Update: I quit!

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Just trying to make it through the coming week (one final, two final presentations, and three final papers due, plus a huge deadline for work). Management issues at my current job have come to a head and I am considering moving on; however, this is a startup with some promise and I don't want to walk out on it just yet, at least until I have something worthwhile lined up either in financial analysis or business research.

Even though I would not have something lined up for a month or so, I have money to live on and I have rent taken care of by my other job, and I have tuition money for the coming quarter lined up. Just trying to figure out my priorities and reassure myself that I'm making the right decisions.
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Spoke with my client today (which is what he technically is, I worked as an independent contractor). Let him know that I was not renewing my contract for this week or the next. He asked if I was gone for good or if I would be coming back; I told him that if he desired my services in the future he should let me know and I would consider it.

Which means, of course, that I'm gone; I would be very, very surprised if he calls me. Not that it matters, I am going to a Meet the Firms night on Thursday and I am moving on from there.
 
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Blain

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Originally posted by: Orsorum
How do you know when it's time to quit a job?
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When your boss tells you he has a surveillance video tape he needs to view with you at 4:00pm. :shocked:
 
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phonemonkey

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You know it's time to move on when you're sitting in traffic thinking about how much paid time off you could get if you were to get into a traffic accident.
 
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Blain

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If the management personnel and the owners are the same, or good friends, I'd say things look grim. :eek:
If the management personnel is not personally or socially connected to the owners, there's a chance they may implode, and things would get better.

* Does the position pay so much that it makes leaving more difficult?
* If money isn't an issue, ask yourself why you feel conflicted inside.
* What is the absolute worse case, should you quit now... sickness... accident... debt?
Would you be in a position to deal with any of them?
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Blain
If the management personnel and the owners are the same, or good friends, I'd say things look grim. :eek:
If the management personnel is not personally or socially connected to the owners, there's a chance they may implode, and things would get better.
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Unfortunately my boss is related to the CEO and there's little chance of him moving on any time soon.

* Does the position pay so much that it makes leaving more difficult?
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Sort of. It pays well, better than I could earn hourly, but the intensity of the research (looking through SEC statements nonstop for 6-8 hour stretches) makes it very tiring and conflicts with my studies.

* If money isn't an issue, ask yourself why you feel conflicted inside.
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I have invested a great deal in this company personally and put a lot of time into additional work - forming statements regarding research processes and database standards, etc. - an investment that I once hoped would elevate me to a position of management, and that would make training and standardization easier. However, as time goes on I'm seeing that it doesn't matter how much I put into it, I cannot change the way my boss thinks or acts and at the moment I have no say in how these processes are conducted. It seems to be a waste of my time.

* What is the absolute worse case, should you quit now... sickness... accident... debt?
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If I were to quit now, lol, I would have to look back at the last quarter in school and see my grades suffer for no good reason. In all truth that's about it. I have a good amount of money in the bank (well, for a college student, $1500), enough for food and gas for a few months. My parents can help me out for a few months if necessary as well.

Would you be in a position to deal with any of them?
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Yes, I am in a position to deal with it.

I am holding out because I find the research interesting and I see promise in the company. However, I can't escape the nagging feeling that this is definitely not a unique oppoirtunity, and that startups, even successful ones, are a dime a dozen.

if I really feel confident in my own entrepreneurial ability maybe I should take that as a hint and go look into starting my own company in the next few years. Hmm.
 
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Siddhartha

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Orsorum
:(

Just trying to make it through the coming week (one final, two final presentations, and three final papers due, plus a huge deadline for work). Management issues at my current job have come to a head and I am considering moving on; however, this is a startup with some promise and I don't want to walk out on it just yet, at least until I have something worthwhile lined up either in financial analysis or business research.

Even though I would not have something lined up for a month or so, I have money to live on and I have rent taken care of by my other job, and I have tuition money for the coming quarter lined up. Just trying to figure out my priorities and reassure myself that I'm making the right decisions.
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Do you hate going to work?

How long have you been there? Have all the promises made to you been met or at least they have tried to meet them?

Is it a dead end job?

Are you doing what you want to do?

 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: AyashiKaibutsu
When everyday is worse than the next. Making it so everyday is the worst day of your life.
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:( Quite possible one of the most depressing quotes evar, even from the funniest movie of the 90s.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Siddhartha
Do you hate going to work?
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Sometimes. As the deadline approaches I dread it more and more, but that is in combination with a significant amount of stress from school.

How long have you been there? Have all the promises made to you been met or at least they have tried to meet them?
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lol I've only been there for three months, but it feels like I've been there for years. They have made a number of promises and kept most, broken a few. It is my opinion that they have tried to keep their word.

Is it a dead end job?
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IMO it is not. The future of the company is definitely uncertain, however, as a startup and as a startup in an industry with a number of entrenched dominant players.

Are you doing what you want to do?
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Yes and no. The work is along the lines of what I like doing, however, I do not want to be doing *just* this; if the database system we're using were more complex and the work I was doing was more related to finance or accounting I think I'd be much more into putting up with my boss for another month.
 
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personally, I never leave a job without another one lined up, but I have a child and mortgage. sounds like you have a different situation.
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: aircooled
personally, I never leave a job without another one lined up, but I have a child and mortgage. sounds like you have a different situation.
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Well, you also have a cat to support. That's got to make not having a job rather difficult!

:p
 
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AAman

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you know when it's time to quit... because you are working, a sign that it is definitely the
wrong job :)

seriously find another one, and bail- I quit my job in July to go for a better one, and they
actually offered me more money to stay, I almost fell out of my chair (by that time it was too
late to keep me)


"When everyday is worse than the next. Making it so everyday is the worst day of your life."

that quote describes my life EXACTLY
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Orsorum
Originally posted by: aircooled
personally, I never leave a job without another one lined up, but I have a child and mortgage. sounds like you have a different situation.
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Well, you also have a cat to support. That's got to make not having a job rather difficult!

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;)
 
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sniperruff

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Originally posted by: Jehovah
I'd still say find another job before quitting your current one.
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agreed. you quit as soon as:

1) you feel you don't need this job anymore... aka you are afford financially to lose the job.
2) you have a job offer and it's final
3) you feel no longer needed

i'd say #3 is entirely optional. i'm working as a temp and i feel that i'm easily replacable anytime, and there is just not much talking between me and my bosses (however i am familiar with a lot of my co-workers).

as much as i hate going in to work everyday doing the same meaningless things, the work is some sort of experience that i can put on my resume (which i don't have a lot), and it'll cover my credit card bills. sure i don't like my bosses and i hate my job, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
 
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enis083

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When you wish the badge scanner won't turn green to let you in the door so you can go home.
 
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nageov3t

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when, upon waking up on a weekday, I'm filled with dread and loathing, and my first thought is "I hate my job."
 
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thecrecarc

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my dad quits very 2 years

even tho he is a engineer and is needed for a GIANT prject :evil:
 
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Vortex22

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Originally posted by: loki8481
when, upon waking up on a weekday, I'm filled with dread and loathing, and my first thought is "I hate my job."
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Ditto.
Sometimes I wish I was dreadfully sick just so I could have an excuse not to come into work.
 
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