Stay or resign?

Philippines
November 19, 2009 4:26pm CST
If you are happy with your work, the work itself, but not happy with people with you anymore, do you stay or do you go and look for another job? It is a dilemma for most of us working people when we love so much our job, but the people around us, make it difficult for us to survive the office for 9 hours. They make up intrigues behind your back, but face to face they are all sweet. It is very hard to concentrate on doing the job properly with this kind of situation. What do you do guys?
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15 responses
@benny128 (3615)
19 Nov 09
it depends on your financial position if you need a job then you are tied to the job or at least to staying till you find another one. Personally if you are not happy at work then I would say if you can afford too, leave it nothing is worth slaving over if you dont get on with the people around you.
@bounce58 (17385)
• Canada
20 Nov 09
I am sort of in a similar situation. I would like to find another job. A better one. The problem is, it is slim pickin' out there. There are a couple of jobs available outside that I know I would be happy, but unfortunately it doesn't pay well. And I am currently tied down with my financial situation.
@BART78 (2927)
• Canada
19 Nov 09
hi aileen!!..well, for me its a tough decision to make, i'll try to talk to them because i love the job, if it doesn't work i'll try to my supervisor and talk to them or request for transfer from other deparment..
@bounce58 (17385)
• Canada
20 Nov 09
But sometimes, asking for a transfer could be detrimental to your reputation within the company. You'd be known as someone difficult to work with.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
20 Nov 09
My daughter had to go through this recently. SHe worked a t CVS/ Pharmacy for two years. She got a new manager about a year and a half ago and that is when it started. She loved her job but her manager was screwing her over constantly. She got passed up for promotion and she was always the first one to have her hours cut severly when the time came. She then started having problems with the people that she was working with. It came to the point that she had to quit. SHe was everyone's scapegoat. She's half happy to put in her two weeks so she can stop getting pushed around but she's also sad because she really did enjoy what she did. She liked the people and working the register. I guess it all depends on how bad of a conflict you have with your co-workers to decide whether you quit or not.
• United States
20 Nov 09
I f I am not happy somewhere I leave I should of kept my last job but I was so unhappy with the hours after being promised different ones I had to go after one week of training I kind of regret it because it is very difficult to find anything now but I am not going to give up.I am sur the last place I worked for so long before they shut down I am sure the people I worked with talked behind my back that's why I don't talk to them anymore!
• India
20 Nov 09
if im happy with my work that means im getting paid in a very good way.i dont think any reason like because of the people being bad is going to make me resign.first of all im going to work and i dont think id be able to spend much time others.ofcourse unless it include discussions and debates.but that would just be from the work point of view.and after all everything isnt going to be perfect and wouldnt come in the way we want always.if im getting good money out of my job,id spend my enjoyment time with my wife rather than with the people there
• Hong Kong
20 Nov 09
It depends on how happy you are with your work. "Happy" can be at different level. Do you have confidence to find another job that you are happy with? If yes, you don't have to think too much. Interpersonal skills is always a challenge in any working area. Nobody can guarantee if the next job offers you good colleagues. You have to try and see. At least, you give yourself a chance to choose. It is not a nightmare, baby. Things will go fine. Relax! Best wishes.
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
20 Nov 09
Well from what you describe your situation you are not happy anymore with your job. I would find and look for a new job in that case. I think the workplace would just put too much pressure on you if you could not work properly with your co-workers anymore.
@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
20 Nov 09
I think right now even if people are not happy with their jobs they are pretty much stuck. With so many people unemployed the competition for jobs is more than ever before.
@rimarima (80)
• Philippines
20 Nov 09
I have read in a book that "Being happy and successful is not doing what you like but liking what you do". It is human nature to want more than what we have but we must learn to find happiness with what we currently have at least for the time being. But being unhappy because of your co-worker is another issue. I have faced the same scenario before where the one that I worked closely with was the one I disgust the most. I wanted to resign because of that but dismissed the thought after a while. Because I realized that there is no assurance that my "future" co-workers will be any different than the once I have. And if that happens, I will be more miserable than I was. So I'd stay unless a better job comes.
@Godmother (476)
• Indonesia
20 Nov 09
If you really like what you are doing and the pay is good, then stay with it. Just ignore the people who are bad. There must be some who likes you too. Or are you not making any effort to become friends with them ? Do you have any reason why they are bad to you ? You must evaluate your own attitude too, you know, otherwise, everywhere you go you will face the same situation.
• Philippines
20 Nov 09
If you're unhappy with those people around you but happy with your work, I can say that you're not totally happy. Why don't you try something new that can make your officemates happy and I'm sure you'll be happy too.
@mcongy (47)
• China
20 Nov 09
hi,aileen um....what you sais is a common question and it exists every industry.if you resign,dont you really encounter the same matter any more?no,i dont think so.you know the society is so complicated and we hardly change it.so the best way we can do is to change ourselves.maybe you should change the relationships with your colleges.besides,if you dont resign,you shouls put more attention to do your job and dont care about what other people say .just be youself!
• China
20 Nov 09
hey,aileen,for me i would like to choose to resign,cause if you are always working with such kind of people you wouldn`t feel happy,though you are good at your job you can`t meet the real happiness,and it`s not good to your health.And i really believe that you would find another job you like better than your job at this exat moment.
• China
20 Nov 09
I think you should and seek another job .Take my experience as a example .Last term I live with a guy whose personality is quite different from mine and we seldom have a topic to talk with each other.What's more,some of my habits are frowned by him and I also can't stand several of his habits,and all this lead to a bad relationship and that I move to live with a new roommate.Fortunately,my new roommate and I have too much in common and always hang out with each other,and we both have a lot of fun. I think this is just like the famous saying goes"Birds of a feather flock together".
@pisces24 (147)
• Philippines
20 Nov 09
no matter how much i love my job, if i can't get along with the people i work with, then i leave. but not before i have found another employer - this makes it easy for me to start over again, not having to worry about where the next meal is coming from. (even if i have saved enough to tidy me over until i find another job, it is a great feeling to know i didn't have to touch my savings). so you see, it is important to network with old friends and colleagues, really useful at a time like this. that is one way of solving the problem... but then again, if i really, really enjoy what i'm doing and i think i'm emotionally strong enough to ignore the intrigues thrown my way, then i will stay. at the end of the day it's still my passion for my work and my attitude that will carry me through.