We live in a world that embraces competition, winning and success. Quitting and losing is generally looked down upon. This attitude really seeps through much of society and is also prevalent in most workplaces. Nobody really acknowledges this, but sometimes, quitting is incredibly hard to do. And sometimes it’s easier to stay than it is to quit. But I think you gotta be very strategic about how you handle yourself in the workplace, especially if you’re working for a big company or corporation and especially if personal freedom and living with a bit of heart is important to you.
I’ve worked in a lot of different companies, even in different parts of the world and at the end of the day, the way these companies are structured and the way they operate does not serve the well being of the individual. In the majority of cases, it down right destroys it. In most cases, what is required, what they really want, is for you to give up everything in the name of the company. The company comes first. People are kind of like owned by their companies. It’s fucking strange.
So if you want to leave your company there are a few things to consider.
– Belief. A lot of the times companies will overwork you. Often times the more exhausted you get the more your overall sense of belief decreases. You may no longer believe that there are opportunites out there. You may not believe that you have the ability to find and land a new job. But this is really just a matter of energy and attitude. If you leave the company, a huge weight of tiredness will be lifted off your shoulders giving you a naturally more positive outlook and actively believing in yourself and that there are opportunites out there will also help.
– Job opportunites. In a lot of companies there’s this belief that one should be extremely grateful that they have work like there’s no work out there. I haven’t found this to be true. You gotta remember that most companies are over working their employees. That means people are constantly dropping out of companies for various reasons. There is a constant inflow and outflow of employees in most cases. So if you want to change jobs, the trick is to not let yourself become exhausted beyond recovery and then to work on your energy levels to a place where you are more energetic and full of life. This will help you nail the interview, and land the new job.
– Cutting the tie. First of all it can be hard to make that final decision of quitting. It’s like everything is pointing to the fact that you need a change, yet mentally you still don’t know if you should do it or not. You may be exhausted, don’t like what you do, and don’t like your boss and yet you still don’t know if you should quit or not. This is a hurdle one needs to jump over. I think a lot of it may come down to a bit of anxiety of the unknown, not knowing where life is gonna really lead once you make the quit. Once you make a decision of quitting, you really gotta make it happen with all guns blazing. By that I simply mean, you gotta decide that you may not exactly know how it’s gonna go down, but it’s gonna go down one way or another. One way or another, the fact that you are quitting is going to be communicated from you to your boss/company and there is no turning back.
– Handling the unknown. Throughout this process you’re gonna be up against the unknown to varying degrees. You gotta maintain courage and faith and believe in yourself throughout the whole process. You gotta maintain an overall positivity. And you gotta maintain this even though you may potentially face some antagonism from your company and fellow employees. A lot of times though your fellow employees will either secretly or not so secretly admire you for leaving, as they wanna get the fuck out of that place too.
So those are a few points to cover a few bases. Obviously it’s totally your responsibilty whatever you do and it’s definitely logical that it’s better to have a new job lined up before you quit. But in some extreme cases that’s not possible, and you gotta be creative and find ways to counter that fact. Maybe you can save some money to buy yourself a couple of months or so. Maybe you can move in temporarily with a friend or family member. Whatever it is, you gotta find a way. And obviously it’s quite possible that your company is awesome and looks after you, no problems there. This is more for those that may need to hear it.
