I Quit!

It may sound cliché but the most important factor in deciding on when to let a job go is your overall happiness. When you aren't happy it's almost impossible to perform well. Are you really giving your employer everything you've got? Or are you just half-way doing your job? Not only that, I have found that unhappiness in the work place often follows you home and effects your personal relationships. Once, while working retail, I knew it was time for me to consider switching jobs when I came home tired as usual and snapped at my children, leaving us all in tears.

This leads up to the question, which is more important, family or job? If you are always tired and stressed, never see your kids or find that you no longer own civilian clothes because you spend more time in work wear, you might want to consider the pros and cons. Obviously, I don't expect you to just up and quit a well paying job. Which leads to another consideration, salary and benefits.

Is your take home pay adding up to really be worth it? After you factor in gas, commute time, lunch and business expenses, wardrobe, child care costs and etc. How much are you really making? One of my co-workers in retail was working merely for the benefit of insurance for her and her husband. Most of her paycheck went towards gas and to pay for said insurance. But it proved worthy for her as her husband had a few medical conditions.

Another factor leading to quitting your current job is conflict. Even as adults we are subject to being harassed and bullied. Especially with the popularity of social networking sites, which makes it all the easier to harass co-workers outside of the workplace. Thankfully, a lot of companies are banning most sites from being used by their employees.

Nine times out of ten, there is always that one person who doesn't do their work and it's up to you to pick up their slack. Or maybe it's your supervisor who leaves you with a bad taste. Maybe it's a poor work environment. Would you believe one major retail chain doesn't allow a scheduled lunch break for their assistant managers? Corporations don't always play by the rules and guidelines, which can make for a very poor experience because face it, adult or not, no one wants to be the tattle-tale.