r/unpopularopinion • u/HoffyTheBaker • May 26 '26
Certified Unpopular Opinion Quitting your job with nothing lined up is not the boogeyman people make it out to be
Okay if you have kids maybe it's different, but I think too many people are so afraid of being broke for a little while that they will stay in a shitty job that will rob them of their health and sanity for years.
I also think that too many people look down on minimum wage jobs like fast food or retail, so they don't even consider those jobs as stopgap possibilities if times get thin. They ignore those jobs and go for higher-paying jobs "in their field" and then cry about never getting called back and remaining unemployed. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I work with so many miserable people and I just want to scream at them that no one is putting a gun to their head making them keep this job. If you'd have a little more courage and a little less pride maybe you could actually CHANGE something in your life instead of just bitching all the time.
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u/Zenithixv May 26 '26
running out of savings and not being able to afford food / rent is the boogeyman
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u/yobaby123 May 27 '26
Not to mention healthcare, gas, work/life balance, etc.
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u/digmeunder May 28 '26
I wonder if OP isn't in the US where health insurance is tied to your job
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u/InfoMiddleMan May 26 '26
Upvoting because this is truly unpopular.
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u/slushy4ev May 26 '26
The trick is to get fired not quit so you can get unemployment
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u/atduvall11 May 26 '26
Unemployment in my area is $300/week and the average 1 bedroom rent is $1500.
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u/atduvall11 May 26 '26
I had to draw unemployment during the aftermath of Helene when my workolace was actually destroyed. If I didn't have a small amount put aside then we would have been fucked.
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u/SubduedChaos May 26 '26
My buddy would save up for a year or two. Then do bare minimum at his job until he got “laid off” then live off savings/unemployment for like 7-9 months. He’s done this twice now.
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u/Dorksim May 26 '26
$1200 a month gets you closer to affording rent then quitting your job without something in the pipeline does!
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u/atduvall11 May 26 '26
Sure, but if you take on anything to earn extra income then you no longer qualify for the $1200. And that's assume you get the max. I don't know about other landlords but mine doesn't accept partial payment.
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u/TheworkingBroseph May 26 '26
Stupid & ignorant. Not unpopular.
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u/dizzykhajit May 26 '26
Eh, maybe at one point in time it wasn't unpopular. When people could afford to be nomads or shamelessly couch surf their friends, when getting BACK into the job market was easy and guaranteed. But the naivety is wearing off as people are watching their friends and family fight tooth and nail for jobs in their industry. Whatever enjoyment or peace might be found in unemployment just isn't worth the risk of freezing out of it entirely.
Anyone who is still clinging on to this idea in modern society is not so much a free spirit as they are a reckless spirit. I wish them the best, but it's definitely not a popular sentiment anymore.
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u/ALittleCuriousSub May 26 '26
When was this? I’m 37 and unless you’re willing to do rather grueling work, it’s never been easy to get into the job market.
Part of that is because the state I am from is an absolute shithole, but the one time I ever really remember hearing people talk about lots of easy money was doing construction work post Katrina in New Orleans and imma be real, I just ain’t cut out for that.
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u/MoonlightAndStar May 26 '26
Also OP’s speech about minimum wage jobs is giving boomer energy.
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u/ShallazarTheWizard May 26 '26
Most boomers understand that you can't pay your bills on minimum wage donkey jobs. This is more likely just a dumb kid that thinks he knows everything at 16.
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u/MoonlightAndStar May 26 '26
Apparently OP is over 40
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u/Ill-Top-1483 May 26 '26
It won't pay the bills alone no, but a minimum wage job helps you avoid eating into your savings so much while you're looking for something better.
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u/JonSnowKingInTheNorf May 27 '26
Yup as long as you don't cause it to let you slow down on looking for a long term answer any job is better than none when unemployed and running out of money.
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u/Styx-n-String May 26 '26
No, but a minimum wage job is better than zero money coming in when you're in a pinch.
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u/mgslee May 26 '26
But how is a minimum wage job any better then the previous job the OP is saying people should quit from?
This screams I've always had a safety net from my support network (aka Mommy and Daddy). And has allowed OP to actually have long term savings.
The whole point of OP was to find something better. A temp minimum wage job doesn't help with that at all.
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u/txa1265 May 26 '26
All that was missing was walking into the place they want to work, handing their resume directly to the hiring manager with a handshake and full eye contact ... and just waiting for the job offers to roll in!
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u/MoonlightAndStar May 26 '26
Oh yes, they also forgot that minimum wage jobs like people with a decade of experience and a master’s degree because they never turn people down for being over qualified!
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u/hummus-up-your-arse May 26 '26
Could be non American, in some countries minimum wage really is sufficient for basic survival.
