xjsb125 wrote:The best advice I can give is never leave one job without having another waiting for you. No matter how bad you hate the company, always give an adequate notice and work it until the end. Never burn a bridge you may have to go back across. However, if you are so unhappy that it affects you outside of work, then give a notice and get out as quick as you can. It's not worth the toll it takes on you mentally and physically.
I quit my job at the disability company two months ago (actually more like three now), because I got a job with the State. Better benefits, better pay, and I'm not stressed out at all anymore. It feels great!
I can't even get into everything that my previous company did to me over the last year. Suffice to say, the CEO and VP of the company both had it in for me and my partner for some reason (me specifically, probably because I did more work than anyone else and made them all look bad). They tried to find an excuse to fire me for a year, and turned the pressure up so high I ended up having to account for every second I was in that building every day. If I was clocked in, I had to be time-stamping EVERYTHING I did (no one else had to do this). Finally, after a year of abuse and searching for a new job, I was offered one with the State, and I took it and ran. I burned the bridge too (or at least tried to), because God help me if I ever get so desperate to go back there. I told my boyfriend to shoot me if I ever tell him I've decided to go back to work there.
I've spent a lot of time and energy ranting about that company in my journal, and now it feels so good to be able to talk about it openly without fear of retaliation. And they can't really sue me for defamation, because (a) everything I say is true, and (b) I could tip off alarms about all the illegal things they do on a daily basis, and I wouldn't hesitate to do so.
Now, I have a much more relaxed and less stressful job, and I have a schedule that I love (4 10-hour days, with Wednesdays off), I'm not being persecuted by childish and crazy people, and while there are annoyances that come with any job, I don't hate my life, my job, or people anymore. I've lost some weight because I'm not anxiously eating anymore, I can smile again, and I have yet to have a day where I sit at my desk scowling all day because I hate the world and want to punch anyone who pisses me off. I smile and chat with everyone who wants to, and I've already made friends. My whole family and all my friends say I am looking and acting better. I can't even believe what a change this has brought for me, and I am so unbelievably happy that I finally have a job where I don't have to watch my back and worry, "Is today the day I'm going to get fired?"