Posted February 02, 2016
GreenDamsel: If they don't pay you enough or otherwise compensate you it's their fault if you want to quit. If you quit, but overestimated your value on the market it's your fault.
Always talk to your boss in these situations and make it clear that you are not satisfied with how things go currently. If they can't handle the honesty or refuse to make you a better offer, you are better off leaving the company. If they make you a better offer you can stay if you want to and you can avoid having a bad conscience, which seems to be one of your problems.
It's not really about the money or bad work conditions. It's kind of hard to explain. Always talk to your boss in these situations and make it clear that you are not satisfied with how things go currently. If they can't handle the honesty or refuse to make you a better offer, you are better off leaving the company. If they make you a better offer you can stay if you want to and you can avoid having a bad conscience, which seems to be one of your problems.
One thing is, that - while "it's my baby" - I'm currently a little fed up with my project and feel like "I'm stuck". I'd like to do something different, to fight the feeling that I'm (personally) treating water.
The other thing is that my wife and me are considering moving closer towards "home", where our parents live. The condition of my mother-in-law during x-mas reminded us all that our parents are not getting younger either.
Another thing is that it's probably a lot easier for my wife to find a job "in the wilderness". Here in the city there are only a handful of offers which are swamped by applicants.