Would you stay in a brainless, dead-end, and frustrating job if it paid well enough?
What would you pick from the options below?
Basically:
Option A - Stay in the curent job (3 years now), quiet quitting indefinitely.
Advantages: Good salary and benefits, remote, easy.
Disadvantages:
- absolutely brainless, draining, dead-end job where you don't do anything useful, don't learn any new skills
- highly bureaucratic with 0 autonomy
- forced overtime every week because of the sheer incompetence of others you depend on (delays you cannot control)
- "culture" that punishes those who do their job well and ask questions; those who slack off and simply make shit up on the fly are never scolded, finish work faster and with fewer errors
- frequent gaslighting, 0 transparency, and attempts at emotional manipulation.
- Not particularly safe in terms of job security - highly outsourced industry.
Option B - Entry-level into a different industry with more employment.
Advantages:
- Potentially more intellectually engaging
- New skillset that would open more employment options later. More stability and variation in terms of job prospects once foot is in the door.
- Much less bureaucratic, more autonomy. Overtime not encouraged, flexible schedule.
Disadvantages:
- About 15-20% lower salary (still enough for most things)
- About 20% of the time at the office.
- There would be some learning curve.
- Somewhat of a risk switching jobs now because of the economy, but then, there will never be a perfect time.
Personally, I am inclined to think it is time to jump ship, especially after a very weird argument with my boss.
What would you pick?