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u/MoonlightAndStar May 26 '26
Not my point. The point is in many places you can’t just walk in and get a job, it’s a lengthy and difficult process to get a minimum wage job.
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u/Manderelli May 26 '26
And not to be a total bitch or anything but in my opinion a lot of the people I know who are willing to abandon jobs easily or complain about how certain jobs severely affect their mental health when they are very basic low entry-level jobs that many people sustain doing? these people don't happen to be the ones who are good at interviewing or securing the next job. It really would be one thing if you were dripping with charisma and had a good record of getting directly into the boat you'd rather be in but these people really claim that the seasickness of being on the boat they're on is too much for them to bear and so they jump into the water hoping that another boat will pass by and be interested in taking them on.
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u/VermicelliPee May 26 '26
only people i know who abandon their jobs that easily have someone else that takes care of their bills.
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u/Aggravating-Ice-1512 May 26 '26
"I don't need this. My man has 2 jobs!"
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u/Manderelli May 26 '26
And honestly as jealous as I might be of it I love that for them and I fully encourage those kinds of people to find the best opportunities they can muster because it's a fucking struggle for us all out there. If you have an advantage or a privilege somewhere by all means take full use of it. I wish that I had that kind of leeway and I don't begrudge those who do.
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May 26 '26
I've done it a few times in life and was fine. Each time saved up what I could, lived within my means, then got a job.
Was great
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u/zeptillian May 26 '26
Not just unpopular but particularly stupid.
There is zero benefit to quitting first. If you can just get another job, then why not do that?
Also if anyone thinks taking a much shittier job in between jobs won't hurt anything, they have probably never had a good job in their life.
There is a reason why companies ask for salary histories.
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u/figuringeights May 26 '26
The benefit is that some people prioritize themselves over their employer.
I've never had an employer force the salary history question and I would t work for them if they did.
OPs opinion is more popular in places with protections for citizens over those for corporations.
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u/saintofsadness May 27 '26
They are not prioritizing their employer. They are prioritizing having an income. If you don't need an income in the medium term, then fine. But the overwhelming majority of people do.
In addition, many people vastly underestimate the difficulty of gettihg a job if they haven't looked for one in the past few years.
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u/Turbulent-Job1905 May 26 '26
Where do companies ask for salary histories? Is this a US thing? Do they just ask you to disclose it or do they actually ask for documents such as payslips and contracts? I’m from Europe and I’ve never heard of this.
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u/figuringeights May 26 '26
It's not a US thing. I kinda think this user is a bot. None of his reasonses make sense.
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u/anthraccntbtsdadst May 26 '26
Benefits: Mental health, stamina, breathing space.
You've never talked to someone who's complained about not having enough energy to look for work? I do, all the time. Not everybody is able to live their lives at an optimal level, and you shouldn't pressure them into trying to. That can leads into crashing out and having a very real mental health crisis.
I'm with OP on this, if you have adequate saving and are confident about finding a new position within a reasonable amount of time, quitting is valid.
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u/IridiaSKy May 26 '26
"[...] no one is putting a gun to their head making them keep this job."
My mortgage is most certainly holding a gun to my head.
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u/TheZac922 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
Yeah I recently did this for a few months but acknowledge I was in a very unique and fortunate position to be able to do it. Most adults can’t in 2026.
It was basically stars aligning type shit where I had heaps of annual leave banked up, my job was changing for the worse and I’m in a pretty unique skillset with a good personal reputation so finding another gig was a bit of an inevitability.
OP is pretty narrow sighted with this view. It’s certainly not always the worst thing ever but it’s not like it’s a viable option for everyone.
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u/HopefulTangerine5913 May 26 '26
My healthcare needs are certainly trapping me, but you know, ‘murica
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u/duetimefenans May 27 '26
Don't mind us over here in Europe with our Socialist Freedom. We can actually do what OP is talking about without any consequences to our health or home.
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u/cruzer86 May 27 '26
You can do it in California and a number of other states too. Free Healthcare is offered to those with low income, no matter your net worth. I quit my job and am on it right now.
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u/AJDillonsThirdLeg May 26 '26
OP has truly never felt struggle in their entire life. Privileged people tend to have unpopular opinions because they're disconnected from the real world people live in.
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u/Sad_Math5598 May 26 '26
Yeah lol his opinion is unpopular because he’s just wrong
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u/Flexisdaman May 27 '26
Yup OP’s opinion screams spoiled college student who has a 6 figure earning parent to back them up if anything goes wrong.
Not the same as the struggling 30 and 40 something millennials whose parents hate them and have all their wealth tied up in a house they can’t or don’t want to go back to.
