Is It Time To Quit Your Job? | 20
Call Me Curious
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4.4 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Are you tired of low pay, long commutes, lots of stress and feeling unappreciated and unfulfilled? Maybe it's time to quit your job! Many Americans are doing just that. It's being called "The Great Resignation." The post-pandemic exodus of workers moving away from unfulfilling jobs in search of an opportunity that gives them a sense of purpose and personal satisfaction. Nikki and Malone talk with a career coach as well as a positive psychology expert to help you decide whether it's time to give notice.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.0 | Because I've got 21 questions. |
| 0:23.6 | I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.3 | Call me curious. |
| 0:32.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:36.2 | So tell the truth. Hi, everyone. |
| 0:51.8 | Welcome to the show today. |
| 0:53.2 | I'm so happy that you're here. It means a lot to me, |
| 0:55.6 | so thank you. So, have you or someone you know been involved in a crappy job? Well, you'd know |
| 1:01.4 | because every day you'd wake up and say, this is the day I stand on my chair and yell, |
| 1:05.2 | I quit, or good luck without me are my favorite. Later, bitches. Oh, that'd be so good. Sometimes the louder |
| 1:13.0 | and the more public that it is, the more gratifying it is. And if it's done right, your coworkers |
| 1:17.9 | might even cheer. Well, with the pandemic, it's kind of been a wake-up call for people to |
| 1:25.2 | refocus and reevaluate all of their priorities. |
| 1:28.9 | And many people have decided life was too short to be miserable 40, 60, or 80 hours a week. |
| 1:34.9 | It's been called the Great Resignation, or the Big Quit. |
| 1:39.1 | Across the country and around the world, workers are voluntarily exiting their jobs in record numbers in search of |
| 1:46.0 | higher pay, better working conditions, and better overall work-life balance. So today on Call Me |
| 1:52.6 | Curious, we ask the question, is it time to quit your job? And if you're listening to this |
| 1:58.0 | episode at work, who knows? Maybe by the end, you'll be searching for an empty box to pack all your stuff |
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