I’m quitting my job and going travelling…am I crazy?
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I’ve worked at my current job for 20 months and it’s been very stressful, it’s a stressful job by nature but the attitude of my manager and changes in my team have meant that in the last few months I’ve been really unhappy, to the point where it’s affecting my personal life.
I’ll never be a hugely career minded person, to me, life is too short, and if I’m unhappy doing something then I’ll stop doing it. I’m not expecting to skip my way to work every morning, but a job shouldn’t make me this unhappy/ill with stress.
I started job hunting, but I’ve been getting itchy feet to go travelling again (I’m 27) and I now think I’m just going to quit my job and go travelling for a couple of months then find a job when I get back.
I’m a little scared because the world of employment isn’t what it used to be, and I don’t know whether I’m foolish just expecting to get a job when I get back, and whether I should just be grateful to have a job at all and try and work things out here (but I genuinely can’t see how that could happen unless my boss leaves).
I’ll never be a hugely career minded person, to me, life is too short, and if I’m unhappy doing something then I’ll stop doing it. I’m not expecting to skip my way to work every morning, but a job shouldn’t make me this unhappy/ill with stress.
I started job hunting, but I’ve been getting itchy feet to go travelling again (I’m 27) and I now think I’m just going to quit my job and go travelling for a couple of months then find a job when I get back.
I’m a little scared because the world of employment isn’t what it used to be, and I don’t know whether I’m foolish just expecting to get a job when I get back, and whether I should just be grateful to have a job at all and try and work things out here (but I genuinely can’t see how that could happen unless my boss leaves).
Do what makes you happy, as long as you can afford it!
Just remember, when you're back in the job market in a year's time this second 'time out' won't necessarily help you show that you can stick at something. I once had a choice of two candidates, both similarly skilled and qualified. I picked the one who hadn't been on two separate 'years out to travel around the world'.
Just remember, when you're back in the job market in a year's time this second 'time out' won't necessarily help you show that you can stick at something. I once had a choice of two candidates, both similarly skilled and qualified. I picked the one who hadn't been on two separate 'years out to travel around the world'.
Yeah exactly, I am slightly worried that prospective employers are going to think I can’t stick at a job (20 months is the longest I’ve had a job, although I’ve only been in the world of employment for 3 years) The thing is, I just got engaged and I fear this’ll be my last opportunity to go travelling cos once I get married, then it’s kids and I just can’t see me being able to go off again. Whether or not an employer’ll see this argument is another story!
Not only that but I’m sure they’ll ask why I left my current job, and whichever way I try and phase it, saying I couldn’t handle the stress and my boss was difficult to work with does NOT sound good!
Not only that but I’m sure they’ll ask why I left my current job, and whichever way I try and phase it, saying I couldn’t handle the stress and my boss was difficult to work with does NOT sound good!
You're not crazy at all, it's something I really wish I'd done when I had the chance but now I have a huge mortgage, cats and a wife which make it rather difficult.
Will you be going with your fiance or on your own? Will you have enough cash when you get back to support yourself until you can find another job?
Will you be going with your fiance or on your own? Will you have enough cash when you get back to support yourself until you can find another job?
I’ll be going on my own, It’s funny you should mention mortgages and cats as I have both already! The mortgage is fairly small, and my fiancée will move into my flat and look after the felines.
I’ve got enough cash to go away and still pay my mortgage, it’s the time when I get back that concerns me, because it could be several months before I find a job. I guess that’s the risk I take.
I’ve got enough cash to go away and still pay my mortgage, it’s the time when I get back that concerns me, because it could be several months before I find a job. I guess that’s the risk I take.
Dont have any regrets.
Just be prepared to work your socks off when you need to find another job. Most employers should be used to this now.
Sounds like you need to find a new job anyway so you may as well take the opportunity.
I left mine to go away for a year or two. I didnt have a mortgage though. Wouldn't change anything.
Just be prepared to work your socks off when you need to find another job. Most employers should be used to this now.
Sounds like you need to find a new job anyway so you may as well take the opportunity.
I left mine to go away for a year or two. I didnt have a mortgage though. Wouldn't change anything.
Would a job change at work change your mind. As I see it you are going to leave anyway so it might be worth going to see the most senior person in your company and ask for a change of direction, maybe more responsibility, maybe more money. If you get it then marriage kids and a bigger mortgage might be on the cards - if not you were leaving anyway!
elanfan said:
Would a job change at work change your mind. As I see it you are going to leave anyway so it might be worth going to see the most senior person in your company and ask for a change of direction, maybe more responsibility, maybe more money. If you get it then marriage kids and a bigger mortgage might be on the cards - if not you were leaving anyway!
I've looked on the company's intranet for other jobs and there's nothing going at the moment, it's unfortunately quite a flat company. 
Jonnas said:
My biggest regret is that I didn't do this.
All of my friends who did where back where they started financially within 6 months of getting home.
Do it before mortgages, kids and weddings come along to spoil it!!
.All of my friends who did where back where they started financially within 6 months of getting home.
Do it before mortgages, kids and weddings come along to spoil it!!
Oh my god,
I would have no hesitation to go.
If you have a few spare bob, then go.
When the future wife comes along, and the house, and the baby, then theres is no time or money to do the travel
Do it now,
Enjoy yourself again, no way would I stick a job if I was so unhappy.
Life is short, much shorter than you think, and when you get older, like others have said, then travel can be a real difficult thing to do.
So, pack the s
tty job in, and put some smiles back on your face.vette
condor said:
You could suggest to them that you'd like a sabbatical until a suitable position is available.
This is quite common here, most members of my team have left to go travelling and come back. (theyre not allowed to call it a sabbatical, you have to leave and when you come back they will put your job up on the intranet for a bit, just to make it "fair"), but it's a given you'll get your job back. It's just unfortunate that I don't want this job! There isn't anything else I could do here tbh, it's time to find somewhere else.uk_vette said:
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Oh my god,
When the future wife comes along, and the house, and the baby, then theres is no time or money to do the travel
If I change my sexual preference I'll bear that in mind..! Oh my god,
When the future wife comes along, and the house, and the baby, then theres is no time or money to do the travel
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