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Should I stay or should I go? 2017-06-07 02:16:13 Post No. 18394595
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Hey /adv/,
Im working a job that stresses me out and that I'm hating more and more each day. Im in my mid-20s amd work as an engineering contractor for a major company and make 60k per year so it's not a bad job per se. I don't like a some things: I have no control over my own schedule, my commute is an hour each way, and the clients are difficult. That said, Ive only worked here for a year and do genuinely like the people I work with.
My girlfriend of 4 years is currently doing a master's which will finish next year. Our plan was for us to find work outside the city and move into a house in a smaller town once she was done next summer.
Should I grin and bare it for the next year and deal with the feelings of claustrophobia and frustration or jump the gun and just search for a job In another town and hope that leaving a job after a year doesn't look bad on my resume and hope my girlfriend can find a job locally as well?
I have a lease that will last another 10 months but I could weasel my way out of it as my landlords like me. I can't move closer to work because this city is stupidly expensive.
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Look for a job while you keep your current one.
No sense in cutting your income abruptly. Besides, you know this job is temporary, so it isn't as soul-crushing situation as it could be.
Good luck in job hunting!
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>>18394595
Don't change jobs until you have a new one lined up.
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>>18394677
I figured Id start looking while employed but I didn't know if it would be better to just start applying now or if I should wait and start looking in the new year.
I wasn't going to quit my job, I need the income, but I appreciate the input none the less. Should I hunt now or just wait until later? I'm rather optimistic that I'll find employment despite not really liking my field a lot.
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Take it easy, explore the other side of work. Since you wanna move out anyway try to be more of a human inside the office and less of an engineer. Know your coworkers better, spend time socialising inside your workplace. Get some vibe inside that shit, be a motivator, do less work. What's the worst that can happen, getting fired? Chill out man
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>>18395015
Thanks, I try and I'll try more.
It's just difficult because most of my co-workers are over 40 (the coworkers my age work on client sites most of the time).
I guess I could just attempt to give less of a shit but it's more that I don't like disappointing people I like (specifically my co-workers and immediate superior) more so than the company's reputation. It doesn't help that I'm a fa/tg/uy at heart so have little to talk about with people other than movies and world news.
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