How do you know when it’s time to quit your job?

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I hate my job but can’t justify the hatred I have for it?

When you look at the amount of time we spend at work in relation to how short our lives are, I firmly believe that being unhappy at work is just not worth it. Unless you were extraordinarily well off though I would never advocate leaving before finding something new to go to though. Sounds to me like you need to get looking!

When it makes me cry it's time to go...

Never quit a job. Use it as being paid to look for something better.

That's always been my Dad's advice anyway.

For me it was when I found myself sobbing as I walked through Victoria station on my way to work.

When you cry on Friday night because you have to go back on Monday morning

I once literally felt a pang of envy for a homeless man I passed on the way to work as he got to sit on the pavement all day in winter and I had to go and do my job. It was a low point. Weirdly, looking back, I'm not sure why I hated it so much. I think I just didn't have the confidence to deal with what I had to deal with, whereas now I'm older and stroppier I'd be fine.

When I struggled to get out of the car to go in, when I had to have 8 weeks off with anxiety. Worst moment was when I lost my compassion for my patients (I’m a nurse). I knew then I absolutely had to move on. Now I like my job. I still would rather stay in bed most days but I don’t mind it when I’m there.

When I start to feel fed up and that I deserve better, so about every 2-3 years.

When I found myself wanting to crash the HGV. Took 6 months off and worked in a primary school as a dinner supervisor/literacy helper. Then I went bac to driving, with my bullshit detector fully upgraded and my patience as tough as Kevlar.

Talking about awful jobs...

When they put you through a disciplinary for something that you should have been trained and supported in.

When you walk into work and have a moment of clarity. This isn't me, this isn't the life I imagined. Gut instinct.

When you see a (decent) way out.

Otherwise, in normal circumstances, when you are bored, want a new challenge, don't see further progression, are looking for a lifestyle change, more pay and so on.

When you wake up and don’t want to go in. But it’s always best to find a new one first if you can stick it out.

When you have a job to go straight to.

For me the dread of going to work and while in work could quite happily say fuck this shit and walk out .
Also various reasons like no future prospects , management don't give a hoot about H&S and employees wellbeing . Also unable to provide change for the better fed up of this is how we've always done it attitude. Those are my reasons so not worth putting up with a job for .

When I developed work related depression due to bullying and was told it’d be seen as a sign of weakness and stop my career progressing.
When I developed a stress related physical condition.
When hours were changed without notice.
When my work life balance was destroyed. When I became tearful at the thought of going in.

When you wake up at 5am every morning with palpitations, then have to see 2 different counsellors because of how much you hate the job. When it's fucking freezing in the office every day, so you have to wear thermals, and you have to work with a total asshole who regards any questions you ask with contempt and sarcasm. Oh and when the food is £6 yet none of your team ever go for lunch (or even look up from the desk) and the entire Workplace network is filled with brown-nosers banging on about "our glorious leader of our great company".

I quit that job for unemployment then a 10k paycut, and I'm so glad I did!

When youre so stressed you forget to go to the live show of my dad wrote a porno that you booked tickets for.

I feel this now. I cried in the work toilets. I cried at home. I wake up, at least once a week, and feel dred at having to go in.
I am currently applying for other jobs.

When you feel ill on a Friday evening after another crap week knowing it will all start again in just over 48 hours time.

When you seriously think you could just step off the tube platform and it would all go away. I quit the next day.

When you convince DH that we should definitely move across the country to further his business escape my bullying colleague.

When you daydream about your exit interview
You dream of being able to walk into office and resign
You have your leaving speech planned

@GoldfishGirl I really needed to read that tonight. Thank your dad for me

When it makes you cry. I left a job with nothing to go to. But anything was better. I ended up working in a bar which I loved. Nothing is worth risking your sanity for.

When it’s making your life miserable. I was in a job for 2 years which I hated before I finally plucked up the courage and left. I used to dread every single day, I would be practically in tears each morning on the way. For me that reaching point was when I couldn’t even enjoy my weekend off work as I was already worrying about going back in the Monday.

When you start to understand why the person before you committed suicide

When you're in tears at the weekend thinking about going in first thing Monday.

Never ignore your gut instinct. I've done this thinking the job would get better and it didn't. Never again.

What's going on OP? Is it a workload thing or a personality clash (or both/neither?)