I left my old job a year and a half ago. I wanted a change and I found my boss incredibly difficult to work for (I’d be there 5 years).
Moved to a new company and the people are lovely (maybe me realise how toxic my old boss was) but the hours are too much for me now (I have a severely autistic son so work term time only and have other children) and I’m working four days a week and I’m finding the largest part of my job quite stressful and overwhelming. We’re implementing a huge new system and I’m the only one who knows how to use it (well some of it - work stopped the training from the company who provided the system because they didn’t know who else to send on it). I’m also spread across lots of other little jobs so there’s never a set process. I feel quite out of my depth. The system they’re implementing they want to eventually upscale to sell to people to use outside the organisation and mentally I’m not sure I have the capacity to cope with running that.
There’s the potential I could return to my old job. Old boss has left and the new boss I’ve worked with before and she’s lovely. There’s a chance I’d be able to work less hours. Old job wasn’t perfect (colleagues sometimes fell out but as we work remotely it never impacted on me). It could be a bit messy and chaotic though (that might have changed with the new boss).
Also, my current boss is set to leave within the next few months.
Money wise, my DH and I are financially stable. So money doesn’t hugely factor into it. He’s happy for me to work or not work. He has quite a busy senior job so the house and kids typically fall to me. I’m also aware my working life is limited as my son will require full time care when he finishes school in a few years.
Both jobs are remote with occasional office visits more so in my current job.