![]() ![]() If that sounds a little too quantitative, just ask yourself, What are the chances I’ll be happy in my current job six months from now? What are the chances I’ll be happy in a new one? Many people answer the first question with an unequivocal “zero percent” and reply “I don’t know” to the second-which means there’s a chance it will be higher than zero, making the choice feel easier.īefore I left that dream job, I made a similar calculation. Multiply the probability by the outcome score to get the expected value of each outcome and add them all up. (When I tested this out with a hypothetical scenario, I used a simple 1-to-10 scale.) Then estimate each outcome’s probability of happening. First come up with a system for scoring the possible outcomes, good and bad, of staying in your current job and of taking a new one. Like poker, “stick or quit” is a game of probability, and Duke recommends looking at the seemingly qualitative decision from a quantitative perspective by estimating the expected value of each course of action. How can you know for sure whether you’re making the right call? You can’t, but you can make an educated guess. “Contrary to popular belief,” she writes, “quitting will get you to where you want to go faster.” Staying on an unfruitful path-no matter how much time and energy you’ve already invested going down it-won’t lead to real progress. In Quit the consultant and former poker champion Annie Duke reminds us that good decision-making always involves considering the costs of not taking action. Several new books offer advice for weighing the benefits and the costs of quitting-urging us to ask, What will I gain? instead of What will I lose? Quitting can be scary, though, because it highlights what you stand to lose: the relationships you’ve cultivated with colleagues, the comfort of a familiar boss and organization, financial stability, sometimes even your sense of yourself as a gritty, resilient, loyal person. A few years ago I left what had once felt like a dream role because I was burned out past the point of no return. Maybe you want better pay, need to get away from a toxic boss, or are ready to pursue a different career. For example: If you are hired to sell knives for $50,000 per year, but in the first month of work you realize you can’t make any sales and the personal expenses are more than your income, you should be eligible for unemployment benefits.There are plenty of good reasons to quit a job. Before you quit for this reason, you have to prove that the wages or expenses of your job don’t match what you expected when you were hired. They also consider the local labor market and how much you can expect to make in your trade or occupation. PA’s Department of Labor will also consider: changes to your health, safety and morals, physical fitness, and distance to work from your home. You have to prove that there were changes to your job, responsibilities, or workplace that you didn’t agree to when you were hired or that your employer deceived you about the job when they hired you. You must also show that you are willing and available for suitable work. Before quitting for personal reasons you have to prove that you quit because of circumstances that left you with no reasonable alternative and that you attempted to maintain the employer/employee relationship. If you are quitting your job to attend a full-time college or university, you won’t qualify for unemployment. The TRA is designed for people whose employers have been impacted by foreign trade to compensation, job training and other benefits. But you can quit to go to school or get training as long as it qualifies under the federal Trade Readjustment Act (TRA). There’s very limited eligibility for unemployment compensation under this cause. You also have to prove that the relocation created financial struggles or that it’s economically impossible to maintain two residences.Īttending school. You can quit your job if your spouse needs to relocate, whether it’s for a new job, attending school or taking care of long-distance loved one, but you need to prove that this change was beyond your spouse’s control. You must also show that you are willing and able to work at a job closer to your home. ![]() Before you quitting for this reason, you must be able to prove that the lack of transportation isn’t your fault and that you tried to find alternative means of transportation. If the employer won’t make accommodations or the support isn’t adequate, you should be eligible for unemployment benefits if you quit. If you quit for health reasons, you need to have told your employer, and see if they will accommodate you. ![]()
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