re: How do you know when it’s time to look elsewhere to work?

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Except for very rare circumstances (family owned company who gave you your first job out of school and the owner has taken you under their wing and is grooming you to take over), do NOT under any circumstances fall for the “we’re a family here!” loyalty/sympathy bullshite companies pull.

Your relationship with your employer is almost exclusively transactional, even if it’s not polite to say. Families don’t kick their members to the curb to save a few bucks on the bottom line. Your corporation is not your family, your coworkers are not your friends. You are there to accomplish tasks together and be compensated accordingly, full stop.

The grass is not always greener, but the days of working for the same place your entire career and getting a pension + gold Rolex on your way out the door are GONE. Look out for your own self interest first, but never let on that’s what you’re doing. Play the game for exactly as long as it takes you to get whatever you want (financial independence, a title, certain experience, a particular salary band) and not a second longer.

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Great advice, especially the parts about not being family and coworkers not being your friends.

It's extremely rare to have a co-worker actually be a true friend and not talk shite behind your back. I've had to learn to almost expect your co-workers to tell your business.

When your boss asks you how to dissolve a human body

When you don't feel like you are growing anymore.

When you hate going to work.

When you feel like you are smarter than your manager. This is something I really struggle with at my last job. I'm a Designer, work on Ship Constructor all day long. My manager at one point, guy from field engineering. Barely knew how to turn on a computer much less run Ship Constructor.

I started a new job about 2 1/2 months ago. It's been great, glad I moved over.