I know a few people who did and who are not too happy about it now. You still have a job, as unpleasant as it might be. Start looking for new opportunities without rushing into anything. Compare what's available, talk to people who work in those companies (you can always find somebody online if not in person), read up on the company... Take your time. Why leave a bad situation just to end up in something worse (and yes, there are worst employers than BofA) for being impatient?
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The glass is never half full or half empty, engineering did a poor job on the design.
To the pop psychologist:
- in your scenario you meant to say “glass half empty” not “glass half full” - it seems you rushed the last bit of your crash course in armchair wisdom.
- I asked my landlord if I can pay him in happiness, and he said no, cash only.
The fallacy in your argument is that our employer has no say in our happiness which is wholly untrue.
A person with a cushy job with excellent pay, great benefits and flexibility is happier than a person making minimum/low wage and no benefits. This is fact, and there are numerous studies on it. There’s a reason why countries like Finland, Denmark, Sweden etc are always rated high in the happiness index and why we are always rated low. Happiness doesn’t exist in a vacuum, there are external factors which make people happier or less happy. To say that us “complaining” about our work conditions is actually some sort of deficiency on the workers’ part is sad and shows that you’ve been easily brainwashed by the capitalist machine that is the US.
Shout out to the pop psychologist in the comments dishing out the same myopic propaganda in every self-help book ever written like they got it all figured out.
Why does this not surprise me? The same people who complain working for BoA, will complain no matter what. One thing is for sure, if you are a constant complainer, a glass is always half full type of person, you will complain at your next job, guaranteed. All one needs to do is read the complaints here to know hiring a former BoA employee means they will never be happy.
Perhaps its time to realize its you, not the job, not the world, not your boss. No, its you. Work on yourself, learn how to adapt to the ever changing thing called life.
Or stay in that circular pattern of complaining and never being happy.
Happiness is a choice.
Look for jobs in a company that does not have offshore subsidiaries nor outsources parts of its operations. Preferably a small to medium company, with less regulations and political ties, private. Money changers will have you obsolete by late 40's and give you the boot after numerous reorgs, consolidations, relocations, workforced diversification and the annual RIFs, layoffs or whatever politically correct term du jour would be.
That is the only reason I have not left yet. My biggest concern is healthcare. I cannot afford to end up in some nebulous convoluted holding pattern with a new job trying to avoid lapses in coverage. The past couple times I had new jobs lined up with no gaps in employment I still got screwed over and ended up hospitalized. I'm going to die very young if I have to keep playing that game.