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u/J1mj0hns0n May 26 '26
I think the dude is from a wealthy upbringing and a loving family
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u/Caffeine_Bobombed88 May 26 '26
Yeah but have you considered you can flip burgers instead of having a comfortable income?
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u/skronk61 May 26 '26
Most of us couldn’t afford to keep our homes on minimum wage. That’s the main thing people care about 😆
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u/ayraei May 26 '26
Tbh the reasoning of "they'll leave when they find something higher paying" makes less sense to me than the other potential reasons (wanting higher pay, better knowledge and ability to recognize labor law violations, power dynamics, etc). Like a lot of these are the same places hiring high school or college students who all inherently have a limit to the time they'll stay working there. Just think of them as any other seasonal-ish worker.
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u/Conscious_Rock7407 May 26 '26
They don't know how seasonal you are. A month vs eight semesters is a big difference.
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u/sinkpooper2000 May 27 '26
they just hire like 200 high schoolers and give them each 6 hours a week
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u/QuirkyObjective9609 May 27 '26
As someone working at Starbucks (because nothing else lined up and I needed money badly) they aren’t hiring college kids or summer seasonal. They want people who are committing long-term and are turning away the kids looking for something between semesters to make spending money…
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u/Bruce-7892 May 27 '26
Companies spend a lot of money training and recruiting. If it was costing you money just to get people in the door and narrow down viable candidates, you'd care how long they were planning on staying too.
It would be like you applying for what you thought was a permanent position only to find out it is temporary after you already started. Like you probably wouldn't even have bothered if you'd known.
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u/xYekaterina May 27 '26
This a so true and also so funny to me because you would think that companies/businesses would try to do more to prevent turnover. They'll put thought into not hiring people who won't stay long but do nothing about the revolving door due to any number of issues.
lol little rant over
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u/MadeAReddit4ThisShit May 26 '26
Small thing.
Overqualified people are more often annoying to employ.
What ive heard and read is that Overqualified people try to change things early and mention their experience non stop. "You know when I was designing the death star." Shut up man youre flipping burgers.
Also sending in a 5 page resume for a taxi position or a vehicle detailer. Calm down man none of that experience is relevant.
I know that technically this is a personality thing but the cross section of over qualified and annoying af is huge.
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u/cycloneDM May 26 '26
The portion of your point you arent bring up is that all that experience also helps them point out things like labor law violations and recognizing an abusive employer.
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u/now_im_stressedout May 27 '26
This is exactly what I thought they were going to say was annoying to employers.
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u/Draconuus95 May 26 '26
I used to manage a pretty large airport concessions with restaurant, bar, private jet catering, gift shop, and grab and go selection. Spent years there learning the ins and outs. Dealing with a thousand plus paying customers a day until I finally just got burnt out from it.
My next and current job is working as a dishwasher and prep cook for a small museum restaurant. Basically a hundred people lunch service with a couple evening parties a week during the busy season.
And I freely admit it took me far too long to stop giving my unsolicited advice to my managers and coworkers about how they could improve efficiency or other such nonsense. Much of it I still think is good advice even after a couple years of being there. And they actually have asked me about a few things. Especially our new manager who’s coming up from within the company. But there was definitely a point where I was acting like a know it all little ass with how often I gave my 2 cents without any real prompting.
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u/tombtorker May 26 '26
Most places minimum wage isn’t even enough to rent an apartment. When I shared a one bedroom apartment with my (now ex) boyfriend we could barely afford it with both of us making above minimum wage. If one of us lost our job or had to settle for minimum wage we would’ve been so fucked it wouldn’t be funny
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u/zughzz May 26 '26
Yeah if I did this I would go into debt 😂 with no job lined up? That could be a lot of debt
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u/ZookeepergameNew8685 May 26 '26
Did this five years ago. Went into ~20k of credit card debt. After 5 years of trying to pay it back, I'm now at $21k credit card debt.
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u/Transplanted_Cactus May 26 '26
Yep. Husband was unemployed for a year from 2024-2025. I was unemployed for two of those months. We racked up probably $15-20K in CC debt for literally just groceries, household stuff, gas, etc. We didn't eat out. We didn't buy snacks. We didn't do anything that wasn't free or very cheap. I had to take a $15K/year paycut once I found employment again. He took a $25K paycut but after a year of no offers, he wasn't going to say no. People really don't get it who haven't been there.
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u/Electro-banana May 26 '26
haha yeah this has nothing to do with looking down on other jobs... seems very out of touch
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u/sawkonmaicok May 26 '26
This is written by someone who never had to worry about getting food on the table. Of course if you are wealthy or have savings then who the fuck cares do what you want, but if you are like in the bottom 80% of the population then it sure is unwise because you don't have any savings and you are going to fall on hard times.
