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For me, it was all of the crappy people that I had to put up with at different jobs. I mainly don't miss spending my days being surrounded by coworkers and bosses who were rude, mean, idiotic, snotty, lazy, gossips, or just overall miserable people. There were definitely some decent people who I didn't mind being around, but there were also plenty who I could not stand.
I didn't hate the work. It was boring, yes, but it was all of the unpleasant personalities that I dealt with at different jobs that made working suck so much.
Now I interact with people who I choose to be around, kind and pleasant people. I'm so much happier now.
Meetings, endless streams of meetings. And revolving door managers. A new manager every year who wants to try to change everything the last manager did.
Office politics. I didn't even work in an office, but somehow we still had office politics.
Long meetings where the topic could have been covered in 5 minutes but somehow the meeting takes an hour.
The heartbreaking calls, and the ones that haunt you for one reason or another. There weren't really that many, fortunately. I worked in the suburbs, it was mostly grill fires and car accidents.
What I hated the most about working was having limited vacation days, and needing to put in a request for vacation time. In the worst case situations, having to coordinate those times with my co-workers before I got permission to be off.
HR related nonsense meetings, "corporate training", BS performance reviews when everyone knows your fate and your raise were decided long ago.
Idiot Manager who have no clue what they are doing, yet think everything needs to be done "their way."
No matter your age or experience, being hired in with no more than a week vacation simply because it is "policy." (I turned down a lot of jobs because of this nonsense.)
Not being given the (proven and required) tools, but still expected to get critical work done.
Procedural rules designed to slow or prevent work from getting done.
While most co-workers are a joy:
Dealing with co-workers who are backstabbers.
Dealing with co-workers who are snobs or racists.
Dealing with co-workers who are tattles who report every small variation from bad procedures.
Clock watchers: The only reason I paid attention to any clock was to know when other people I needed to work with - or ask a question are likely to be in.
Rush hour traffic that could take a great day and make it a sour PITA.
Counterproductive HR "3-day" doctor note policy when you know that all you need is bed rest to get over a bad cold; yet have to get out of bed (most likely at your sickest), shower and then take your wet body and hair out into the cold and rain to find a doctor to sign your "permission slip." [And don't these people know it is almost impossible to get a Dr. appointment without a week or two notice? So that means going to a clinic or E-Room instead of your doctor to sit for the entire day in a purposely cold uncomfortable waiting room with really sick people who are likely to make your cold worse.] This has always been a policy I purposely ignore. If it bothers management that much that can fire me. None ever have.
Being especially nice to that one person you meet every few years who you know is a ticking timebomb and has told you all about his huge gun collection.
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