i didn't quit but i took 5 months off abs switched teams on my return

I did. My job had become one major software implementation after another, trying to wrangle the resistant cogs to do their damn user testing or send their process documentation or just show up.

I’m not in IT, nor am I a project manager.

Anonymous wrote:Well, I tried to quit as a school administrator once we got to 2022. Covid was the worst ever project for an educator. Fortunately, my boss let me take a few months of leave instead. Smart managers recognize that, by showing some flexibility and maybe a little gratitude, they can keep an employee with valuable experience instead of losing them entirely. Easier than having to recruit and train someone new.

This is excellent. I wonder if we’d be able to keep more teachers in the profession if they were also given this type of respect and understanding.

I’m the teacher who posted above. I’ve watched dozens of teachers quit when things get overwhelming. Most endure to the end of the year, but I’ve seen plenty walk out during the fall. It would be better for the school community to work with them, providing a sub as the teacher regroups. That could stop the revolving door of teachers, because I’ve noticed the mid-year replacements usually don’t make it to the end of the year, either.

My coworker is about to quit as soon as she finishes a brutal project (IT, requirements and proposal), getting many changes from a disorganized and mean customer and ungrateful boss who agrees to every change even if it means she has to work through the night to present changes to customer next day. She has other responsibilities too that keep her working late, 12-15 hour days. She’s a martyr but also manipulated because she’s afraid to lose her job.

And I had my own issues with our boss and my toxic customer so I’m leaving next week!

My friend worked at Moderna during the time they were developing the Covid vaccine. She worked like crazy and was totally burnt out by the end of it so she quit. She took about 6 months off and then went back to work.

Well, I tried to quit as a school administrator once we got to 2022. Covid was the worst ever project for an educator. Fortunately, my boss let me take a few months of leave instead. Smart managers recognize that, by showing some flexibility and maybe a little gratitude, they can keep an employee with valuable experience instead of losing them entirely. Easier than having to recruit and train someone new.

I watched a teacher quit on day 2.

Yes, former coworker at the end of months on end of 90 hr weeks. Didn't have anything lined up, just couldn't do it anymore. He wound up somewhere else within a few months and was so happy he had gone with his gut. It was inspiring to all of us and while we didn't quit on the spot all left within the next 6 months.

Take a long vacation. Look for another job while you are still employed. Make a good exit strategy for yourself.

Finishing one up that had been a bear. It has resulted in such stress and anxiety that I want out. See nothing in this company that is going to change. Work life balance here is a laugh. But it took until this task to really think that through.