You quit your job and now you credit with a great
resignation going down. There's so many
opportunities, a lot of professionals are choosing
to make some moves right now, what would you do if
you quit your job and to regret it, that's what
we're talking about in today's video. And of
course, to make it easy for you, I will have
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ready to figure out what to do if you regret
quitting your job title like when and let's jump
straight into it. The first thing you need to know
is that this is actually pretty normal. quitting
your job is a big change. Even if you're quitting
a toxic job. It is a job that you know, you know
exactly how to do the job. You know, the players
out the game, you know, the office politics, the
corporate politics. Alrighty. So there's a lot
about your job that you know the answers to even
if the answers are really annoying, and not what
you want to be dealing with on a day to day basis.
Now you're in this new job, and you need to learn
new systems, you need to learn new processes, you
need to figure out who to ask questions to and who
everyone is and what the personalities are, there
is this really steep learning curve when you leave
your job and start a new job. So of course, when
you quit your job, and you're in this new job, and
you're outside of your normal, it can leave you
wondering, did I make a mistake and quitting my
job. Now just because it's normal doesn't mean
that those feelings are valid or invalid. There's
a few things that I want you to think about to
help you work through this regret about quitting
your job. And figuring out if you should Boomerang
that is go back to the job that you quit. Or if
it's something that is going to dissipate really
quickly, hopefully. So the first thing that you
need to ask yourself is why did you quit your job
in the first place? Did you quit your job because
it was a toxic job, in which case my friend, I
don't care what you think you can't go back or
maybe law for less exciting reasons. Like you
weren't getting the career growth that you wanted,
you weren't getting the mentorship that you knew
would really help you move ahead. Or maybe you had
a recruiters flooding into your dams on LinkedIn,
and offering you this amazing opportunity that you
just really couldn't say no to. And even though
you got a counteroffer from your job, you decided
that this was the best step in your career, when
you really look behind the reasons why you quit,
there was a reason why you quit your job in the
first place for this new job that said, Sometimes
this regret about quitting your job comes up
because you resold an opportunity. And it's not
quite what you expected the good old bait and
switch, okay, so maybe not the bait and switch.
But there was definitely expectations that you
formed during the job interview and you arrived
and the job isn't what you thought it was going to
be. Maybe the role is newer than you thought it
was it was less established, maybe it's not as
important as you thought it was going to be. I've
been working with clients who have had their job
titles and job descriptions change once they
actually arrive in this new job. And they're like,
what just happened here. And in that case, you can
have a lot of regret about quitting this job,
which was you knew exactly what it was. And maybe
it was aligned. I knew I thought you were bouncing
to this great opportunity when you quit your job.
But this new opportunity just isn't what you
thought it was going to be. Now if this is the
case, you really need to assess the situation. And
maybe you even need to have some direct and candid
conversations about is this opportunity. The right
one for you is the difference in the expectations
versus reality, because you're onboarding and it's
just gonna take some time. Or maybe your hiring
manager talks about all this autonomy and impact
that you are going to have. But you arrived and
found out that they were toxic as manager or worst
case scenario, you
found yourself in a toxic work environment where
it's like flying. Now that you're there. Well
hopefully you can avoid this whole situation by
watching my next video, which is going to be about
job interview red flags, so subscribe it so you
don't miss that one. But if the expectations
versus reality of the role are totally different,
or you found yourself in a toxic work environment,
or a work environment, you know you are not going
to thrive in then it's going to be time for you to
make some moves. I'm going to come back to that in
just a minute. But first I want to discuss with
you real quickly when you should wait it out
because you're going to get used to it and you're
going to be delighted that you quit your job for
this opportunity. Now Honestly, I feel like when
most people get through their new job nerves, this
is really where they end up being. As I just
mentioned, in your last work environment, you knew
exactly what to expect. You knew how to do the
job, you had a high comfort level. Maybe you could
even do your job in your sleep. There wasn't a ton
of pressure. But now you need to form new
relationships. You need to learn all of these
things. You need to re establish your reputation
at this new job. And you also know that this is a
crucial opportunity to stage yourself for Robin
growth, if that's your thing, and all of this
pressure in your new job to stage yourself for
success can be overwhelming. And it can make us
look back to be like, Did I do the right thing,
because it seems really difficult. In that case,
what I encourage you to do is wait a few weeks or
a few months, you are going to get there even in
that last job that you kind of regret quitting
right now. You were still in that newbie brushers
state where you didn't know what you're doing, you
didn't know how to ask the questions, you didn't
know where the copy paper was. But you figured it
all out, and you are going to figure it all out.
Again, it's gonna take a little time. But chances
are, it's going to be awesome. But if you were in
that prior bucket, and you know that you made a
mistake in quitting your job for this job, you
need to take action. So here, you really have
three options available to you. First of all, as I
mentioned, you can have a direct conversation.
This is the job that I was expecting. This is what
I discussed. Is this going to be the opportunity
as I complete the onboarding process, if the
answer's affirm, no, like, perhaps the company
needs just change. Perhaps there was a
miscommunication along the way, who knows a
million things that can happen here. And I can
make this video really long by covering all of
those scenarios, but I don't want to bore you. But
if you're seeing some flakes early on in the
process, having a conversation about what you're
looking for, and what your expectations were, are
going to help you get on the same page. Now, if it
works out that you have this conversation, or it
just doesn't shake out being what you thought it
was going to be, and you truly regret leaving your
job, you have one of two options, you can
Boomerang, especially if you really loved your
last job, it was a company that you enjoyed
working for, and leaving, it just gave you this
appreciation of how good you really have it, you
can attempt to go back, and as long as you're re
hireable, and there's an opportunity there, then
you can get that job that you quit back. And this
is one of the reasons why I really don't suggest
burning bridges, torching them in exit interviews,
bashing people on your way out. Honestly,
sometimes it takes leaving a job to have that 2020
hindsight, that it was actually a really great job
that you enjoyed, despite the frustrations that
you were experiencing, you're gonna have
frustrations everywhere, right? On the other hand,
you might not want to Boomerang back to that job
that you quit. Maybe you regret quitting that job
and taking this job. But going back to that job
wasn't an option maybe it was toxic, maybe you
were really stalled and the opportunities were
there and that's why you jumped in the first
place. So again, knowing that reason why you left
that job is really really important. But in this
case you're not going to want to Boomerang back
you're gonna want to find a new opportunity. So in
that case, you are in an active job search again
my friend now I know some people have are in the
position where they're able to just realize the
mistake and quit their job and focus 100% on their
job search. If that's you cool. And if you need to
know if that's the right step you can go and check
out this video right now. Now I'd love to hear
from you. Have you ever regretted quitting a job?
How did you approach it? Did you settle in what
did you end up doing? Let me know in the comments
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