Though I read this entry earlier this morning and knew better, I just skimmed again and saw the game title as 'Pants vs. Zombies.' This, of course, led my mind down a bizarre tangent of razor-edged dancing pants decapitating zombies.

This comment has no real point aside from my desire to share the amusement.

Well, that and wishing you luck in your employment endeavors. :D

I don't generally see fit to wave you off your course. But I urge you in this economy to please reconsider dropping your job before acquiring a new one. I question whether you are thinking rationally. I agree that you should put all speed into finding a new one. But if you drop this one because you feel guilty and work is no longer pleasant and you don't get another, then you will truly be screwed and will be even more reliant on your roommates.

There is more than guilt and dissatisfaction going into this decision, but your concerns are not unwarranted.

Keep in mind that the job that I am dropping is not a decent-paying corporate position. Starbucks is actively hiring right now in this region, and they are not the only company doing so. I've already submitted my resume to a few companies seeking applicants and am signing up with Infoseek, Telesec's Boston affiliate (I completed and submitted the application today). There are even several more leads I will be looking into.

As for whether I am thinking rationally? That's a tough allegation to properly address. Are my reasons for doing this wholly rational? No, though there is more than mere guilt and unpleasantness driving the decision to put in my notice now. Have I thought about this rationally? Yes. The money for this and next month's bills is set aside.

I am taking this seriously.

I know that starbucks isn't lucrative, but it IS a job in a bad market, and if people are hiring as you say, then there is nothing to prevent you from getting a new hire before dropping the old one--and it would be safer. It's a no-lose situation, wheras if you drop this one and then do not win a new hire, that's a big-lose situation. Which do you think is more logical and has a greater likelihood of ending well?

I care for you. That's why I speak. People go multiple months in this economy without finding work. I'm not going to try to force you to act as I think you should. It's your life, your choices and you will have to live with them whether they turn out well or badly. But in this one instance, I would feel remiss as your friend if I didn't hold up my hands and say "whoa, re-think this". I don't think you want to put yourself in a position where potentially you could be forced to move back in with your parents for lack of income.

Okay. Thank you for your concern.

*hugs* Good for you for taking a bold step in a direction that will make you happier. :) You are a sweetie who is also hugely competent--a rare thing that anyone should be grateful to have. You'll find something wonderful. :)

megacorporations -> don't care about their workers.

hur dur.

which is funny because those workers are what give the execs their paychecks!