My job is ruining my life, is this worth my livelihood?
Hi everyone,
I am a 27 year-old male who is currently working as a Supply Chain planner at a manufacturing site. There are so many issues at the company that I don’t know where to start but one example would be that I literally can’t use a sick day because everything will fall apart at site because I have to physically handle work orders as well as be responsible for doing material shortage, analysis and communicating with procurement and 15 different sales reps constantly trying to expedite orders When we don’t have the materials. I used to work in sales, but I did not like having to cold calling people. a sad part is that I do like Supply Chain but I am absolutely ruining my life at this job because it’s taking away from my happiness and genuinely will live because it’s hard to get out of bed in the morning..
I am looking for any type of job, but I don’t think I can get any clerical work and I’m trying for government or other Supply Chain jobs but everything seems impossible while having several short on my résumé that are roughly a year long each.
My question is do I stick this out even though it’s literally draining my world to live and affecting my relationship with my soon to be fiancé. I’m genuinely miserable and I don’t know what my next steps are because I can’t afford to walk out of my job. I am also seriously concerned with my mental well-being. my apologies for a very depressing post, but any advice would be helpful.
Posted Apr 9, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC