Accept Or Evacuate
Too many people try to change their surroundings and feel miserable while doing it. If you’re not happy with something, either suck it up or move on! There’s nothing in the human rights about the right to always feel great at work. If you’re not, it is up to you to change your situation. The chances that something will make you feel different in a while are slim. Nobody is going to look at your situation and sort things out. If your miserable, it’s because you choose to be.
I’ve switched jobs a couple of times for different reasons. What I would consider good advice is that if you’re feeling frustrated or that you’re not getting to utilize your skills and knowledge.
This was the original post I wrote before Web Rebels. Then at the conference Robert Nyman held a brilliant keynote, basically summing up what I’ve been trying to say!
You should leave when you feel like your talent isn’t being utilized or you’re in a situation which makes you feel miserable. There is little chance in this being a crucial mistake.
I know that this is something that is easy to say when you are financially in a good place and new jobs are easy to find. It is much harder to just quit when that means you’ll be without a place to live if you don’t land a new job in a couple of weeks. My perspective is on Norway where I love and work where jobs are easy to find and very few in our industry struggle to find work.