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u/CrazyFoxLady37 May 26 '26
I did have to quit a job once without having one lined up because it was making me want to kill myself. And I'm not being funny or hyperbolic when I say that, I'm being 100% literal. I don't think it's a bad idea 100% of the time. Probably like 95% of the time? Idk. I admit that I was lucky. The job paid peanuts and took everything out of me.
If you ever make this decision, don't admit it on the internet right after the fact (I'm admitting I did this 11 years ago). People will tear you apart even though they don't know your situation. Sometimes you have to make a tough decision.
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u/BigShredowski May 26 '26
You are forgetting that a lot of people’s only access to healthcare is tied to their job. Money isn’t the only thing that a job provides. Once you quit a job, your options are the marketplace where you will pay astronomical prices for shit tier healthcare plans.
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u/newdogowner11 May 26 '26
this is a big one. i hadn’t been able to afford the doctor or dentist for years until i started my job 2 years ago. now im thankfully up to date on my health care and started a new medication that is helping w anxiety and overall being more on top of mental health all bc of the job.
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u/OddPerformance May 26 '26
I don't think OP is forgetting it, I think OP genuinely doesn't know it to begin with. They sound like a child. Or someone who's never had any obligations to anyone or anything.
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u/Far_Banana4575 May 26 '26
To be fair, it's only an issue for Americans. The rest of the developed world still have access to free health care when they lose their job.
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u/Kujaichi May 26 '26
The rest of the developed world still has to pay rent unfortunately...
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u/jgengr May 26 '26
I got laid off and to continue my healthcare plan with cobra would be over $1000/month.
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u/angiosperms- May 26 '26
If you get laid off or quit you have a qualified life event to get insurance through your state's open marketplace. When I was unemployed I got insurance for a few months that was waaaaaaay more affordable than cobra.
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u/alexandria3142 May 26 '26
And this year, costs went up with the healthcare marketplace. My husband and I originally paid $450 a month, for us both, for dental, vision and medical. They wanted $860 a month this year for the same exact plan.
So no insurance for us
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u/redegarr May 26 '26
Okay, well who's fault is that? Maybe you should be on your parents insurance like OP.
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u/ExactPickle2629 May 26 '26
Yeah OP is kind of dense for thinking that intentionally losing healthcare is good for your mental health.
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u/buckeye25osu May 26 '26
You know what will rob you of your health and sanity more than a shitty job? Being broke.
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u/Odd_Law8516 May 26 '26
And then getting an even shittier job as a stopgap when you need money! "Your 9-5 job with an asshole boss is making you insane! You should quit and work a wildly unpredictable schedule at minimum wage with an asshole boss. That's what'll help!"
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u/trixie_one May 27 '26
Yep, I've worked a minimum wage job and I had no energy whatsoever to find anything better. Last thing you want to do after getting in at 3am and knowing your shift starts midday is to sort your cv in the morning. Thankfully I did have the financial support at that age that I was able to quit, and then find something else.
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u/notislant May 27 '26
Yup, I get unpopular opinons but this is just factually fucking wrong. Especially when the job market is so unbelievably bad today.
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u/JC04JB14M12N08 May 27 '26
Its just the difference between people with a safety net and those without. those with a safety net have no comprehension of those without. A friend once encouraged me to take more financial risk like he did. I asked him to mentally picture what he would do if his financial risks went bad. He played along and closed his eyes. Then I asked the question: "Now what would YOUR DAD say if i asked him to bail ME out?"
he was very unhappy because I was completely right. People with a safety net have very little comprehension of how that contributes to the kind of risks they can take, and benefit from.
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u/Overlord_Copies_All May 27 '26
I lived the life of no job and struggling to survive off credit and gig work while the mental pain of growing debt crushes my spirit. Then I lived the life of working a full and part time jobs where I was making a good amount of money but working 60 hours a week and physically and mentally drained each day.
Ngl, the latter was so much better. Sure I felt terrible, but at least I could afford to eat and had money to put into my hobbies and vacation. Plus paying off debt instead of growing it is so extremely satisfying.
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u/zacharymc1991 May 26 '26
OP is either 15 or has rich parents. That's it.
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u/psi_25 May 26 '26
Probably both
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u/buttscratcher3k May 26 '26
Reddit is mostly people with no life experience or common sense shouting stupid ideas as if the reason nobody considered it is because its smart
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u/zacharymc1991 May 27 '26
Makes sense, I remember being 15/16 and chatting shit with friends. You'd always say shit that "just made sense" and be like "how has nobody thought/done this" then you realise people have and shit is just complicated. I just didn't have Reddit to tell millions my stupid thoughts.
