How bad would it be for me to leave without something lined up?
I graduated in May 2018 and have been at my current company for 1.5 years now, and at the one year mark I got an early promotion. The problem is, I hate the culture at my company and I want to get out of the city I'm in ASAP.
In terms of the city I'm in, I moved ~6 hours away from family, friends, and where I went to school, to a city I had no ties to. This has been the hardest one me since I still haven't met anyone (not even an acquaintance). When I combine this with the issues I'm having at the office it's been such a terrible situation. There's no sense of team or even friendliness at my office. Everyone sits in their cubicles all day and will only speak to others on the team if absolutely necessary. No one ever grabs lunch or coffee together, and there's never been anything such as a happy hour. It's miserable coming in every day for 10+ hours and just sitting there doing your work because nobody interacts with each other.
And before anybody says "try to change the culture", I have. I've tried numerous times to arrange happy hours, which is always met with "have to get home to the kids" or just no reason. I've also tried to set up team lunches, mostly around holidays and such, but after one nobody wanted to do them anymore.
This whole situation has taken a real toll on me. I was diagnosed with depression a year ago and have been deemed high risk. I have breakdowns 3-4 times a week when I get home from work and have even had to step out of the office once. I sleep maybe 4-5 hours a night and have to force myself to eat everyday. I have constant headaches.
I feel like I'm already slowly killing myself from this job and situation and I'm only 24. Ideally I would be out of here after the new year, and I've obviously been applying to jobs, but if nothing comes through how bad would it be to have a gap on my resume right now? I feel like I need to put my health first this time, but I also don't want to seriously inhibit my future opportunities and salary.
That sounds horrible, I've had similar experiences of social isolation at work before but it was only for a period of a few months (and that was bad enough, I do not want a repeat). Were there no new juniors this year?
I've seen people dropped out of IB to do a start-up / pursue an MBA and they still managed to return after. I'm not sure a gap would look bad, but perhaps you could fill in the time with some sort of meaningful activity. Also, I think you should take a break and recharge.
It’s a fairly lean team, 3 analysts, 1 sr. analyst (me), two managers, and our director, so they only hire as needed. We have someone starting shortly but from what I’ve heard he’s much older as well.
I have some time off scheduled that I’m looking forward to. I’m hoping I could get some interviews scheduled during it.
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