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So far, it's been horrible. I'm not learning, not allowed to use R/Python, am forced to use Excel, am micromanaged, etc.
I have plenty of savings (10+ years worth).
Just wondered how most of you would approach this situation.
1. Suck it up
2. quit now
3. keep working and quit in a few months
4. other
Keep working until you have a new position. That's the smart play...
The best option as someone else has said is lock in the new job before leaving so I’d be getting out there interviewing.
Worst case you have the savings to just leave, my issue with job searching when out of a job is self confidence.. I always interview terribly in those times
You are most fortunate with having lots of savings.
If I were in your situation I would quit now, begin a startup doing what you most enjoy doing and then using that as your current job, seek out an ideal job. If you choose your niche well, you could even be a micro-acquihire.
I left my job of 5 years earlier this year because I was purely burnt out, with only around a year of savings but don't regret it at all. I've had the opportunity to explore spaces I'd never have the chance to do while working at a traditional job, and even if my individual entrepreneurial efforts don't work out, the skills I've picked up while technically unemployed are very attractive to the field that I'm actually working in. Think of it as a full stop pivot in my professional career.
But really, working a job you hate only gets worse and worse. Your productivity will start dropping and you'll start to increasingly feel like crap. Burnout is really rough, and you are almost certainly more valuable than you are being treated at a company like that.
That's what I'd do at least, but yeah your call of course.
If there's one advice I'd say to a younger version of myself, it's to get out faster. Most mistakes lead to building some strength later on, this isn't one of them.
The difference between quitting now and later is that being jobless puts time pressure on getting a new one, so you'll probably miss out on some less urgent companies that take months to interview, and you're more likely to take another bad deal. I think people are not quite picky enough about jobs; 90% of them are bad, same with 90% of the employee pool. So you need some room to go through the interview process and reject bad employers.
Keep working until you have a new position. That's the smart play...
Yeah, having a job increases your negotiating leverage and only gives you more options.