Anyone ever up and quit a good job?

[muledeerarea33?]

So I kinda know your situation and can tell you I KNOW first hand the company is no fun to work for. But the grass is not always greener. What you get paid an hour is pretty good and you would be hard pressed to find that anywhere else. That being said the best thing I ever did was leave and start my own place. It has been a struggle but it is well worth it in the end. You can always pm me if you want to bounce anything off of me.

I figured you'd chime in lol. We just got a new (inter company assistant manager) you know how crap works around here, that's why I talked to you last year haha!! I'm pry just being sensitive.

[TexasHunter]

I know the upper managment you work with and the bs you have to put up with more now since what's his name got promoted I'm sure. But like I said you won't get paid the rate you do know else where. that's not to say you can't make more money else where

[Hoss50]

I have quit jobs for better jobs, and lost jobs that I really liked. I have never been fired, or not given notice. Do what you think is right for you. I have quit jobs I hate to take less money, and been much happier in the end.

 

Life is too short to hate your job. I am starting to dislike the position I am in right now, and if things don't change it may come down to a change.

 

I never fault a man for changing jobs if they are trying to take an opportunity that is better for them and their family. Chasing money only, isn't an opportunity though, it has to be more than that.

[Saguaro]

I'm kind of lucky. I have a job that gives me a lot of freedom, pays well and has great benefits. The trouble I have is the level of stress that this job has. I'm one of the most senior employees at the mom and pop company I work for. I can say I love what I do and the people I'm around, but hate certain things about it if that makes any sense. A few of those things are stress and sometimes the workload, along with being in the city. I'm a small town guy. In this job, when things go well, it's like a high that I'm sure drug users know well. When it's bad, it hurts. If I left, I'm sure I would make less than half of what I'm making now and wouldn't have percs like phone, data, vehicle, credit card but could have more time off. I learned that the problem is with me. I'm the type of person that doesn't ask for anything weather it's help, time off or pay raises. I also don't make excuses as to why I can't or am unable to do anything. I never call in sick. I recently pissed off my family because I missed out on something because I put my projects ahead of them. Think about that if you're planning on going somewhere else. It may not be the job, it could be you. I have this same conversation with others in the industry and the thought is the same. I may not be happy with a job that gives 5 weeks off a year if I'm not making the decisions and sort of in charge of something big. I need those responsibilities.

[TOBY]

Smile and nod the best you can until you can't anymore. 16 plus years in Facility Maintenance and counting. Good salary, 40 days pto a year, Healthcare BCBS for fam of 4 for under $500 a month,401k is fair,weekends off(minus emergencies), 4 minute drive from home. Do I do backflips on the way to work each day? No, but there is nothing else to do locally that pays even close. Money isn't everything....But it can buy me boat...It can buy me a truck to tow it.....

[firstcoueswas80]

Smile and nod the best you can until you can't anymore. 16 plus years in Facility Maintenance and counting. Good salary, 40 days pto a year, Healthcare BCBS for fam of 4 for under $500 a month,401k is fair,weekends off(minus emergencies), 4 minute drive from home. Do I do backflips on the way to work each day? No, but there is nothing else to do locally that pays even close. Money isn't everything....But it can buy me boat...It can buy me a truck to tow it.....

Don't forget the Yeti 110 with some iced down silver bullets!

[Hunterdan]

This thread brings back ugly memories for me.Worked for a large company for 20 Years. Worked up from worker to higher management overseeing about 7-10 supervisors and 150 employees. Working 6-7 days a week 10-14 hours a day. on call 24-7. Daily meetings with threats of discipline and termination if goals were not met. Being told your Job is first and everything else is second in your life. This company lived by the threat and demanded you treat your employees the same way. Hated my job so much I drove to work depressed everyday. One day during normal threatening meeting I told them I was done gave my 2 week notice. They about fell out of their chair and begged me to stay. Said I was one of their best. I walked. This was in 08 right before big crash. Crazy but God worked it out for me.

 

I would never recommend to anyone to do what I did. very risky move if you have family to support and mortgage to make. But I was just done. Wearing a white collar, chasing the big money and being a corporate slave is not for me.

 

I got a simple job running a warehouse/trucks/tools for small electrical contractor. Don't make what I used to but Have a decent wage and few benefits and living the dream. Quality time with Family, Normal hours and all the time off I want to hunt are whatever I want to do. Boss that treats me like He cant live without me.

You just have to decide whats most important to you in life!

[firstcoueswas80]

I've always said loving your job is fantastic, but you can't feed your kids or keep the lights on with love.

 

My dad worked for the same large company for nearly 30 years and was one of their top salesmen. He got passed over for promotion after promotion yet stayed. The company was bought out and they started firing guys that had been there for 30+ years so they could bring in their own, much cheaper employees. They changed my dad's job and he simply couldnt keep up. He told then that sever times and they never cared and then let him go. Another guy who was much younger but had been there 10+ years took over his route and HE couldn't get it all done so they fired him to. I learned a lot and gained an entire new level of respect for my dad after that.

 

He went for a while looking for a decent job and bounced around a little bit, but he was so much happier having that monkey off of his back. I was at their house the day he got let go and I remember how relieved and happy he looked, evwn though my mom and dad's main source of income was gone!

[trphyhntr]

isnt "good job" an oxymoron?

[sjvcon]

Left a job I had for 6 years for better pay and opportunity. That quickly turned into a CRAP sandwich and I quit without a job to go to. Took a lower paying job for a short time and the folks from the first job came to me and offered more than the job I left for, better vacation and a Dodge Crew 4x Diesel. Been back 10 years now.

[idgaf]

After my original company closed their Arizona operations during the recession, I turned down some great opportunities to start an electrical distribution branch for a lesser company to get my coworkers jobs. After 18 months, millions of dollars in new sales to this company they found me "insubordinate and soliciting" and let me go. I was unemployed for a very long 3 hours.

[AzDiamondHeat]

Several. I have always had the mantra of: you can pay me well and treat me poorly or treat me well and pay me poorly. When either of those fails I leave. Years ago I decided to have both. SO now I work for myself and pay myself well and my wife takes care of the treating me poorly part....

[naturebob]

Does a BJ. count as a Job?.......BOB!

[trphyhntr]

Does a BJ. count as a Job?.......BOB!

depends do you give them for free or do you get paid

[Ringer]

That right there is funny!