Comments on: If your job isn’t working for you, get the hell out… http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/12/14/if-your-job-isnt-working-for-you-get-the-hell-out/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid= Career, Personal & Commercial Development for IT Professionals, IT Leaders & IT Freelancers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: simonstapleton http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/12/14/if-your-job-isnt-working-for-you-get-the-hell-out/#comment-371 simonstapleton Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:23:43 +0000 http://simonstapleton.com/wordpress/?p=29#comment-371 @Mark - yes the economic climate has moved on! Thats for sure! But I wonder if the advice is any less relevant? If you hate your job, then most likely you will not perform well. I think this is a fact. I agree most people secure the next job before leaving as this makes financial sense, but if the current job is unbearable then I think moving on is still the best course.... scary as you say! @Mark - yes the economic climate has moved on! Thats for sure! But I wonder if the advice is any less relevant? If you hate your job, then most likely you will not perform well. I think this is a fact. I agree most people secure the next job before leaving as this makes financial sense, but if the current job is unbearable then I think moving on is still the best course…. scary as you say!

]]> By: Mark McClure Coaching http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/12/14/if-your-job-isnt-working-for-you-get-the-hell-out/#comment-366 Mark McClure Coaching Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:48:26 +0000 http://simonstapleton.com/wordpress/?p=29#comment-366 10 months on from this article and the IT job winds they are a-changing, as some form of recessionary slowdown is in the air. "Practically" speaking it would currently make sense to leave only if you have a better place to go. For most IT Techs this is probably a position with another employer - however I do understand the "get the hell out" approach. Can be liberating but scary. A financial reserve parachute is highly recommended... 10 months on from this article and the IT job winds they are a-changing, as some form of recessionary slowdown is in the air.

“Practically” speaking it would currently make sense to leave only if you have a better place to go.

For most IT Techs this is probably a position with another employer - however I do understand the “get the hell out” approach. Can be liberating but scary. A financial reserve parachute is highly recommended…

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