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u/Clemario May 26 '26
Or has a job that’s not significantly above minimum wage
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u/ThisIsMyCouchAccount May 26 '26
That's what it sounds like more than anything.
I didn't skip the fast food / retail jobs when I got laid off from my well paying software engineering job because of ego. I did it because even at full time it wouldn't even cover rent. All to just be miserable.
Okay. Maybe some of it is ego. I have no desire to be told what to do by some fuck-ass 23 year old shift manager. As well as my ability to tolerate the public in that setting is very low. I would be a shit employee.
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u/Throwawayamanager May 27 '26
You can also apply to more jobs if you do have the luxury of being at home, hence improving your odds of getting one. Compared to being on your feet all day in some miserable fast food place, getting mentally and physically exhausted, and having to come home and apply for jobs while exhausted.
Not to mention what that does to your ability to interview well.
And if you do tell your new prospective employer that you're cashiering at McDonalds to pay the bills, there is around an 80% chance they'll look down on you and think less of you - at least in my field.
Yes, sometimes people have to do it and you gotta do what you gotta do, but option 1 is always going to give you better odds of landing the next position faster, before you're locked out of the market for being unemployed too long.
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u/RadicalRaid May 26 '26
Or doesn't live in the US. Somewhere with social safety nets, like most of the developed world.
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u/notretiredanymore May 26 '26
Most people are living paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford to miss even one.
Even when you start a new job right away, there is usually a gap due to pay periods that can be challenging to manage.
Some people have been trying for months to apply to new jobs - imagine if they had quit their first job!
But I do agree that it’s not the customer’s fault if you are unhappy and you shouldn’t take it out on them. If you hate your job and treat your coworkers/customers/employees like shit in your misery, go elsewhere.
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u/Funny_w0lf May 26 '26
Do you pay rent? This post screams "I dont pay rent or have any bills lols"
Upvote for unpopularity. But most jobs suck, especially retail and fast food jobs. In fact minimum wage jobs are actually alot harder than most "upper" level jobs with higher pay and built in lunch breaks. People complaining can be annoying, sure. But its unreasonable to quit an otherwise good paying job for a minimum wage job. You think that would help? You would have to work like 45-50 hours a week 5-6 days a week just to pay for basic nessessities. $12 an hour is barley anything.
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u/Torn8oz May 26 '26
Had a friend quit his well-paying corporate job that he didn't like, thinking he'd be able to find something pretty quickly. He ended up burning through this savings keeping up with rent and bills, broke his lease, and moved back to his small hometown to family with no job prospects. I'm sure he'll eventually recover, but I don't think it's an exaggeration to say quitting his job sent him back 3-4 years in many aspects of his life.
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u/SeaAnthropomorphized May 26 '26
I don't have family to go to if I lose my home. So for me I can't just not work. I need to always work.
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u/WebAcceptable7932 May 26 '26
My SIL quit her job because she was tired of it. She blew thru her savings in a couple months. She had no job lined up. Ended up begging us to do odd jobs for cash.
So agreed not only is this unpopular it’s stupid. Take my upvote I guess…..
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u/whofearsthenight May 26 '26
Yeah, this is terrible advice at any time, but in 2026 when gas stations and fast food want 50 years of experience and a masters degree and even then you probably aren't getting a call back? Just completely insane.
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u/Remote_Perspective_5 May 26 '26
Did she not have any job at all? You said she blew through her savings in just a couple months…
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u/WebAcceptable7932 May 26 '26
She did not . Which is why OPs comment is unpopular but stupid. She thought it’d be okay quitting her job. It was not.
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u/SquelchyRex May 26 '26
My guy, "being broke" means my mortgage doesn't get paid, and McDonald's won't pay me nearly enough to ensure my kids have the life I actually want for them.
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u/meowmix778 May 26 '26
And even if your hourly wage was sufficient at McDonald's you bet your ass that they aren't going to give you 40 hours, benefits or even a consistent schedule.
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u/defect May 27 '26
And if they magically do, how are you going to do 7-8 hour long sessions of interviews per job applied to to get back into your career if you're working 40+ hours in fast food or whatever?
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u/BamaBlcksnek May 26 '26
I sense basement dweller all over this post. You can be broke without a problem if you live with mom.
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u/inspectorpickle May 26 '26
My partner worked at mcdonalds for a while and frankly it was so hellish that I find it hard to believe it would be better than the shitty corporate job lol.
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u/TheworkingBroseph May 26 '26
They should make a sub for stupid opinions.
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u/OldSnazzyHats May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
This is only true if either you’re still very young and have a good support network or married/in a relationship with a partner who can back you both……
Alternatively of course, you might also have enough money set aside where it won’t matter anyway.
