Throwaway since some of my co-workers may use Reddit, but before I begin, I would like to provide a little backstory. Before I started where I am now, I worked at a local supermarket chain for about 2 years while I put myself through school. I graduated last year with an Associates in Computers. While employed at the supermarket, I enjoyed working 20-30 hours over the weekend shifts so that I could have my entire week to do whatever I wanted. My boss also told me that I did a great job and was sorry to see me go when I did, but it was a great transition out and no feelings were hurt. At my current job, I am working significantly more hours than I was for slightly higher pay and I am trying to determine if the emotional and physical distraught is worth it...
Fast forward to now, I work at a local IT Firm with your typical 8-5, M-F, and function as their "Bench" guy making $11 an hour. Now, what my job entails is, I fix customer computers that come in off the street, computers that other technicians bring back from our clients that they are unable to fix on-site, and I setup new PC's for our clients that pay for our services. Ever since I started, I haven't worked less than 44 hours per week. This may not seem like much, but my weekly hours have been slowly creeping up for the past 3-4 months. I think this is due to the fact that the Owner has been slowly giving me the responsibility of troubleshooting/maintaining our main office computers/network on top of everything else. Most, if not all of the work pertaining to our main office has to be done at after-hours when everyone is gone for the day. This means that I have to get to work at 8:00a.m and usually have to stay past closing to about 8-9p.m in the afternoon (Sometimes I have to come in around 6:30-7:00a.m, but more on that next). The owner is very picky about what he/she wants and I have to spend a lot of my time going back and re-configuring things I did the night before to make him/her happy. I haven't had much experience in the field of IT, so I have to constantly ask questions to keep up with the same pace as everyone else and to make sure I don't mess anything up (Lose customer data and possibly my job). I have talked with my manager multiple times and he/she says that they are thrilled with the work that I am doing and says that I have exceeded every expectation they had of me. I know I am probably supposed to take this as good news, but I feel like I am draining myself physically and emotionally working 50+ hours a week for $1 more than what I was making at the supermarket.
I would also like to add that I do enjoy my field and the work I do, and I'm not necessarily looking to change fields. I'm still trying to find what aspect of IT I would like to get into and having to workhorse my way through projects to meet deadlines doesn't give me time to sit down and understand which aspects of IT I enjoy and which ones I don't. I'm not sure if I should try looking for a different job, or if I should try to make things work with my current employer. I understand leaving at 6 months would garner some looks from any future employer, so I wanted to turn to Reddit to weigh my options. I would greatly appreciate any feedback from you all, and if I happened to miss anything or if something needs clarification, I will be happy to do so. I look forward to hearing from you all!
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