6 Signs You Should Quit Your Job

6 May 2026 · 2 min

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In this concise career‑advice video, the speaker outlines six practical indicators that suggest it’s time to leave your current position. The first sign is a consistently low energy level and lack of flow at work. The second is repeatedly being passed over for promotions or raises, implying a lack of appreciation. The third sign is having a bad boss, which is hard to change and often best addressed by exiting. The fourth sign is a poor work culture, especially one lacking psychological safety—a factor identified by Google’s Project Aristotle as crucial for high‑performing teams. The fifth sign, called the “dinner table test,” asks whether you regularly complain about your day to loved ones; frequent negativity signals a bad fit. The sixth sign is meta‑recognition: watching a video about quitting and staying engaged until the end may itself be a cue. The speaker ends with an encouraging call‑to‑action to follow for job‑search tips and a supportive “you’ve got this” message.

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Here are 6 signs that you should quit your job. Number 5 is the dinner table test, so let me know in the comments if your job passes the dinner table test or fails it. Sign number 1: your energy level. Notice your energy level at work. Sure, certain weeks or maybe months are stressful, but if you find yourself consistently drained at the end of the day, you're in the wrong job. The right job for you will regularly get you into a flow state. Number 2, you keep being passed up for promotions and raises. This could be a sign that they don't value your work. So start advocating for yourself more. And if you still don't get it, then you gotta leave. Third, you have a bad boss. Now, what makes a bad boss kind of depends on your perspective, but some people think, oh, maybe I'll try to talk to HR, get that person removed. It's very difficult to get your manager removed. It's better to just leave. The fourth is a poor work culture. Again, that can be defined by you. But one of the things you wanna look for is psychological safety. Are people feeling comfortable speaking up, making mistakes, all that? Google's long-term study Project Aristotle found that that was the number one factor to high-performing teams. The fifth sign that you should leave your job is the dinner table test. You sit around the dinner table with your loved ones, or imagine yourself doing so, and you're asked, how was your day? More often do you say things that are really negative or is more often that you say really great positive elated things? If more often you are complaining about your day, it's time to go. And the 6th sign that it's time to leave your job is you're watching a video to the end talking about if you should leave your job. This action may be telling you something. Possibly listen to it. Follow for job search tips that have gotten hundreds of thousands of people jobs. You've got this. Wi-Fi high five.