Things You Should Consider Before Quitting Your Job

It's no secret that the economy has significantly fallen over the past couple of years and as we watch the unemployment rates rise to records in states across the country, making the decision to quit your job can be a tough one. If you aren't careful in evaluating your specific situation you could be in for losing more than just your job.

Before even considering letting your job go, you should take plenty of time and keep very focused concentration on how you will make ends meet without your job. Do you have a source of income aside from your job that is consistent and able to get you by from month to month while you are out of work?

Monthly child support payments should not be considered a source of income as payments are not guaranteed and the last thing you will want is to find yourself unable to support your family when the father of your child(ren) loses his job as well due to the rough economy.

Will you be able to efficiently support your family without having to begin receiving welfare payments or government help? If quitting your job is going to put you into a position in which you will need to have government assistance in order to support your family and supply their needs, quitting your job is most definitely not within your best interests nor those of your family.

If you intend to work self-sufficiently at home or running your own business, it is wise to evaluate how this change could both positively and negatively impact your income and the ways in which you provide for your loved ones. For those of you that contract independently as freelance artists or writers, it is not advisable to leave your job until you are established within the freelance community and have a reasonable demand from clients. While it may seem as though you will be able to make more money by dedicating more time to your freelance work, this theory is unlikely to go far if you have no supply and demand factors.

Consider your reasons behind your desire to leave your job and how this is positively or negatively going to impact you in the future. If you simply just do not want to work, the obvious statement here is that there are plenty of people out there who do and not enough jobs to supply everyone. It is likely that you will be out of work for an extended period of time and when you finally land that interview, how will that company perceive you upon discovering your reasons for leaving your previous job? That could lead you to a bad impression and likely no return call on the job.

The main thing to remember before you decide to quit your job is to examine the entire situation from varying viewpoints. Consider both the negative and positive factors within each perspective and not only how those factors will alter not only your life but your family as well.