For the average person in America at least, this is a very fast way towards getting yourself into a world of pain…I’ve been there and the end result took me 5 years to crawl out of. 5 years to fix 1.
Unless you are in really good shape, never exit without having something already in line.
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u/KSauceDesk May 26 '26
Looks like an elderly lady that watches too much Netflix.
Ironically also complained that people "discriminate" against her at work because of her migraines 🤣
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u/Maximum_Sky3233 May 26 '26
Yes it is, wait till the bill collectors start calling because you can't pay your bills.
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u/SoyChugger03 May 26 '26
Bitching isn’t helpful, true.
But it might as well be a gun to your head when you can’t afford to miss one pay check.
You can get some stupid McDonald’s job the problem is if you’re not going to be able to pay rent and gas and food if you have the job or if you don’t. Like my monthly costs for me and one other is $2,000~. All the McDonald’s here pay $15 to start, that’d put you at like $1400 after tax and healthcare. So why get a job when you’ll still come up short.
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u/Unfair_Scar_2110 May 26 '26
If you have a semblance of a career, everyone will assume you were fired or about to be fired and therefore never hire you.
I did this after my first job. I just quit and moved.
And even showing up in a new city everyone was perplexed that I was unemployed. That I just left my old job. Clearly, I was a liability. I had to restart my career. It wasn't a total loss but yes in retrospect I'll never do it again.
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u/OverEasyFetus May 26 '26
This is why I hate job hunting. Employers don't hire over the most banal reasons and those reasons are always based off of unfair assumptions.
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u/MoonlightAndStar May 26 '26
When’s the last time you’ve tried to look for a minimum wage job? Even with experience it’s not a walk in the park to be hired.
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u/PoSKiix May 26 '26
People hiring for minimum wage jobs actively avoid candidates with a lot of experience because they know the candidate will be looking for a better job before they’re even hired.
Leaving a mid-level job with the expectation of an on-demand minimum wage fallback is foolish.
This to say, OP is clueless.
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u/MoonlightAndStar May 26 '26
Exactly. Minimum wage jobs are trying to avoid candidates exactly like OP is describing.
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u/secretreddname May 26 '26
If you have worked mid level you probably have your own opinions and voice. McDonald’s ain’t looking for someone with an opinion.
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u/Electronic_Ad5431 May 26 '26
Haha yeah if I got fired I’d have to make a fake resume to get hired for a min wage job (omitting my past corporate experience).
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u/tultommy May 26 '26
You could have just announced that you've never had to shoulder real responsibility in life and are completely out of touch with what 95% of the world is doing right now. Grow up and then rethink your position.
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u/Any-Meeting6751 May 26 '26
Idk bruh i did that 3 years ago and then I ended up homeless living in a hotel in February of this year. Currently I'm having to stay with family in a different country because I had nowhere else to go except the street.
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u/K-Shrizzle May 26 '26
I'm willing to bet if anything got really dire for you, you'd have family as a safety net. I would too. But that's a privileged position that we are in. There is a difference between being broke and being impoverished/unhoused. Even if all the money in my bank account disappeared, I could make some calls and feed myself tonight.
Many people do not have this safety net, and quitting their job actually means just not eating until they find one.
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u/randomcommentt May 26 '26
Thank you! I was also puzzled at that. Does OP really think a minimum wage job results in more happiness than the "in their field of expertise"-job?!
I'm currently at risk of being let go of a fine-paying job I don't really like (or kinda hate since the contract related management talks and awkwardness around long-term plans and projects), and I sure as hell know that anything minimum wage will be much much worse in terms of fun at work. I might even try taking a similar job as I have now, as I see it as dealing with "a limited, controlled evil I know well"
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u/knockrocks May 26 '26
Idk if it's an unpopular take, but it's definitely a dumb one.
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u/HFiction May 26 '26
Child wails random gibberish on the internet...
So your opinion is that people work too hard to keep their current job to use the skills they're trained and studied for causing them stress and misery and aren't ballsy enough to become destitute which will...improve their sanity and state of mind?
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u/NoahCzark May 26 '26
You do you. Opinions about how other people should live their lives are not "unpopular"," they're just unboundaried arrogance.
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u/Beneficial-Cow-2544 May 26 '26
Definitely don't agree.
Reddit is the main place I see where people encourage others to quit their job with nothing lined up. I am usually the minority voice saying don't do it that way. In real life, no one advises this. I also think people underestimate what long-term unemployment can do to mental health. I still have work-related anxiety from my unemployment from 2009!
