Feel like an outsider
I work in an engineering based job in the U.K., been in the same trade 20+ years and never had any issues fitting in or intergrating. I've always found that, for the most part, colleagues have been reasonably professional and that they care about their workmanship and quality of their end product. However, in the past 4-5 years, this hasnt just fizzled out. There's been a huge and sudden shift to the complete opposite attitude. Colleagues, both young and old, are completely incapable of taking anything seriously. They constantly cause further damage to machinery during the course of "repair" and fail to fault find correctly. The quality of our work really matters and these failings at times are downright dangerous and can absolutely put peoples lives at risk but the whole thing is one enormous laugh to them. I'm often left sorting others mistakes or im picking up their slack by taking on an ever increasing portion of the workload. I moved to another company recently, hoping to see a change, but it's just the same. My employers, current and previous, claim that there's nobody out there to employ so they have to settle.
I can't even socialise with any colleagues because im treated like an outsider for not engaging with them on their level. I'm made fun of almost daily for caring about a career that I've invested the best part of 3 decades in. I love working with my hands, and solving problems. I'm tired and burned out from feeling like work is hostile to anyone who actually wants to do the job. I honestly dont know what to do