Yes. Financiallly, terrible. Mentally, amazing. I hated my job it was making me sick. I would have serious panic attacks before going in. Not gonna lie, I did have to take out loans and now I’m
In the process of recovering. I probably should have had a back up plan but I have no regrets
I was 18 and cleaning up sh*t off floors at a daycare. No regrets but I was 18 and getting paid minimum wage +$0.25. I was only without a job for a few weeks. I could not do this with my overhead/salary today.
Yes, I was 28 and I was unhappy with my job/career and I wanted to move back to the city where I went to college. I was unemployed for 3 months and then found a temp position that turned into a salaried position 5 months later. I had some money saved so I could afford the temporary pay cut but it was definitely a risk. I’ve continued to grow in the same department over the last 8 years in an interesting career that I didn’t even know existed before I fell into this role.
I did once but I had a bunch of recruiters trying to ask me to work for them. I was in a field where there is GREAT demand for people like me.
Also, I had saved up enough to not work for a while so I was fine.
My need to quit was super urgent though because of a harassment situation in the office. I was unraveling and becoming suicidal because of that job. Normally, I wouldn’t have done it this way.
I did – my boss sexually harassed me behind closed doors and I couldn’t bring myself to go back. I just quit. The economy was a bit better then and I figured I would be unemployed for 3 months tops.
It took me 6 months to find a full-time job. I had depleted my emergency savings and started to build up credit card debt. I was a few months away from some really tough choices.
I still stand by my choice to leave that place, but it was a really tough time.
Honestly, great! I had a new job set up within a month. I will say I had some promising leads before I quit, though… so even though nothing was confirmed, I felt pretty confident about being able to find a bridge.
Yes!! I was working a high stress job with zero work-life balance. I reached my breaking point and one day just decided ‘THAT’S IT’ and quit. Zero back up plan.
The day after my last work day I applied for a job and got it! I consider it a ‘universe’ moment. Decided to put my mental health first for once and was rewarded for it.
Disclaimer: The job I applied for and got was quite a ‘down-grade’ in pay. And at the time lived with a partner that would have been able to support me if it took me a while to find a job.
Living alone now and while I miss the good salary I wouldn’t trade it for the mental peace I gained!
I worked in academia and my contract ended with nothing lined up. I’m still searching for a job, but currently put in on pause because the constant CV tinkering to match JDs, ghosting, and delayed rejections were getting to me. I’m slowly draining my savings and I am grateful for my husband who is keeping bills paid and life as normal as possible.
I did, but it was a pretty calculated and reasonable risk.
I had skills and experience that was highly sought after and I had a lot of industry connections. I wasn’t looking for the perfect job forever, just a job to save money and pay bills for two years.
I gave 4 weeks notice. Started looking casually right away. Ran into someone I liked and said I was looking. They invited me to meet the company. I had three options by the time I wa ready to leave.
I’ve also left jobs to move or for wellness. I usually had some sort of safety net, even if the net was my parents house.
My new career in current economy and without parents… I don’t have the confidence. But then I don’t have the motivation either
I did, I didn’t realize how burnt out I was and once the idea got in my head that I could literally quit, I emailed my notice hours later.
Turned out great, I now love my new job, make more money and have more time for passion projects which are starting to make money as well. I really lucked out because this situation would have ended us in a ton of debt.
I did in 2021 but my life circumstances were a lot different and the economy was different. I was married and had enough savings to cover my share of expenses for the better part of a year. I enjoyed the time off with my baby for a couple months and the holidays and then seriously started a very narrow job search for roles in ed tech and landed one in a few months. I’m now a divorced single mom and experienced a layoff from that same ed tech job in the beginning of 2024. I applied to A LOT more jobs and my job search took 5 months to land my current role, and some would say that was quick. I wouldn’t willingly leave my current role without something else lined up unless I had over year’s worth of savings stashed away, and even then, I’m not sure I’d want to risk blowing through the money in case my search took a while.
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Don’t do it now. The economy is going down the toilet. I know so many people out of work. Make sure you have a job lined up.
I did and it went great, but it was an employee market in my industry and also I was moving to another country.
