I need encouragement to quit my job :(

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Okay, this isn’t easy, but I’m basically waiting right now until I can call my boss to quit my job. I’ve been thinking about it for the past two weeks and I am really nervous right now. Mainly I suppose because I’ve never quit out of dissatisfaction before. I feel awful!

I hate my job. Sometimes it is okay, but I keep screwing up, and it’s ruining my life. The last time I worked, I got home at 7AM and I slept until midnight. I didn’t go to sleep right away, but it’s rough.

Secondly, we are short on staff. I work at a bar, and a couple of people have left, so I’m really worried about that part too. The bar is a tight knit community so if I leave I’ll never go back. It’s been a huge part of my life for the past 5 months.

But the last time I worked, my boss said to me, “you have to do the work, if you don’t want to, let me know so I can get someone else to do it.” That’s the best signal I can get to quit. I DON’T want to do it.

It’s awful though. I don’t get paid nearly enough, and I don’t have much money to fall back on. My parents could help me, but I don’t want that, but it also hinders me from looking for other jobs as my daily schedule is really screwed up. I have no social life because the times that I’m not at work, I can only relax at home.

I want to quit so bad, but I don’t know how my boss will take it. I know I need to do what’s best for me, since the bar has never given anything back to me, so it’s obvious, but would someone please help me with some encouraging words?

I need to sleep now but I can’t because I need to make the call in a few hours.

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Well… there are a lot of bars. It is not the end-all be-all career for anybody. As much as looking for a job sucks, you’ll find something and if it’s as bad as you say it can pretty much only go uphill from here, right?

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Just make sure you don’t quit until you already have another job lined up.

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That’s been the plan for a while, but I don’t think I can do it anymore. I’d rather borrow money than worry about it another day.

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Having been in your position, my advice would be to quit if it won’t put you on the streets. You’d be surprised at the toll these things can take on you.

Of course, you might try to negotiate some kind of layoff. If they’ve been giving you hints, and you’re gonna quit anyway, it won’t hurt to try. Then scrape by on unemployment 'till something comes along.