Never quit until you have another job lined up.

Never, EVER, badmouth previous employers.

Hmmm. Let’s see. Would I quit? Probably not for a long time. But, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. I’ve been known to work for years at jobs that I kind of liked, but because of a complete lack of leadership, were really awful places to work. And, at least in my experience, when there are the kind of serious managerial and company structural issues that you’ve shared, it doesn’t get better. So, I guess my advice follows the majority…don’t get depressed…but get an updated resume onto Monster.com and then get out as soon as possible.

On a different note…thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the comment. Honestly, coming from one of my most favoritest bloggers, that was a real compliment.

I can only teach the curriculum I’m handed, so I can’t even modify exams or job aids so that they are actually useful to the staff. The challenges in my job are all bad - being given classes to teach at the last minute with no time to prepare for them unless I work evenings and weekends, woefully out of date policies, blah blah. Every place where my job is a challenge, it is because of poor planning and documentation, not because the work is stimulating.

Ugh, I’m getting depressed!

with the exception of other staff members and relationship issues, is your job still challenging for you, or is it just stressful? challenge is different from stress. do you feel like you are helping the new hires and at least they appreciate you?

is there any way you can break off and do this on your own, sub-contractually?

i TOTALLY get what you mean about the zero self esteem and being good at something. if a person is their toughest critic, but still knows they’re good at it, there is no better evidence….

personally, i would quit, that’s what i did. and i did it because i learned first hand how that type of job stress can really affect your health in serious ways.

My problem now is, because my trainer job requires me to have writing experience, advanced computer skills, teaching experience, call center experience, and be an RN, I get paid relatively well. I mean, how many people do you know that have all that? But the drawback is that I can’t go work in a hospital as an educator (requires a Masters in Nursing which I refuse to get because I no longer want ANYTHING to do with direct patient care). Other jobs I qualify for require travel, which I can’t do for at least another four years because I have Moose. I kind of painted myself into a corner.

I agree with Tom - I won’t quit until I have another job. But that might take over a year. It’s just a shame that it’s a manager or two, plus one coworker, that is running me off. Because I like what I do and I’m good at it. And when a person with ZERO self esteem says she’s good at something, she must be good at it!