Quit or stay
I work in FMCG marketing with 7+ years of experience (6 years in sales, 1+ in marketing), and I’m seriously considering quitting without another offer.
The confusing part is that I actually like the role and the work itself. But after a restructuring and manager change about a year ago, my experience at work completely changed. I have been saving for fire and have 3-4 more years for fire number. I have 86 lakh NW . And my expenses would be around 50k /month
Since this was my first marketing role, I initially assumed the struggle was because of me. I had major impostor syndrome and kept thinking I just needed to work harder or adapt faster. So for months I pushed myself — longer hours, constant overthinking, reworking things repeatedly, trying to improve on every feedback point.
But the environment became extremely draining:
- micromanagement,
- constant criticism,
- unclear direction,
- indecisiveness leading to endless rework,
- reactive working and last-minute escalations.
Two people from the team have already quit, and others also seem constantly stressed, so I know it’s not only me.
What scares me now is that I don’t feel like myself anymore. I used to be proactive and confident at work. Now I procrastinate, overthink every message, dread opening my laptop, and feel mentally exhausted all the time.
The bigger realization is this: even if the manager suddenly improved tomorrow, I don’t know if my motivation would come back. I feel so mentally checked out that I can’t imagine going back to feeling normal in this job again.
Financially I can survive for some time without a job, but I’m scared about the market and the consequences of quitting without another offer.
For people who’ve gone through something similar:
- How did you know you were truly done vs just temporarily burnt out?
- Did quitting help you recover mentally/confidence-wise?
- And how did you explain leaving without an offer in interviews?