Quitting a Job Without Another

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I'm 27 years old, been in what most would consider a great industry and I've made a decent amount of money along the way.

I have about 5 and a half years of living expenses saved up.

I am desperately unhappy in my job. The folks I work with are extremely political and throw you under the bus whenever possible. The work is really unfulfilling and the hours are 12+ hours a day.

I really have had enough, I am currently set on quitting at the end of the day. I said this before but didn't go through with it but am a lot more set on it now. I just wanted to get some other people's opinions to make sure I'm not making a dumb decision.

Searching for a new job while maintaining this one is very challenging. Can rarely get away during the day.
 
mjt said:
I've never held the opinion that quitting a job without having another lined up is a good thing, but I did it once and it 'only' took me 3 months to find another one.
Can you afford to be unemployed for a few months or more? If so, do it.

12+ days must be extremely tiring though but hopefully the pay is excellent! May I ask what sector you're in?

-edit, just re-read post. Do what Mr Jack says. Go travelling for a few months!
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I work for a small private equity firm. The pay is excellent although the city is expensive. Overall I'm still paid extremely well. But the money has become less important.

I have a lot saved up, and agree with you that quitting without something else is generally a bad idea. I'm just awfully unhappy and honestly just fed up of feeling like this.
 
Thanks everyone. I've thrown my CV out to a few recruiters and managed to line up an interview for tomorrow morning with a big bank.

I am going to stick it out through Friday and so I can get my last pay slip and then call it a day.

Funny enough, I really enjoy IT, I wish I could switch to systems admin or programming or something but not sure how I could do that without going back to school.
 
Interview this morning went well and they already scheduled a second phone call.

I haven't quit yet. Listening to some of the advice here and just going to stick around as long as I can and then call it a day. Hopefully by then I've either got a new job or at least got several things in the pipeline.

Not necessarily set on staying in this industry no matter what the pay is. I am a sector specialist and sector specific roles come up maybe 4 times a year.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Did it once and regretted it almost instantly, unless the job is affecting your health and well being then just grind it out whilst looking for another.
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This is really what spurred my decision to consider this. I haven't slept properly in probably a month, I've lost about a stone from stress and have a terribly negative outlook. Maybe this is what depression is but I just don't realize it.

I don't have any type of notice period and am an at will employee. That said I'll probably offer them two weeks at best.
 
Right. Thought I could plow on like a few of you suggested but I can't. Called out sick today, plan to do so for the rest of the week. Going to quit on Friday. Absolutely not worth the mental anguish.
 
Richdog said:
Fair enough mate, good luck but don't screw up your chances of a gteat reference or cut ties with what seems to be a small market.

You will need a doctors note for a full week of absence, right?
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Luckily I work in the US where employers can't say a word in a reference for fear of being sued. Similarly won't need a doctors note (what are they gonna do, fire me? ha!)
 
Just an update for you all. It took me less than 3 weeks from quitting to end up with an awesome job that pays more money, more benefits, and with a team that so far seems to be great.

I'm taking a few months off anyway!

Anyone who is thinking about doing this, do it!
 
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