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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: 3 Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job [Watch (HLS stream): 3 Signs It's Time to Quit Your Job](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3bDULu4g.m3u8) (1:24)  _Published 2015-10-21. Here are three steps to figuring out whether now is the right time to leave your job. Tess Vigeland, formerly of public radio's Marketplace, shares what she learned from writing her new book Leap._ --- Jul 27, 2023 7:00 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [How to Quit Your Job](/video/6ErSaPPz/) ### How to Quit Your Job [Why Quit Your Job Without a Plan B?](/video/nuZxhVDF/) ### Why Quit Your Job Without a Plan B? [How to Quit Your Job Gracefully](/video/JYVYxLQS/) ### How to Quit Your Job Gracefully --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] One of the most common questions I get is, how do you know when it's time to go. I have three ways to know when it's time to leave your job. First, it's time to go when you have too much self respect to stay. In other words, if you're feeling under valued. If you're feeling there is managerial abuse. Is going on. If you are felling under appreciated you need to have enough respect for yourself that you know it's time to go and go somewhere that does have that same respect for you. Second of all your body will scream at you, I interviewed almost eighty people for this book, and one of the commonalities is that you get some sort of odd physical ailment. They were perfectly in shape and all of a sudden had terrible back problems. People who got migraines for the first time in their lives. So your body will tell you and you need to pay attention to it. The third sign is if you are asking the question how will I know when it's time to go? It's past time. To at least start thinking about it. You owe it to yourself because you have one life to live. To get out of a situation that isn't bringing some element of joy every day. 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