To quit my job????

[Getmeowt]

So I’ve just gone back to work after an extra long maternity leave due to schools closing. My work place placed me on unpaid leave until I could come back.
I really hated my job and wasn’t planning to go back until my boyfriend lost his job. So I said I would go back.

I told work I was coming back, I arranged nursery for my baby and all was well. I thought I could just suck it up but I’ve been there for a few days and I feel so negative. My boyfriend now has another job but with nursery fees I’d possibly be £100-150 better off a month working. Plus the time I’m away from the baby is just not worth the extra money.

I was told off today for turning my computer off 27 seconds before my shift ended. I honestly nearly quit then. My baby’s nursery is not the best but that’s a whole other story. I know no one can tell me what to do. But if you were in my position in a job you hated full time what would you do?

Just depends OP, on how comfortable you are on just your boyfriends income, and how secure you feel for your individual, and child's future (I know it's not nice to think of it like that, but you always really should)

But, 27 seconds is also utterly ridiculous!!

I'd go part-time or look for a new job elsewhere.
Giving up work with a baby is tempting but getting a new job when they're older and you've been out of the workplace will be hard.

Life's too short to be stuck in a job you hate. Quit, spend more time with your baby and then look for something else later if you can afford to

I'd also add that I returned to work last week from mat leave but we are quite clear in that we need me to work to live comfortably, that said it's only three days a week.

I did ask if I could go part time but they refused. I am looking really hard and I’m due to go back to uni to study in September so it’s not forever. I just feel a bit unsure. We could survive but the thought of turning down extra money is scary I suppose.

27 seconds? My word, bunch of arseholes! I think I’d find it very difficult to tolerate such pettiness, but I’m very into job security and would shit my pants rather than quit with nothing lined up. Would you be able to stand it til you find something else? How much notice do you have to give? Or do you not care about a reference?

In your situation I would leave

Quit. I'm quitting my job tomorrow to pursue my business and it feels amazing. I've stuck it out for 1.5 years post mat leave but it has sucked all the energy out of me and left me feeling quite unwell. If I had my chance again I wouldn't have gone back. Needing earn money doesn't have to be through a conventional day job.

It’s honestly an awful company, we’re watched on several cameras a day. It’s a horrible atmosphere and I’ve been signed off sick because of work. I’ve made my mind up. I’m going to hand my notice in next week work those two weeks and get this pay. Then go. It’s not worth it

I quit my job this week and the question I asked myself before I did it was not, why would I leave but, why would I stay in this particular job. Having asked that question the only reason I could find was that it felt like a failure to quit. There are no prizes for sticking at a job that makes you miserable but sometimes if the alternative is also going to make you miserable (eg you'll worry about paying the bills or whether you will get another job etc) then you need to go with the least worst option.

All you can do is weigh up the pros and cons but they must be limited to what is best for you and your family.

If you can stick it out until September you’ll be in a better position for uni financially, only you know if you can stock it in it though.

Check that youbwon't have to pay back any maternity pay, also how much notice you need to give nursery too - you don't still want to be paying this week you are down to one. income.

Unless the extra money is the difference between paying the bills and not, then quit. Life's too short to be in a job you hate if you don't absolutely have to be.

If u can afford too then I'd quit.

You turned your computer off 27 seconds early? Fuck. That.

Don’t work there if you don’t have to OP. Jobs and employers like that do so much damage and you won’t necessarily be aware until it’s too late.