i work for a fashion magazine as a sales executive which basicly means i have to get the advertisments you see in mags. It's a stressful job because our rates are high and nobody will pay that much to advertise. I've worked here for 4 months now and although there are lots of perks (parties, free products etc) i'm not entirely sure it's for me.

About a month into my job i was rushed into hospital with appendicitice and had to have an op. i was off for a week and a half (the doctor told me to stay off for two and a half). A month ago i booked two and a half days off starting from this afternoon as i'm going to london to see my best friends art exhibition. I got the confirmation of this a month ago and i put it on the calendar.

anyway, today my boss decides she wants to rearrange the office and move us upstairs. i remind her that i wont be in from the afternoon so i should move my stuff up first and she freaks! She calls my other boss in and they harp on about how much time i'm having off!

I havent used any holidays yet and i can hardly help it if i have to have an operation, for which i provided a hospital sick note. Plus, she's just had a week off to go on holiday so she's a fucking hypocrite.

I work my ass off here, calling people, networking, meeting with clients, spending my own money on their drinks which i cant claim back until the end of the month on expenses and i spend a fortune travelling around the county to get to clients (i dont drive so i have to use trains) I also work past my hours, coming in at 8.30 am and working until 7.30 pm, frequently working through lunches.

I really want to get into journalism and i get to write a few reviews for the magazine so it's really good experience for me, but i just hate how i'm treated. It's an office full of girls and we're all criticised for what we wear daily as we're supposed to be designer clad and wearing the high trends, which is ridiculous as we cant afford designer on our fucking wage; i can barely afford rent bills food and transport let alone clothes! Besides, i dont look like a hobo, i have style but on a budget dammit!

i really dont want to quit as i was unemployed for three months from dec to march and it was a nightmare. I'm quite scared of ending up in that situation again as i've earned my own money since i was 15 and worked all through uni too.

I just dont think i'm really all that happy here, even though when i was hired, it seemed like a dream job.

i know what you mean. i've worked for some time as a graphic designer for a fashion clothing company. The job consisted in designing catalogues, manuals and retouching photos for ads/campaigns. It was by far the most stressful job i've had. My boss was a screaming flaming queen who was never ever happy with your job, no matter how good it was. pretty much everything I made was (in his own words) shit to him, and I'm not saying I'm the best designer out there but i do think i'm a good designer and i did like most of what i did -and also according to other people it was pretty creative and good-. but yeah he was never happy. He also criticised the other graphic designers/employees looks and clothes putting a lot of pressure on them every day. He was mostly 'concerned' about the girls so he never actually said anything like that to me. We were only 2 men in the office (3 including my fabulous boss) the rest were women.

I quit because I was working for almost 12 hours a day -always past my hours-, and I was starting to get sick. When I announced that to them, they offered me a bigger salary to stay - it was double the amout of what i was getting-. but i didn't stay because it seriously was hell to me.

After watching stuff like Project Runway and the devil wears prada i realised that it wasn't just my job that was messed up but the entire fashion industry is pretty fucked up and it certainly can drive one nuts.

If you are not happy with your job, and you're spending alot of time there, i think the best thing for you would be to quit. What's the point of spending your life and energy doing something that doesn't give you any satisfaction?