Headaches and being ill from stress doesn’t allow me to be able to decide what to do next.
Emotional stress clouds my judgment.
~Worker Living in the United Kingdom
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live
Headaches and being ill from stress doesn’t allow me to be able to decide what to do next.
Emotional stress clouds my judgment.
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live
I want to get out of this hell. It is affecting my health badly.
I am depressed and stressed most of the time.
Though it’s the best job a person with my qualification can have, and pays well too, but the amount of stress I get is not worth it. I discovered this is not my field.
I badly need this job to support my family’s necessities.
I am just 26 yrs. old but every time I go to work I feel that I am a very stressed 40-year old lady.
Every day I go into the office is like going to hell.
I have been working hard with very few breaks since I was 15.
In the last several years, I have been trying to shoe-horn my life into my job rather than the other way around.
All the travel and long hours are making it impossible to focus on things that are more important to me.
My health is suffering.
Physically, I am unable to consistently make time to work out; I eat out for almost every meal; do not get enough sleep; have an inconsistent schedule; and I haven’t been to the doctor in years.
Mentally, I am affected by the sleep, schedule, and stress. I have difficulty focusing on my job and have lost most of my passion for it. I do not feel that I am learning or that I am in charge of my life inside or outside of work.
I am constantly near the boiling point and get angry very easily when I feel that my company has done anything to negatively impact my life again.
My work has become boring and repetitive, and it forces me to skip many activities that I enjoy, even when they are after normal business hours and all my friends can make it. The job is significantly hindering all my relationships. It is difficult to maintain existing friendships, let alone make new ones. I am not able to spend time with family – including my roommate – anywhere near as often as I’d like. The relationship with my girlfriend is also suffering from undue stress due to all the travel and time spent forced apart. On top of all this, I am paid less than employees at other companies with comparable skills and experience that work fewer hours with little to no travel.
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live
I don’t feel valued.
I don’t trust my own team.
I don’t feel like I can maximize my value to the firm.
The stress is making me physically and mentally ill.
I’m not doing the work I love.
The company’s values are inconsistent with my own.
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live
Everything about my job makes me sad.
I dread getting up and going and count the minutes until I leave.
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live
I work in a hostile environment, and there is no chance to affect positive change.
You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live