Changing a lifestyle after years of the same routine could seem challenging, but it’s necessary. Learn common signs to start looking for a new job.
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Dedicating your life to your career comes with a price, but that doesn’t mean it’s always bad; you must learn when to walk away. An unchanging daily routine may make things monotonous and prevent you from growing.
Pay attention to how you feel, like irritable or annoyed, when things start to change unexpectedly or affect you more than they should. Learning the common signs to start looking for a new job will save you time and stress.
Changing Company Structure
Sometimes, companies go through changes to reassess goals, standards, and practices that could affect your position, but it’s not always the case. Constant movement and restructuring could put you in a better position, a lower position, or terminate it. For these reasons, you need to stay aware of the changes. While you are still with a company, research other jobs and better opportunities. Knowing you have other options will give you a sense of peace and action.
Feeling Stuck
The best way to improve your career is with experience and exploring new opportunities; if you have been in the same position for a long time, consider changing it up! A daily routine is necessary to achieve certain goals, but when that routine becomes a mundane lifestyle, your comfort zone decreases, detaining your growth. Feeling stuck results from a lack of knowledge, abilities, or opportunities inside your company.
No Salary Increase
Money is a major determining factor for a job. You can start with a base salary, but with time, it should increase accordingly. Not getting enough monetary recognition will keep motivation and productivity to a minimum, which could affect best practices and results. Before leaving your job, create a savings account and learn how to do an IRA rollover; these things will help you coast in between jobs effectively.
No Work Flexibility
With recent events like the COVID-19 pandemic, people changed their perspectives on life, paying more attention to living a good-quality life. Working remotely is an option and an opportunity that allows you to do more while complying with work responsibilities. If you don’t get enough time off, have no work-from-home option, or feel overwhelmed, it’s time to leave your job and look for something new.
Lack of Challenges
Depending on your job, you might find that challenges stimulate your brain and help you grow as long as they’re not overwhelming and overly stressful. Routines are comfortable, but repetitiveness brings a lack of challenges and stimulation. If the position you are in right now doesn’t allow you to learn and grow, find another job that will open more doors with time for you to climb the ladder.
Emilie St. John is a freelance journalist who appears weekly in the Los Angeles Wave newspaper and can be reached at [email protected].
