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[quote=Anonymous]I have but it was extremely stressful and I would strongly recommend against it.  And I have to admit I had a good feeling about a prospect before leaving the previous job and got real lucky that it worked out.

I may have been in a similar situation as yours.  And one of the things that I always figured was that if I left the job I was in I may not have been as picky at other prospects.

But you're potentially putting yourself at a disadvantage if you don't have a job while you're looking.  Such as being able to leverage your current salary for a raise at your next job.

So I would strongly recommend trying to hang in there and keep looking.  Not sure what field you're in but maybe try your best to better and improve yourself to make yourself more marketable while at this job.  Or if you do decide to leave without something lined up have something planned to improve yourself in the meantime.  Some employers may want to know what you've been doing since you left the job and also you may have to come up with a well worded well on why you left/plan to leave your current job.

I remember in the job that I couldn't stand, I was seriously unhappy and felt that the people around me didn't understand how unhappy I was.  One weekend I was sitting on the couch and seriously considered slitting my wrists to show how unhappy I was.  That's when I realized that it was crazy to let a job drive me to that point.  So I left that job shortly afterward but it was after coming across a job posting that I was strongly interested in and felt I had a good shot at.  I had a friend that quit with no plan around the same time and someone at the job quit as well.  So they kind of motivated me to just leave as well.  Hopefully you're not at that point where I was.  Try to hang in there if you can, so that every move you make will be a growth opportunity.  But at the same time it's really just a job and if it's really affecting you and your personal life, it may not be worth it to stick around.

Also it sounds like the issue is with the entire organization right?  So you wouldn't be happy if you were transferred to another group in the same organization/building?  The reason I ask is because when I left that job people seemed kind of surprised that I was unhappy and had other people offer to bring me into their group and my supervisor offer to find some type of arrangement to satisfy me.

Good luck with everything!

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