Should I quit my job...

**solid-d** · 09-02-2009, 07:21 PM

My job is driving me nuts..
I work in a inbound sales center taking calls all day long.. I set my alarm for 6:30am.. I leave my house around 7:15am.. And I get to work ontime by 9am to start my shift.. Yes it takes me about 1.5 hrs every morning. Its not that its that far away, its just that its a parking lot with traffic the entire way down there.. And yes I do get serious road rage. And have been beating my car with that type of driving.. Now I have to say on the phone and take incoming calls and upsell these customers.. We also get paid on per call taken, so if the call drops or they are out of state, or dont qualify, we cant sell them anything and we still get wacked by the call.. So the lack of call quality makes what we get paid. We dont get paid on sale skills or performance. Now being on the phone behind a desk all day sux. My back is very sore every day from sitting down all day long. If we take a break to go the bathroom, we get spoken to. If we take too long on luch breaks, also get yelled at. And most customers just complain and want to lower there bills anyway. ( we sell phone, internet, and cable). They all feel the right to yell at us and want free installs all the time.. Well my shift ends at 5:30pm and from there I battle the rush hour traffic again for another 1.5 hrs.. I get home at 7pm, eat something, relax for about 45 mins, then off to the gym by 830pm and stay at the gym till 10pm. I come home, eat, take a shower, then its 'my time' while I watch TV and grab another snack before I go to bed at 12 - 1am.. I dont get many hrs sleeping cause I want to stay up and watch TV cause thats my time to relax.. My job is very depressing and I can say that its making me depressed.. Its like Im in jail on those phones.. Its not challenging at all.. Right now my back is killing me.. Cause been consitantly straining it just sitting in the same position for the last 1.5 years at this job.. Not I dont have a college degree and Im making about $50k doing this.. So I cant really complain about the pay.. But its just been draining the hell out of me. I cant stand the traffic and now since school is back in, its getting way worse this week.. I seemed soo trapped.. I really cant afford to just quit, but it just sux so much.. I really dont need the money.. I have over $50k cash in my bank. Own my own car, and have very low expenses and zero debt.. I been single for the last year because Im just so drained and not myself.. I go out and am just soo dranned.. I mean Im gone 12hrs a day, plus 8 hrs sleeping leaves just 4 hrs for myself to watch TV and go to the gym.. Also being slightly depressed made me lack on my eating habits and working out habits.. I just need to break this rut Im in.. But not sure how.. I cant live my life like this, i cant do this for another 2 years.. But times are tough.. Should I quit my job..?? Is my sanity worth more then money in my bank???

Also Im in my late 20s and still live my parents so I dont pay rent.. So moving closer to work isnt worth it to me.. I want to buy a house in the next 2 years But need a job I like. I wake up in the morning and can barley get myself in the car to go to work cause it just sux so much.. I need some serious advise bros.. Thanks for reading.

