I have dropped paper on 15 July, I was on project bench and not deployed on a project. A person is going and I was her replacement. She is moving out by next week. I asked for buying out the notice period by 2 months. I am new to the technology and don't have any hands-on experience in the tool also. My project supervisor and my project manager agreed. But my account manager declined the request. Moreover he insulted me badly and asked me to abscond the company. He said he will use his power to ruin my future. After this incident I am mentally disturbed. I don't want to serve 1 day now. Can anyone suggest what should I do, it's impacting my health badly.

After a 3 year break from working full time due to motherhood I have landed a great job. I'm excited to get back to my career, but I'm nervous about getting back to a routine. I've got a few more weeks to try to smooth out day care, buy some professional clothesand other stuff. What advice would you give someone returning to work after a break as I can’t stop thinking how my child will cope?

This has happened to me a couple of years ago. I was once about to send back a very angry response to my boss CCing his manager once. This was because I thought he was making up stupid project and reasons to make me work on a weekend.

But when I discussed with a colleague that person told me that the boss is trying to build a case to stop me being put in the layoff list. So he is showing me as a vaulable resource whose work is critical to the organization. So much so that it needs some working weekends too. If I had sent the email I would have been on the list.

I’ve been here for just over four years now and I probably stayed here longer than I should have (I was starting to get bored around a year ago). My coworkers are good, my boss is supportive, the benefits are ok but still I hate my actual job. I stayed for so long because I kept getting promotions and new projects. But now I’m SO bored. I don’t care about anything. I have ZERO motivation to do anything. I seriously spend most of my days online shopping, reading blogs, reading the news, going for walks in the campus, tea breaks etc.

I do the bare minimum to get by without someone actually noticing I’m not working like 50% of the time. I’m not doing any work towards any of my goals this year because I can’t find the motivation! Every day I come in and say to myself, “I’ll start this project today.” I’m barely getting by each day and ignoring my entire email inbox until 3:00 pm and then quickly responding to everything before I leave for the day.

I’m just burnt out/ bored out of my mind. I’m also afraid that now i won't even find the motivation to prepare for a interview. And these awful work habits will follow me! How do I find motivation to work?