Quitting a toxic workplace:

After enduring unrealistic demands and toxicity from exec stakeholders and my manager at a mid-sized startup for 1.2 years, I'm determined to leave, despite earning $108k CA base compensation. While I've been updating my portfolio after work and during PTO/sick days, it's taking too long.

As a mid/senior level product designer with 4 years of B2B/B2C experience, I plan to quit and find a more fulfilling job, supported by a 5-month emergency fund.

Any advice? Ty!

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Congrats on making this important step in your career. I would try to make a schedule of deliverables for seeking out a new job like finishing your updated resume, editing it, and having a goal of # of recruiters to contact per week. The alumni network for your college or current company may be helpful as well. Good luck!

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Thanks for the feedback. It definitely helps to follow a schedule. I plan to replace my full time job by a full time job search. 📅

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What kind of design work? Mechanical, Electrical, Software?

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Good point. Digital Product Design (So software design).

I’m struggling with same issue and so want to quit but I’m thinking maybe it’s better when the market picks up a little as the competition is quite fierce now ! Although it’s been affecting my mental health .. I think prioritizing mental health is important too

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Oh that’s so kind of you . I will send you a private message . If you would prefer I could send my LinkedIn profile

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I will say this, it's better to go ahead and find something else than it is to stick it out just hoping one day it gets better. If it's a truly toxic environment then find something else pronto.
I stayed at a toxic place a little too long. What I found was that it affected me quite a bit at my next job because alot of my actions, assumptions, and suspicions were unfounded. I was so used to being thrown under the bus and undermined that it made things difficult for me. It has actually been very hard to adjust to non toxic environments

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The situation has become increasingly toxic recently. The company has implemented a competitive "gamification" system for project managers (PMs) to increase their performance which has only worsened the problem (adding to the many other issues.

Management also proposed implementing the same system for the product design team, but fortunately, we all voiced our opposition and prevented it from being adopted.

Getting a job search coach who is well connected in your industry could be helpful once you start your search

A job search coach will definitely help, it's not easy otherwise being in a situation like that, and it drains you mentally

I think getting a career coach or mentor would be great. You need someone who can guide you in the right direction.

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