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[STICKIED] Community Question Post #24

Mar 13, 2015 09:51

Each week we post a new question for the members of the community to answer! As usual, if you have a question you'd like to see answered by the community, leave it in a comment on this post.

theidolhands asks: "For those of you who have changed jobs (maybe due to co-worker suck), do you recommend quitting right away? Or were you more likely to get hired if ( Read more... )

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wind_shadow2008 March 13 2015, 17:29:21 UTC

My experience has been that it's ALWAYS easier to get a new job if you have one currently. When I was looking for a job after being laid off, I sent out dozens of resumes and maybe got one or two responses. Now that I have a job, I have three or four recruiters calling/emailing me every month...WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU?!?!?!? ;-)

sleepywarlord March 13 2015, 17:59:09 UTC

Haha seriously. This is the case with my husband. Out of work for months after the company shut down it's Canadian branch. Hardly any peeps but one comes through and he gets a job in the USA. Wouldn't you know after we get settled in the job offers start pouring in from Canada? lol!

theidolhands March 13 2015, 19:30:25 UTC

And yet I still know a lot of people who just quit.

What is it with jobs always wanting people who already have work??

theidolhands March 13 2015, 19:29:30 UTC

Man, that's a GOOD example of that trend.

rivkaesque March 14 2015, 01:18:06 UTC

Always job hunt from a position of strength- unless you're an acknowledged master in your field, that generally means demonstrating that at least one other company currently believes that you're worth employing.

theidolhands March 14 2015, 09:51:00 UTC

Fair point. Thank you!

girlredefined March 14 2015, 11:38:46 UTC

I left a job without having a new job when I was a teenager. It wasn't hard to find another job, but I was looking at entry level positions. I gave notice at my current job and my last day is March 20th. I don't have another job lined up and I don't care. My mental health has become a priority.

Thank you for adding your experience. theidolhands March 14 2015, 12:27:10 UTC

Absolutely, it's fair to add this perspective and I hope to see various responses even if they slant more in one direction. Like yourself, I've quit jobs where I was being tormented. In some cases I regretted it, in others I certainly did not. Whatever the case, I left the vast majority of my jobs on my own terms.

I find that when I was younger, when people want to cut you more breaks, as well as the economy being different, I was cut more slack and it was easier.

However, I see a lot of people with college degrees in their mid-20's to 30's not seeing this same flexibility lately. I'd triple that for anyone out of work in their 40's and 50's -- it really troubles me; I'm sure I wasn't the only teenager who was pushed to support their family because job programs made it easier for ME to find a job than my parent.

Re: Thank you for adding your experience. kraziekatlord March 14 2015, 18:13:01 UTC

It's not just you. I have a BA for 10+ new years, and I can't find a job. It's gotten to the point where I've actually run out of unemployment deferment for my student loans. Don't tell me the economy's rebounding, that we're out of our recession or whatever. It ain't happening down here.

sleepywarlord March 15 2015, 17:02:29 UTC

I agree. I've done this before and while making rent and being able to buy groceries is important so is your mental health and it's different for each person and their situation. At the end of the day you have to decide what's best for you. Some BS is just too toxic to tolerate.

mikadosok March 15 2015, 18:52:49 UTC

I HAD to quit the call center job at Best Buy. The deal there was, I had been trained as customer service. Then, we all got a bit of upgraded training. No problem, that answered a LOT of questions that I had not been able to answer. I was off that weekend...I come back on monday to find out that we are now Geek Squad. Here are a couple of websites, find the question, give them the answer, all will be well. (and hysterical laughter ensues)
Yeah...I quit that because my migraines were not just coming back, they were attacking in force.
It took me nearly five months to find another job. Part time, at the Humane Society. Where I am super happy, very valued, and have been told, I cannot quit, leave, retire or get fired...cause no one can care for the cats like I do.

theidolhands March 15 2015, 21:42:53 UTC

~<3

kraziekatlord March 15 2015, 23:08:28 UTC

I wound up being 'let go'/fired, but things were in the crapper anyway, and I was thinking of quitting. When I can't go three weeks without calling in sick, and corporate policy REQUIRES I take 3 days off with a doctor's note to not get a penalty? Yeah.

And the irony was, as soon as I stopped working there, my migraines and health issues just... disappeared! I wish I had a job, but... *shrugs*

princessselene March 18 2015, 16:19:19 UTC

This happened when I worked for Kroger at their help desk. Started having migraines (when I'd never had them before ever) that medication was not working on. The day I finally walked out after 1 1/2 of putting up with a hostile work environment and micromanaging, all health problems I had were immediately gone.

Of course, a week later we found out I was pregnant and I ended up on bed rest at about 6 months until delivery time. My job for the past five years has been Mommy, since we're lucky enough that my husband makes enough that I can stay home. If I worked at this point, all money I would make would just go to paying for daycare otherwise.