Is it a dumb idea to quit your job in this economy?
Leaving a stable $95k salary feels terrifying during an uncertain job market, especially when coworkers quitting leaves you drowning in extra work. This leaves you trapped between burning out from an unbearable workload and risking unemployment in a tough economy.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Seeking career guidance and evaluating family expenses through a budget
- 2Considering looking for alternative career options
- 3Asking for advice on whether to pay down a mortgage or invest extra funds
- 4Accepting a counteroffer and higher salary to stay while continuing to keep options open
- 5Waiting as long as possible to accept an outside offer while collecting higher pay before leaving
- 6Walking back the counteroffer immediately to take the outside job offer
- 7Asking peers on online forums for advice and validation
- 8Listing pros and cons of current and potential jobs
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Should I take this role? (MSP to Internal IT)”source ↗
“My gut is telling me to take this new role, if not anything else for the experience and slight pay bump. But I feel like every benefit I list out, there's an equal negative.”source ↗
“Here's where I'm getting nervous:”source ↗
“Does the raise make it reasonably likely that I'm not currently on the chopping block, or am I giving that way too much weight?”source ↗
“I'm more trying to figure out whether I should take the outside offer now, before this restructuring happens, or whether there's enough evidence here to justify staying for the time being”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 9Is giving up a secure pension job worth it?
- 10Is teaching still a realistic option for me?
- 2Will I get fired right before my company's acquisition?
- 3Should I keep going with my stagnating business or quit?
- 2Should I still do internships after getting a full-time job offer?
- 2Am I too unstable mentally to be a teacher?