How to Know When it's Time to Quit Your Job

If you've been thinking about a career change lately, there may be a few reasons why finding a new place to work is a good idea. Here are some things to consider when you're trying to decide whether updating your resume and scheduling a few interviews is a sound career move.

You don't get along with co-workers.

While you can't expect to be best friends with everyone you work with, you do want to maintain a professional, friendly relationship with the people you have to communicate with every day in the workplace. This is especially important when you're working with a small staff, or are in a profession where constant teamwork is extremely important. If you find that individuals in your department don't exactly have an honest, fair approach to problems or tasks in the workplace, or can't be trusted, it may be time to start putting your resume back out there. If you constantly hear coworkers speaking negatively about someone in the office, or if other employees always want to talk to you about someone in the office they don't particularly care for, this is definitely a sign that everyone in the office can't be trusted. You don't want to run away from a good job just because of the people that work there, but you do want make sure that your reputation is not being ruined by those who will do anything to get ahead. If you find yourself angry or upset by a coworker's actions on a daily basis, you should talk to your boss about the problem and try to resolve the situation as professionally as possible. If this doesn't work (give it a couple of weeks to know for sure), a new place of employment may be more suitable.

You don't agree with the ethics of your company.