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I've decided I NEED to quit my job
ChadTower:
EDIT: okay, wtf, that's the first triple post I've seen.
CCM:
I've read a few articles that quoted the average cost of COBRA was $9914 per year or $826.17 per month in 2006. I haven't seen any 2007 numbers yet.
knave:
5 years ago I paid $500-$600 for my health plan. It was for my whole family of four. It had kinda high co-pays but it was fine overall.
shardian:
Yeah, if I have to pay $1000 a month I'd be hurting. I pay $40/week for insurance. I'm not positive, but I am thinking my out of pocket would be around $400-$500 per month for COBRA.
I am taking tommorrow off, mainly because I know I will be a mess - it would have been our sons second Birthday. My boss tried to give me hell for it, but I just told him I could NOT be there tommorrow. He knew in advance, but pretends it was a huge surprise - did the same thing last year on this day. I am positive I'll get a chew out on Friday, blah blah blah. Ah hell, maybe they'll threaten to fire me. I really don't care at this point. I see how my supervisor has turned out. He is run ragged by them, puts his work before family because they overload him, etc. I am NOT going to be like him.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: shardian on April 02, 2008, 09:45:34 pm ---
I really don't care at this point.
--- End quote ---
If this was true, you would not be such a mess. Make it true and you'll stop hating it. This is VERY VERY difficult. Respect for and unquestioning compliance with authority is programmed into our bones. We let people treat us like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, so long as they're a pay-grade above us. Most of us will do almost anything we're told, so long as we believe the person telling us has the authority to do so. I'm serious. Germans are not born mass-murderers. This basic human character-flaw made the holocaust possible. A few evil people could not have pulled something like that off without thousands upon thousands of people who do what they're told.
Okay . . . Jesus . . . Sorry about that. [/rant]
Anyway, don't bail on your job and start eating through your six-month safety-net. Just really and truly force yourself to stop caring. Don't just say it. Mean it. Now go to work, and start doing the amount of work you think you should be doing, rather than the amount you are being assigned. Set alarms to go off on your cell phone every half-hour to remind yourself that you don't care. Tell your boss flatly when you are unwilling to do something. Tell him you have too much on your plate and he's going to have to find someone else to do it. Stand your ground. Absolutely refuse to back down. Say, "I'm sorry, but I've got too much to do. I'm not going to lie to you and say I can do it when I can't. If you want me to do that you're going to have to take X, Y and Z off my plate and find someone else to do those." When he says that there is no one else, tell him, "I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you. You're going to have to find someone."
If you do this, you will feel so great. What is he going to do? Fire you? You don't care. You might even prefer he fire you. So why not? Not to mention that if he fires you, the company is going to end up paying for your unemployment, which means you get to stick it to them a little, and you won't eat through so much of your six-month safety net while you find something new. Don't quit. You have better alternatives.
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