How do you know it's time to go
When there are
no more lessons to learn
no rewards to be earned
no challenges
no knowledge to gain
no proactive activity
How do you know it's time to go
When stagnation reigns
and people only talk about change
When micromanagement is all they know
and your skills are underutilized, and you feel
the confidence in your abilities waning, and
professional growth is laughed at, like it's a joke
When conversations are one-sided
and you feel talked at or heard, but
in those moments, definitely
you were NOT understood, and
this experience has many times occurred
When your requests and aspirations for
engaging, meaningful work falls on deaf ears
When you cannot contribute or add value
Even though that is what you yearn to do
When all that is offered are placebos
and symptoms are treated instead of root causes
When often, you pause and wonder, what is this?
Most certainly, I am not where I need to be
That's when you know, it's time to go
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