How to Quit without Guilt: An interesting article

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I find a very interesting article in ‘The Hindu’ opportunities of a wedneday. Find below it.

How to quit without guilt

BIDDING adieu to corporate life is as difficult as saying good-bye to your loved ones. Getting into a job is tough but quitting one is tougher. The latter has certain constraints and repercussions, which people often tend to overlook.

Most of us fear the thought of quitting a job. Not because we are not sure of getting a better opportunity but because we just don't want to step out of the comfort zone and the benefits thereof.

People are wary about losing stable salaries, perks and the plushy ambience of their workplace. A regular paycheck gives a sense of financial security that cannot be easily substantiated by any other income. Being a member of a corporate family gives the feeling of being an `insider', which might be lost once you turn into an entrepreneur.

As the stress, competitiveness, and instability of the corporate sector is on the rise, corporate personnel have been considerably turning into entrepreneurs. Sophisticated technology and ample availability of resources are encouraging people to give up the corporate world.

Some of the excuses that you could dabble in to free yourself of a corporate job include:

Lapse in ethics: When you are forced to go against your morals and beliefs, you are made to compromise with your self-respect.

Loss of will to work: When you don't know why you are working and what exactly you are doing it's better to stop working. This could be an indication of an internal problem like depression.

Careless about deadlines: When you are just not serious about your project deadlines, presentations to be made or the happenings in your company.

Looking for excuses: When you start looking for excuses to avoid going to office, calling in sick falsely, reporting late and shirking work by dumping it on somebody, you need to give it second thought.

Identity crisis: When you feel that your boss or your colleagues no longer appreciate your work and that your presence in the office is of no avail.

Don't wanna be like them syndrome: Whenever you see your boss or colleagues you ask yourself `Will I end up doing the same'? And shudder at the thought.

When discriminated: When your efforts go unrecognised and you are a victim of racial or religious discrimination.

Bearing the brunt: When you were made a scapegoat for something that you haven't done, and made to overwork unnecessarily.

Gender discrimination: When you were harassed because of your gender, and your colleagues do not support you.

Most people in the corporate sector, however unhappy they might be with their jobs, do not leave due to several factors like - regular income, the corporate halo that the company might generate, the lavish lifestyle, family pressures, domestic requirements and finally the branded image they have got used to sporting.

So, the next time you feel depressed with feel like an insomniac do not hesitate to excuse yourself from it.