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Originally Posted by mdgirly88
I've had my new job for about 4 months. I HATE it and want to quit daily. I've had a couple interviews, but nothing has panned out yet. I'm finding that since I'm a newer employee, I don't have much time to take off and it's hard for me to schedule interviews around my work schedule. So that, and the fact that I absolutely cannot stand my job or anyone I work with, is tempting me to just up and quit.
Has anyone quit without another prospect? Please tell me it worked out okay and you got another job rather quickly. I think I'll be okay finacially for a little while, and if I still don't have a job by the fall I can substitute teach (not my career track, but I did it for a bit in college to get some extra money) until I find something I like.
Any horror stories about quitting and being jobless? I'm scared, but I absolutely hate my job and need to get out of here to save my sanity. Thanks!
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I don't recommend this line of thought from a professional, economical or emotional standpoint. I quit my surgery residency almost two years after I started because I got a spot in the radiology program. Unfortunately, once I knew I had an out, I could no longer put up with the crap forced on me daily in the surgery department and quit. They had put me on 24 hr call two days in a row at two hospitals 100 miles apart...I know, sounds crazy, but they thought it was completely reasonable! I let my new department know...they seemed fine, but a week later, they called back and said I didn't have a job! Aaaah! I was freaked out that I ruined my career. I had no money and now had to pay my employer's portion of my health insurance, or I'd lose it and have a pre-existing condition clause with any new policy. Even though my husband was still working as a resident, we didn't have enough money to go grocery shopping. I literally rolled our entire change bucket to get $75 to feed us for the week! After two months of sweating it out, weekly meetings that went nowhere, crying uncontrollably at the drop of a hat and agreeing to "probation," I got my job back. Unfortunately, every time I move to a new job, I have to explain my probation in residency, which by the way was promised to be for only 6 months but lasted 18 months because the hospital dean is a surgeon. My new boss had to demand that he take me off probation. I would have been better off sucking it up and putting up with 120 hour work weeks for a couple more months.
Just remember, work is called work for a reason. If it were fun, you'd have to pay them!
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