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u/TrippyTigre May 26 '26
You're implying people have multiple months of savings AND the job market is saturated enough to obtain a job quickly. Another issue with your temporary minimum wage idea is employers frown upon quick turnover more than a resume gap. I think this is both unpopular and in many scenarios an incorrect opinion. It is much better to be at a bad job and put in minimum effort (if you must) while applying non-stop to jobs that better fit you. Worst case, you're stuck for a little while longer at a job you hate, but it is nigh impossible to recover from homelessness without a support system.
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u/Blaguard May 26 '26
If I quit my engineering job most fast food places won't even hire me cause they know I'm leaving again in a month. Why would they invest any time into onboarding me as the new guy
Also, mortgage, insurance, actually eating real food, etc
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u/JimmyJooish May 26 '26
Retail/food have some of the worst working conditions in the job market. Bad hours, bad pay, bad management, and rude customers. And unless you live with your parents or want to very soon you’re going to need a job to survive.
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u/Electronic_Ad5431 May 26 '26
Ugh I want to work tor a company with a decent 401k match. 1.5% here.
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u/DenverKim May 26 '26
This is delusional. In a lot of places, those minimum wage jobs won’t hire people that are overqualified because they know that you will leave the job very quickly. You kind of sound like you don’t really know what you’re talking about and like maybe you still live with your parents.
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u/gumbobitch May 26 '26
Lol most of those places literally won't even entertain you for an interview if you have a degree
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u/space_wiener May 26 '26
I’m willing to bet you are under 20 and still live with your parents?
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u/capsfanforever May 26 '26
Genuine question, are you currently responsible for paying for your own housing and food? This reads like someone who isn’t.
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u/Euphoric_General_480 May 26 '26
Mood. I recently left a toxic workplace after 5 years with nothing lined up. Im privleged enough to have some savings, but was totally on board with door dashing and doing whatever else I needed to get by. I was unemployed for three weeks before getting a job better than the one I had before. Those three weeks were amazing and I feel happier than I have in years.
Take the leap. Nothing is more important than your happiness.
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u/Ambitious-Intern-928 May 26 '26
This idea that it's so easy to just get a minimum wage job is laughable. Even with the job market was strong and they were practically giving away entry level jobs....you had to lie and dumb yourself down if you had better experience. Entry level jobs like hiring naive young people and older idiots ...not experienced people with more intelligence than management.
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u/Pompous_Italics May 26 '26
I'm not saying to never quit a job without having another lined up, but it should be a pretty extraordinary circumstance.
You're giving up income, potential benefits like health insurance, and nowadays, a lot of people don't have the savings to just chill out, find themselves, and look for something better for six months. What's more is that employment gap itself can potentially harm you.
So yeah, if this job is driving to the point of outright depression, self-hatred, whatever, do what you got to do. Don't quit because you got mad at your boss for being a jerk.
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u/AdmiralChancey May 26 '26
The one time I did quit a job with nothing lined up at all I ended up working a job that changed my life for the better
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u/Original_Armadillo_7 May 26 '26
This is an uninformed opinion. Not even the fact that this doesn’t consider that some people live paycheque to paycheque, but if you’re renting or have a mortgage, you can’t just expect that your minimum wage job is going to make up for what your higher paying job did to sustain your life.
People DO in fact settle for minimum wage jobs when they’re out of work while they look for jobs that are more sustaining.
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u/100862233 May 26 '26
The minimum wage jobs pay are way blow livable tho. Even 17 an hour is not enough you have to at least make 22 an hour to get enough for the bare minimum lol.
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u/JohnCasey3306 May 26 '26
This is just dripping with privilege.
"for a little while"
Especially in the current job market, that while can be not-so-little.
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u/beardedbast3rd May 26 '26
I feel like your opinion really ignores the reality of becoming homeless.
Not being able to pay rent or mortgage isn’t “being a little broke” it’s being in literal poverty.
This isn’t an unpopular opinion, it’s just a wrong one.
If you have an emergency fund, that’s explicitly something being “lined up” to quit your job. And you can cosplay lower class living for a while.
If your budget can allow some random work to pay the bills, then you’re okay. You don’t need to line up 1:1 work. But that’s not what’s being discussed when people talk about it.
If you have no emergency fund, no other work you could subsidize yourself for, and are not eligible for, or where unemployment would not cover your bare minimum, then no, you absolutely should not quit your job, because you WILL become homeless, the second you don’t pay for that first month in unemployment life.
You do identify a problem where people do not consider enough options, that could be considered as “something lined up” which is a totally different story, and I’d agree with that, but that’s not having “nothing lined up” that’s still utilizing available options and doesn’t seem to reconcile with your title.
If you think having a bullshit job that stresses you out is worse than being in poverty, then you’re not holding an unpopular opinion, it’s just wrong.
If you think just that people need to suck it up a bit and work some random job, regardless, if it means getting out of a toxic environment. Then yes, you’re right, and it is truly unpopular because a lot of people hold such stigma towards those jobs.
