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- chuparosa0
Years ago, my husband and I would come home from work every night and then start a very long bitch session about our respective jobs. One night we both said that's it, we had enough. We both quit our jobs. We had nothing lined up. Looking back, we both feel positive about resigning. Take the risk. Move on. Good luck!
- vaxorcist0
Burnout due to office from hell....It is a bit endemic to our industry.... just be professional.
Often word travels, some agencies are known to burn out people, your next interviewer may even know why you left that place before you open your mouth...
I've found the best places to work were small agencies staffed with refugees from big agencies who knew how to do stuff and knew how to get clients but knew not to promise the moon and the stars by next week....
- isakosmo0
i quit my dead-end job 2 months ago and haven't looked back. Make sure you have room financially - if you don't, start making that happen then quit - and leave. Life is too short to be in a place you don't want to be. The depressing aspects of your job are also probably clouding your vision right now, taking that risky decision will give you back your energy and motivation. Good luck.
- cbass990
i'm in the same boat. have been for 5 years. i worry that i'm not learning anything new or being challenged enough. i don't want to be 40 years old and have some poker direct mail pieces to show as my best work..i got my current job right out of college at a casino...not the type of work i want to do at all. my target market is old people who can't see shit...
i've been giving serious thought to leaving, so i've been saving as much money as possible. my only worry is my freelance work is a little more on the edgy side, or maybe not so "agency friendly," so the only option i have is to go freelance...which as many of you know is a big leap.....it's a conflicting conversation in my mind 24/7.
- no risk no reward.d_rek
- i hear ya. i'm 90% there. i can't stand sitting in my cube for 9 hours a day bored as hell.cbass99
- wtf? 5 years doing casino mail outs. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!animatedgif
- jurassica0
i quit my job almost a year ago... i was terribly miserable, so much so i started questioning everything in my life - not just my job. leaving was the best thing i could have done. life hasn't always been easy, but in retrospect its still a world of happiness compared to the living hell i was in. everything is as positive as i make it now. there is no being dragged down by negative energy or manipulative tactics. you'll feel so much better once you resign, a huge weight of negativity will be lifted.
- forbes0
fuk working for companies. go freelance
thats the only way you can guarantee hapiness in a career - working for yourself
- nthkl0
2 weeks is the norm, unless there is a critical project coming to an end that needs your assistance. You can always work out a longer departure, I've done that and assisted with recruiting a new candidate for my spot. It's just about communication.
Keep it professional and you'll be fine.
- nadanada0
i got laid off two months ago from the WORST JOB ever. run by morons, admins all morons... and i was the lone creative.
and now - i make more money, have more free time, and get to sit in my boxers in front of the fire and make things that i like.
however - could have used some planning. so plan a lot (as stated numerous times above) and then get out at the first available moment.
- bjladams0
@ duhsign - to clarify vacation comment. I returned from a 2 week vacation, where i realized that i couldnt stand my job anymore - and immediately gave 2 weeks notice. i still had an additional 2 weeks vacation built up. since i had just gotten back, i wasn't involved in any projects yet - so i offered to hang around as needed. but i was only clocking a couple hours a day. didnt just drop the ball on the boss - made myself available, but we both understood that i didnt need to get tangled up in any new work.
- duhsign0
so how much notice should you give?
if you don't want to burn bridges but need to get out asap, for instance if your new gig needs you right away, whats an absolute minimum to leave respectfully?
On the other hand if your sure you won't be coming back, and you do not plan to include any references from them how soon is cool to go without being a total a-hole?
- CanHasQBN0
I quit yesterday (gave my few weeks notice). This morning was the first that I was actually happy driving to work and walking through the door. It felt really good. And I was 30 minutes late than usual (total rebel, that's me).
If you're miserable, leave. I was miserable. I felt like every day was repeating itself over and over again.
Someone on QBN left me a simple comment when I was complaining and considering quitting just like you are now, and it kept looping in my head for days... "What's stopping you?". Now, of course, I could come up with a couple of reasons, but I chose to ignore them. I even thought I'd wake up this morning thinking WTF did I just do?? But I didn't... so I knew I did the right thing.
- wtg man. life's too short to be miserable at work everyday.fugged
- sigg0
Good advice nthkl. It's this place and this place only.
Every project is like a moving target, sometimes changing ideas and deliverables 2-3x a day. Yesterday I was told at 1pm to dive head first into a specific task. I bust my ass for 5 hours and show them my results. My CD and the AD look at me and go "yeah, dude we're not doing that anymore". I ask when that was decided and they said "around 2 o'clock". The guy who told me to do the specific task changed his mind and didn't even tell me. It's that type of maddening shit that makes me want to slam my head into my desk repeatedly.
- sigg0
If I create a Car Go site now, can everyone see it during development or only after I push it live? I've spent the past 2 weeks on and off designing a new site complete with all my work, and I'm just waiting to pull the trigger on Car Go pushing up my work and info.
- nthkl0
You have the opportunity to turn this around to work for you. I've always told designers that they are the talent, as you are. They depend on you to make money. They should appreciate you walking in that door every morning.
On that note, your employment is most likely at will, so it's up to you to continue doing so. If you're unhappy, set up some interviews and look around.
If this is spawning from personal issues, that's a different story. You'll carry that energy to a new gig and have to deal with the same problems.
- hektor9110
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hey gramme what do you mean they found your comment on here?
WTF..... so your employer found your thread?- that's what he saidmonospaced
- bingo!akrok
- so your employer found your thread is that what you are trying to tell us?hektor911
- Yes, they did. No idea how. I think they might have been tipped off by someone.gramme
- All I said was that I'd worked hella hard that year, none of us got raises due to $$ strain, and that I needed to move on.gramme
- Boss took that as her cue to tell me I "was ready to make it on my own."gramme
- Gave me 3 months pay, but said that very day would be my last in the office.gramme
- "This isn't severance, it's the wings you need to get started on your own."gramme
- best thing that ever happened to you?timeless
- gramme0
Leave that job before they find you on here and preempt your ass. It happened to me, and the things I said weren't nearly as negative as your post. If these people are as terrible as you make them sound, they won't hesitate to dismantle you in front of the entire office and escort you out of the building.