**gixxerboy1** · 09-02-2009, 07:32 PM

the job market sucks. I wouldnt quit anything until you have another job

**Bojangles69** · 09-02-2009, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by solid-d

My job is driving me nuts..
I work in a inbound sales center taking calls all day long.. I set my alarm for 6:30am.. I leave my house around 7:15am.. And I get to work ontime by 9am to start my shift.. Yes it takes me about 1.5 hrs every morning. Its not that its that far away, its just that its a parking lot with traffic the entire way down there.. And yes I do get serious road rage. And have been beating my car with that type of driving.. Now I have to say on the phone and take incoming calls and upsell these customers.. We also get paid on per call taken, so if the call drops or they are out of state, or dont qualify, we cant sell them anything and we still get wacked by the call.. So the lack of call quality makes what we get paid. We dont get paid on sale skills or performance. Now being on the phone behind a desk all day sux. My back is very sore every day from sitting down all day long. If we take a break to go the bathroom, we get spoken to. If we take too long on luch breaks, also get yelled at. And most customers just complain and want to lower there bills anyway. ( we sell phone, internet, and cable). They all feel the right to yell at us and want free installs all the time.. Well my shift ends at 5:30pm and from there I battle the rush hour traffic again for another 1.5 hrs.. I get home at 7pm, eat something, relax for about 45 mins, then off to the gym by 830pm and stay at the gym till 10pm. I come home, eat, take a shower, then its 'my time' while I watch TV and grab another snack before I go to bed at 12 - 1am.. I dont get many hrs sleeping cause I want to stay up and watch TV cause thats my time to relax.. My job is very depressing and I can say that its making me depressed.. Its like Im in jail on those phones.. Its not challenging at all.. Right now my back is killing me.. Cause been consitantly straining it just sitting in the same position for the last 1.5 years at this job.. Not I dont have a college degree and Im making about $50k doing this.. So I cant really complain about the pay.. But its just been draining the hell out of me. I cant stand the traffic and now since school is back in, its getting way worse this week.. I seemed soo trapped.. I really cant afford to just quit, but it just sux so much.. I really dont need the money.. I have over $50k cash in my bank. Own my own car, and have very low expenses and zero debt.. I been single for the last year because Im just so drained and not myself.. I go out and am just soo dranned.. I mean Im gone 12hrs a day, plus 8 hrs sleeping leaves just 4 hrs for myself to watch TV and go to the gym.. Also being slightly depressed made me lack on my eating habits and working out habits.. I just need to break this rut Im in.. But not sure how.. I cant live my life like this, i cant do this for another 2 years.. But times are tough.. Should I quit my job..?? Is my sanity worth more then money in my bank???

Also Im in my late 20s and still live my parents so I dont pay rent.. So moving closer to work isnt worth it to me.. I want to buy a house in the next 2 years But need a job I like. I wake up in the morning and can barley get myself in the car to go to work cause it just sux so much.. I need some serious advise bros.. Thanks for reading.

Man that is 1 tough ass predicament.
And I'm trying hard NOT to advise you what to do, I think its better if you make the decision yourself (which you ultimately will anyway) but don't take what I say as any kind of dogma.

I'm focusing on ONE thing, its not money, its not that your single, its not your age, its your PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING.

You can live w/out money (which you really won't be doing as you said you've been saving cash) you can live w/out sex, but you CAN NOT live w/out sanity.
I know what you mean by that "trapped" feeling.
And you can keep working, building your bank up, but WHAT IS THE POINT if your NOT HAPPY?
I'd rather be happy and homeless, I'm dead serious.

That is one fact thats took a while for me to figure out about myself. There are a lot of important things in this world, but you DESERVE to be happy. A lot of people will tell you "just stick it out" or "life is tough", and that true, but if you're not happy, you really have no motivation to live anymore.

Not saying you'll become suicidal, but you will feel like you are already dead inside, and that is NOT living.
You need your mind to be strong to get through this thing called life, NOT your wallet. Sure it helps, but if you ever lost everything, all you would really have left is your thoughts and your mind.

And if your balanced, happy, and optimistic, you WILL find a way to get your life back together.
Now, with that said. You DO NOT even face any of the consequences I've mentioned. You live with your parents, and have more money saved up then anyone I knew at that age. So you should be damn proud of yourself I say. The reality is most jobs are temporary anyway. So when you go to work tommorow, FEEL FREE in the fact that it is YOUR LIFE, and you can quit this job whenever you want w/out any real repercussion.

You will instantly feel better, either till you finally do decide to quit, or something changes who knows. But my advice would be to get out asap. See if its possible to work parttime for them for the next week or 2, and take your spare time to look for other jobs.
You WILL find another job, just noone can promise what you'll be making. I still say the price of sanity makes a sacrifice in pay well worth it.

g/luck!

**Jenseno9** · 09-02-2009, 08:52 PM

you didnt mention anything about looking for another job. How many have you applied? Yes you need to quit your job but you need to find something else first.

