I've been trying to leave for a while, but I always chicken out. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they made the decision for me. I have some backup to bridge me over until I find something else. I just can't do this job anymore. I've reached that breaking point where I can barely drag myself in.
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@OP Are you a queen, always drag ing yourself in?
@f1 That's how I get promoted.
Now that you've reached your breaking point just give it another year or two and you can be jaded and burned-out like the rest of us. If you're good at your job, just give it the bare minimum and work to fund the life you want.
Be bold and talk truth on the face to your manager or higher in rank, you will automatically get enrolled.
@OP. Here is what is going to happen. You are going to boast about "being ready to leave", you are going to say it to your coworkers, which in turn will say it to your LLx. Then, you are going to be laid off, and you are going to be really chickened out during that time, until you find your next job. After you find your footing again, you'll say to your excoworkers how great was to move out of the company, and take the credit for the managers laying you off.
I had a coworker like you. It is hard to leave, start over again, particularly if you have been in the company for 10 years or more. I understand. So my coworker started telling us that he didn't care about layoffs, that sometimes he wished to be in the list, until the day he was in the list. Then he was nervously sweating, you could see he chickened out. He was let go, but we kept in contact for a while. He got another job, and all the fear went away.
So here is my advice, even when you didn't ask me for it. Find what is it that you want from the job. Is it money, status, stability? Then start getting serious about looking for the next job, while you save money. When you have the other option lined up, take a vacation at Ford, while working in the next place. A couple of weeks should be enough to find what is really going on in the new company. Then make a decision, and stick with it.
Good luck!
I found a good job a while back, thinking things would get better here at the company I once loved, I chickened out. Sometimes I regret it other times I have some glimmer of hope.