When is the right time to leave a ‘good’ job? My job is fine. The pay is decent, my boss isn’t terrible, and I don’t hate my team. But I feel stuck. Every time I think about the next 3-5 years here, I get this sinking feeling that I’m just… coasting. I don’t want to leave just to leave, but I also don’t want to wake up one day and realize I stayed too long. Anyone else in a similar slump? How did you decide whether to stay or leave?

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I'm in the same spot. Learning nothing, doing the same or less every year. Salary has flatlined because I've reached the top of my pay group a long time ago. It's a small organisation so cannot progress up unless someone dies or quits.
I found a personal project to pass the time. It's not perfect but my mind is busy all the time. The job has become irrelevant. It's not about the career any more. It's about my life, which I think it's all that matters.

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I was in the exact same spot, and what helped me was asking myself: Am I learning anything new? If the answer was ‘not really’ for too long, I knew it was time to go.

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