**lovbyts** · 09-02-2009, 09:37 PM

Agreed with the above. Look for something else and dong quit until you find it.

**J-Dogg** · 09-02-2009, 09:37 PM

The job market is down, but honestly bro....unemployment is like 15 percent?

So you have to beat out the bottom 15 percent to get a job?

We do everything in life pretty much to AVOID pain.

I'd just quit, start going after jobs you would like. There are still jobs out there, don't let the "bad economy" scare you because honestly....it's not that bad.

**J-Dogg** · 09-02-2009, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by lovbyts

Agreed with the above. Look for something else and dong quit until you find it.

Why? He's got 50k in the bank, no bills and lives with his parents?

I wouldn't even go in tomorrow morning.

I'd go job hunting instead.

When would you schedule interviews? 5am before work? or 8pm after working 12 hours?

**solid-d** · 09-02-2009, 09:40 PM

Oh, a couple of other reasons why I think Im trapped. First one is that I do have 2 weeks vaca and great health benefits, 401, ect.. And in another 16 months I will get another week vaca.. I know I can not find another place with 3 weeks vaca which by itself is very entising. Also if I do purchase a house in the next couple of years, I am better off with 2+ years of enployment to get a cheaper rate.. So financially it makes sence to stay, but this job and the traffic each day is killing me.. So that is why i feel soo f#cking trapped.. My short term plan is to reduce my Hrs to 35 a week which is still full time.. So four 8hr 45min shifts.. 2 days on at a time.. And also change my hrs a bit so I dont hit the god awefull traffic each day but its still going be 1hr each way..

Oh BTW, I have a private business hobby that paid me $15k this year already and next year should be double.. So i will still have access to some cash here and there, but not enough to pay a mortgage

**lovbyts** · 09-02-2009, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by J-Dogg

Why? He's got 50k in the bank, no bills and lives with his parents?

I wouldn't even go in tomorrow morning.

I'd go job hunting instead.

When would you schedule interviews? 5am before work? or 8pm after working 12 hours?

You will be surprissed how fast you burn through 50k
A few unexpected bills, auto repairs?
Some medical comes up like a torn rotator cuff or???
If his job has any medical that's worth gold.

Ive burned through 50K in no time before, trust me.

**Friend** · 09-02-2009, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by lovbyts

You will be surprissed how fast you burn through 50k
A few unexpected bills, auto repairs?
Some medical comes up like a torn rotator cuff or???
If his job has any medical that's worth gold.

Ive burned through 50K in no time before, trust me.

Especially if you plan on cycling

**gixxerboy1** · 09-02-2009, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by solid-d

Oh, a couple of other reasons why I think Im trapped. First one is that I do have 2 weeks vaca and great health benefits, 401, ect.. And in another 16 months I will get another week vaca.. I know I can not find another place with 3 weeks vaca which by itself is very entising. Also if I do purchase a house in the next couple of years, I am better off with 2+ years of enployment to get a cheaper rate.. So financially it makes sence to stay, but this job and the traffic each day is killing me.. So that is why i feel soo f#cking trapped.. My short term plan is to reduce my Hrs to 35 a week which is still full time.. So four 8hr 45min shifts.. 2 days on at a time.. And also change my hrs a bit so I dont hit the god awefull traffic each day but its still going be 1hr each way..

Oh BTW, I have a private business hobby that paid me $15k this year already and next year should be double.. So i will still have access to some cash here and there, but not enough to pay a mortgage

I understand the problem of traffic and commuting. I commuted into NYC for a while. Maybe find a cheap hotel near your work. Stay one night a week so you have to deal with traffic a little less and keep some sanity.

**gixxerboy1** · 09-02-2009, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by J-Dogg

The job market is down, but honestly bro....unemployment is like 15 percent?

So you have to beat out the bottom 15 percent to get a job?

We do everything in life pretty much to AVOID pain.

I'd just quit, start going after jobs you would like. There are still jobs out there, don't let the "bad economy" scare you because honestly....it's not that bad.

