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[quote=Anonymous]I have a scenario for you.  Not sure if it will help, but it might.  My friends brother worked for friends company.  Brother thought (brother) was doing a great job.  Turns out brother was doing a mediocre job, but friend wanted to do something nice for (brother) that friend knew would be be thankless, but gave him a job anyway, thinking it would somehow motivate brother to be a better person and better worker.  Disaster.  For years, brother took advantage of time, money and friends general niceties.  Brother wanted a piece of the pie more and more.  Friend was very successful in her own right, by her own doing, completely.  Again, friend wanted to do something nice for her family, as brother was generally a whiner who had been complaining about (brother's) old job.  So years passed and friend could not seem to drop enough hints to brother that it was "time to go".  Of course, brother had no reason to leave, as brother had money, benefits, whatever that brother would not have anywhere.  Friends plan backfired, but a new company stepped in and said no more.  New company got rid of brother almost right away because brother could not only not do (brothers) job, but was not qualified, refused attempt proper qualifications (knew he w/could not be successful), got along with very few people (including the most important), and permeated the admin staff in a toxic manner.  Oh and brother pissed off friends spouse in the meantime.  Never, ever a good idea to piss off the boss's spouse.

Moral of the story: go when it is time, before it gets really ugly.  And of course, it is never a good idea to piss off the boss's spouse, no matter who you think you know, you might not.

Not being a good fit can be reason to leave.  Let it become nothing more!

GL, OP.[/quote]

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