Have you ever just quit your job?

Question

When I started in my current profession, I was all gung-ho about it. It involves long hours, extreme high stress, low success rate, exacerbates my sleep disorder, and involves constant reading of boring journals and textbooks to stay current. It paid great when I was working for a company, but since I started my own office, the money dipped quite a bit. My wife says "Just go back to the company", but, really, deep inside, I am tired of my work. I want to quit but, I have sent out my resume to some other types of businesses and they all say I am "over-qualified". If I leave off the degrees, and just go to MacDonalds, maybe they will give me a job flipping burgers and I would be happier. I drove a taxi in college and that was sometimes interesting. I just want to work 8 hours a day, and sleep good at night and be happy. I don't care what kind of job I get. What would you do if you were in my situation?

Answer 1

Yup. A year ago I quit a well paying job where the stress was so bad I had a heart attack. I was so tired of doing the impossible for the ungrateful. Now I earn less than half of what I was before as a librarian's assistant and love every minute of it. Life is too short to do anything but what you have a passion for. I am also writing now. I love my life. You need to restart your love of life hon.....Just find your bliss...........

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I have quit quite a few jobs, but for the reasons that are very reasonable. My first job was working for a crop dusting company as an assitant mechanic. I have no experience with mechanics and the job required more than just mechanics. Sometimes we actually had to load rice in the planes for them to spray. I quit that job right after a month or so of working there. Before quitting, I had another job lined up to work as a tractor parts salesman. Right after I quit one job, I had the other to fall back on. I quit my second job after about five months. I quit to go to college full time. After that I found another job and was working too far from home for too little. I lined up another job near home for double the salary. Right after I quit that job I was near home and getting paid good salary. I have been here since, and I am still looking for a job that will allow me to grow. Do what you think, but be careful not to give up without anything to fall back on.

Answer 4

When I became pregnant I quit my job that I liked because it was what I knew how to do, nursing.
I wish I would have kept in it a few days a month anyway. But I wanted to stay home and raise my kids.
Now they are raised and I really don't want to go back to that type of job and don't know what I would do. Any job now days would pay what I was earning when I quit that one.
I feel that I physically can't do some things.
Mentally I know I can do anything I put my mind to.

Answer 5

What would you like to do? Take an interest inventory and see what type of job change might be right for you, and look for that kind of work... sometimes that involves relocating, but people can usually find something they'd like to do.

I love my job, but I'm getting burned out... I'm going back to University for a while and shift into a different facet of the work that I believe I will enjoy.. we'll see....

No, I've never quit a job, no matter how bad it was, until I had the next one lined up.

Answer 6

Skate along at the current job while you submit resumes everywhere. Aim higher with your resume submissions...apply for jobs you think are out of your league because, maybe they aren't, and you said you're overqualified for the other stuff anyway.

You have to do something that makes you happy. And besides, the pay isn't there anymore anyway, so what's the point?

I did quit a job once in my professional career. My company was taken over by another company and they offered me a position to stay with the new company. I didn't like the new company, so I said no and walked out. Very strange feeling doing that, but for the best if you aren't happy there.

Answer 7

tough call. normally i would answer this question with failed attempts at sarcasm, such as 'just get yourself a hot secretary to help you out around the home, err 'office'.

in all seriousness, we're not getting any younger and we have kids to feed. the best option is to have a job that you love that pays enough. the second best option is to have a job you can tolerate that pays enough. the third is to have a job you enjoy but doesn't pay enough. the last, of course, is to have a job you hate that doesn't pay enough.

if you are serious about finding another job, keep looking. perhaps if you told us what you did, we could offer more specific advice.

in either case, never leave a job if you don't have something else lined up (unless you are only 19, then what the hell). if you're stuck a month or two without pay it really eats away at your savings and your emotions...

Answer 8

8 Track, did you ever consider teaching at the local college or university? You have so much charisma and intelligence, you would be great at something like that.

(I am very burnt out myself, so I can relate. I love what I do but I have to be available 24/7 in case of a problem, and I often work a lot of hours as well.)

Answer 9

1. you can quit your job at anytime. you can quit anytime.

2. you can quit college at anytime. we can go to college at age 20 30 40 or 60.

we can go to college anytime. anywhere. all the material is now free free free on the web. for free free free.

3. Army or Navy. if you join the Military, you run away or go to prison.

Answer 10

Oh yes, I walked out of a terrific job, just threw the paperwork up in the air, scattered all over the floor, and walked out..
This was in corrections,so all the paperwork was regarding inmates..what a mess.

I found another job, but I went back to University for a while and upgraded toward getting into this new profession.

YOU, seem to like asking questions, and you ask in a variety of categories..you don't seem to be a "shy" person.. Why don't you become a reporter.. Ask questions..all the time!!