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On the verge of quitting my job.

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winlessplayer
Profile Blog Joined November 2018
43 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-12 11:28:54
April 12 2020 11:24 GMT
#1
My manager wants me to deal with a major client. (a company known all over the world, I'll look up how important they are and edit). Edit: by revenue top 100 in the world, closer to 50... Not a small fish)

I have been given notes, and screen sharing.

I still have to learn said client, there is an heavy workload as well.

I have all my other clients to deal with.

I'll send an email before Tuesday morning explaining all the work for now.

Then, I have a choice: try my hardest ever, or quit.

Everyone is going to say "try your hardest", is it that easy? The pressure is unbelievable, the client requires an attention to details near perfection. I have a few strengths, but attention to details has never been it. And with that client, being careful, checking twice.former, taxing as hell... Latter, there is no time, the amount of work is just too high.

If I do fail, the company could lose millions.
I'm even starting to think what kind of lawsuit I could be facing (I think that's a bit extreme, don't take this one seriously).

I was planning on leaving at the end of July, finish a degree, then come back.
So, if I leave now, I have a plan B, but then nothing after that. (the degree is just for the title, and family matters, don' t start telling me that I could work in that field, it's not even guarantee I could graduate, but I have to put an end to my studies, and having this degree is better than quitting).

I have all of tomorrow to figure out if I quit now or not. (Easter is a day off tomorrow).

If you've chatted with my username, or taken a look at my blogs, you already know that my mental state is not the greatest.
With that in mind, working extremely hard and dealing with pressure could put me back in a terrible state.

Lots of people on here do great things and love a challenge, I'm a guy that was happy being a basic office employee for the rest of his life.

I think I'll try to find a less comfortable job.

I know, why asking advice on TL... I asked a guy, and my only other option is reddit.

I'll probably make clear the situation is critical, but try hard, and see how it goes.

Life is not supposed to be easy, but if I were tailored for this situation, maybe I would have been doing different things in the first place.

I'm glad someone is thinking I would be good enough for such a client, but I'm thinking they are not aware enough of my countless, constant, mistakes.

Thank you for any advice.

*****
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
April 12 2020 15:32 GMT
#2
I'd say before anything, just keep in mind that in the next few months/years companies may layoff more then engage new people, just count your bucks before doing anything to drastic.
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EsportsJohn
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4883 Posts
April 12 2020 19:24 GMT
#3
On April 13 2020 00:32 Nakajin wrote:
I'd say before anything, just keep in mind that in the next few months/years companies may layoff more then engage new people, just count your bucks before doing anything to drastic.


I think this is really good advice. Just sit down and do a budget calculation for how much you definitely need to survive and make sure you have enough savings to get through six months. Try not to burn any bridges in case whatever you decide to do doesn't work out. It sucks, but worst case scenario, there's always the option of begging for your old job back.
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Sr18
Profile Joined April 2006
Netherlands1141 Posts
April 12 2020 19:43 GMT
#4
Before quitting, explain to your boss how you feel. Maybe he can help. If not, you can always quit after.
If it ain't Dutch, it ain't Park Yeong Min - CJ fighting!
Elroi
Profile Joined August 2009
Sweden5588 Posts
April 12 2020 20:26 GMT
#5
Lots of people on here do great things and love a challenge, I'm a guy that was happy being a basic office employee for the rest of his life.

If this really is you, quitting doesn't sound so terrible. But another solution could be to try to talk with your boss to reduce some of the pressure. If the case is as important as it sounds, chances are he/she will think that you are a responsible person for talking about the problem rather than just pushing on and risk losing a lot more. And if you're quitting anyway you might as well take a chance with talking to your boss.
"To all eSports fans, I want to be remembered as a progamer who can make something out of nothing, and someone who always does his best. I think that is the right way of living, and I'm always doing my best to follow that." - Jaedong. /watch?v=jfghAzJqAp0
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
April 13 2020 03:52 GMT
#6
On April 13 2020 04:43 Sr18 wrote:
Before quitting, explain to your boss how you feel. Maybe he can help. If not, you can always quit after.

This is kind of what I was thinking as well, do what makes you happy! Just make sure you can afford it.
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
April 13 2020 06:32 GMT
#7
First you should probably figure out what your personal priorities are and in order to do so you need to be thinking clearly.

1. Do a fear setting exercise: https://medium.com/@checkli/fear-setting-free-checklist-download-template-tim-ferriss-dd9773a270d1

2a. Figure out what your ideal scenario is (within reason) i.e. say NO to taking on this current client because your current workload is too high and too stressful. You'll probably want to maintain a job for a while in this economic climate, but also explore your options. There is a $600 federal stimulus for unemployment (ON TOP of your state's unemployment) in case you decide quitting is best for your mental health.

