[ColSpanker]

Right now I'm working three jobs: 1)My company, 2)Sales job #1 where I sell for an industrial maintenance company 3)Sales job #2 where I sell for an industrial supply company. I'm hoping to ramp up (3) so I can quit (2). But that may take a month or two. In the meantime I have to pretend to find work for (2) so they don't realize I'm trying to exit. And sometimes I do find work for (2), though not by the methods they want.
I've considered just telling (2) bye-bye and taking my chances with (3) since customers do buy when I call on them for (3). I have a number in my head I need to reach before I can do that. So in the meantime I have to worry (2) will find out about (3) and shit-can me.
Sounds confusing, doesn't it?
So I would like to hear from other esteemed members who have suffered through a job they wanted to quit, but couldn't for whatever reasons. I've been in this situation in the past and it never ends well. My saving grace is that I only have to report in to mission control once or twice a week. If I had to go in every day I'd have been long gone.
What did you do? Did you eventually quit? How long did you have to suffer? Or did the situation eventually turn around?

[Suits]

I've had lots of jobs that I wanted to quit.

But at the time, they were my best option, so I soldiered on until I'd achieved whatever objective I needed to accomplish.

The one exception was a job that I moved back to Canada to take. I had hoped that it would turn into a career, because on paper, the job was exactly what I wanted.

However, the environment was not suitable to my needs, so after six months, where going forward was not going to be good for anyone, I quit.

I took a hit financially, because I'd be using the majority of my salary for the first 4 months to make student loan payments. In my last 2 months in the position, I sensed that things would not last much longer and I banked as much as possible.

I returned to school as quickly as possible to finish up my last semester and complete my degree.

My decision meant being pretty poor for 11 months, but in the end it was worth it, because spending more time in that job would have just slowed me down in achieving the situation that I really wanted, which is what I have now.

[RoastBeefCurtains4Me]

I was stuck in a job that was absolutely brutal job through 2007-2010, when the economy was worst. I was making OK money, but mortgage, student loans, and regular bills were leaving me living hand to mouth. I was afraid if I quit that job for another, I might get laid off six months later due to the economy, and wasn't willing to take the chance.
I became badly burnt out. I still struggle to regain the motivation to work hard and succeed that I had before this experience.

[fucksong]

Yes, definitely. I used to work for a bank up until 2007, so I experienced the hey day (or at least one of them) in the real estate market when people who worked for mcdonalds could get a big home loan. So despite making a lot of money, that was one of the most miserable times in my life as I worked 10 hour days and my whole life was in an office in a boring ass city.

How it finally ended was I asked my boss to lay me off so I could get unemployment and it was one of the smartest decisions I ever made. It was like summer vacation again from school, i barely made any money to live on but I traveled, pursued my passions that I completely forgot about when working like a dog, thus my whole life has changed. I don't have a house or car as I don't want to be tied to material possessions which was one of the reasons I could've leave before. I have a sales job where one or two commissions allows me the freedom to travel and live like a boss.

Oh, if not for your happiness, then for your health. I'm much older now and am thinner, and still have energy whereas during that time, I think I aged much more and grew a fatter ass due to driving all the time and sedentary lifestyle.

You only live one life man, do what you love. Sounds so cliche but it's true. Read the 4 hour work week by Tim Ferriss for inspiration.

[Guitarman]

Good advice from tucksong. See if you can get laid off. I lost my job six years ago but I was getting sick of the whole corporate culture anyway. So was actually glad when they laid me off. I didn't volunteer but let my manager know I would be ok if they laid me off. Got a good redundancy (severance) pay out. Had two years off then started my own businesses.

Never looked back.

[Yeti]

When you're young, you take whatever job that you can get related to what you believe is your vocation.

Then you get more experience and start to work with people who annoy the fuck out of you. You build your skills and people start to take notice (at least, that's the idea and what we should be pushing toward).

After a while you want to get to the point, when looking for a new job, where not only do you consider the new position on paper (what the job description requires, the salary, the location, the career prospects), but also what it will actually mean for your life, how you will feel working there, the nitty gritty of daily life working at ABC corporation.

A good piece of advice that I received was to research the people with whom you will be directly working, that is, your direct associates and your boss(es). These people will have an inordinate impact on your daily happiness. Research who will be affecting your happiness. Do the people with whom you would be working have a reputation for being difficult? Are the pleasant enough to get on with? Etc. If the people with whom you'll be directly working are probably going to be pretty annoying and even disrespectful, then you might want to consider passing on the opportunity.

That, or start your own hustle (working on this myself).

[ColSpanker]

Thanks- I've had a good start on job (3) so I've decided to give notice on job (2) Monday. What a difference it can make when you sell something people want and the company supports you.