Comments | clockwork_zero: I QUIT! FINI. ze End...

clockwork_zero

I QUIT! FINI. ze End...

Mar 03, 2009 07:03

That's it. EIGHT years. This past 2 months has been horrible. more horrible than a job should be.
I swear i was getting chest pains. I constantly had migraines. I've not been able to check email from work since January, or surf where i wanted (which to some might not mean much I know - but 8 yrs of surfing in the tech support part of my job ( Read more... )

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jiffyclub March 3 2009, 13:53:19 UTC

More power to you, Zero! Best of luck!

fairy March 3 2009, 13:55:48 UTC

Back in 1998 I worked for a lawyer who was a freaking nutcase, making 8 bucks an hour. She referred to me as the "hired help" to her friends when they called and if they talked to me on the phone ("don't talk to the hired help"), made me create an excel spreadsheet of all the exterminators in the area because her kitchen had ants, and threw a bagel past my head on the wall because she was mad at me ( ... )

livia_llewellyn March 3 2009, 14:05:43 UTC

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

norda March 3 2009, 15:30:42 UTC

I went freelance in 2003, and haven't looked back since.

Okay, maybe I peeked over my shoulder and gave a few wistful sighs, but I'm happier being self-employed, and working harder than I've ever worked before.

It can be right scary, but I've got your back.

txtriffidranch March 3 2009, 16:23:32 UTC

Congratulations. I did the same thing with my old job two-and-a-half years ago, and I haven't looked back. (My old boss became Vice President about three days after I left, and she's been doing a spectacular job at destroying employee morale and driving off anyone who remembers what it was like when the job was fun.) Yes, it'll probably be tough, but I also think you're going to kick ass and take names.