2b. Figure out what your ideal lifestyle looks like (try reading The Four Hour Work Week...this book is not about working 4 hours a week btw)

3. Prioritize (create a short list of goals for 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years from now)

4. Take actions (slowly) towards those goals.


"Then, I have a choice: try my hardest ever, or quit."

There are almost always more choices, you just have to engage in conversation and learn the skill to handle those conversations...it takes time and trial and error, but now is as good as any other time. Many times, people zoom in on what they think are their only options or they take on too much emotional responsibility when there is no need to. It's good to zoom out and really look at the big picture.
GeckoXp
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
Germany2016 Posts
April 13 2020 07:21 GMT
#8
On April 13 2020 00:32 Nakajin wrote:
I'd say before anything, just keep in mind that in the next few months/years companies may layoff more then engage new people, just count your bucks before doing anything to drastic.


There are so many red flags in his post, but yes, trying to figure out what own goals should be priority number one.

To me, it sounds as if it's uncertain what you actually want to do, especially when you aim to finish your educational career while saying you're not sure you'll ever work in that field. Why do you try to get a certificate then, or did I misunderstand something completely?

As for your employer: I often hear complaints like yours from employees and employers alike in my job, it's definitely something to look out for. It's never a good sign that few people have to manage multiple tasks, it's too stressful and a hint the organisation itself isn't organised very effective. What I find most curious is the discrepancy between your self-described skill-level (no certificate and still signed up for college / university) and still your boss hands out a highly important task on top of your usual schedule. The only reason that might make some sort of sense is if your employer is seriously understaffed. And even then, that can only be an emergency solution short time. However, it might be the task he wants to give to you is a lot easier than you think and only the name of the customer is scaring you - that could also be the case.

You should definitely talk to your boss and try to communicate your worries, before saying a definite yes or no. Don't view this as do-or-die scenario, rather than a let's-try-and-hope one.
JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-13 16:42:40
April 13 2020 16:39 GMT
#9
I would say it's just a job and the way I look at things in life, the job is not essential to my happiness. So from my pov, I would just quit this place and find something else.

post scriptum: I saw something about fear list and checking and I clicked the link. There it stated that Stoicism is accepting things without showing emotions. This is utterly wrong and come nowhere near close to what Stoicism actually is. It's a most beautiful and developed school of philosophy from ancient Athens. The interesting part of it is its virtue ethics, it is not about accepting things without showing emotions, not at all.
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
April 13 2020 18:30 GMT
#10
On April 13 2020 16:21 GeckoXp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 13 2020 00:32 Nakajin wrote:
I'd say before anything, just keep in mind that in the next few months/years companies may layoff more then engage new people, just count your bucks before doing anything to drastic.


There are so many red flags in his post, but yes, trying to figure out what own goals should be priority number one.

To me, it sounds as if it's uncertain what you actually want to do, especially when you aim to finish your educational career while saying you're not sure you'll ever work in that field. Why do you try to get a certificate then, or did I misunderstand something completely?

As for your employer: I often hear complaints like yours from employees and employers alike in my job, it's definitely something to look out for. It's never a good sign that few people have to manage multiple tasks, it's too stressful and a hint the organisation itself isn't organised very effective. What I find most curious is the discrepancy between your self-described skill-level (no certificate and still signed up for college / university) and still your boss hands out a highly important task on top of your usual schedule. The only reason that might make some sort of sense is if your employer is seriously understaffed. And even then, that can only be an emergency solution short time. However, it might be the task he wants to give to you is a lot easier than you think and only the name of the customer is scaring you - that could also be the case.

You should definitely talk to your boss and try to communicate your worries, before saying a definite yes or no. Don't view this as do-or-die scenario, rather than a let's-try-and-hope one.


very true here.

I'm also suspecting that it's a perspective thing, perhaps it isn't as big of a deal as you think it is OR they are seriously understaffed and mismanaging OR you are somehow very good at a niche skill without a background in it.

Either way, zoom out and gain perspective, no one's life is at stake here.
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
April 13 2020 18:31 GMT
#11
On April 14 2020 01:39 JoinTheRain wrote:
I would say it's just a job and the way I look at things in life, the job is not essential to my happiness. So from my pov, I would just quit this place and find something else.

post scriptum: I saw something about fear list and checking and I clicked the link. There it stated that Stoicism is accepting things without showing emotions. This is utterly wrong and come nowhere near close to what Stoicism actually is. It's a most beautiful and developed school of philosophy from ancient Athens. The interesting part of it is its virtue ethics, it is not about accepting things without showing emotions, not at all.


