if you cannot remember the last happy day you had at work it might be time to seriously consider
quitting hi my name is Niki and welcome to the video that hopefully will help you decide if you
should join the great resignation so let's dive in red flag number one and this is my biggest one
is being micromanaged having your job micromanaged and not trusted can undermine your self-confidence
and diminish your sense of accomplishment over time this can reduce your self-esteem
and the perception of your own value i've been micromanaged in the past and i know how
intolerable it can be but it's not all bad because as a result of that experience my experience when
i was micromanaged by someone i became more confident in myself and in my abilities and
i became more trusting i trust more in my team and people to do the job that they are assigned
to it can be really frustrating especially when you know that you know what you're doing
and you know that you can be trusted it can make you more conscious of your own abilities
as a designer and as a design leader it can make you more trusting and supportive of your own team
steve jobs said it once it doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do we
hire smart people so they can tell us what to do another indication that you might want to consider
quitting your job is a negative work-life balance work-life balance looks different for everyone
a negative or a complete lack of work-life balance shows that your manager and the company you work
for values your performance more than your mental and emotional well-being long-term this can be
exceptionally harmful for your overall well-being and it will lead to burnout and even sickness
unfortunately i've been there i had so many jobs in the past not all of them were design jobs
though the next indication that you might need to quit your job is a lack of growth opportunities
it's a completely normal desire to want to up skill and learn everything that you can about your
job when you join a company because to advance in a job you need to acquire new skills when we
start a new job we go through an S-curve i'm just gonna show you an S-curve of personal disruption so
that we understand so we all start at zero then we soon enough become competent and reach a great
confidence level after that it comes mastery and there is usually not much to learn at that time
we're just going through the motion every single day at this point you kind of stagnate your career
stagnates there will be times when you appreciate your job and your co-workers yet feel unchallenged
in your role in situations like this it's very hard to look past the workplace while we all
value loyalty being loyal to the company we also value career development and personal growth
so if the position offers no room for career development and this is something that you are
actually really passionate about and you really would like to advance your career then maybe
quitting would be the best option for you the next indicator to quit your job is lack of recognition
if your manager or your team members take credit without recognition for the work that you do then
it shows poor leadership you might have heard that people usually leave managers and leaders
not companies when people don't acknowledge your contribution to the project it also shows that
you are actually taken advantage of and you need to move on to either a different group
or a different company it's nearly impossible to stay satisfied and fulfilled in a job where your
contribution don't get recognized because after a while you will resent your manager you will resent
your team members and the company as well another indicator that you might need to leave your job
is if you feel bored boredom is a common emotion but if you feel bored at work frequently it's an
indication that you're not doing what you want to do or what you're capable of doing and this
job is probably not as meaningful as it seemed at first what's the sign well when you check the
time all the time boredom means that you are not challenged enough you are not sufficiently pushed
enough at work it's an easy fix though so before quitting you should definitely try to remediate
all of these concerns you just need to ask for more opportunities tell your manager how you feel
and ask for more opportunities if you don't get any then create more opportunities for yourself
for example you can start a new initiative at work you can join toastmaster and practice public
speaking you can start a weekly lunch and learn session or a lightning talk session every Friday
so that you can educate everybody about design good design practice service design ui design
whatever you feel passionate about you need to find methods to liven things up and if despite
all of your best effort things won't change then it's time to move another indicator that
you might need to quit your job is if you're a mentally or physically abusive environment
then you seriously need to consider quitting if the actions from leaders and your team members
leave you unsafe at work and their behavior breaks psychological safety you definitely need to think
about finding another job it's kinda impossible to earn the trust back so when the psychological
safety is gone it's gone forever and the last bit is more like a feeling when something just doesn't
feel right. you know the feeling, right? if you've been actively looking for jobs and thinking about
resigning for a while and you believe it's the right thing to do even if you're afraid
of the unknown it's probably time to listen to that voice and take the leap because if you're
going to work each day and something doesn't sit right with you then it's probably because it's
not right there are many signs that it's time to find a new job but before you do anything
hasty have a chat with your manager share your issues and concerns and try to work through things
even though it may not end up with you staying you will know you tried everything you could it can
be difficult to leave a job and a routine but with change great things can come once you decided you
quit it's very important that you depart on good terms before resigning you need to prepare for
counteroffer as well some companies will counter offer for you to stay so what would you do if you
got a counteroffer when it happened to me in the past i had to remind myself why i wanted to quit
the offer was so tempting though but i had to remind myself the job was not fulfilling me at
all and getting more money wouldn't have changed what was not right for me at the company also
if you decide to stay then you will probably lose all of your opportunities to get a salary increase
in the next couple of years just keep that in mind and the one last thing that i want to say
is don't let anyone guilt trip you or make you feel bad for putting yourself first also for
your financial safety it is the best to quit your job when you already have another job lined up
it's much easier to find a position when you are still employed it just removes that extra stress
if you work for a larger company then you most likely will be invited to an
exit interview as well i've done a few in the past so let me know if this is something that
would be interesting to you and i can create a video about this how to do a successful exit
interview because we don't want to burn bridges and we never know when we see those people again
if you've been experiencing a number of these red flags for a few months and you have tried your
best to change things up but things remain the same you should seriously consider getting rid
of the environment by the way if you are preparing for a design job interview check out this playlist
so you have winning answers to the most common design interview questions thank you for joining
me today and i really hope this video provided some value to you and i see you next time bye