WEBVTT - Second Cup: Maybe it's just your job

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is that you shouldn't leave the workforce when

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<v Speaker 2>you just hate your job. While leaving the workforce is

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<v Speaker 2>one way to solve that problem, it is entirely possible

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<v Speaker 2>that there is a better job out there if you

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<v Speaker 2>choose to leave the workforce. That should be something you

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<v Speaker 2>are running too. You don't want to be running away

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<v Speaker 2>from something else. So I have heard from a few

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<v Speaker 2>parents recently, generally mothers who had left the workforce for

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<v Speaker 2>a while to stay home with their kids. They had

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<v Speaker 2>been miserable in their jobs and had young children, and

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<v Speaker 2>so staying home seemed like a reasonable and socially acceptable option.

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<v Speaker 2>A few months into the gig, they realized they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>really want to be stay at home parents long term.

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<v Speaker 2>They turned out to have big professional ambitions. The problem

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<v Speaker 2>was the old job, not paid work. In general, I

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<v Speaker 2>have seen the same thing in the past with people

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<v Speaker 2>going to graduate school. Someone in a career rut decides

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<v Speaker 2>to go back to school, only to realize that school

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<v Speaker 2>is a long and hard project. Now, don't get me wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>I am all for going to graduate school or staying

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<v Speaker 2>home with your kids. If that is what you want

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<v Speaker 2>to do, maybe you can picture the exact career you

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<v Speaker 2>want in the future and you know for sure that

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<v Speaker 2>a certain degree is necessary to get there. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 2>have been dreaming of being a full time parent for

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<v Speaker 2>years and it is finally a financially viable option. If

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<v Speaker 2>that describes you, amazing. But if you are contemplating grad

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<v Speaker 2>school or staying home with your kids primarily as a

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<v Speaker 2>way to have a legitimate sounding explanation for why you

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<v Speaker 2>are leaving your current job, well maybe time to think

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<v Speaker 2>this through. Grad School tends to be expensive, especially when

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<v Speaker 2>you consider what you pay intuition and the loss of

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<v Speaker 2>your previous salary. Grad school is often stressful as well

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<v Speaker 2>as for staying home with your kids again, you are

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<v Speaker 2>losing income, and, as any professional childcare provider or stay

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<v Speaker 2>at home parent will tell you, taking care of kids

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<v Speaker 2>all day is hard, unrelenting work. If you are choosing

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<v Speaker 2>these paths, you want to truly be choosing these things

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<v Speaker 2>for their own sake, not as something that just seems

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<v Speaker 2>better than what you currently have. Because here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>If you hate your current you have a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>options besides leaving the workforce all together. For instance, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know this seems obvious, you can get another job.

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<v Speaker 2>Very few people have truly optimized on the job front,

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<v Speaker 2>so don't assume that you will need to trade off

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<v Speaker 2>something you value in order to get something else. It

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<v Speaker 2>is entirely possible that you will find a better paying

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<v Speaker 2>job with more flexibility or work life balance if you look.

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<v Speaker 2>If you could find the time to apply to grad school,

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<v Speaker 2>you can find the time to research and apply for jobs,

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<v Speaker 2>have informational interviews, do career counseling, or whatever it takes

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out your next steps. If you would be

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<v Speaker 2>willing to quit entirely to stay home, maybe take some

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<v Speaker 2>PTO or even unpaid time off first to figure out

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<v Speaker 2>all the options that are out there. If you are

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<v Speaker 2>desperate to leave your job immediately but haven't found the

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<v Speaker 2>right new job yet, consider getting a temporary job or

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<v Speaker 2>take short term contracts while you look for your next

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<v Speaker 2>full time gig. Just be sure you think through health

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<v Speaker 2>insurance and have a solid emergency fund. Even if you

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<v Speaker 2>earn less in your transitional work than in the salaried

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<v Speaker 2>job you leave, you are still pocketing a lot more

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<v Speaker 2>than if you left the workforce all together. Before you

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<v Speaker 2>decide to leave your job, you might also consider job crafting,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly if this isn't a good time for you to

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<v Speaker 2>find a new job, or if you've struggled to get

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<v Speaker 2>a new job that's the right fit. Try refaming your

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<v Speaker 2>current job. Can you focus on the aspects you enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>most and spend less time on what you don't like?

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<v Speaker 2>If you are working really long hours and experiencing a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of stress, is there a way you can dial back?

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<v Speaker 2>Pay attention to how colleagues with similar jobs who seem

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<v Speaker 2>less pressured navigate your workplace and see whether you can

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<v Speaker 2>learn from their examples. In many larger organizations, it might

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<v Speaker 2>be possible to move to a different department or team,

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<v Speaker 2>or to work with a different manager for a while.

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<v Speaker 2>You keep your seniority and benefits, but you might be

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<v Speaker 2>able to change your day to day experience a lot. Again.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to go to grad school or be

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<v Speaker 2>a stay at home parent, those are wonderful choices, but

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<v Speaker 2>both can be challenging. If you want to take on

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<v Speaker 2>those challenges, be sure that you are actively embracing them.

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<v Speaker 2>You are running toward them, You are not choosing them,

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<v Speaker 2>Because that seems like a good story to tell for

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<v Speaker 2>why you are quitting your current job. The world of

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<v Speaker 2>work is larger than your current job, and if all

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<v Speaker 2>things consider, you'd like to continue to work for pay,

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<v Speaker 2>then no doubt you will be able to find something

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<v Speaker 2>amazing in time. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for listening, and here's to making the move.

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<v Speaker 1>Of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear from you.

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