Deja Vu

We just went through a merger. It's been a disaster. I've come to value a small company environment and now I'm back a behemoth. A quarter of the people in my company just disappeared. And now it's at the point where I've prepared my resignation papers but I can't deliver them because other people keep resigning ahead of me, and I don't want to give my manager a stroke. I really like my manager and that's the only thing left about this career that I can stand. I'm drowning in work. Clients are upset. I'm drowning in personal issues. I cannot balance it all and hating this new company makes me not want to even try professionally anymore. I tried to quit earlier this year, but was asked to stay. I should have been fired long ago probably. But it's that much of a mess that I think they just want warm bodies.

I've been through this before with a couple of other jobs and this same pattern just keeps happening of burnout for me, merger for the company I'm at, and people leaving because of the merger. I'm not only ready to leave the profession, but to just walk out on my career. I've got enough money and security that I just want a job where I can clock in and clock out without working nights and weekends or feeling guilty that I'm not working nights and weekends.

I know the advice is usually just last as long as you can until they fire you. I know the other advice with a recession coming as some point is to keep your job if you have a job. But even my friends and family are telling me to quit. I just have no idea what I would even do after this. I've done this so long, it's all that I'm qualified for. This type of job is the only job Linkedin even recommends. I'm just over it all professionally.