Bad Time To Leave Job ??

LegacyUser

I work in an office doing accounts and it's a nightmare. My boss is totally unreasonable and calls me into the office to give out to me about total crap. I'm doing my job well (I know shes happy with my work) but theres a clique in the office and I'm not in it so she just gives me grief every few months and shes a total wagon. I've been looking for work elsewhere but theres been nothing available but I'm sure there will be lots more vacancies in the New Year..basically my question is would it be a bad idea to give a months notice this week ? I've 2 weeks off over Xmas so the months notice would include these 2 weeks which would be great. I'm very unhappy in my job and the thoughts of being there another couple of months is very depressing but I could leave and then be in a bad way money wise and I've no savings. I'd have to use my credit card but then I'd be ok to pay it off when I get a new job. But lifes too short for this crap surely. I just know that work will be on my mind all over Xmas if I don't feel the end is very very near. Theres no talking to her at all so I can't even reason with her.

Nevyn

Start looking for a new job, when you have one quit.

Fad

Look for a job now, have one ready and leave.

My dad just left his job, and while he doesnt have employment ready, he still wishes he did it years ago.

phelixoflaherty

Get the other job first then leave. It's easier to get a job when you have one. Just keep the head.

TheZohanS

As the other posters have said leave after you've found another job.

If you're being given grief then contact HR.

Don't ever consider living off your credit card, interest rates are way too high and you have to pay way too much for cash off them damn things.

Aloysius Flyte

There are a lot fewer jobs out there and for some reason people seem to think this is all going to change in the New Year. While i'ts positive to think this, it's just not realistic. It's hard out there and while I know you hate your job, you'll hate it even more when you have no money and have to cut back dramatically.

I'm sorry that you hate your job, enjoy your 2 weeks off, have fun, get your CV looking sh1t hot and them once you are back in work, make your new year resolution to get that dream job!

LegacyUser

DO NOT leave the job until you have another sorted. Jobs are on the decrease, all of them. Plus you know how tough banks are getting. It may be just a credit card, but when you want a mortgage in the future, that discrepency will turn into a problem.
And all banks share info.

Perhaps take a leave of absence where you can review your situation and look for other careers.

LegacyUser

Thanks for all the advice guys. I just have to sit tight and PLS GOD something will come along in the next month or so. I knew it would be very irresponsible to leave without a job to go into.

Reesy

Hey OP,

While you're biding your time, you might try to get the book 'assertiveness at work' by ken & kate back. It should be available in libraries - and it might teach you some techniques for handling the b1tch. Doubtless there are other good books, I just don't know 'em.

Good luck.

Firetrap

OP. I can't give you any advice other than what's already been given on this thread. It's all good sound advice. I've a feeling that you might be stuck where you are for longer than you'd hope so you should take proactive steps to stop your boss picking on you. That book suggested in the thread above this one sounds like a good idea.

I just wanted to sound a word of warning to you. A few years ago, I was like you. I was in a job I loathed with people I didn't get on with and I jacked it in. Bad idea. I ended up on the dole and found it tough to even get interviews, let alone another job. The old cliche of "if you're in a job, you'll get a job" is oh so true. No matter how bad your workplace is, you'll still be earning more than you would on the dole.

TheHairyFairy

Firetrap thats not true at all. I was in a job I grew to detest, and was looking around for jobs when I got offered voluntary redundancy in March this year. I jumped at the chance and within a few months have another job where I'm more than happy, on slightly less money initially, however being happier is more than making up for it.

If your job is that bad then honestly leave it now. Nothing is worth the feeling you get when you are in a job where you are being treated like the OP, until people have been there its hard to understand. Your health and well being are more important than a lousy job, get out if you can.

MsFifers

Being offered voluntary redundancy is a bit different to just walking out of a job to go on the dole.

I interview people for jobs, and I am always a bit worried about someone who has left a job to do nothing. You just tend to wonder if there is some story there. Even though I have definitely been close to doing the same thing myself in the past.

Definitely stick it out until you get another job.

AngryBadger

Thaedydal wrote: »

Start looking for a new job, when you have one quit.

Simple as really +1

Trinity

I hope things work out for you OP.

Similar story with me, except i dont hate my job i would just prefer something closer to home to make life easier with school runs/creche drops and collections etc.

I've been with the civil service almost 6 years and i am terrified to leave tbh as its the safest job i ever had, although i am not sure any of them are safe in this current climate.

If they offered me redundancy i'd be gone though

Firetrap

TheHairyFairy wrote: »

Firetrap thats not true at all. I was in a job I grew to detest, and was looking around for jobs when I got offered voluntary redundancy in March this year. I jumped at the chance and within a few months have another job where I'm more than happy, on slightly less money initially, however being happier is more than making up for it.

If your job is that bad then honestly leave it now. Nothing is worth the feeling you get when you are in a job where you are being treated like the OP, until people have been there its hard to understand. Your health and well being are more important than a lousy job, get out if you can.

OK. We'll agree to disagree on this. The only time in my life that I had trouble getting interviews was when I wasn't working. I'm just sounding a word of warning to the OP based on my personal experience. In the grand scale of things, I'm glad I did quit the job but I could have done without the spell on the dole.

With the way the jobs market is going and with people losing their jobs, I'd be very slow to advise anyone to quit a job without having another one to walk into. Of course, we're all grown adults and are free to make our own decisions.

LegacyUser

you should definitely jack in the job asap! fock that having to be stressed out about *****e like that....life's too short. you should tell her to stick her job! obviously in an ideal world it would be better to find a new job first but i found that theres nothing better for motivation 4 looking 4 a new job than being on the jam roll!

Firetrap

Unregistered wrote: »

you should definitely jack in the job asap! fock that having to be stressed out about *****e like that....life's too short. you should tell her to stick her job! obviously in an ideal world it would be better to find a new job first but i found that theres nothing better for motivation 4 looking 4 a new job than being on the jam roll!

Telling your boss where to stick the job might not be a good idea - the OP might need her for a reference. I once read a saying that went along the lines of "Be careful whose toes you tread on today. Tomorrow you might be kissing their a®se".

Yes, it is horrible to be in a job that you hate (I've been there) but at least there's a steady income coming in. Better to be motivated to find another job whilst in gainful employment than on the "jam roll". There are a lot of people losing their jobs at the moment; the days of being blasé and walking from one job to another, almost at will, are over.