To Quit or Not to Quit your Job

It sometimes happen when your boss demands that you do the job of two or more people, since he/she is short in staff, Which makes you work for longer days and weekends. Some other times your boss just tends to forget that you are a professional, and makes you waste your time copying, stapling, collating, filing and doing other silly jobs. What if the boss puts a freeze on raises and promotions, or he/she doesn't allow you to make decisions or allow you pride of ownership?

TO QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT… this is the Question

In today’s worldwide evolving markets, and the fast pace of globalization, a lot of principles of company loyalty changed drastically, one factor keeps influencing the employees decision to quit their jobs and to find new ones, management.

Statistics shows that 84% of employees around the world leave their jobs reacting to management behavior. When management constantly shuffles people around, and changes direction constantly, or when it doesn't have or take the time to clarify goals and decisions, hence it rejects work after it was completed, damaging the morale and esteem of those who prepared it.


Employees don't quit their companies, they quit their bosses!


But let’s take it from the employees side, and see what can be done to make sound decisions about quitting or not, thus not regretting a quick resolution later on; points are many that one should think about before making any decision:

Do you have this “High anxiety factor”? You truly dread going to work every day. If that's because you'd rather be sleeping or shopping, well, that's not reason to quit… Remember you have bills to pay. But if you just can't stand the people you work with or the work you're expected to perform, that's a reason to start fetching.

Are you no longer challenged? Some people work for a paycheck, and they say it out loud; they're not particularly interested in growth or building a career. That's OK.

Others, however, figure if they have to work anyway, they might as well want it to be  challenging and fulfilling. And when they start to feel complacent, like they can just phone it in, it's time to think about quitting to make a change. When there's no opportunity for excel within an organization or a field, it's time to shake things up. To move up, you must move out, which means quitting.

Winners never Quit… Quitters never Win… People who neither Quit nor Win are Idiots.

Are you Burn out? When your work is making you sick, it's time to quit and rethink your career options. We have to realize that our mental and physical health and well-being is far more important than any one position. If your health is being compromised, it's probably time to quit.

The same is true for the work-life balance of yours. If your family is suffering because of your work, you may want to think of calling it quits.

Can you fix it? Often you can spot opportunities to fix the problem instead of quitting. Think about talking to your boss, switching departments or taking on new projects. The grass is almost never greener on the other side. When frustrated employees tell me, "Oh, I bet this nonsense doesn't happen at other companies," I always say, "I bet it certainly does."

As our conscious mind focus on the job itself, on the job environment, on the positions people hold and the hierarchy and policies in companies, while our subconscious is more interested into 2 main factors:

Perspectives: what you see in the job, what you think about your boss, the way you admire or detest a peer, all those are not necessarily the way they are, bear in mind that this is the way you see it, this is your perspective, which generates your opinions.

The second factor is “Comparison”, whether we know it or not, whether we intentionally do it or not, we compare… we compare other lives and ours, others spouses and ours, other partners and ours, we do the comparison in every possible act, this is how we buy, this is how we believe and this is how we function. Before taking a quitting decision, take a step back and ask yourself with what and whom are you comparing your job situation now? If the comparison was for the better, the decision for leaving would be off better too.

So before you hand in your resignation, first identify opportunities for change or improvement because the devil you know is sometimes better than the devil you don't! Don't quit for the sake of quitting unless you've thought about how it will impact you financially. Most people can't survive without a paycheck -- and lining up another one when you're unemployed will likely take longer that you anticipate, so don't quit in spite.

The financial consequences can make quitting a decision you regret. Before walking out the door without another offer lined up, be honest with yourself about your true willingness to hustle to land another position and be sure you have at least six months of expense money to burn through.

Don't quit in the midst of a challenge. Instead force yourself to see it through. It's through hard work, and lots of sweat, that you truly test your mettle.

Never write when you’re angry, never make a decision while either being in rage, or under the prosperity of a promise that is not yet sure … remember, Decisions Make Destinies.