When your first job turns into a nightmare.
8 January 2014
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Text: You graduated a few months ago and landed your first job. A great opportunity in these difficult times! Unfortunately, you are already thinking of leaving this disappointing and difficult position, or one that is far from your expectations. Expert advice to help you bounce back from this first setback.
First job, first shock
We often talk about the 100 days of grace in politics, and it's also true in the world of work... Young graduates who, once the euphoria of recruitment has passed, are disappointed or even dissatisfied with their first job are more numerous than you might think. Problems integrating into the team, disappointment with the assigned tasks, an exorbitant workload, quickly being put on the spot due to internal restructuring... the reasons can be numerous.
Alice is one of these disappointed young recruits. Freshly graduated from a famous press attaché school, she quickly joined a press office specializing in the luxury sector. Writing a press release, calling the media, establishing an editorial calendar... the young woman masters all the essential tasks of the profession and therefore thinks she is very well-prepared for the job market. And yet...
Exhausted, Alice resigns
From day one, she quickly gets the message: despite her diploma from a renowned school, she will have to show humility. For several months, the young woman complies with the demands of her boss, who requires her to wear a different suit every day, to be available very late in the evening "since the press attaché's mission continues beyond the event," and, among other things, to pick up her plane tickets... This isn't the movie "The Devil Wears Prada," but real life.
Alice says: "At the beginning, I threw myself into this job. I never got home before 10 pm and I worked weekends. For my director, I never did enough. One morning, on my way to work, I felt dizzy. I went to a pharmacy. The pharmacist offered me a seat, gave me a glass of water and a sugar cube. I started crying. I was exhausted... A week later, I resigned."
If you recognize yourself in this story, consult the expert advice in this article before making a drastic decision.
Severine Tavennec.
Letudiant.fr
Posted online January 8, 2014.
First job, first shock
We often talk about the 100 days of grace in politics, and it's also true in the world of work... Young graduates who, once the euphoria of recruitment has passed, are disappointed or even dissatisfied with their first job are more numerous than you might think. Problems integrating into the team, disappointment with the assigned tasks, an exorbitant workload, quickly being put on the spot due to internal restructuring... the reasons can be numerous.
Alice is one of these disappointed young recruits. Freshly graduated from a famous press attaché school, she quickly joined a press office specializing in the luxury sector. Writing a press release, calling the media, establishing an editorial calendar... the young woman masters all the essential tasks of the profession and therefore thinks she is very well-prepared for the job market. And yet...
Exhausted, Alice resigns
From day one, she quickly gets the message: despite her diploma from a renowned school, she will have to show humility. For several months, the young woman complies with the demands of her boss, who requires her to wear a different suit every day, to be available very late in the evening "since the press attaché's mission continues beyond the event," and, among other things, to pick up her plane tickets... This isn't the movie "The Devil Wears Prada," but real life.
Alice says: "At the beginning, I threw myself into this job. I never got home before 10 pm and I worked weekends. For my director, I never did enough. One morning, on my way to work, I felt dizzy. I went to a pharmacy. The pharmacist offered me a seat, gave me a glass of water and a sugar cube. I started crying. I was exhausted... A week later, I resigned."
If you recognize yourself in this story, consult the expert advice in this article before making a drastic decision.
Severine Tavennec.
Letudiant.fr
Posted online January 8, 2014.
