I detest my job, it’s making me rock bottom miserable. I’ve been there for nearly 5 years (including 2 mat leaves) but now the work load, the hours, the expectations have rocketed and the role is nothing like it used to be. I’m not suited to it and feel like a failure. I have clung on in the hope it will change. I have kicked up a fuss and requested additional resource, and I have a new hire arriving in two weeks.
However, I can’t bear it any longer. My notice is 3 months; this is surely ample to find a new job (and it’s also very easy to find short term contact work in my industry). I’ve told my manager I’ll be leaving by the end of the year, and she understands and appreciates my honesty, but tbh I just want to go in tomorrow and get the ball rolling.
- How would you feel as my new direct report, arriving to find out I’ve actually handed in my notice. I worry he will be put off/ask awkward questions/not stick around...!
- Is handing in your resignation without a job to go to (given my notice is so long) really such a bad thing? I could be interviewing within a couple of weeks and I’ll still be employed for a fair while, so I’ll still “have a job” iyswim. Financially we’d be fine if I had to dither about for a month or two, so that’s 5 months to find something. (And as my notice period ticks by, with only eg 1 months notice rather than 3, I’d be much more attractive to employers).
Any thoughts/advice? Many thanks.