Yes. Financiallly, terrible. Mentally, amazing. I hated my job it was making me sick. I would have serious panic attacks before going in. Not gonna lie, I did have to take out loans and now I’m
In the process of recovering. I probably should have had a back up plan but I have no regrets
I was 18 and cleaning up sh*t off floors at a daycare. No regrets but I was 18 and getting paid minimum wage +$0.25. I was only without a job for a few weeks. I could not do this with my overhead/salary today.
Yes, I was 28 and I was unhappy with my job/career and I wanted to move back to the city where I went to college. I was unemployed for 3 months and then found a temp position that turned into a salaried position 5 months later. I had some money saved so I could afford the temporary pay cut but it was definitely a risk. I’ve continued to grow in the same department over the last 8 years in an interesting career that I didn’t even know existed before I fell into this role.
I did once but I had a bunch of recruiters trying to ask me to work for them. I was in a field where there is GREAT demand for people like me.
Also, I had saved up enough to not work for a while so I was fine.
My need to quit was super urgent though because of a harassment situation in the office. I was unraveling and becoming suicidal because of that job. Normally, I wouldn’t have done it this way.
I did – my boss sexually harassed me behind closed doors and I couldn’t bring myself to go back. I just quit. The economy was a bit better then and I figured I would be unemployed for 3 months tops.
It took me 6 months to find a full-time job. I had depleted my emergency savings and started to build up credit card debt. I was a few months away from some really tough choices.
I still stand by my choice to leave that place, but it was a really tough time.
Honestly, great! I had a new job set up within a month. I will say I had some promising leads before I quit, though… so even though nothing was confirmed, I felt pretty confident about being able to find a bridge.
Yes!! I was working a high stress job with zero work-life balance. I reached my breaking point and one day just decided ‘THAT’S IT’ and quit. Zero back up plan.
The day after my last work day I applied for a job and got it! I consider it a ‘universe’ moment. Decided to put my mental health first for once and was rewarded for it.
Disclaimer: The job I applied for and got was quite a ‘down-grade’ in pay. And at the time lived with a partner that would have been able to support me if it took me a while to find a job.
Living alone now and while I miss the good salary I wouldn’t trade it for the mental peace I gained!
I worked in academia and my contract ended with nothing lined up. I’m still searching for a job, but currently put in on pause because the constant CV tinkering to match JDs, ghosting, and delayed rejections were getting to me. I’m slowly draining my savings and I am grateful for my husband who is keeping bills paid and life as normal as possible.
Girrrerl all the time. And it ALWAYS turns out just fine. Don’t let anyone here scare you. Life isn’t ALL about a dang job you hate.
I did, but it was a pretty calculated and reasonable risk.
I had skills and experience that was highly sought after and I had a lot of industry connections. I wasn’t looking for the perfect job forever, just a job to save money and pay bills for two years.
I gave 4 weeks notice. Started looking casually right away. Ran into someone I liked and said I was looking. They invited me to meet the company. I had three options by the time I wa ready to leave.
I’ve also left jobs to move or for wellness. I usually had some sort of safety net, even if the net was my parents house.
My new career in current economy and without parents… I don’t have the confidence. But then I don’t have the motivation either
I did, I didn’t realize how burnt out I was and once the idea got in my head that I could literally quit, I emailed my notice hours later.
Turned out great, I now love my new job, make more money and have more time for passion projects which are starting to make money as well. I really lucked out because this situation would have ended us in a ton of debt.
I did in 2021 but my life circumstances were a lot different and the economy was different. I was married and had enough savings to cover my share of expenses for the better part of a year. I enjoyed the time off with my baby for a couple months and the holidays and then seriously started a very narrow job search for roles in ed tech and landed one in a few months. I’m now a divorced single mom and experienced a layoff from that same ed tech job in the beginning of 2024. I applied to A LOT more jobs and my job search took 5 months to land my current role, and some would say that was quick. I wouldn’t willingly leave my current role without something else lined up unless I had over year’s worth of savings stashed away, and even then, I’m not sure I’d want to risk blowing through the money in case my search took a while.
My best friend quit her job with no back up plan in fall 2023 and just got a job 2025 she actively looked for 10 months.
Part of why it took her so long was because she wouldn’t accept an hourly rate lower than her previous one.
Financially she could afford this as she is Indian American and living with in laws rent free and husband paid all their bills.
Had she and hubby had real true living expenses it wouldn’t be possible.
She now works for the State of California