r/QuitCorporate

I quit corporate a year ago. I also quit social media (besides LinkedIn since it’s shitty and not addicting), but it’s made me aware of how ridiculous all of the ”thought leaders” and their stupid posts are.

I have no plans to reenter the workforce so I really feel like posting on there just to make fun of it all.

Every post is the same. The stupid hook. (read more) Each sentence on its own line. The dumb lesson.

I’ve been thinking of posting this, what do you think?

>It all started with a BANG! Then silence…

>The runners took off, majestic in their stride.

>But not me, I stayed. I stayed and watched.

>All sprinting in the same direction. For what?

>“What’s the hurry?” I yell after them.

>I find myself laser focused on the starter with the pistol.

>“Not today!” I scream as I grab their wrist and professionally twist it out of their hands.

>It drops on the ground with a thud. The crowd gasps.

>Suddenly, it was me with the starter pistol.

>Of course, it was always me.

>I control the race.

>I am Steve.

>I am strong.

>I am LinkedIn.

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I have a 60 day notice period to serve and am just counting my days to pass. I feel like brooks from Shawshank redemption.

I started as a project manger with my current organization and stayed here for 6.5 years. Being a project manager at my organization is taxing, with the entire success relying on the PM and broken/outdated systems and processes none cares to fix.

On top of this, I was paired with a really toxic supervisor who used to patronize and demean me in almost every interaction. In this time, I completely lost my belief in my own abilities as a PM, after being constantly judged and criticized.

Finally decided that enough was enough and put in my papers after she screamed at me in a meeting last week.

I don't have any offers in hand and I don't feel like looking for another PMO job because I feel I can't even be a PM anymore. What if the next organization I move to is just as fucked up.

ok so here's the situation. Six years at one company, operations role, gone. Severance is melting faster than I expected and every application disappears into the void. linkedin easy apply is a scam btw, 80 applications, maybe 2 recruiter screens, zero offers. What's killing me isn't even the money yet, it's that I can't tell my own story anymore. like when people ask what I did there I just freeze up. I sound either bitter or desperate, no in between. started looking into career coaches last weekend. they all do this "discovery call" thing before they'll even tell you what they charge, which feels a little sus but I guess I get it. anyone in newark or nearby actually pulled the trigger on one right after a layoff? did it help or was it another thing draining the severance?

Hi All, First time poster here.

I have been with my current employer for almost 5 years now. In many different roles stretching between operations, logistics, and accounting. I hardly take vacations , in fact I never have taken what many of you to probably think of as a vacation. No exotic trips or anything like that. I only ever take days off when I know they will be removed from my vacation hours balance if I don't use them. because of this at this point in time I have 200 Hours of Vacation and 80 hours of sick time.

Due to recent leadership changes, the infancy of my latest role, and a not so stellar performance by me, the org has significantly demoted me and the new role I am being applied to will begin sometime this June. I of course fought this as I saw fit but can only do and say so much to defend myself. After I received this news I decided I will not accept this and quit. I am applying for roles and working with a recruiter to find a better fit for me at a different company.

At this point in my career I don't care about not putting in a two week notice. Ideal scenario would be that I work one day, don't go back and then 35 days later (280 work hours) they finally stop paying me. I then go back to turn in laptop and keys and then I am out of there for good.

My questions to the reddit community are;

How can I best go about using my vacation and sick time? If I try and use it all as one lump sum it would be 35 days. This will of course not be approved. Our policy indicates that IF I put in a two week notice, then I am entitled to 40 hours of my vacation time as a payout, no sick time and not the other 160 hours of Vacay.

If I am hired for another role with a different company and am somehow able to get a large chuck of time approved can I work at the new place and continue using vacation/ sick time with my current employer? (I am especially considered if there are legal consequences for using sick time and then working with another employer)

I suspect they likely know that I am looking for other jobs but I can only speculate. Does anyone have any tips/tricks to have my request more likely to be approved?

At this point in my career I don't care about not putting in a two week notice. Ideal scenario would be I work one day don't go back and then 35 days later they finally stop paying me. I go back to tun in laptop and keys and then I am out of there for good.

Has anyone else been faced with a similar issue?

Thank you in advance,

I worked retail (loved it), worked corporate (hated it), worked education (loved it), and have been back to corporate for the last few years and I absolutely hate it. I want to quit and get back into education or another low pay field. The thing is I make a good amount of money (not six figures but close) and I work remotely. it’s the cushiest job anyone in my family has ever even heard of so to them me quitting for less pay and harder work is insane. maybe it is insane? I need some perspective on this. My corporate job is crushing my soul and ive even developed an autoimmune disease. I feel like this would be the right move but I also am scared my family is right. what would you do?

Maybe I’m just so burnt out that I can’t think of transferable skills, but I would love to know where you landed after you quit marketing. I recently quit my job for my mental health, and don’t think I ever want to return to marketing.

None of my passions will make me a livable wage.

And how has that been going for you? Do you envision being able to make a full time income from a side hustle or will it just always be a side hustle?

So glad to see this community thriving after being created a year or so ago.

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