Two days ago, I quit my 100K+ job with no notice and no savings. Long story short, I was suffering from burnout and it reached a breaking point where I had Just. Had. Enough. Now, I feel totally guilty for leaving without giving the usual 2 weeks' notice. Generally, giving notice is a common courtesy and is not legally obligated, unless it was in your work contract and even so, it is hard to take someone to court over not providing notice. However, unless you really hated the place you worked, it is normal to feel some guilt quitting in general and especially quitting without providing proper notice. I absolutely loved the people that I worked with and the thought of my coworkers having to pick up my slack absolutely kills me. I am going to be totally honest, I quit on a Sunday right before the start of a big phase of our next project. A project where I was the only one that knew what we needed to do. To add to the guilt, I had not completed the deliverables from the p...
Today I did the unthinkable. I quit my job, with no notice. Even worse I did it over email on a Sunday. I have been a perfectionist my whole life, a straight-A student chasing gold-star stickers. I was punctual, dependable, and a hard worker. And at 31, I just can’t do it anymore. I assume this is what they call burnout. I have worked for the past year as a management consultant. Consulting is a high-stress, very demanding job. You are typically traveling 80-90% of the time, which seems great at the beginning with the free food, fancy hotels, and airline rewards programs, but quickly all I could think was: “I just want to be at home.” The problem was, I have just gotten married and moved to Silicon Valley in California. Money was tight, and I could not afford not to work. We just bought a f***ing Tesla for Christ's sake. I told myself to just keep going and focus on finding a new job even if it meant a pay cut. Anything to get me out of this job. But, last...