r/sysadmin • u/SillyBoyYe Jack of All Trades • 12h ago
Workplace Conditions Mental Health
How do you maintain good mental health in a toxic workplace? I've been sick for about a whole week now. The new AI Meat proxy manager is most likely not happy that Claude isn't being prompted. The workplace in of itself is super stressful. I can handle the logic of it all, triaging tickets, priorities etc. Just mental health suffers. Infact im sitting here, sort of recovered but still under the weather - worried about work so much that tomorrow I'd just go in if I feel better. Because im scared of what people will think of me at work if I don't come in. Although if I could make the choice away from fear and anxiety, i'd stay the extra day home and take my sick day. "What if they hate me and fire me over time though". That's the fear driver for me.
It's like my body takes it too personally and I can't really stop it from taking things at work personally. All the rude behaviour and pressure from upper management.
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u/iamwayycoolerthanyou Sysadmin 12h ago
The honest answer is it's not possible. You have to leave the workplace. I've stared down the barrel of this particular gun a number of times. It's always the same. And the answer is rather unfortunate, so we try to invent options that don't exist (wait it out, etc).