Job hunting while employed

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Change jobs or just end it.

>>17765546

If you have savings, quit.

I know everyone is going to shit on you for this, but I can't impress upon you enough how important it was that I quit two jobs when I was your age to pursue my dreams. When I first got out of college, the economy was shit, none of my friends had jobs, and I was stuck in retail management. Same shit - working 10-12 hour days, missing my friends and family, watching my life pass me by, never able to take vacation time or interview for another job because my schedule would shift every other day and I didn't know what time I'd have off...

I left. Took some time to look for a change of scenery, ended up back in retail management, thinking a new place and new people would fix it. It didn't. Quit again.

I had to take a $10/hr part time job to finally get some degree relevant experience, but getting my foot in the door was all it took, and now I make $80k a year in marketing.

Take the risk if you can afford it for a bit.

in the end do what makes you happy

This. I never got the workaholic meme. I'd rather work normal hours or part time if possible. What's the point of living if you spend every waking second for the job? Working, commuting, preparing for it, unwinding from it. That's a slave's life.

Have your wife fill out job aps for you. Or try talking to your boss about a part time, or one on one off, or 3 on 3 off, schedule instead. Say the job is killing you and you don't have time to spend with your broad.

>>17765602
It's funny you'd suggest that. I tried bringing it up to my boss, and he just reminded me what the company does for us; e.g. Good healthcare, competitive wages, etc. basically, "quit your bitching because you owe us".

I'm all for hard work, for playing the game and getting the reward. But I don't want to be retired at 65 and think, "man, now that I have all this free time, I can do all of those things I never got to do". Because some of that shit will dry up.

I like the three on three off idea. I'll keep that in mind.

Thanks guys for the advice. It gives me hope.

Finding a job IS a job. Finding a job while you are employed is even harder. But GETTING a job while you are already employed is easier than if not employed.

So keep working but take a few minutes when you get home (or before you leave for work) to browse for jobs. Probably an HVAC maintenance position in a building would suit you better than being on the road.

Nearly every country in the world has a minimum 20-30 paid days off, plus national holidays (usually 5-10). You can take days off in halves if you just need to interview (morning or afternoon). The US doesn't have any minimum at all because it's the greatest country or something, they say the perk is being able to leave a job without giving 2 weeks notice.