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[quote=Anonymous]The real reason is work/life. I have young kids and a life; 40 hours of outside work plus commute is enough. I'm a contractor. The work is interesting and I love the people I work with but I just can't muster the strength to come up with extra 5-10 hours of high quality, focused, creative work each week for company initiatives. I'm an anomaly around here - I'm just not someone with enough strength and drive to pull it all off awesomely. My health, marriage and parenting are slowly but surely deteriorating, and I'm not even putting in the extra hours at work - but certainly stressing over the fact that I'm not. In spite of not having nearly the time or energy normally required for a job search, I have been fortunate to land a couple of interviews in the past few months, though they were not for jobs I really wanted but I suspect I'll have this opportunity again soon.

So I basically want a normal 40 hour a week job. I might feel differently if I got paid OT, because then I'd be able to afford outsourcing some of the chores that currently take up my time at home. I make under 50k so I really can't outsource much now.

Work/life is really the one thing that compels me to leave the company. I really can't think of anything else to say that wouldn't be a lie.

If I said it's not so much about leaving the company, but about pursuing this opportunity with the new company, would that be ok? But everyone says that, right? Interviewers must see right through it.

Thoughts?
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