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13 Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job
It’s Taking a Toll on Your Health
- Are your sick days adding up, out of the blue?
- Are you taking as much time off as you can possibly get?
- Are you resorting to a few (or many) glasses of wine each night to get over a bad day at work?
- Are you working so many hours you have no time to exercise, eat healthily or get enough sleep?
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Before You Call It Quits
- Make sure you've identified the real causes of your unhappiness. Keep a diary of events and problems.
- Give it a chance. Many things, like diets, require time to work out.
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Quit When...
- You're consistently experiencing more frustration than reward.
- You can't envision a possible solution or continuing this way.
- Spending time on this keeps you from more rewarding endeavors or seriously damages your well-being.
- You're staying for the wrong reasons.
- Your friends keep telling you to quit.
- Don't think of quitting as either good or bad in itself or a reflection of your self-worth.
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Following protocol
Schedule a time with your supervisor to break the news. Be aware that sharing the news with the office grapevine might cause the news to leak prematurely before you formally give notice.
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Your future-focused "why"
Your supervisor will probably ask you why you are leaving.
Make sure your reason for leaving is opportunity-focused and aspirational and not because you are running away from something. Reasons may be taking on a more prominent role, learning new skills, working in a new industry or relocation.
Weighting counteroffers
Research found that while 58% of employers extend counteroffers, the average employee who accepts them stays less than two years in a company.
Keep the focus on your new opportunities and suggest that you remain in touch and explore the chance to return at a future time.
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All areas of your life are affected
When your job is affecting your mental and emotional health, so that anger and depression overwhelm you or bleed over into other areas of your life, it’s time to consider a change.
A toxic workplace
It can have a negative impact on your happiness and job performance.
Studies found that ostracism, bad leadership, harassment, and bullying have direct negative effects on job productivity. Also, being in a job you hate is worse for your health than being unemployed.
Not aligned with your values
If your job is not aligned with your values, you'll end up questioning the possibility of doing it for the next 15, 20, or 30 years.
The good part about it is the fact that this will point you in the right direction, where changes need to be made.