Anxiety about job

[guynfl2chat]

Happy Holidays to all!

I have been miserable in my current job for a while. I have been there over 10 years and the work environment is toxic. Coworkers constantly back stab each other and my boss contributes to the toxicity. I need to leave, but it taking a while to find another job. I think I really just want to leave and search for a new job. I have enough funds for a while, but it is a risk. I talked to my therapist and she is cautious but kind of thinks it is the right move for me. My anxiety has been high, but I know its because of the job. I just cant be this phony in this corporate environment anymore. When I first started I could be myself and succeed. Now they want this "yes" phony corporate person that will do anything to get the job done. It has lead to constant battles internally. I would appreciate any thoughts and suggestions. I am very qualified for another role, but I have been looking in 2019 and nothing has really lead to final offer.

[Hidden]

Hello try not to let your heart rule your head it is easier to get a job when you are in a job.

Staying where you are will give you incentive to look for another job. If you leave the job with nowhere to go and spend your savings, it may make you lax and not able to find a type of job you wish too take.

Finding a new job is easier when you are in work, you will also be able to still afford your standard of living.

However that is all up to you and I wish you well

BOB

[guynfl2chat in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the reply. I completely agree its better to have a new job.. I have been looking last year, but its not easy. The work environment is soooo bad where I am that I dont know if I can make it for another year. I have set certain timeframes in my mind and I am trying to see if I can make through the 1st qtr of next year. This is really not a great place to work. I am not over stating this! I wish I didnt have to think this way. We have lost ALOT of good qualified people because of the lack of empathy and the nastiness of the work environment. I work in a professional field and we are not respected for what we bring to the job. Instead we have a leader that puts us down and never supports our decisions.

[Hidden in reply to guynfl2chat]

My work was very highly specialized and I was involved is a severe car accident, I was of six months I returned, and got back into the throws.

Eventually I went abroad to North Africa and contracted Meningitis, that led to the end of my work as at that time I had also picked up PsA and it was inflicting most of my joints

I was medically retired and remained so until I was a Pensioner, no work for over thirty years. I did Voluntary Work and that kept me busy. Now I am sixty nine and a great part of my life has been in retirement. I was to specialized and that was it.

Consider well what you wish to do, it would disturb me to be returned to my past and again loosing my job and entering into the world of having to look for something else.

In my occupation, the training was intense and wee needed retraining every seven years.

I do not know what your trade is, you need to be careful we become out of date very quickly

BOB

[kenster1]

hi if you genuinely feel the job contributes to your anxiety and you are well qualified for another role then you have a definite answer but I wouldn't quit till I had something lined up not unless you are financially ok for now.

[guynfl2chat in reply to kenster1]

I am financially ok for over a year, but I dont want to just leave until I can find something else. I just dont want to feel trapped and over anxious anymore because of a bad situation.