To hand my notice in today..

[MrsElordi]

I'm at work today and I absolutely hate the job. It's just not for me, I dread it the night before I'm due in. I've got young kids and thinking about just being a SAHM for a while. I only do a few days a week but spend my days off thinking about it. I've only been there 6 months, I don't know what's worse.. staying in this job or having no wage at all. I can afford to be at home it's just spare money for myself I work for really.. most of it gets saved.

Do I hand my notice in today or give it a bit more chance?

Do it!

I've got an interview this afternoon as I've been feeling much like you - a part time job that has been stressing full time about it/the anxiety of it. I generally love the job, and the team I work in, but I've been very stressed and my boss is far from willing to listen (I think it's fairly easily solvable) so I've been job hunting.

I could not work for a bit, but having been a SAHM for a long time previously, and now not having any young ones at home to care for, I need at least a part time job.

Good luck! Life is far too short to feel like this x

I once stayed in a job months and months longer than I should. DH said we could afford for me to leave work for a while but I didn't - we didn't have children at the time. The job gave my MH a real battering. If you can afford to, leave. I will never ever do that to myself again.

Also I don't think it's really true that it's easier to find a new job when you have a job.

Life is too short, if you can afford it and it's a decision you and your husband are happy with then leave.

Plus, part time work can be difficult to find, someone else that really needs the money and those hours will be grateful!

Look for a different job.

Hand your notice in, life is not a dress rehearsal.

I did this last year. The place I worked in was toxic and was affecting my health. I couldn't sleep and had anxiety. My DH said that if I wanted to leave then I should as he didn't want a job making me ill. We didn't need my wages to live so I resigned. I don't regret it for one minute.

This. If you have no massive financial pressures that you must be at work, quit.

I've always had the opinion that the day I wake up dreading going to work is the day that I need to look for a new job.

Quit it, start looking again when you're ready, and be really picky about what you take.

Well, there were a few incidents at work that pissed me off, basically angry male colleagues who took their temper out on me, just because I was there. And being alone with angry men very early in the morning made me feel unsafe.

A number of staff left, and the straw that broke the camel's back was when our manager employed a man to do the same position I was in but on significantly more pay per hour than I was in. I was more qualified and experienced than the new guy too.

I handed it in immediately after that. I just said the bare minimum, "please accept this as my one week's notice. My leave date will be XXX"

They begged me to stay but refused to increase my hourly rate to match the new guy.

I have missed having my 'own' money a little bit, but not enough to make me regret it. The pay was shit anyway (min wage), and to be honest, the time with my children was more way more valuable to me than that.