I hate my job a lot. Especially recently. It's really getting me down because I am more than capable of doing something worthwhile with my life. But for some reason the thought of quitting and trying something new scares the hell out of me :eek:
Best be getting on with finding something else I say. Your only here once.
I would find it before flouncing out though, you still have to eat
I relocated for my current job, but I stayed in the same company. I had to give a letter of resignation to my old location, but it was really just a formality as I never left the payroll. I did technically get a new contract for my new position, so my holiday allowance all got reset, which was nice as I was almost out!
The last job I properly quit was around 3 years ago when I worked in a shop. I hated it, I lasted 6 months and then left. I had no other job to go to. They wouldn't give me the holiday time I needed, no one else was off so they were just being spiteful and gave me some silly reasons, none of which I believed, so I just screwed them over, gave minimum notice time and left. I went on holiday, came back and 2 weeks later I moved to another area anyway, so I would have packed it in anyway.
Once. Left a job I was in because the opportunity to work in France was too good to turn down.
Im back in that job (in a different department) but currently working on leaving again. Even told my team leader today that if an interview I had yesterday is successful Im handing in my notice.
Once. Left a job I was in because the opportunity to work in France was too good to turn down.
Im back in that job (in a different department) but currently working on leaving again. Even told my team leader today that if an interview I had yesterday is successful Im handing in my notice.
I quit my last job because it was one of the large banks and they were complete sh*ts (Think Bob Diamond)!
My best friend refused to speak to me at one point as I completely lost sight of my values and the person I was.
I ended up depressed and just hating it. The role was nothing like I was told it was going to be like.
Resigning and walking away was the best thing I did - it took me a year and all my savings to recover emotionally and be in a position to feel ready to get back to work.
Am now in a job I really like, where my input is valued and I am valued as part of the wider team.
Walking away was very hard, but the gamble paid off. Life is too short to be that unhappy
No advancement - despite acting up a grade for a year and getting an excellent appraisal for doing so.
Similar to me. I previously said 'because I got a better one' but what that means in reality was I got one where I got paid what I should have been getting for doing what I was doing in the previous one. When I told my old employer that I'd been offered a new position and was leaving they asked me what the salary was and when I told them they said they could put me up two grades to match it (doing exactly the same stuff I'd been doing). I enjoyed telling them where to stick it after being shafted for so long. Also my commute went from 45 minutes to 10 and I got 10 more days holiday a year so it was a no brainer really.
This was many years ago but, I was only there for a month and was treated like shit by the other staff as the new lad, Blamed for every mistake when I wasn't even on duty and generally treated like dirt.
I stuck it out and ignored this but the final straw came on pay day when I received half of the agreed wage, I went in for my shift and asked the manager why I had received so little and he told me it was a training wage, So I threw my uniform over the counter and walked out.
Edit: I lie. I did walk out of a bar job after an hour, as I felt so sick & I was embarrassed to tell them on my first day, so I just ran away and never went back!
I want to quit my job. Can't find anything else, and feeling so trapped has brought on the return of my panic attacks, which I thought I left behind for good seven years ago. Off sick at the moment, the doctor's drugged me up again, supposed to return on Tuesday. How I'll ever manage I don't know. But I don't think I'll get any help, benefits or anything, if I quit. So for the sake of paying the bills my health has to come second
I've never quit a job. I've been at my current one for 13 years, hired straight out of university. Before that my only jobs were fixed duration (teaching assistan/tutor for a semester, or contracted to finish specific projects over the summer).
I did hand in a letter of resignation a few years ago, when another company had recruited me and offered a big pay increase, but I ended up taking my company's counter offer and it's worked out well.
Hmm, not too sure whether this thread is an inspirationally good or very bad thing to be reading, when currently I'm lay in bed literally dreading the next working day ahead! My first job out of University - it's seriously soul-destroying, low-level stuff for my chosen field. The only reasons I've stuck at it was because I've made some good pals there and I basically NEED a job and the experience on my CV. And looking through this is really making me wanna take a leaf out of some of your books..:o
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Best be getting on with finding something else I say. Your only here once.
I would find it before flouncing out though, you still have to eat
The last job I properly quit was around 3 years ago when I worked in a shop. I hated it, I lasted 6 months and then left. I had no other job to go to. They wouldn't give me the holiday time I needed, no one else was off so they were just being spiteful and gave me some silly reasons, none of which I believed, so I just screwed them over, gave minimum notice time and left. I went on holiday, came back and 2 weeks later I moved to another area anyway, so I would have packed it in anyway.
Im back in that job (in a different department) but currently working on leaving again. Even told my team leader today that if an interview I had yesterday is successful Im handing in my notice.
That's the spirit right there.
My best friend refused to speak to me at one point as I completely lost sight of my values and the person I was.
I ended up depressed and just hating it. The role was nothing like I was told it was going to be like.
Resigning and walking away was the best thing I did - it took me a year and all my savings to recover emotionally and be in a position to feel ready to get back to work.
Am now in a job I really like, where my input is valued and I am valued as part of the wider team.
Walking away was very hard, but the gamble paid off. Life is too short to be that unhappy
Ooops sorry, Son.
Similar to me. I previously said 'because I got a better one' but what that means in reality was I got one where I got paid what I should have been getting for doing what I was doing in the previous one. When I told my old employer that I'd been offered a new position and was leaving they asked me what the salary was and when I told them they said they could put me up two grades to match it (doing exactly the same stuff I'd been doing). I enjoyed telling them where to stick it after being shafted for so long. Also my commute went from 45 minutes to 10 and I got 10 more days holiday a year so it was a no brainer really.
I absolutely hate the job but work is work.
In with a chance of getting my old job in Debenhams back though.
I stuck it out and ignored this but the final straw came on pay day when I received half of the agreed wage, I went in for my shift and asked the manager why I had received so little and he told me it was a training wage, So I threw my uniform over the counter and walked out.
Retired at 52 over 10 years ago:D:D
Edit: I lie. I did walk out of a bar job after an hour, as I felt so sick & I was embarrassed to tell them on my first day, so I just ran away and never went back!
My new job is better pay, more to fill the days and make them go faster and no obligation for enforced "fun".
I did hand in a letter of resignation a few years ago, when another company had recruited me and offered a big pay increase, but I ended up taking my company's counter offer and it's worked out well.