I usually post on the A/P forum, but seem to be more depressed than anxious lately... I started a new job last Monday- and in my mind, I keep comparing it to my old job where I had been for 18 years. I loved that job and am having a really hard time letting go of it, especially because I liked it so much more than this new one (although I know that I really shouldn't be basing my opinion of this new job on just 6 days of it). What's really strange about
this new job is that people don't seem to talk to each other, unless they have a question about
what they are working on. People come in in the morning and don't even say good morning; they leave at night without saying goodnight. They go out to get a sandwich at lunch time and don't even ask if anyone wants them to bring back anything. I am so not used to this way of working!! I feel like they have been working hard to train me, and so I feel like I really have to give it a chance. Actually, the work itself isn't bad- it's just the atmosphere that I'm having trouble with. At my old job, we had alot of camaraderie, and there was always someone that made the job fun by being funny, etc. I have gone from working p/t to working f/t, which is also a big adjustment- and I feel like I spend more time at work than at home, so why shouldn't it be fun!!?? I have told myself that I have to stick this out for awhile, but how long do I give it?? Or do I just accept that that's the way the people are there, and learn to live with it? (I'm afraid that if I started looking for another job, the next one I take could actually be worse than this one.)