Quit my job

[biomedtechguy]

software related job that had good pay and benefits

Look into medical device/hospital software. You will never want for work (IMO-YRMV) if you are in the healthcare industry. Also consider medical equipment software or hospital IT software SECURITY. Quite a few ransomware attacks targeting those industries where the cost of records being held captive or equipment being compromised is far far greater than the cost of paying the ransom. Better to pay to prevent it from occurring to begin with.

 

[747mopar]

I've been in that boat for some time but they keep upping the annie making it hard for me to leave. Thought I wanted to be a full time machinist but quickly learned how boring it can be and switched to Industrial Maint where I still get to do machine work but it's a better mix where I get to utilize more of my skills. For me I think it's more of a mental dilemma, I get extremely bored really quick with repetition not to mention the freezing temps!
Unfortunately most good paying jobs in my area work stupid hours or shifts where I get every weekend off making it harder.... at least now I have a lot of time for my kids and that's #1.

Wish you the best.

 

[Daves69]

Lol, My brothers band actually did this song, packed their equipment up, and walked off a gig on a Friday night. They were a rock and 50's band as hired but a so called manager of the bowling alley lounge did nothing but complain about it and I guess he wanted some country music. So they played him this tune. It was the first time I heard them play it and was thinking WTF. I didn't realize what was going down until they finished the song, started turning things off, and wrapping up cords.
The very next weekend they were playing 5 nights a week through the whole summer at a lounge just up the street a couple blocks.

Ya' has to what ya' has to do!

 

[Auggie56]

I'm sixty-eight and have had four different careers. One that lasted the longest was nineteen years. And yes I quit due to stress that developed into PTSD. Fifteen years later it still pops up and lays me out for for the count. Luckily I was able to obtain a stress disability pension and I worked another twelve years in my last career.

I was a mechanic for fifteen years. A high school auto shop instructor for one year, but taught part time for three years after that. I worked for my city the longest for nineteen years. And lastly, I spent twelve years working in the commercial lighting and sign business. The boss there and I never saw eye to eye, but we tolerated each other because I put the work out. I fought the stress to the point my health was affected. I'm still not back up to speed because of it. So you made the right choice. Good luck on whatever you do.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Any suggestions?

Thanks all.

Professional circumciser, the tips are good and it's a chance to get a head.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Hmm,
You have more fortitude than I have
I would have secured another job before I quit my existing job
Good luck.

 

[moparwacko]

Any suggestions?

IT guy?
How much do you know about "bleaching"?
There is probably a LOT of free lance work available.
Life span, I'm not sure of.

Amatuer Gynecologist?

Choose wisely, and enjoy the off time.
It takes a pair to do what you did. Trust me, there are others in the same place jealous.

 

[biomedtechguy]

Professional circumciser, the tips are good and it's a chance to get a head.

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[bm02tj]

Do not let anything hold you back
I left auto parts in 1994 after 24 years last job managing a shop
When the owner gave all the staff a letter restricting max vacation of two weeks when he knew I was going to Europe for three
so I quit went back to school and opened my own business repairing furnaces
Now I have A gas and B boiler
I work for toys and air plane tickets and say no to lots of work and take holidays
lots of holidays and only work for good customers that are willing to work around me

 

[FJ6AAR]

Professional circumciser, the tips are good and it's a chance to get a head.

HOPE YOUR NOT EATING THAT!!!!!!!

 

[Basket case]

a great job isn't worth it if you dread going to it, make you sick.

 

[Lets Roll]

Yeah, I know that I can't stand this any longer feeling. Last time this happened I found another job and gave 2 weeks notice.. The owner of the company shook my hand and said he had no problem with someone bettering themselves. Management told me to get my things and leave immediately ha ha.

 

[ESOXER]

I'm a year and half into a new job. I worked for a beer distributor for 14 years. The place was just going to hell and I could see it coming. I wanted a mechanical job, i now work a well known university in the Recsports division wrenching utvs, tractors, a chevy and exercise equipment. I now have a pension and a 403b that I rolled over from a 401k. I get paid less but my mental and physical health is way more important. Good thing is my wife has a new job at the university hospital and she get paid more than before so it was a wash, and she has a pension and 403b as well. At 36 years old and 13 house payments left I'm shooting for 58-60 to retire. The wife loves her job so she said 65 and she's 33, so I'll get time to myself.
Just go for it you'll be happier and go home feeling useful.

 

[BDF6]

I paid off the house last November and think like this almost everyday at work now.

 

[Glenwood]

a great job isn't worth it if you dread going to it, make you sick.

