Readers Answer: What would make you want to leave your current job?
Last week, I asked Pimp Your Work readers what would make them want to leave their current jobs. Here are their answers:
Miranda from Yielding Wealth says “I love my job as a freelance writer. Although if it ever got to the point that I couldn’t take time to spend with my family, I might quit it altogether…”
Lindsay of Writing for Your Wealth has sentiments that reflect my own. What would make her leave her current job? “…nothing“, she says. “I’m fortunate enough to have made my ideal job, and I’m working at growing it into a business with assets that will continue to pay me for years to come.”
Another reader, Nada, had a more romantic answer. According to her, she’d leave her current job if the man of her dreams asks her to move to another country with him.
Cassyk says that for her, any career choice requires a lot of organizational thinking. ” Choosing to make a career change would involve a number of factors for me. I approach new opportunities in the same way I approach my work tasks – organized.” She adds. ” The decision to leave a job (assuming it is not pure torture) should not rely on monetary gain but more importantly it should offer greater benefit and be more valuable to you in some way, i.e. increased autonomy, career growth, new skill attainment etc.”
As for me, I doubt that I would ever leave my job as a freelance blogger. If ever it won’t be as profitable for me in the future, I wouldn’t leave it altogether – I’d probably just look for alternative sources of income. I feel like I’m lucky to have work that I am passionate about, that I constantly learn from, that gives me flexible hours, and pays the bills.
How about you? Do any of these answers sound similar to yours? What factors affect your happiness with your current job?
