How to get the courage to find new job?

[cam94ro]

im just curious how some of you got the courage to quit your job when it became horrible

[cschin4]

Why are you quitting? What has become horrible? And, I wouldn't recommend quitting until you have another job lined up.

[Radiance]

Yes, you need to define horrible.
Perhaps it is an opportunity to better yourself.

The first time I had a managerial position it was 'horrible'. I really had to master time management, project management, communications skills. Also learned to cope with difficult people and impossible deadlines.

I was boot camp but I became a much better professional.

I have sometimes decided I dont want an specific job anymore, so I looked for another one and THEN quit.

[cam94ro]

I am not planning on just quitting as it is a well payed job, but i dont like what i do and i guess i dont even know how to change what i do without going to college and student loans dont sound appealing to me. I guess im just venting. I'll just save more in my 401k and hope for retirement someday.

[irmanator]

well they ticked me off coincidently the same day as there was a job fair in town. I went to the job fair, I am sure i applied for many jobs but only remember the one I got. =) It took a while as It was for the state of ny, there is a waiting list, then a civil service test, then another waiting list. All in all took a year. So in my case i don't think it was too couragous as it was mostly waiting. Very worth it though!!

[cptacek]

They took away a bonus they had been paying out for 5 years. I was on a project at a defense contractor that was not only on time, but UNDER budget. I think it was the first time in the history of the USA that that had happened. We had hit our marks for at least 5 years (I know for sure 5 years because that is how long I was there.) The government kept paying the bonus, but the company decided to keep it instead of distributing it to the employees.

That just plain pissed me off. I started looking for a job and moved 3 weeks later.

A friend of mine that was also a friend of the project manager asked why I was leaving, asking "was it the last straw?" I said, "No, it was the first straw. I wasn't even thinking of leaving until they took the bonus away." He wanted me to go talk to the project manager and tell him that, because, as my friend said, "we're losing good people because of this."

[aurielle]

im just curious how some of you got the courage to quit your job when it became horrible

When the stress from job burnout gets severe enough it becomes relatively easy.

I'm quitting within the next 5 weeks and will start college this summer.

I started planning this a year ago - when I realized I was burned out.

[cschin4]

I think you need to define what the real issues are that are bothering you. Maybe you don't need to leave but may need a new way of thinking about things.

[wfhouses]

Not saying you can't get another job. Maybe you can get an even better one. But you need to check within yourself and what your motives are. Be thankful for the job you have in this tough economy.

[red92s]

For me the decision was easy:

I was laid off and forced to go out there and track down a job I really wanted.

It's taken a couple months, but I have a second round interview today for a position I think would be an excellent fit personally, professionally, and geographically.

[rhonda1]

As a soon to be newly divorced woman who was a stay at home mom & wife, I am forced to go out into the job world after being out for so long. It is quite challenging, but I have taken a job to get me by while also getting myself up and running in a new MLM Company that I am sure I can make a career out of. It is a lot of work, but I am keeping a positive attitude that I too can make it with out just getting by all the time. Believe in yourself!

[dannin]

One way to try to boost your confidence to find another job might be more training or certifications.

The more qualified you are the more hire-able you'll be and you can feel like you are more in demand. Then when you're at the point where you feed comfortable making a move, you can begin the job search.

As they say, a big part of job security is being able to get another job anyway.

[disneysteve]

I was being treated poorly and taken advantage of. My boss was taking time off with little to no notice, expecting me to rearrange my life to work all the extra hours while he was away and I had enough, so I quit.

I did not have a job lined up. I did have a good EF and decided, with my wife, that my health and our family were more important than any paycheck.

I was out of work for about 3 months, though honestly, I barely looked for something new. A job found me through word of mouth as news spread that I was available. April will be 10 years that I'm at the "new" job and life is so much better. It was a great move, though nerve wracking at the time to make that leap.

[SavingNJ]

for me, the courage was because I am a woman and at the time, didn't really have to pay the bills.

I was in a decent job, I took a big pay cut to take that job which was 15 minutes from home. Then the person who hired me left. He was my manager's manager. He asked me to join him in the new firm A. I interviewed and got an offer of about $25,000 more (not much compared to the job I left to take this close-to-home job). I had my concerns that the responsibilities won't be interesting I happened to know my would-be manager in firm A from a previous job. He already left firm A at the time and confirmed everything that I was concerned about. I told him I would decline the offer. Then he found out he had an opportunity to go back to firm A, he turned around and promised me everything I liked to have in terms ofjob responsibilities.

It turned out it was not. It was boring and I had been thinking to leave but felt obligated to stay for 2 to 3 years. There wasn't an opportunity to transfer to another group. My co-worker, in her good intention, told the person who hired me that I was not happy. The person, at that time was 3 levels above me, got my manager's manager to talk to me. The guy did not know the background, had a meeting with me and my manager, after 45 minutes, he asked me to spend the next 3 months, not doing anything, but to work well with my manager. It became an easy decision for me, I stood up and thanked him for the meeting and told him I would quit. My definition of career suicide is that I cannot grow in the job.

As I had less than 3 years in my close-to-home job and less than 2 years in firm A, I lost a majority of matching contribution in my 401K from both firms and the pension of the close-to-home job.

I got a new job in about a month from a former client when I didn't really looking for job. I got back my old big pay check, but I wasn't really looking for a big pay check. The responsibilities were reasonable, not too boring but not too interesting either. The travel was miserable. After 2 years, the job was eliminated because of merger. My group left as well. I had 2 offers from the clients who left, but that's another thread.

Due to the economy, I haven't been working. Everytime I pass the close-to-home company and I would just miss it. Why couldn't I go back? The manager does not rehire people who left, most of his people stayed for many years. He also did not like the person who asked me to join him in firm A.

That's my story.