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Been really depressed at work for the last two years. To the point where myself and colleagues would constantly petition our boss to work with us to change our internal process.

After being constantly ignored / seeing no really impact ( he literally renamed a step in our process and said he fixed it forgoing all the recommendations that we suggested and refusing to discuss anything with us );

I decided to resign before I say or do anything to completely burn the bridge.

Two days later one of my colleagues also resigned ( the only other device at the company ) now my boss is frantically looking for our replacements while also trying to maintain that he holds all the cards.. he offered my colleague less than he is on now to freelance for him. And will likely attempt the same with me in my exit interview today.

But I'm working on a web app which I find interesting. Problem is that I'm not as hopeful as the others working on it with me that it will ever make any money. (It seems like a money pit if anything)

I think I may be in for a couple of rough months. But at least I'm not working for a company that made me so depressed that all I would ever think about is how to convince the boss to improve things.

I'm worried but for the first time in 2 years I feel happy.

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  • 4
    Glad you’re happy, but it would probably give you more security to have stable income. Good luck!
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    @GMR516 completely agree but as it stands me and my colleague are getting an office and freelancing together..

    Hopefully it works out if not I'll just have to try and find another job. 😀
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    You need to be Happy to do some good work. Sometimes ago I have made a decision like yours and now I'm happy with my work and with my life. A secure income is really good if you haven't a happy and calm life.
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    Similar experience.

    I stuck with the company for as long as I could because I really liked most of the people and the founder.

    My mental health took a real nose dive and they tried so hard to try and keep me, but improvements were always over the horizon, and even then they were probably going to just redo everything in salesforce or dynamics.

    I had to get out for my own sanity in the end.
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