u/Representative-Ant70

Should I quit my drafting job?

I am a CAD drafter with only 3 years experience, and I am currently in college for mechanical engineering. This company has been the best of the 3 CAD jobs I've had in terms of workplace environment, and is the most complex(designing concrete plants). It is the most smoothly run fab shop I've worked in, but that also contributes to this job being the most boring. I rarely do anything I find interesting, because I work with senior drafters and engineers who do most of the designing and tasks I would find interesting, and I mostly do tedious, boring tasks like creating drawings. They've been great and extremely lenient about my schedule in order to help me through college, but I find myself constantly looking at the clock, and I am drained by the end of the work day despite only sitting. I don't intend on staying here when I get my degree, and I have talked with them about this. I am by far the youngest in the office, and I'm not as friendly with anyone as I've been in my other jobs. If this were you, would you quit and try to make ends meet at a job unrelated to engineering that also pays less? I'm at a point where I had an easier time getting through the day at shops where jobs were always behind and the workplace was toxic with a high turnover rate, with everyone always stressed. I had a better time pushing carts and working in fast food.

Edit: Thanks to all of the replies genuinely looking to be helpful, I'm glad I came here. I am going to stick to this job and talk to my coworkers and supervisor and try to take on more challenging tasks.

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u/Representative-Ant70 — 2 days ago