Its hard for me to even get out of bed every day. I wake up pissed and stay that way all day until I get home. The only thing keeping me sane at this point are my dogs and chopping the moutain of fire wood I cut this year. Chopping wood lets you get the anger out very well.

Heres the catch, I shattered my ankle 4 months ago and I still have serguries untill may of 09 and my insurance is paying for all of it. If I leave I loose my medical insurance. I also get paid about 25% more than any other guy doing the same thing in my area. So if I quit i loose medical insurance that I need right now more than ever and I take a 20-25% pay cut. Im not sure what to do, all I know is that I can hardly force my self to do this any longer. Every day I come closer and closer to just saying "fuck it" and walking out. This job has turned a "nice guy" into and "asshole" and I dont like it

stick it out and keep the insurance and then quit.

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Originally posted by handym3000:
stick it out and keep the insurance and then quit.

Its pretty rough. I cant even talk to people here because I have nothing nice to say and I have to fake being nice to customers all day

Just like any other thing in life, you have to put a price tag on the BS. You put up with a lot of BS in return for a paycheck and insurance. If the BS isn't worth either of those then you quit. If the insurance and the paycheck make it tolerable then stay.

Do you have other employment options? I'm assuming you have some sort of bills to pay. I'd look around and see if anything bites. Do you have any vacation time built up? Sounds like you could use a week or two off to relax and then get back in the swing of things at least until next May.

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Originally posted by dlayne:
Just like any other thing in life, you have to put a price tag on the BS. You put up with a lot of BS in return for a paycheck and insurance. If the BS isn't worth either of those then you quit. If the insurance and the paycheck make it tolerable then stay.

Do you have other employment options? I'm assuming you have some sort of bills to pay. I'd look around and see if anything bites. Do you have any vacation time built up? Sounds like you could use a week or two off to relax and then get back in the swing of things at least until next May.

I have other employment options but there all in the same field. All of my vacation was spent when I broke my ankle, I actually own the company some vacation time.

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Every day I come closer and closer to just saying "fuck it" and walking out.

This sounds like me! to the "T", As a matter of fact I have said it to them, TWICE and always ended up coming back. I get closer every day to really pissing someone off, and also closer everyday to finding something else..

Good luck to ya man, Hope you can figure somethin out.

What is your occupation?

It's better to have a job while looking for a job.

Stick it out until you find something else, especially if you are currently receiving medical benefits.

Rob

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Originally posted by Protein anchor:
What is your occupation?

I sell parts for a diesel engine company

I know that it is easier said than done (from experience), but I highly recommend that you figure out whatever occupation is your true calling and you go for it.

I have done this and it takes a hell of a lot of commitment, but man the rewards are SOOOOOOOOOO worth it! I gave up a job making more money than I had ever hoped to make in order to go back to school to get the education that I needed to do what I truly love. I had to put up with some crap from my old job while I got my finances in order so that I could do what I needed to do. Not to mention that I was in pain everyday due to a back condition that was aggravated by my job. I got my finances in order and was able to quit the job and go to school. While I was going to school I took a job paying 1/8th what I was making before just to help the family budget. Now I make far more than the job I quit would have topped out at plus I work from home.

The bottom line? It was all worth it and I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Life is too short to spend it in a job that you hate. That is not to say that you shouldn't suck it up and deal with the job that you hate in order to get yourself where you want to be. Also, don't count out other lesser paying jobs that you will hate less while you work your plan to get to the job you love. I highly recommend that you read 48 days to the work you love. Good luck... you can do it... I did!

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Originally posted by parallel:
I know that it is easier said than done (from experience), but I highly recommend that you figure out whatever occupation is your true calling and you go for it.

I have done this and it takes a hell of a lot of commitment, but man the rewards are SOOOOOOOOOO worth it! I gave up a job making more money than I had ever hoped to make in order to go back to school to get the education that I needed to do what I truly love. I had to put up with some crap from my old job while I got my finances in order so that I could do what I needed to do. Not to mention that I was in pain everyday due to a back condition that was aggravated by my job. I got my finances in order and was able to quit the job and go to school. While I was going to school I took a job paying 1/8th what I was making before just to help the family budget. Now I make far more than the job I quit would have topped out at plus I work from home.

