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T & Co
Super March 2014

How many of you are desiring to quit your job after your wedding?

T & Co, on April 4, 2014 at 9:22 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 61

My desire to leave happened last year but I was knocked down during a work conference from an attempted burglary and the kindness of my manager made me stay. Now that the wedding is done the more I keep realizing the job makes me feel miserable. We are crazy short staffed. For the past 5 years I...

My desire to leave happened last year but I was knocked down during a work conference from an attempted burglary and the kindness of my manager made me stay. Now that the wedding is done the more I keep realizing the job makes me feel miserable. We are crazy short staffed. For the past 5 years I have worked in my organization I have been the first official employee in my department and still am the one employee under my manager of 4 years. How many of you are thinking of leaving/switching industries?

61 Comments

  • britt morgan
    VIP September 2014
    britt morgan ·
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    Ive been looking around for the time being, after the wedding I will be looking moreso...I want a new job before christmas *fingers crossed*

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  • GrayCatVintage
    Master October 2015
    GrayCatVintage ·
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    I left my job over a year ago - then FH pops the question. Now I am trying to find a better job - as in being employed by someone. I tried a self employment job for a year, but it just does not pay enough.

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  • kahlcara
    Master August 2013
    kahlcara ·
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    I'm quitting my job within 5 months. I'm completely sick of my boss needing to check everything that we do while she only works 4 days a week. If you don't trust us to do it when you're not here, maybe you should be here every day! Nothing to do with our wedding, I've been planning to go back to school but had to wait until DH graduates and can start paying for stuff while I'm in school. He's graduating in May and I'm starting law school in August. We're moving to Boston basically as soon as he finds a job.

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  • The Mrs R
    Master May 2014
    The Mrs R ·
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    I hate my job, and will start looking for a new one just after the wedding. If I find a good one, then I'll definitely be quitting!

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  • Mallory Abroad
    Master October 2014
    Mallory Abroad ·
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    I'm the opposite, I want my job back

    Oh and @Stephanie that is what I use to do

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  • MRS_Mikec
    VIP August 2014
    MRS_Mikec ·
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    I am the breadwinner and if anyone changes it will be FH. He is self employed(contractor) but makes a decent income. Because it is not consistant he can go a month with no income. I dont mind as much because it allows him to take my kids to school and sports and such. It works well for us. I love my job and since I can support us when he isnt working there is no reason for me to change. I did the SAHM thing and hated it!

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  • heidi
    Super August 2014
    heidi ·
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    I wish I fouls be home...but I am the bread winner.

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  • T & Co
    Super March 2014
    T & Co ·
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    Ah it is easier to leave a job after a wedding since there is the stress that you know from your current work verses the stress you dont know from a new job and new industry, plus you tend to try as hard as you can for about a year in a new job.

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  • F
    VIP May 2014
    FutureMrs.Combs ·
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    I'm actually searching for a better job so we can have 2 decent incomes. I like to go shopping and stuff a lot and since we have a lot of bills to pay, we need 2 incomes or else, I'll never get to go shopping.

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  • DlovesD
    Master June 2014
    DlovesD ·
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    I'm looking forward to being a stay at home mom about a year or so after the wedding. We plan to open a bakery/cafe when our future kids are old enough to be in school during the day.

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  • Katie
    VIP May 2014
    Katie ·
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    I actually have in my 2 weeks notice and I have 42 days till wedding. It was a hard decision as much as there were things thst drive me crazy, I love the people I work with. I will be starting my new job a month before my wedding. We already discussed time off and I won't be paid while I'm on my honeymoon but its no issue for me getting the time off. Im actually saving money because right now I commute an hour and pay 30 in tolls and now my commute well be 15 minutes toll free.

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  • Happy In Hawaii
    Master July 2015
    Happy In Hawaii ·
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    Well my "job" is still school. I'm only a second year student in a program that will be for my masters and then PhD so after the wedding I'll be in my third year and I'll probably have another 3 ish years to go...so nothing will change. The only thing that could change is whether I get paid as a teaching assistant or a research assistant. I do enjoy my job most of the times, I make my own hours (I sometimes don't get into work until 1 pm and I leave at around 6 pm...or just work from home). The work is pretty interesting, but sometimes frustrating. After I finish my PhD though it'll be a big evaluation of what I want to do. And by that point I'm going to want to start thinking of kids...so who knows!

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  • Antoinette
    Devoted August 2014
    Antoinette ·
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    Well I had to leave my job, I was there when they opened the doors 7yrs ago. its been stressful with moving and planning the wedding. FH house is 4 hrs away from where I was living. he madw the bulk of the money and actually I've been ready to leave for sometime now. only 4 months left. I will get a job after the wedding.

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  • Susan
    Master March 2015
    Susan ·
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    I will most likely always have to work, at least PT. FH is a student studying software engineering and a lot of computer jobs are contract, aka no health benefits. I have been PT since July dealing with my sick dad and can make it ok, but not a lot of extra $. Plus we need a bigger house in the future. Mine is paid for and that is why I can work PT. Unless we welcome a little one ( I am almost 40) then I will likely stay FT, to save for the future, retirement and vacations etc. Our plan is to never be at a point where we can not survive off one income.

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  • JoBu
    Master September 2015
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    I absolutely adore my job, and I am not planning on quitting anytime soon. I moved over 650 miles from Illinois to Georgia to get this job, and it's my dream job. I actually met my FH once I moved here, so I like to say the job brought me to him. Once we start having kids, I may take a year off or so, but then I will come back to work. I have worked so hard to get where I am and have always dreamed of it, and can't imagine not doing it!

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  • Future Mrs.Whitaker
    VIP August 2014
    Future Mrs.Whitaker ·
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    I would love to be a SAHW. lol However, FH's income cant support that. I just got my "big girl job" in December and I am really starting to make a name for myself...however, I wouldn't mind being able to sleep in and not have to deal with the stress. I already told FH when he was done with school and got started in his career, I would be considering it depending on how much he made.

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  • Jess
    Master May 2015
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    It's being discussed. I dislike my job immensely, I'm underemployed, and there isn't hope for anything better in this area. We'll probably have to wait until FH gets out from under child support though... luckily only a few more years.

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  • H
    Savvy June 2019
    Haley ·
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    I am in a different situation, that still involves wanting to quit! I work in an industry that I love, but I've gotten sick of my job over the last year for many reasons. The biggest problem is that I am having to plan our wedding around my work, we would love an autumn wedding (especially October!!) But that is the busy season for my work and no employees are allowed vacation during those times. I dream about leaving but I need to save money and it would be hard to find something like my job for the same rate of pay in my area.
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  • Stephanie
    Expert October 2018
    Stephanie ·
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    ME. I hate my job and live in an area that I don't particularly care for. I have a countdown until the end of the year because I am looking to be moving out of state, and that is when I can say, "I AM LEAVING, YOU HORRIBLE PEOPLE, GOODBYE. " I dream of this day more than you know.

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  • P
    Dedicated September 2018
    Pom ·
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    I'd love to quit my job or work fewer hours but it's 2018 and that's not an easy feat anymore for millennials! I actually had an older family friend ask if I was going to keep working after the wedding. Ummm, yes? Because I have to, and so do most people in their 20s even if they're married? Lol! My fiancé and I both make enough money to support ourselves with a little extra. Though I'd definitely quit my job at the drop of a hat if he suddenly made enough money to support both of us, right now I need to work and it's an added benefit that we'll have enough money to put some away to travel or start saving for a house.

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