Has Banking always been this bad?

I do not think it's possible for me to hate this job as much as I do. Waking up gives me anxiety. Signing into my laptop gives me anxiety. Hearing the slack notification gives me anxiety. (To be fair, I do have general anxiety disorder). Every day it feels like going to war. I do not sleep. Everybody is rude (for no reason). I am incredibly overstaffed. Why would anyone do this? I am trying my best here but it feels like my mind is breaking. I truly do not know how much more of this I can take. Even recruiting is difficult because I do not have the time to focus on it, and once I do have a bit of time, I am trying to recuperate my mental faculties. My mind is telling me to simply quit then recruit afterwards, but I fear how that would look to future employers. I do not know what to do. Anyone ever been through this? How did you deal with it?

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In all honesty, never felt like this for one day of my corporate career.
It is hard work, it takes time, effort, health, and nerves... but it is a good career if you are made for it or want to be part of it.

We have a few rude colleagues, bosses too. But in line with Covid some partners had a frank discussion with them to be a bit nicer to the team.
 

 

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