To quit halfway through -wwyd?

[Rookiemistake]

I am in a public sector role which incorporates training. The training finishes in March and I will get a degree at the end of it. I don't love the job. I am underpaid for the responsibility I have. There is a lot of arbitrary process and it can be very frustrating. I have always thought that I would change jobs once I qualify.

However a job has arisen in completely different sector which I worked in prior to having DC. I volunteer in this area and it is my passion. The job is a pay cut but school holidays free. The progression isn't great but there are personal development opportunities which I could undertake which I don't have time for at present. The money will never be amazing but I don't really need to earn more.

Would I be unreasonable to quit halfway through? It doesn't sit right with me, I'm not a quitter and I'm good at my job. There do seem to be more opportunities in this other sector so other jobs might come at a better time but I also don't want to kick myself if I don't go for it.

Wwyd please?

Do you need to degree to move up in your chosen field?

Is it feasible another similar job come along once you have completed the current role/requirements ?

Do what makes you happy.

Will there be any fees to pay back if you don't complete the training?

I'd be inclined to finish the degree, I think. But then I don't know how unhappy you are currently/ how rare the job opportunity is.

It doesn't really matter what we'd do, because this is about you listening to your boundaries.

Either option is perfectly acceptable, objectively. There's no right or wrong. What do you want to do?

Why do you see quitting as something negative? In this case it isn't what you want to do anymore although the degree qualification might be useful in the future could you pick that back up at a later date?

Sometimes you do what is best for now, for you that is school holidays with the children. You can reassess when they are older. My friend actually took a pay cut to work a term time job but when she sat down and worked out how much holiday clubs usually cost her for 2 primary aged children she realised that she was breaking even with the new salary.

So what would be best for now? That would be the new job so apply for it.

Finish the degree first. Not many jobs come with the option to do a degree so it’s too good an opportunity to pass up.

I'd check what your obligations are regarding finance first. I'd expect your current employer to want the funds they've spent back.

Does the dream role come up regularly? Or once in a blue moon?

My instinct would be to complete the degree then look for a role that suits you better.

I already have a degree for the other job. No fees to pay back.

There are pros and cons for each scenario. Longer term the new job is where I want to go. Realistically it's not long until I finish my degree so that would be the most sensible thing to do.

No point in quitting for a pay cut and losing a second degree for the sake of 9 months or so.

I always think the more options the better so unless unhappy in current job or rare opportunity in the other job i would finish your qualification.

That said if you are very confident this qualification is never something you will want in future then i would go for new job.

I'd be tempted to finish the degree unless it's going to be completely useless to you moving forward.

I've always stuck with roles for several years (I'm in tech) but I'm quitting quickly on this one after 9 months because it's just not working for me.

I would have stuck with it if it was super important for me to do that, but it's not.

Point is there are pros and cons, you are the only one that has all the information.

That said I would say to anyone miserable in a job to move on, it's just not worth the ballache.

So if you take the idea that it is quitting off the table, does that help you decide? From my perspective it wouldn't be quitting, it would be making a sensible decision about your long term goals. That said, it doesnt mean I think you should move to the new job. Can you ask the new job people if they can wait for you to finish your current training (and can you do a few hours for them every week to hold them over?)

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Your current job is giving you a free degree? Are you sure you don’t have to pay back fees if you quit within a set time?

No idea why my last post is just a line but never mind!! Unless the new job is a genuinely rare opportunity or you're really miserable I would grit my teeth and finish the degree for the sake of 9 months or so. Could you plan a couple of leave periods to break it up a bit? Towards the end of that you could start looking in your preferred sector again.

It wouldn't be a bad thing is you left now, if it was what you really wanted but I get the impression that the 9 months wouldn't make a huge difference to you so would be inclined to stick it out and have the degree to show for it.

I would hold on to current job and finish degree, then look.
There is nothing wrong with quitting. I grew into it. But this does not seem sensible.

In some places, if the employer has funded a big course, not only will you be expected to finish it, but also to stay there for 1 year afterwards.
Are you sure none of this applies to you?