Had a couple of those that were taking a toll on my health so I left and my health improved...go figure.

 

[451Mopar]

Thank you all for the support.
Although my work was with software, my background is electronics.
Much of my software skills are getting out dated which is a good part of the stress.
Over 20 years of my employment has been in defense and aerospace, mostly satellite and ground stations.
I worked at Lockheed Martin on satellite hardware and test for almost 10 years, then changed jobs working satellite ground station software testing at Raytheon for the last 11 years.

 

[Budnicks]

Look into some community college courses machine tech.
see if you even like it 1st
Or maybe try & volunteer somewhere
if someone is willing to take you on show you the ropes...

Might be a "Tough deal" with liability insurance etc.

good luck

I am semiretired have been since 1997, @ 38 years old
I worked consulting for a while after that, with my old
customers contacts/contracts, I did facility management/construction...
I went to school to be an Architectural Engineer & mech. Engineer...

I tried working for a Truck fabrication shop, design & building areal equipment
for PG&E, municipalities/cities areal equipment, for 2 years...
I went from the floor as a tech/welder fabricator to New Build Production/shop manager...
After 2 years of seeing the Gen. Manager squander all I did & earn
I left, I had enough, I went back into consulting for construction & remodel projects
for the same now huge 125 facilities automotive dealership group, that
I worked for before...
I just didn't have my heart in it anymore...
They went public, traded on the stock market, too many penny pinchers...

I know I didn't want to do any commute or travel
"been there done that, no more thank you"
I raced a shitload back then & wanted all my weekends off to drag-race...
After I moved up here in 2007, after 10 years of doing Golf business
in Rancho Murieta & instruction, or mini tours as a Pro...

I tried doing machinist work for a local little CNC shop
up the hill close from me...I worked for free, just to learn, I figured if nothing else I could see
& learn another skill, cool fabrication & skill to have...
I worked for a little over a 2 month period,
I couldn't stand the monotony, repetitive stuff, great people to work with,
it was cool to produce stuff, but it was boring between steps...
I walked into the office, it's not a big shop only 5 total employees
& me, I told the owner guy "I don't think it's for me"...
He said "I did great for someone that didn't do any type of CNC stuff before
& he wished I would stay, that he wanted to offer me a full time job,
he knew I only wanted part time work & I was in it to build cool racecars stuff,
he just didn't know how much I wanted"...
turns out it was going to be about $1000 a week fulltime,
not bad for the work, I just didn't think it was for me...

I got bored quick, it's long story,
I only say that I'm Semiretired, because I'm not old enough to get
collect Social Security, then I will retire for real...

As you can see I've tried to find another niche'
I keep falling back to construction or consulting stuff...
Among numerous other occupations, I did 2 jobs at a time for a long time...
I made great $$$, after I semi retired it wasn't about $$$
I wanted to find something I loved doing...
I once thought Golf or dragracing was that thing...

Good luck what ever you decide...

 

[Brandy]

Spent 30 years in the Army. Never got boring. I know one thing though, if what your doing is not flipping your on switch then your in the wrong line of work. Figure out what makes you tick and get the job that keeps that clock running. Good luck.

 

[gkent]

I worked in the computer industry for close to 30 years and loved every day of it. Then I took a "package" because the company was downsizing and the writing was on the wall. Then 911 occurred and I was out of work for 4 years. Had some contract and part time work but nothing to get passionate about. The last job was working for Japs who seemed to have a huge chip on their shoulder. Got fired and swore I'd never work for someone again. I now have 3 small businesses that provide a decent though not huge income. The wife has a decent job and salary with benefits. I'm 65 so I'm now collecting a pension on top of my income and needless to say at our age we don't need much. But in hindsight I wish I'd taken the leap to self employment a long time ago. Of course I didn't have any ideas for a business back then and only got creative and daring when the unemployment insurance was about to run out. I do have to thank the government though as they provided me with a fair bit of retraining during those interim years. FWIW, I don't do anything remotely close to what I did in my 30 year career !! My advice is look around, keep an open mind and don't go pissing money away. And if you consider starting a business, do it with your own money and a shoestring budget. And remember the old addage: don't count your chickens before they hatch. If ten people tell you they'd buy your product you'll be luck if one actually does.

 

[Cranky]

I quit a job as a bridge crane operator in a steel mill to go look for a job I liked better.....but it took me two years to find another job that paid as well and one that suited my taste. Got a job working for the school district doing maintenance (mostly roofing work) which wasn't bad but the pay wasn't all that great. The bad thing about it was they only paid once a freaking month!