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What would make you leave your job?
I know this question is very broad, but it's meant to be.
What factors or combination of factors would make you leave your job and look for another, go from FT to PT if you were still able to pay all of your bills, etc.
For example (and no, this is not all inclusive): Would you start to look if you were getting a pay cut? If you were told you would never get a raise, that you will never learn new skills or if you are being given work outside your job description and not being compensated for it or if you current job skills are not particularly transferrable.
Re: What would make you leave your job?
Never getting a raise pry would if I felt I wasn't making what I should be.
For me it is work load. I love where I work - pay is ok but benefits are really good and I enjoy the environment, however I literally have no work. Some days I have stuff I can stretch to stay busy all day and there are monthly/quarterly things I do, but the majority of the time I'm slow. Like right now I already have everything completed for the month. I usually wait to do my monthly stuff until the 15th but I was so bored last week I completed it.
I'm torn because I hate working here but am afraid I will leave and find a job that is worse.
An excellent reason too is being shown appreciation. The verbal word is great... but it doesn't get me new shoes. I requested 8 weeks ago for an increase in my PTO. I have been here 3 years, I love what I do. But then when I had my review, they stated that they didn't want to discuss PTO at this time, and that when we did it would be in lieu of a raise. I have taken on many new tasks in the last year, including ones that I was told I would never be a part of. Needless to say my DH has been watching the papers and encouraging a career change.
A partial list:
Pay cuts
No raises
Company is having bad money problems
The boss is literally a nutter --- I had a boss who you had to walk on eggs with -- you did not know what kind of mood she'd be in from day to day. Think about what kind of life that was for the bunch of us who had to put up with her. She was also the only boss...she owned the company
Turnover is high; nobody stays
There's a control issue with management - this same boss was "cc me on everything. I need to see everything before it is sent out." Oye.
Clients are jumping ship
Management doesn't care about its people
Poor communication with management and staff; nothing done to rectify it
No chance of being promoted; the company is a literal dead end
All sorts of reasons, and not necessarily the negative ones you presented. Including better work/life balance, better pay/benefits, shorter commute, ability to telecommute (even PT).
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I took a huge paycut to change careers, but it was something that I wanted to do.
Now that I'm in a position that I love, it would take a lot for me to leave the job. Education is a weird place to be. No matter how good you are or how much you do for your school, if you're the last hired you're the first let go in a budget crunch. I don't foresee myself leaving unless something big were to happen - a big promotion, an out-of-state move, or something else along those lines.
Here's my reasons for leaving past jobs:
Here are my reasons:
-Moving to be with my (now ex-)boyfriend.
-Mo' money, mo' money!
-Not more money but more interesting projects and highly reputable company
-A shitton more money, better work-life balance, and working for a colleague I respected.
Most of mine have been said already but here they are:
High Turnover- not only because it makes more work for me but also because when staff become negative and bitchy it's not productive or pleasant to work with them!
No new opportunities or skills to develop- I have to have something new and exciting on my plate, if a job is monotonous or challenging I'm just not happy.
Work Load- I'm actually stepping down from management right now. I was working 50-60 hour work weeks for the past 7 months and it wasn't healthy for my mind, body, marriage, or social life.
Reasons why I left past jobs:
A big client was lost; no fault of the company I worked for. The client decided to go with another company that made the same product as we did it was nothing personal.
Another company more or less reneged on what I was supposed to be doing, job description wise. I found another job and got out.
Bigger and better money was at another company I interviewed for.
I just left a job last week for several reasons:
-getting made to do tonnes of free work, and always being pushed to do more
-having to work with malfunctioning equipment
-feeling disrespected and not listended to
-working "as a team" meant I worked extra hard and others slacked off
-I was told in the interview that my continuing education would be paid for, and then denied it once I asked
-finding out that employees aren't allowed to take a xmas vacation whatsoever til they've worked there for 5 years, and generally them being very inflexible about time off and holidays
-unfair treatment of employees: some people get all the perks, some get all the work
I can tell you why I would never leave my current job:
fair or better than fair compensation, flexible schedule, opportunity grow (though opportunity for advancement is uncertain but I don't care at this point as long as I'm given new challenges, which I am), appreciation, great team, interesting subject matter, raises based on meritocracy...
If any one of these things were to change it wouldn't be enough to make me quit. If all of them were to change, then sure, I might look for something better.
But I love my job so much that I would probably continue working here if I won the lottery and didn't have to.
I am trying to leave my current job for the below reasons:
1. Little to no growth - as long as I am here, the only place to be promoted to is Office Manager If of once you get there, you're on the Controller's *** list and disrespected when he is not in a good mood.
2. Horrible benefits- they take alot out of your pay but the insurance covers maybe a third of your health bill (if you're lucky).
3. New comers moving up faster than you - Here, if you are close with the CEO, you will move up quick and get paid a great salary. Me, not so much.
4. Huge Turnover rate - People leave pretty quickly to explore bigger and better opportunities.
I will say that I love my boss (the VP) but he is moving to another state. I was able to tell him how I felt about my position and he was very supportive.
Wow, Margot, I resigned last week for the exact same reasons. All these factors were taking a terrible toll on my physical and mental health and I couldn't take it anymore.
Friday was my last day and I got no "Goodbye, good luck." from either of my general managers and no farewell card from anyone. More signs of what a toxic work environment I had to escape from. Life is too short to suffer in a job that is making you profoundly miserable.
I agree with this completely. And also if I wanted to relocate to another state. I would have to leave my job then
All of the above!
Although these describe the company I am currently working for, as I've said before, I'm staying here until FI finishes school and gets a real job.
What would make me leave before then is if management showed discrimination towards me or harrassed me in any way as a result of my FI resigning this week.
You just described my place of employment to the letter.
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