Are you serious? There are alot of well qualified people unemployed right now. Its not the bottom of the barrel people out there hurting.

**Wheelie_Rider_R6** · 09-03-2009, 01:05 AM

Solid, let me explain something to you. I am 30, laid off, working a s**t part-time security job to make ends meet, have a master degree from University of Miami and got let go of a job making 80k/year. I now make $13/hr, and I have a family. I hate my life,..everyday knowing that I'm waking up, going back to the shit crap job I have. TRUST ME BRO AND BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE A JOB MAKING THE MONEY YOU ARE. You may have some money stashed in the bank, but I've BLOWN thru over 30k the past 8 months. I am in a MUCH worse predicament than you, belive that. So everytime you think about telling your boss to

, think about my post. I dont know if theres anyone on this board more miserable about life and the curveballs it throws at you than I am. Find a new job BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR CURRENT ONE. Good luck.

**sizerp** · 09-03-2009, 01:06 AM

Quit if you are unhappy.

**Wheelie_Rider_R6** · 09-03-2009, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

Are you serious? There are alot of well qualified people unemployed right now. Its not the bottom of the barrel people out there hurting.

Totally agree....I'm in that group of people.

**Cloe85** · 09-03-2009, 05:26 AM

Solid,

i can totally relate to being at a job you hate... i got sick, was in the hospital for about 5 weeks and then finally had my gall bladder taken out. they decided to try and fire me while i was in the hospital, they got their attn calling me a couple times. i had to get an atty. now im back to work and its terribe, so much tension in the air and my boss and the owner (brothers) are spening more time trying to f*ck with me than doing their own work- that part is actually kinda funny... their creeping around corners and trying to see what Exactly what im doing and being pests.

so before i even got outta the hosp i was sending my resume out. people were calling back and i was setting up interviews (was hoping to be outta the hosp by the time the interviews came).

im still there, there now infact...

i cant survive without a paycheck: car, motercycle, insurance, etc...

so i am busting my ass to find another job to slip into with no real break in pay.

benefits are nice, i agree. i get 1 wk vac, 7 sick days, 3 personal days, 401k that they contribute 3% (even if you contribute nothing), and they pay for medical and dental 100% !!!

to me its not worth trying to make it work here...

other jobs offer good benefits also, as im finding out first hand.

its not worth being miserable every day... and thinking of things that you hate doing but would rather be doing them than going to work lol

it sux.

good luck
Chloe

**energizer bunny** · 09-03-2009, 06:18 AM

never quit unless you have something allready lined up.........start looking and applying for jobs or maybe go to college......BUT stay till you have a better option mate

**calgarian** · 09-03-2009, 07:31 AM

please tell me you work 5 days a week only......(too lazy to read and pay attention). I think u r missing a girl as well. The way you describe your day you dont have ppl to hang out with. Getting laid will be little better. I know you live with ur parents but if you play ur cards right u could get the girl no problem......lets start on that and then u be looking forward to coming home

**Mooseman33** · 09-03-2009, 09:07 AM

QUIT BRO...
if u are not happy, find something that makes u happy. do not continue to dread work, 5 years from now u will look back with so many regrets.
u said it urself, u have some cash in bank, have no bills and zero debt.
U also have something that is generating cash now, and u expect double next year.
health benefits will cost u $200 a month most, get ur own coverage.
QUIT that job bro, u will be much more happy in long run....

**TITANIUM** · 09-03-2009, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Wheelie_Rider_R6

Solid, let me explain something to you. I am 30, laid off, working a s**t part-time security job to make ends meet, have a master degree from University of Miami and got let go of a job making 80k/year. I now make $13/hr, and I have a family. I hate my life,..everyday knowing that I'm waking up, going back to the shit crap job I have. TRUST ME BRO AND BE THANKFUL YOU HAVE A JOB MAKING THE MONEY YOU ARE. You may have some money stashed in the bank, but I've BLOWN thru over 30k the past 8 months. I am in a MUCH worse predicament than you, belive that. So everytime you think about telling your boss to

, think about my post. I dont know if theres anyone on this board more miserable about life and the curveballs it throws at you than I am. Find a new job BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR CURRENT ONE. Good luck.

