Have you ever left a job you hated but loved the people you worked with?

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I have been in a job for a year but resigned and my last day was today. The job itself was absolutely untenable. I realised pretty quickly that it was having a hugely detrimental impact on my well-being and family life but it sucks you in and if I'd stayed longer I know I'd have been there for years.

Despite the challenges, which were significant, I worked with the most incredible team and I'm really going to miss that. We had a proper camaraderie with an "all in it together type attitude". Today I'm feeling regret. I know that I could rescind my resignation tomorrow if I wanted to and they would have me back but I also know that it would be not be positive for many reasons.

Anyone else been here and how did it work out for you?

Kind of? I adored the guys I worked with, quite liked the job itself but couldn’t handle the twats in charge and the politics anymore, so similar situation I guess. I left that job five years ago and I still miss working with them! Happily I’m still in touch with a few and class two as some of my very best friends. It doesn’t need to be the end of the friendships… but the shock of the change of the nature of the friendships took some getting used to!! I’ve never once regretted leaving the job.

Liked the people I worked with a lot.
Didn't mean that I wanted to be with them 60 hours a week when only paid for 35.

I did a job I really could not get on with, I tried but the challenge was too much. Every day I am glad I no longer do that job. BUT I had the most amazing team, the best group of ppl I have ever worked with, bar none. The good news is that I still see them on a regular basis – in fact we were out together for a Christmas meal this week.

I had a job where management (remote) were absolutely toxic. I am still in touch with some of the staff (who had also left!) years later. There's nothing to say you can't still continue a relationship with your ex co-workers

Yes, when I left teaching and moved to a WFH role. I found it quite isolating going from talking to 150 different people a day and being part of a tight knit team, to only interacting on Teams. I didn't really settle for about a year and really missed my old team, but within a year they had all had enough and left too. It was easier to settle when there was nothing to miss.

Yes, very recently. I spent fifteen years with my last employer in a department whose management and supervision went from bad to worse. I became increasingly unmotivated and weary of being the reliable, industrious go-to guy. In other words, taken for granted. I left after my final shift without giving notice which, incidentally, was justified as the job was damaging my overall health. I didn't like all my colleagues and there were several I could not stand. But most of my shift were a good and decent lot and I think about them every day, even those I sadly fell out with.