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How long should you stay at a job you hate?
If you hate your job, how long should you stick it out before you call it quits? and should you even call it quits? Should you listen to your instincts or should you think more logically about the situation?
Whatever your situation is, it’s important that you stay calm and think rationally.
As soon as you can get another job
The most responsible way to leave any job is by getting a new job. That way you’re always going to be financially secure.
The only thing is that it’s not always that simple. Your job might take up a lot of time making it hard to go to interviews, and it might be a complete disaster right from the jump. Some jobs are bad enough that you need to quit immediately.
They say it’s easier to get a job whilst you’re already in one, but I don’t know if that’s the case for everyone.
Fighting through the hard times
Sometimes a job gets off to a rocky start and you need to fight through it, although there’s no way to tell unless you give it a chance. I’ve seen people on the verge of quitting, and then they’ve managed to get things together and they ended up liking the job.