Ask HN: Advice on leaving a company
Unfortunately there many things I strongly dislike about the company; among which are:
- Lack of clear objectives: There is more than one manager for every project and there are conflicting orders among managers
- Working extra hours without pay; this is something that happens a lot with urgent tasks however, I would expect a least a pay for this.
- Bureaucracy... A lot of it; decisions can take a long time to be enforced, even though there are like 25 people working there.
- I sometimes have to work in 5 projects at the same time; and all with deadlines for the same day.
- Low pay... Like I said, 150 dollars.
I haven't left yet because:
- Fear of failure, this is something I admit; I might have impostor syndrome because many times I really don't feel qualified for job openings; I applied to this one although I didn't feel qualified either.
- Situation of my country; since I don't have savings because I spend most of my salary buying food and the inflation here is massive so normally when leaving a job you'd need to have at least what's necessary to live for 3 months.
- I have had suicidal thoughts recently; I know this is personal, but it's good to put it because I need you guys to have the whole context of the situation. I'm looking for professional help on this though
What I'm thinking of is maybe using a freelancer page like Upwork or Freelancer, however I see many clients wanting websites to be done in one day or things like that and I'm worried this is the trend.
What do you guys suggest me to do?
I really hope I don't sound like a whiny person. Thank you so much in advance for your replies