The past year or so has led to some difficult crossroads - mainly work related. Learning to handle the daily stress of not just a job, but a very high stress job in a high pressure work environment right out of college, has been draining to say the least. Neither my, nor I believe my wife's, pre-fabricated ideas of what the work world would be like can compare to what it actually turned out to be. Not to complain, because it hasn't all been bad. In fact, it's been quite a learning experience, and there have been lots of life lessons.
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I hear most people's first job out of college isn't exactly what they expect. But at what point do you say, "enough is enough," and what process do I go through to look for something new. The advice of family with similar work / school experience, and with much more work experience than I, has been to stick it out, no matter how bad the job gets, because if I quit this job, every job I interview for after this will look at my resume and see that I left - which I guess to them is a sign of disloyalty.
So what do you guys think? Does it look better to stick around until you either get promoted / moved around, put in my two weeks notice, or wait until you get canned so you can move on to something else?
It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you feel trapped in what you are doing - but let's hear it. Sound off on your first job experiences, from the particularly bad, to the really good, and help shed some light on this predicament!