I posted that link, i'm not expert in stoicism nor was i trying to promote it - that was perhaps the author's preamble to the article...but the exercise of fear setting is very powerful. you might want to message the author and correct him.
_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands676 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-13 20:31:50
April 13 2020 20:31 GMT
#12
Any particular reason your boss decided to assign this Big Fish to someone who also has other responsibilities? Seems to me like you would assign a dedicaded employee to this client. Heck, I'd assign 2! Sounds like sub-optimal management to me.
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-13 21:18:47
April 13 2020 21:10 GMT
#13
On April 14 2020 03:31 vyzion wrote:
I posted that link, i'm not expert in stoicism nor was i trying to promote it - that was perhaps the author's preamble to the article...but the exercise of fear setting is very powerful. you might want to message the author and correct him.


I had no idea about the value of this exercise, I withhold all judgment about it. Nor am I reproaching you in any way; I have myself to admonish for such a wide variety of topics that I will likely have no time in my life to look at other people. I guess I just pointed at a certain flaw in the article, I am not trying to play a censor or something. Have a good one
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
KelsierSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2013
United Kingdom10443 Posts
April 13 2020 22:10 GMT
#14
probably a bad time to be quitting a job tbh.
Zerg for Life
EsportsJohn
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States4883 Posts
April 14 2020 01:39 GMT
#15
On April 14 2020 07:10 KelsierSC wrote:
probably a bad time to be quitting a job tbh.


Depends on what you're willing to do. Amazon is always looking for more people to break their backs at minimum wage during this time of financial crisis.
StrategyAllyssa Grey <3<3
Pangpootata
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1838 Posts
April 14 2020 03:22 GMT
#16
Ask your boss for a raise. If you're being given extra workload with an important and demanding client, you are worth more.
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
April 14 2020 07:50 GMT
#17
On April 14 2020 06:10 JoinTheRain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2020 03:31 vyzion wrote:
I posted that link, i'm not expert in stoicism nor was i trying to promote it - that was perhaps the author's preamble to the article...but the exercise of fear setting is very powerful. you might want to message the author and correct him.


I had no idea about the value of this exercise, I withhold all judgment about it. Nor am I reproaching you in any way; I have myself to admonish for such a wide variety of topics that I will likely have no time in my life to look at other people. I guess I just pointed at a certain flaw in the article, I am not trying to play a censor or something. Have a good one


No offense was taken good sir! i appreciate that you pointed out flaws, as flaws should be pointed out! I do have meditations by marcus aurelius and a few books by ryan holiday that i'd like to read eventually...but as of right now i know nothing about stoicism...i also want to become a grandmaster in SC2 but i don't have the time for that either
JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
April 14 2020 14:01 GMT
#18
On April 14 2020 16:50 vyzion wrote:

I do have meditations by marcus aurelius


Tbh, Marcus Aurelius for me is by far the worst one to start a dive into Stoicism. I would suggest Letters from a Stoic from Seneca and if you like them, go for Epictetus and then Gaius Musonius Rufus.
As for M. Aurelius and Meditations, when I read them, it seemed to me like they have been written by a man who has been trying to become good and yet failing severely every time, it brought some nasty feeling of hopelessness and despair which was utterly lacking in Seneca and in Epictetus. The latter is the most austere of them all but has a way to show the defects in character in just a few words; so brilliant!
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
April 14 2020 17:57 GMT
#19
On April 14 2020 23:01 JoinTheRain wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2020 16:50 vyzion wrote:

I do have meditations by marcus aurelius


Tbh, Marcus Aurelius for me is by far the worst one to start a dive into Stoicism. I would suggest Letters from a Stoic from Seneca and if you like them, go for Epictetus and then Gaius Musonius Rufus.
As for M. Aurelius and Meditations, when I read them, it seemed to me like they have been written by a man who has been trying to become good and yet failing severely every time, it brought some nasty feeling of hopelessness and despair which was utterly lacking in Seneca and in Epictetus. The latter is the most austere of them all but has a way to show the defects in character in just a few words; so brilliant!


amazing, i'll take a look at those as well! IIRC I believe M. Aurelius was very wealthy and powerful, so in a sense he was probably learning and trying to become good? I'll probably start off with seneca
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2257 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-14 20:42:45
April 14 2020 20:42 GMT
#20
just quit, easiest way out.

Or you can say... fuck it, i will try my best.

up to you. GL
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