I realised that the unhappiness with my first 9-5 job has really been getting to me. The stress and unhappiness festered into a whole viral infection.

Although I didn’t get paid for the week off, as I’m still in probation. I honestly couldn’t care less because my mental health comes first. It was a pain because I had to “check in” with my line manager twice a day. Just felt like primary school. It’s made me value my time and I’m ready to leave after 4.5 months.

I have my own dreams and aspirations, which I’ve started, so why should I assist someone else’s life goals and not my own?

My notice period is 4 weeks and I’m trying to make it to the 6 month mark, so I can gain as much experience as possible whilst these people under pay us and work is like dogs. I want to leave NOW. I have so much anxiety before I go into the office. I’m not happy at all.

Or should I leave now whilst my mental state is back at 100%?

Moral of the story - PUT YOURSELF FIRST because these companies who scream about “mental health”, couldn’t care less!

Can anyone else relate?