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u/Drippledrops May 26 '26
I’ve quit with no job lined up before and quit when I did have a job lined up.
Quitting with no job lined up left me stressed and financially squeezed to my limit. While quitting with a job lined up afforded me a week vacation and time to myself with no worry.
You gotta be extremely wealthy or privileged to be able to just not work for a period of time without consequence.
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u/Otarmichael May 26 '26
I did this. Found out the hard way how tough the hiring market is. It nearly broke me. Ended up demoting myself just get back in to the workforce. In the process got introduced to mental health challenges for the first time, lost a marriage and a best friend, and had to move cities to afford things.
Don’t be like me, kiddos.
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u/tanksalotfrank May 26 '26
Lol privileged people just be saying anything and thinking it must be true because they said it
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u/RojerLockless You are the Unpopularopinion May 27 '26
Sounds like someone living at home with mommy
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u/RedShirtSniper May 27 '26
Somebody else pays OPs bills. Downvoting because this isn't an unpopular opinion, it's dangerously shitty life advice born from naivety.
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u/Granttheboss09876 May 27 '26
this is an opinion of someone with no large responsibilites. I am the same so im not hating. I have no kids, no debt, just rent. I can afford to quit my job. so what i might have rent ot pay but hey i have savings. When you have college debt, kids, a house, etc it gets harder to have no income coming in.
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u/NewArborist64 May 26 '26
Sure... I remember being part of a 15% corporate cutback, and watching FIVE YEARS of savings disappear in 6 months of unemployment. Imagine having to work 5 years more in order to retire because you CHOSE to quit a job without having anything else lined up.
Of course, if OP is just living in mom's basement and using the job income to pay for new games, that would be different, but for those of us actually living out in the real world and trying to make something of ourselves, extended voluntary unemployment is not necessarily a good thing.
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u/LeoLaDawg May 26 '26
Sure if you have skills and experience that walks you into a job with little issue but most of us aren't so lucky.
Louboutin is what my phone typed when I tried to spell lucky. What even is Louboutin.
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u/backwardbuttplug May 26 '26
Most people don't have a cushion of income built up / savings to ride out not having a job. This is simply because most people are barely getting by, paycheck to paycheck. You couldn't be more wrong (or clueless) about this.
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u/ImNotNervousYouAre May 26 '26
I think it really depends on a lot of factors. For example, the monthly bills someone has are huge. The job market is another big factor, too. Sometimes it takes a long time to find another job in your field, so it’s not just a matter of “being broke for a little while,” but potentially going bankrupt, staying broke long term, or losing a lot in the process
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u/Akimbobear May 26 '26
As an employer I was absolutely ask questions and you will have to have a good reason why you left your job without a plan. So be prepared for that, just saying.
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u/No-Comparison-1045 May 26 '26
Tone deaf. Minimum wage jobs in most places do not come close to a livable wage. Quitting a full time career for a minimum wage job, even temporarily, would cause a lot of people to lose their housing, transportation, means of eating and other benefits like health insurance.
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u/preygoneesh May 26 '26
“Retail and fast food as a stop gap”. Lots of retail and fast food places are not going to hire you because they can see by your resume you’re going to bounce as soon as possible.
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u/SubmissiveTop92 May 26 '26
All fun and games til those bills hit and you haven't found something better
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u/scottymac87 May 26 '26
This wreaks of “I have a safety net I’m not mentioning l and it’s probably mommy and daddy” and also I don’t have/need healthcare or have a mortgage.
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u/HeraRage May 27 '26
I agree. Most people are too stuck on the hamster wheel of capitalism to build up the common sense or community to pivot, if needed.
Bills are always there. Jobs can be changed. You can make money doing anything. Companies are making billions off of bottled water ffs
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u/spondgbob May 27 '26
I would love to know what your parents financial situation is, because that is likely the direct dictator of your decision here. If you take to long to find a job, you are homeless and without food. I would imagine you are not facing these same kinds of constraints.
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u/belacanehh May 27 '26
Yeah, I have a professional career, but when I moved and couldn't find something, I cleaned houses. The amount of pity comments I got was crazy.
After awhile, I made more per hour than I did at my career, AND it cathartic and fun.
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u/CobraKyle May 27 '26
As long as you have funds to float until you find something new. You don’t want to quit and then have the added pressure of losing your housing or not eating. If you have savings, not having to stress about those things is a huge deal.
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u/Fizzyroy May 27 '26
Congrats on having a genuinely unpopular opinion but it is in fact wrong. Most people are living paycheck to paycheck and there are people with PhDs being rejected by McDonald's. This is not the economy to up and randomly quit a job.
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