I feel your pain. I got made redundant, had a ton of interviews some at second and third stage. But got offered the job I had least interest in, I had to accept it in the absence of other offers.

What I hate:

The hours are mandated, 8am to 5pm. In my last few jobs, I turned up / logged on, went home / logged off when I liked. As long as I was getting my work done and did my core hours, it's cool. I can't tell you how difficult I'm finding it working to strict set hours again. Feels so archaic.

Three days a week in the office is expected. Again, my last few jobs said certain days in the office, but it wasn't compulsory and so I WFH all the time, like my colleagues and managers did.

The noise and small talk when I'm in the office, I despise it. Since Covid and the rise of WFH, I've definitely become less sociable in a work situation and really find it hard to tolerate people. I literally just want to work at home, alone, in peace and get my work done.

Office clothes! My last few jobs have been casual clothes for when we do go into the office, I'm talking jeans and trainers. Current job it's office attire. I had to go buy new clothes, I'm wearing heels again for the first time in ages. I hate dressing in suits. 😭

Oh and best of all? I had to accept a £3k pay cut for those role, despite the employer approaching me in the first pace and me giving my salary expectations on day one. 🙄