Mid-Career Crossroads: Examining the Role of Wrong Career Choices in Triggering Professional Crises

Abstract

Dissatisfaction with the job role can make someone miserable, it leads to anxiety, depression and an overall decrease in the quality of life. During the early years, many students compromise and take the wrong career under peer pressure, lack of awareness also leads to many choosing the wrong career options. In the highly competitive modern world, many individuals often compromise between their ideals and their actual jobs, leading too many people feeling challenged and questioning their abilities. Dissatisfaction with the job role leads to an overall decrease in performance and quality of work, interpersonal relationships of the individual are also affected due to these problems. Employees going through a mid-career crisis are uninspired and therefore lack career growth, contributing to more unpleasant emotions, failure to cope with these conditions can cause exposure to more stress and burnout. Supporting employees experiencing these feelings is highly important, for raising their capabilities and implementing both long and short-term goals. Before making any drastic decisions it is important to reevaluate the actions and look for alternate opportunities to eliminate the crisis. The present research has carried out primary data analysis to show the problems that are faced by individuals who have chosen the wrong careers.