u/30FlirtyandTrying

Worked from home 8 years. Started new job in office. OMG it’s miserable. I live alone, no distractions, and never feel I lack human interaction, and I thrived working from home. I ended up in this new job by unfortunate circumstances, but I gave it a fair shot. I’m out a lot in the middle of the day being in sales, but still in at 8, back before 5. The extra energy it takes worried about a new outfit, packaging/unpacking for work, the draining drive, is intolerable after not having that for so long. I’d just repeat the same outfits in different sales meeting before. I absolutely hate cubicle, and having to deal with this change while being in commission sales is just con after con. But tons of people out there are still doing it, and I guess I just got spoiled. It’s affecting my mental health so much. I don’t know how people make the switch. I finally started applying to new roles in my field. Had I never wfh I don’t thing I’d know the difference but it’s too late for that.

I worked from home my whole sales career in my field. I’m now in an office where expectation is to be out in the field, but present at 8am and again before 5pm.

It’s been 10 months and I still haven’t fully adapted. I live alone with no pets so I never felt like I needed to get out of my house to focus.

If I haven’t gotten used to it/ok after 10 months, will I ever? The pay is a lot less than my WFH job. I’m just worried I’ll never adjust and keep hating having to go in everyday.

-edit: not looking for career advice, just experience making this switch

Before everyone jumps in to say “you are getting fired”, let me say that it is common in my industry to successfully make it through your PIP plan. I’m of course preparing for the worst just in case.

These twice a week one on one’s in addition to our general sales meetings are draining. I try to do my job the best I can and not think about my PIP and let it drag me down. But with all these meetings with my gm and sales manager twice a week, I’m reminded and it gives me anxiety. It’s outside sales, so yet another thing to pull me back in the office makes it harder.

I’ve been given 2 months. Being straight commission and having this limited time, I have no choice but to elevate my performance to take care of myself and keep my jobs. Instead I’m multiple times a week having to focus on data entry to make sure my pipeline and prospecting numbers are perfect. Typically that’s just something you need straightened out before the Monday sales meeting. These one on one’s are draining and I don’t see how they are helpful. I’m considering asking if we can push the twice a week one on one’s to month 2. It’s my job to keep or lose, so I feel like that should be reasonable.