7 Reasons to quit your job

You wake up feeling stressed every morning and not having any excitement about your job? The office is just not for you and the people around you don’t influence your work environment in a positive way? Maybe it’s time to quit your job, ever thought about that? These are the top signs to let you know that it might be time to quit and venture out into something new.

1. Your job is affecting your health or causing extreme stress:
   Always tense about having to spend the whole day in an environment where you don’t feel stable and every small thing gets to you. Having sleepless nights over your workload is also a stress contributor.

2. No room for growth or to advance:
   Every job should expose you to new challenges and new responsibilities. When one takes on more you simply get to learn more about your work, your work environment and how the business grows.
3. You cant grow your skills :
   Even if you can’t get promoted room should be left to learn new things. The company or your boss should give you the opportunity to grow your skills and learn new things through work shops etc. you should also be given the opportunity to fully explore new roles in the company. Know what you want for yourself and ask for it.

4. Always being uncertain (Chronic Uncertainty):
   There’s a culture of uncertainty in the workplace. The company is always up for sale, continually downsizing, or in shrinking markets. It’s the noble thing to stay and see where you can help the company but, it’s also good to worry about yourself first. If the company doesn’t see a future beyond 6 months and they’re focused on the nearer future, its time to leave.

5. Mental Check Out:
   if there’s a lack of growth or boredom bug around you. If you’ve stopped innovating, stretching or bringing the same energy to work and just don’t seem to care about the energy you put into your work. Instead of keeping your head under water put that energy into finding a new job.
6. Job or employer doesn’t help you fulfill your personal mission:
   your employer should understand and know about your personal goal not only know about them but also work to help you fulfill them. If you travel more than you’d like to, let your employer know that it’s not helping you achieve your goal of growing in the office and learning more about the business. Invest your time at the right company.
7. Can’t picture yourself at your company in a year:
   Well, its takes someone almost a year to find a new and better job. If you look to the future where do you see yourself in 12 months? What will your job description be, has it changed? If there isn’t much excitement about the near future, you won’t be very excited about the next 5 years.

This doesn’t mean quit at the first inkling of dissatisfaction, at some point in your career you have to run into difficult times.

Unlock your door and get out.

Mbali Ntuli