Need some work advice please

I am 18 years old and I have recently started a call centre job, having worked in retail for a year and over. I hate it. Absolutely cannot stand the site of being there. I have cried more tears in the last few days than I have in a lifetime. It is making me feel sick and I am definitely not in the right mental state to be attending.

I have spoken to family and friends, who have advised I go to the doctors and to go on the sick. I am aware I can self certify for a week but anything thereafter needs to be signed off by a GP. I have been working at this place for around a month now, which means I will still be on probation.

If I was going to go on the sick, could they dismiss be straight away if I handed in a note for stress and anxiety? I cant stress enough how upset I am, I am in utter disbelief to how rude people are on the phones, they make me feel like crap when all I am doing is trying to help and I know this job isnt for me but I need to get my head straight before I make any decisions.

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Please no crap or telling me to stick it out, a month has been enough for me to see that this job will tear me down.

You should probably leave - I worked in retail for over a year and hated it, just stuck with it because I thought that's what all jobs were like - then I started working as a bartender and actually began to enjoy myself and i realised how sh*t working in the retail kinda environment is - sounds to me like you need a new job

In relation to sickness, I don't think they can fire you for sickness, however, I know whenever people I've worked with have used mental illness for their reason of sickness my bosses have always thought it a bit pathetic - even with a doctors note! - and usually these people don't last long after, especially if they're on the probation period, it's kind of like an area in which you can get fired for pretty much anything. But, employers have to be really careful with things like sickness because of working rights etc. - they could end up with a lawsuit on their hands if they can't find another reason to sack you other than sickness

Honestly, it you hate it that much then you should really find a new job, calling in sick is only really a short term solution isn't it?

I am 18 years old and I have recently started a call centre job, having worked in retail for a year and over. I hate it. Absolutely cannot stand the site of being there. I have cried more tears in the last few days than I have in a lifetime. It is making me feel sick and I am definitely not in the right mental state to be attending.

I have spoken to family and friends, who have advised I go to the doctors and to go on the sick. I am aware I can self certify for a week but anything thereafter needs to be signed off by a GP. I have been working at this place for around a month now, which means I will still be on probation.

If I was going to go on the sick, could they dismiss be straight away if I handed in a note for stress and anxiety? I cant stress enough how upset I am, I am in utter disbelief to how rude people are on the phones, they make me feel like crap when all I am doing is trying to help and I know this job isnt for me but I need to get my head straight before I make any decisions.

Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Please no crap or telling me to stick it out, a month has been enough for me to see that this job will tear me down.