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While generally true, it still varies enough that I'd no longer say this holds for the large majority of the time (let's say 90%), but closer to say 60% of the time.
While it's possible to job search while working, some are better off not working, since finding work can be a full time job in itself. Also, if you're a professional, but doing a job that's not related to that line of work, it could be detrimental in time (opportunity cost of not getting other stuff done) while in money too (it costs so much to commute while pays so little... why bother?).
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I've heard of some people say "take any job" just so you can honestly say you're currently employed. Well, if you're a lawyer, computer programmer, engineer, nurse, etc., they're not going to count your time folding sweaters, brewing coffee, stacking boxes, bringing out plates of food, or driving Uber as work experience. You're not better off then the person who sat a home.
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It's a roll of the dice, as some employers do see such jobs as a positive, so no way to know ahead of time unless someone can give you the advance scope on who the interviewer and HM will be.
You didn't read OP's entire post. He/she said "if you can afford to quit it," meaning you wouldn't be destitute if you were unemployed. And my answer is no, OP. People have a tendency to wait too long to quit bad jobs, not quit too soon. They hang in there much longer than they should thinking, "It will get better," "I'm not a quitter," "Maybe I'll get that promotion/raise/time off/benefit/boss I'm looking for," "I just need a break," etc. . . Life is short. There is no reason to force yourself to stay at a job you hate. And considering we spend much of our waking hours at work, enjoying it makes life so much better.
Exactly, making yourself miserable everyday "because any job is better than no job" is what drives people to an early grave from all the stress it puts on their bodies. I think people with this attitude have this constant fear over their heads of "I don't want to be seen as a bum or as lazy, so I just have to hang in their until I find a better job". They're willing to make themselves miserable to avoid negative judgement from other people. I don't care if people like the choices I made in life, because ultimately it is my life, not theirs, and I have to do what's best for me. I'm living my life for myself, not for anybody else.
Sounds a lot of snowflakey to me. No offense. Join the Army. Get shot at. Watch buddy take one in the belly. Reevaluate that job.
Could you please explain what you mean by "snowflakey"? It sounds to me like you're saying "What, you expect to actually like going to work? That's why they call it work, you're not supposed to enjoy it." But please correct me if I'm wrong.
If you have a soul crushing, terrible job that makes you hate your life more and more each and every day, is that worse than having no job if you can afford to quit it and go look for another job? Or should you stick it out at your terrible job until you find another? I was faced with this decision a few months ago, and I decided to quit and work for myself rather than spend another moment in my horrible, life sucking job. I mean, if you job is destroying your will to live and turning you into a depressed zombie who only goes to work and comes home so he can turn his brain off and forget how terrible the work day was, why is keeping that job worth it?
What do you guys think?
quit and go on govt assistance.
food stamps, welfare, Medicaid
or does your job pay more than a living wage? ie: $25+/hr
if so, find another job while still at work at current job?
ie: call in sick, or tell them you have a doctor/dentist appt
quit and go on govt assistance.
food stamps, welfare, Medicaid
or does your job pay more than a living wage? ie: $25+/hr
if so, find another job while still at work at current job?
ie: call in sick, or tell them you have a doctor/dentist appt
There's that mentality again. Anybody who doesn't have a job is just a leech on society and deserves to be looked down on, even if they are not on govt. assistance and can afford to quit a bad job in a moments notice, like myself.
I've already made my opinions on govt. assistance clear btw. I'd rather pay to feed and give medical care to people in this country than pay to drop bombs in the middle east and beef up the military so we can start another pointless war, but that's another discussion altogether. I blame the useless leeches at the top way more than the ones at the bottom.
Could you please explain what you mean by "snowflakey"? It sounds to me like you're saying "What, you expect to actually like going to work? That's why they call it work, you're not supposed to enjoy it." But please correct me if I'm wrong.
Okay, that's it, along with a bit of attitude for what I perceived as whining like the University children that feel threatened by an opposing viewpoint. You saw them posting right here about the evils of the corporations that made their cushy lives possible. Snowflakes.
If you have a soul crushing, terrible job that makes you hate your life more and more each and every day, is that worse than having no job if you can afford to quit it and go look for another job? Or should you stick it out at your terrible job until you find another? I was faced with this decision a few months ago, and I decided to quit and work for myself rather than spend another moment in my horrible, life sucking job. I mean, if you job is destroying your will to live and turning you into a depressed zombie who only goes to work and comes home so he can turn his brain off and forget how terrible the work day was, why is keeping that job worth it?
What do you guys think?
It would depend on your position in life. If you have means available to alter your course the answer is 'hell no!'. However if you options are limited you might have to suck it up or be homeless.
I was fired from a job I hated and only hung on there because I fell for the obedient mentality of "at least I have a job." I'm still unemployed though and while my wife's check pays the bills we don't get to do much anymore however, the freedom of not being employed there has been bliss.
It would depend on your position in life. If you have means available to alter your course the answer is 'hell no!'. However if you options are limited you might have to suck it up or be homeless.
I was fired from a job I hated and only hung on there because I fell for the obedient mentality of "at least I have a job." I'm still unemployed though and while my wife's check pays the bills we don't get to do much anymore however, the freedom of not being employed there has been bliss.
That's been another thing... being fired can be a blessing in disguise. I've known some folks who were too scared to move on from a current job, but that ended up being the push that got them into a new job that bumped their salaries 10% to 40% (whereas they were getting average 3% annual raises staying put)
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It's like the ministry of propaganda here for the rich. Keep the poor slaves working, in fear of their jobs, wasting their lives.
