Do you have that colleague that says they want to quit every other day but stays on for years even after almost everyone in the same dept left? Why?
I was pondering on previous experiences and noticed that there will be this colleague that goes around saying they want to quit every other day but is usually the one that stays on years after some, if not all of us have left.
I don’t get it. Lol. I personally don’t feel it is embarrassing to want to stay in a company that everyone leaves after a year or two. Every job/company has its own trade offs, pros & con, likes or dislikes. I mean, you do you. What is not for most people can be great for you.
From my observation, they are usually the types that are FOMO or wants to fit in. They complain a lot but always conform in the end. Haha. Is this a negative trait or are they up to something? But I don’t get how this help them professionally or is this their coping mechanism at work?
Wonder if anyone have similar experiences or have a perspective on this.
Netizens’ comments
- Been working for ~30 years and have known many people like this. It’s a way of blowing off steam, they don’t really want to quit.
You know when such people are really about to quit because they stop complaining and saying things like this. - I was once in this loop of wanting to quit but actually not quitting. Reason was I was comfortable with work-life balance that I feared I would lose if I jump ship. And also that I was lazy to start preparing for interviews.
I know of another person who keeps whining how his job and company is horrible. I have heard his rants every time we’ve met. One day it was too much negativity to handle and I asked him why the hell does he not quit then. His reason was that he knew he would not get hired easily.
So it is a dead end for many I guess. They know where they are is bad but either they know they are not fit somewhere else or they are in comfort zone. - This was literally me everyday when I was still a regular in the Navy. People who felt the same way as me also always complained a lot because of how ridiculous and unfair some things were. We also had no choice to conform because the system just works that way and because of toxic superiors.
One other thing to consider is if the person that wants to quit can find a job elsewhere. People will usually want to compromise on their own happiness doing the job rather than leaving without a plan or when they know they cannot earn better opportunities or at least the same paygrade elsewhere.