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Article: 5 signs that it's time to change jobs; Psychology Have you stayed too long? Dr Raj Persaud, consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, says there may be subtle signs that it's time to move on.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 26, 2004
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Byline: Raj Persaud
MOST of us are psychologically very conservative when it comes to changing jobs.
We prefer the security of staying put to the unknown hazards of a new workplace.
We tell ourselves that if things are bad here, they are probably just as terrible everywhere else. Or we hope things are going to get better soon - and so we linger on in dead-end jobs long past their sell-by date.
But this refusal to move on is fraught with danger. If we are no longer enjoying our work or developing our careers, we could be heading for burnout.
And as we stagnate, we gradually slip behind in the race for career advancement.
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