Agreed!^^^^^^

Best of luck

T

**Hazard** · 09-03-2009, 11:10 AM

I agree that you need to find a new job before leaving this one. I had a job for 8 years that I didn't like. I'd go through spirts..... sometimes it was ok..... sometimes it sucked really really bad. I sat in jersey traffic for 8 years..... worked every other weekend for 6 years - took call time for emergency surgeries...... finally I had enough.

It has taken me 3 years of networking and searching but I found a job doing something I love (still in medical) - I'm in my 2nd month and I get to work from home some days..... i'm making more than I did at my other job and i'm not even on comission yet.....

Keep your head up..... and start looking.
~Haz~

**BJJ** · 09-03-2009, 11:30 AM

I agree too, financial indipendence is a priority nowadays.

**paulzane** · 09-03-2009, 12:37 PM

Some good advice here but ultimately it is YOU who need to make that decision

**J-Dogg** · 09-03-2009, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by gixxerboy1

Are you serious? There are alot of well qualified people unemployed right now. Its not the bottom of the barrel people out there hurting.

There always will be, qualified for what though?

we are always going to have an abundant amount of teachers. But they are over qualified to do anything else. even if they could make more money starting out bar tending. while looking for a better job.

I can promise this, I'll never hurt for work.

I really don't think it's worse than it's been in our life times. The jobless rate is as high as it was in what? 1992? who was crying about the awful job market then? Or in the 80's when people had 18% interest on home mortgages.

Don't fall into the hype of the media. You have to be optimistic about things, and carry confidence that you'll find a way. I'll out work a immigrant mexican and a team of Chinese soccer ball sowers if I have too.

**ninesecz** · 09-04-2009, 08:06 AM

just be happy you have a job in this economy.. no matter how bad it is!

**stpete** · 09-04-2009, 08:20 AM

Go to work and keep saving your money for that house you want. There's always something to complain about in every job. Always. I can understand about the commute, imo that's the worst thing in your situation. Moving closer to work would solve that, and you'd have your own place. That alone would give you a breath of fresh air. (nothing against your parents, i'm sure they're fine people.)
50K a year isn't anything to sneeze at. You're doing good.
No, don't quit till you find something else.

**solid-d** · 09-04-2009, 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by stpete

Go to work and keep saving your money for that house you want. There's always something to complain about in every job. Always. I can understand about the commute, imo that's the worst thing in your situation. Moving closer to work would solve that, and you'd have your own place. That alone would give you a breath of fresh air. (nothing against your parents, i'm sure they're fine people.)
50K a year isn't anything to sneeze at. You're doing good.
No, don't quit till you find something else.

About moving.. Thats the thing.. If I moved closer and got an apartment, then I would push out owning a house 2-3 more years. Just cause I commute and it sux ass, doesnt mean I have to spend $1000 a month for a place to stay..

There is a shitty basement gym near my work.. Its $45 a month for useless shittt, but if I went there after work everyday.. Then I would at least miss the PM rush hour traffic.. Id just have to bring more food to work..

**Polska** · 09-04-2009, 10:17 PM

I'd quit. Sanity is more important than money. You've got plenty saved up, live with your parents, and have no real expenses or debt. I wouldn't even go in tomorrow. Start looking for something better asap man. You could try going into business for yourself. With 50k you've got some real nice capital to start with. I work for myself and making my own hours is great.

**gixxerboy1** · 09-04-2009, 10:52 PM

I would get my own place before i quit. I couldnt live at home in my late 20's no matter how nice my parents were. Even if you got a cheap small apt. I personally would be embarressed to live at home. I understand you want to buy a house but still...