Anxious about accepting another job

[pink_sugar]

So I've been anxious about quitting my current job for another, although I really need more money, benefits and promotional opportunities. Reason being is that my husband never seems to have a stable job and I'm concerned about possible circumstances if another position did not work out, then I'd have no job. I feel confident in this current job, because I've been here nearly a year and a half and I'm relying primarily on my income to keep the roof over our heads. I know I will need to make the leap though, especially by the time I graduate this summer. I just wish my husband would have a stable job for once.

[firemanq]

Every time I have accepted a new job, about 2 weeks into the job I got worried. I found my knowledge base was not sufficient for the new job, and I would be found lacking and then fired. I always kept my mouth shut and in a few months, I found my concerns were foolish.

 

Do your homework before taking the job. Find out about the business culture, the job atmosphere and the possibility of advancement. Sounds like you may need to prepare to be the primary wage earner in you family.

[Almond_Joy]

So I've been anxious about quitting my current job for another, although I really need more money, benefits and promotional opportunities. Reason being is that my husband never seems to have a stable job and I'm concerned about possible circumstances if another position did not work out, then I'd have no job. I feel confident in this current job, because I've been here nearly a year and a half and I'm relying primarily on my income to keep the roof over our heads. I know I will need to make the leap though, especially by the time I graduate this summer. I just wish my husband would have a stable job for once.

 

 

I was confident in the security of my job, which I'd been at for over two years. I won awards for work performance, was liked by all my colleagues and my supervisors, AND was the only admin support rep in my department. I thought of pursuing other work multiple times while employed, for more money and career goals but stayed because like you, I was worried about being out of work and losing the stability I had in that job.

 

I got laid off from that job 4 months ago. I share this to point out that holding yourself back from pursuing better opportunities does not guarantee that what you have now is more secure. If your company needed more money do you think they wouldn't lay off some people or start reducing hours to save money? They do what they have to do to save their bottom line.

 

I also got fired from a job I'd been at for nearly four years while I was supporting my mother. I then took a minimum wage job that we got by on for 10 months. I share this to point out that even if your worst case scenario comes to fruition, you can find a way to get by until you're back on your feet.

 

If you pursue a better opportunity, you won't regret having gone for what you want. If you hold yourself back, waiting until the time is right or things get better, you will probably miss out on a lot of opportunities that will may be nonexistent or harder to take advantage of later down the line.

 

Good luck.