h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I came to a decision this morning that I'm going to resign from my job.
It's not making me happy any more and I wake up dreading the day ahead and not wanting to go there.
This is doing me no good; my best efforts to carry out my job professionally and properly are wearing me down.
I sense burn-out ahead.

With a bit of luck, my boss won't hold me to the three month period of notice.

If you feel like this, it is the right decision. Is it the job in general, or the current workplace ? Will you look for another job ?

Sounds like a wise decision to me, Teuchter. When a job has lost its 'spark' and you find yourself not happy doing that job, you'd be doing nobody any favours if you kept doing it out of some sense of obligation.

I think if you talk to your boss and explain you're feeling burnt out and not able to offer what you used to then he/she will see that it would be better to get someone else in than make you stick to the three-month-notice thing.

Wish you much luck with that.

az

Good luck. I hope your boss is sympathetic. It must be awful to work out notice if you & the boss know you're not happy in the job.

Having been in your situation before and remaining in it for entirely too long, I recommend getting out ASAP.

thinking about you.

I bet you feel a lot better for just having made the decision Teuchter

Is it that particular practice, or the job itself that was getting to you?

In the best of all worlds you'd get three months on gardening leave, so fingers crossed for that!

good luck!

Job burnout can keep us from enjoying the non-job part of our lives as well. I think you're making the right decision.

Do they need help at Wisley?

I've just been writing a list of what's bothering me about this job - and it's just confirmed my gut feeling that I need to get out.

Thanks for listening, you lot

Hey T, well done on your decision. A bit of freedom for a while might do you the world of good. I wish you the very best!

Hubby was in a similar position a few years ago. His job became so stressful that his beard was going white! He phoned me to ask my opinion and I said, "Quit now." He didn't have another job to go to, so we lived on my salary for a while. He now has a job much closer to home.

Good luck for the future. As for the notice period, if you're paid monthly you may be able to persuade the company to drop to one month notice. There are no guarantees, though. At least the three months notice gives you time to find another job.

Yes, very best wishes. Continuing to work in a job that gives you no satisfaction is frustrating to say the least - good on ya for being proactive about the situation.

and best wishes.

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I'm rather out of the loop right now, but I think you are definitely making the right decision. I "did time" in a job for longer than I should have and was miserable till I finally realized that the money no longer mattered. I quit and was so relieved..............I gave them four days' notice. I didn't intend to use them for a reference anyway.

Glad you've made a decision you're happy about. Much better not stay where you're unhappy.

Lists of pro's and con's are very good to clarify your mind, I find.

Sig. S. has done the same a couple of times, also without having another job waiting. He - and the family were much better for it.

The respect and care you give to other people, you should also give to yourself. (Which is quite difficult, I know )

Well done for being decisive, Teuchter!

I hope you find a suitable alternative.

You are lucky to be able to do this.

I've been in this situation for ages, but at my age, you can't leave a job in Germany. You'd never get another one, and I, for one, couldn't afford not to work the full length, having committed myself to so many pension funds, which, added together, will refund me a monthly pittance when it's all over. (The statements have been coming in over the past couple of weeks)

I'm very lucky that my particular skills are in demand in this part of the world - and also lucky that Mr T is able to take up the slack, financially, for a couple of months if necessary.
It might take me a while to find a practice I like - but at least I can locum in the meantime.

I nearly handed in my notice this morning - but there's a major problem with another member of staff and I didn't have the heart to add to my boss's worries. She's someone I've known and worked with for several years - so she's also a friend - and that makes the whole thing more difficult.

On Wednesday we are discussing Performance contracts - so I'll probably do it then.

Has anyone ever come across a performance contract that wasn't a total heap of arseage?

I've never come across a performance contract - I'm not sure we have them here