This episode of Dear Untamed Work Wife - a series devoted to listener questions - explores the topic of when it's time to leave a job due to a miserable work environment. Host Bree Johnson discusses the importance of considering financial well-being and the potential impact on overall health and family. She also addresses the misconception that leaving a job will automatically lead to financial compensation or benefits.

 

In this episode, she shares alternative actions, such as working with HR, before deciding to leave, emphasizing the cost to mental and physical well-being and advises lining up another job if possible. She debunks the myth that two weeks' notice is required and offer empathy to those in a miserable work situation.

 

Keywords: leaving job, miserable work environment, financial well-being, mental well-being, physical well-being, alternative actions, two weeks' notice