Signs it’s time to leave your job
Robin Fischman
Talent Acquisition Consultant helping growing companies attract and hire their next leaders. | VP, Director of Talent Acquisition | Job Search Coach
I talk to people a lot about the work they do. I'm the person at networking events, parties asking, "So what do you do for a living?"
What I often hear people in their late 40’s and 50’s say is, "My job is fine. The people are nice, but the leadership team has started to make changes I don't like."
Most of the people I talk to say they have stayed at their jobs two years longer than they should have.
And let me say, there is no judgement here. I was one of those people too. In fact, if I look back at my career I probably stayed in most of my jobs for too long.
When I look back at that time, I remember saying things like:
“I like the people I work with”.
“No one is going to pay me what I make here.”
“What if I go someplace else and it's worse?”
“Yeah but, it's a really bad job market, at least I have a have a job.”
When your job has become a bunch of reasons why “It's not THAT bad" it's a sign that it's time to to leave your job.
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Life is too short to do work that doesn't make you happy.?
And here's the thing, doing work that lights you up affects your WHOLE life. Your energy improves so you can spend quality time with your loved ones, you get back your swagger and your health improves.
Don't believe me? Take a look at this report from Gallup that states that 33% of people reported their job had a negative impact on their health.
So what can you do about it?
The first thing I recommend if you sense it's time to leave your job is to notice. Be aware of how much of the time you are talking about what sucks instead of what you enjoy? Pay attention to how you feel after a day of work. Do you feel a sense of accomplishment or are you dragging yourself out of the office every day? Notice when you are so engaged by the projects you are doing that you lose track of time. Notice when you are so disengaged at work that you might as well be asleep.
Taking note of the times you are engaged and motivated at work and when you aren't is a good place to start if you think it's time to leave your job.
Once you notice how you are feeling you can figure out if there are a couple of issues at your current job or if it's time to make a move.
If you want to find out how coaching can help you find your passion so you can do work you love.
Don't you want to be the person who runs into an old friend at the conference who says "I'm so glad I made the move, my new company is fantastic, my coworkers are great and I'm really enjoying the work I'm doing."