I'm posting this here because I really value the feedback from this community (all about keeping it simple!) and am hoping to hear from those who may have been in a similar place.
I've been with the same company for close to 3 years. I'm now in a sales position and am absolutely miserable. It's so bad that I hope to get sick if it means I don't have to go in. My options at this point would be to stay and just apply to anything and everything to get out, or quit and take on some part time work while I figure out my next move.
I'm 27 years old with minimal expenses (no SO, kids, debt, car payment, etc). With what I have saved and factoring in health insurance costs I could get by for around 2 years assuming no money coming in at all. I have been applying to jobs here and there, but the last thing I want to do is rush into something else that I will end up hating. I've been working in some form of customer service for the past 10 years and just feel burned out.
It's obviously very enticing thinking about having more free time to explore other hobby's and interests (full time work makes this very difficult as we all know) along with picking up part time work here and there trying different things. I would plan on doing more volunteer work as well. The fear is that I'll have a tough time landing another full time position in the future due to my "irresponsible decision" should I decide to leave this job.
Conventional advice would obviously be to never quit without another job lined up, but I'm at the breaking point.
Thanks for reading!
Submitted March 09, 2017 at 06:29PM by paperplane609 http://ift.tt/2m5iKx5
