5 signs you should quit your job

There are strong signals that your time is up at your current job, and however much you try hanging in there, you need to think about the negative option of quitting before you are bundled out.

Here are the tell-tale signs that your time is up and hence you should consider walking out before it dawns on you when you are thrown out.

1. You’re Living the Status Quo

If you’ve been at the same company and position without any advancement or promotion for the past three years—and you want to continue moving your career forward—it’s time to look elsewhere. Even in a large organization where promotions are tough to come by, you should be able to make some sort of upward movement within this time frame.

2. You Don’t Get Feedback

If your direct manager doesn’t provide feedback on your performance—or the feedback is generic and thus difficult to take action on—it’s pretty tough to learn what it takes to move up within your organization or grow as a professional. The best managers are engaged with your career development and regularly offer advice and guidance—and if yours doesn’t, you owe it to yourself to look elsewhere.

3. You’re Not Learning

If your learning curve has flattened out or you’re really not feeling challenged, this may signal a need to move on. You may not be learning something new every day on the job, but you should be improving upon your core skills and picking up new ones. You often have to take this into your own hands, of course—asking to be involved in a new project, signing up for courses you’re interested in, or attending a relevant conference or seminar in your discipline, for example. But if these possibilities don’t exist at your current job, it’s a sign that the company is not serious about investing in your career development.

4. There’s a Constant Exodus

When you start noticing a pattern of disgruntled employees (especially the good ones) seeking exits and frequent departures, this usually indicates time is up for you, take it as a warning sign, and ask your departing colleagues why they chose to move on. Their responses may be applicable to your situation as well.

5. There’s Regular Re-structuring

If your company is always shuffling management around or restructuring, it could mean two things: 1 An opportunity to step up and shine, 2. signal turbulence. Hence you could use the opportunity to slip through the back door and be off.

Adopted from the Time