Should I quit my job?
I’ve been in this job (perm/FT) for a few months and at the rate I’m taking MCs and waking up to having “f this job” mindset, I’m just thinking if I should just quit for the sake of my own sanity and mental health.
Pros: Fixed working hours, no OT, don’t have to bring work outside of work, nice office & colleagues. Pay is relatively high.
Cons: Employees are micromanaged and being watched on the clock (feels like school, or even worse tbh). I feel like I don’t have the freedom to manage my own time at work, aka no trust from leaders. Managers don’t really care about you/your career progression, just pushing you to hit your target every single day. Job function is also not what I enjoy doing.
Concerns: Since it’s only few months in, I did consider if I should give myself a bit more time in this work just so that it’s not a reckless decision for wanting to leave. And also what would the outlook of my future employer be with this short stint in my resume? And should I quit before having another job because I just can’t stand it any longer. Honestly, the pros of this job does give me the liberty do whatever I want outside of work but at what cost..?
Thoughts? 😭
Netizens’ comments
- I feel envious when I saw when u said- no OT, fixed hours, nice office n colleagues… I had plenty of OT, irregular hours, and a black faced colleague sitting beside me everyday for LONG HOURS in my prev job. All these is worsened by the fact that I did not enjoy the nature of the job at all. Every night, I feel dread just by thinking of the next long day. It’s like the FML feeling everyday. The only gd thing was that the pay was relatively high .
Tbh I feel if u dislike/hate the nature of work, u won’t be able to last long. U don’t need to thoroughly enjoy yr work, but u cannot dislike/loathe the nature. Since u mentioned the pay is pretty good, perhaps you can consider hanging around for abit more just to save the money. I did that for my prev job, hanged on there for a few more mths just for the money.
As for yr concern on this short stint affecting yr prospective employer’s opinion of u, I feel that u can exclude this frm yr cv, since it’s just a mere few months. Fr my experience, short stints like this can be explained even if the future employer eventually does find out. - Since your evenings are free, start planning your escape plan. Like plan the f out of it.
Network with people on linkedin, change your resume every single week. Go for extra lessons. Apply for interviews, make it the interviewees accommodate to your timing for the interviews.
Take up healthy hobbies such as to change your physique in the evening. Or consider career switch courses. Or upskill in whichever domain you are already in.
Health investment – This can be a form of release/venting all those pent up frustrations from work. Your colleague give you black face? Attend boxing and picture your trainer or sparring partner as your colleague. Don’t you wish you could beat out the crap out of your manager?
Career Switch investment – Cant comment much. Am myself in this journey.
Company switch investment – Well you have to take it from multiple angles. If you were to leave and go for new jobs, the question come as to why are you leaving under such a short stint. If you wish to leave it out from your resume, is your previous job long enough to give the HM credibility that you are not a quitter? Can you explain the situation you are in?
Are you able to go back to your old job? Was your relationship previously good enough that it won’t cause awkwardness. I do have personal stories from friends who went back, then eventually their time was free-er and could job hunt again. Mistakes occur in our life, its more of giving yourself room to err.
Have you invested in talking with career coaches? They can always give us another perspective or blindspots we never considered. Income seems to not be an issue for you.
Cant be bitching about your work after working hours to your partner, family or friends after work. They don’t deserve it. Maybe if it occurs once or twice a month sure. But I would get worried and annoyed if a close family member bitches about their work all the time. No one has the mental capacity for that.