The bottom line? It was all worth it and I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Life is too short to spend it in a job that you hate. That is not to say that you shouldn't suck it up and deal with the job that you hate in order to get yourself where you want to be. Also, don't count out other lesser paying jobs that you will hate less while you work your plan to get to the job you love. I highly recommend that you read 48 days to the work you love. Good luck... you can do it... I did!

The biggest regret of my life ever, not finishing school to become a shop teacher. It hurts to even think about. My shop teacher turned my life around and gave me pride, a work ethic and best of all taught me how to be a real man not just some punk. After high school I went to school to become a shop teacher but a million things happened, some good, some not so good. If I would have finished school I wouldn’t have ever met my wife, so at least one really good thing came out of it. To tell you the truth I just don’t know what to do. My wife has a good paying job but if I was unemployed money would be real tight; I would be eating ramen noodles for dinner. You really got me thinking though.

It could always be worse. Leaving your current job won't necessarily mean that you will get a better one. What is it that bugs you most about your job? The people you work with? The type of job? How much more credits to finish up school? It might be time to change career paths; just a suggestion.

Good luck.

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Originally posted by lunchbox:
The biggest regret of my life ever, not finishing school to become a shop teacher.

Go back and finish. If you need the money from working, go part time.

That's what I'd recommend. You're never too old, and it would probably seem a lot easier to you this time around.

I don't ever think it's a good idea to quit a job you have without one to replace it. You can get what you need for the replacement in the meantime, though.

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Originally posted by lunchbox:
The biggest regret of my life ever, not finishing school to become a shop teacher.

Go back and finish. If you need the money from working, go part time.

That's what I'd recommend. You're never too old, and it would probably seem a lot easier to you this time around.

I don't ever think it's a good idea to quit a job you have without one to replace it. You can get what you need for the replacement in the meantime, though.

+1

By the way... Ramen noodles aren't so bad. As a very wise man says almost daily on his radio show, if you live like no one else for a few years to achieve your goal you can then live like no one else.

Lunchbox, sounds like me a few months ago.
I left a job that I had been at for over eighteen years. I kind of had it "made" there. And I also didn't, you know.
Ownership change, management change, and most important, a philosophy change. Not to mention compensation losses, part due to the economy here but also IMO to many of the changes occurring due to reduction in promotion of my section's product line,demographics change, and a computer software system that did not function as it was supposed to.
For one example, I sold inventory for the first two weeks of the year at incorrect pricing levels. Software people denied there was a problem the first week, and the second week they admitted it but could not find a way to fix it! I dealt with this POS for just under two years until I quit.
I too hated to get up and go to work each morning.
It was either put up or get out for me.
Form a game plan.
First thing, bite the bullet until the medical issues are finished.
Second,decide whether to seek employment in the same line, change vocations, or to go to back to school.
Third, follow through with it.
I too took a "hit" in compensation, But you know, sometimes inner peace is worth it.
Stress is a killer, hating to get up in the morning is too.
I even started to get into the "oh shit" mode on Sunday afternoons, because Monday was coming soon.
Think it all out carefully, don't do anything without thinking it all through. It's always easier to get a job while you still have one.

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It's better to have a job while looking for a job.

+1 on this. I have always been able to find new employment while employed. Also, when I was in a management position and needed to fill a position I would not give the unemployed a second look. Just the way it is.

On the other hand I once went for 10 months out of work and could not get hired. I finally sucked it up and went back to a previous employer with a 40% reduction in pay.

Regarding going back to school...

I started college in 1964. I got my BA in 2002. I pushed on and got my Masters in 2006--just in time for retirement from the military.
I'm now teaching Criminal Justice at a four-year college part-time.

Go for it! Just put one foot in front of the other--every time you finish a course, register for the next one. Don't even consider "taking a semester off".

You can do it, man!!!

Good luck!

Tim

The longer you stay in a job you despise, the closer you are to having medical issues because of anger, depression, etc. I spent 32 years in a profession I disliked and am paying that price. You've stated what your dream job is. Make the sacrifices to get there. You AND your wife will be better off in the long run. Best of luck!

Use your time left with the company you hate to figure out your new future. It'll occupy your time with something positive while you're in the shithole!

Try being a CAD tech for a land development firm for a while, then we will talk. The only thing worse than that was being a middle school teacher for a while.

typical day at work:

work harder
be more efficient
work faster
we are overbudget
rush rush rush
work harder
be more efficient
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