This sounds similar to why I left my last job. Ended up at the doctors' with severe depression and they dropped a bombshell on me. "There's nothing medical s

This sounds similar to why I left my last job. Ended up at the doctors' with severe depression and they dropped a bombshell on me. "There's nothing medical science can do to help. I can prescribe you with SSRIs but that won't fix anything. What you need to do is look for a job that you can at least tolerate, or you'll end up dead before you hit retirement, by stress or by your own hand." (yep, direct quote from my notes) After a week or so of thinking about it, I realised she was right. I started talking to old friends in the industry, did a few after-work meet-and-lunch sessions and found a couple of companies local to me who were hiring. Talked to recruiters too, ended up with a few interviews. This time I wasn't jumping from a sinking ship, I had time to look and I was going to find "the right one" this time. A few months of searching, I interviewed at my current employer. Took the job on the basis that I'd talked to old university friends and former colleagues who were working for them too, and nobody had anything negative to say. My former line manager a few jobs back was well-known and wrote me a glowing reference (I didn't want to ask my current employer and give away that I was looking). I got an offer and I took it. It's been like night and day, and I keep having to tell myself "yes, you're being paid for this, no you're not dreaming". My partner told me the other night "I've never seen you so happy." So my point is, if you really don't like the job (and from reading your post it sounds like that's the case), look elsewhere. Maybe it's not you, maybe you're just not a good fit for the current job's culture and environment. Different people are good at different things. Polish off your CV. Put some feelers out. Make what you're doing work for long enough that you can find something else on a reasonable timescale. Book a few half-days off and set up some interviews. At the very least, you'll get a better idea what openings are out there. Once you have a signed offer, politely walk into your boss's office and say "Thank you for the opportunity, sir, but I feel like I need to move on with my career". Never burn bridges unless you have no other option. If you have an exit interview, all you need to say is "I just think it's time for a change of scenery and I had an offer I'd be silly to refuse". Keep it short and polite. In 90% of cases they just want to tick the "did the exit interview" box. Someone downthread said "if everyone hates you, chances are it's caused by something you do or who you are". Go down the "how can I improve?" line with your line manager in a private 1-to-1, but if you don't get anywhere.. it could well be "who you are", in the sense of "not a good fit for the company". Basically, you won't get on with everyone you meet -- and you can't make people like you because that's their choice. And if it's not working out... sometimes the best thing to do is say "this is not fixable in this way" and move on.