Has anyone ever quit their job without having anything lined up? How did you come to the decision? Did your regret it? How did you navigate recruiting without having something lined up? I just came back from PTO and am having constant anxiety attacks and I don’t think I can stay much longer for my mental health.

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Don't just quit. Take FMLA. You can get 12 weeks to treat your mental health condition while staying employed. And you can use the time to job hunt for something else.

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Yeah don’t quit, operate at minimum capacity. My former roommate left EY because her team was toxic and looking back, she should’ve just waited for her offer to come in instead of dealing with a month of anxiety wondering if they next paycheck will ever come.

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I haven’t but I’m in the same situation as you. Can’t wait to leave this place

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This question has been asked multiple times here, and based on what I saw it’s more common than I originally thought. I totally get the urge as I did have the same feeling from time to time, but I then asked myself “if I am willing to completely forgo my paycheck, I will be more than fine to take a pay cut and look for jobs that I like (or at least not hate)”. This was when I opened many doors to opportunities. I am not advocating taking a acceptable pay cut to switch job and obviously you can get the best of both world by getting a pay bump doing so, but sometimes it really makes sense if to open those extra opportunities and just have a fresh start to re-energize. Getting lower pay is better than no pay, and the experience you get from the new job can help your career in long term (rather than just have a blank period on your CV)

Not to scare you - but a colleague of mine did that and thought he had a soft offer lined up, then the company pulled out and he had to scramble

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