No Training, No Support: Should I Quit My Job?

When you’re this exhausted, the mistake is to try to make a big decision at all. Feeling numb is your mind’s way of telling you it’s overloaded — in that state, both “stay” and “leave” can feel equally impossible, so the answer you come to won’t be reliable. The real problem right now is not the job question. It’s that you are running on empty.

So take the big decision off the table for a few days. You don’t have to quit today, and you don’t have to commit to staying either. Give yourself permission to pause the whole thing and just focus on getting through the next day or two without drama.

First, deal with the tiredness

You can’t think straight when your body and mind are this drained, and no amount of going over the pros and cons will fix that. Do what you can to protect your rest — even if that means sleeping extra on your day off, skipping a social obligation, or just lying down without your phone. Don’t make any career moves from this place. The numbness is a warning light, not a final answer.

If you can, take one sick day or a single day off to catch up on sleep and get some distance. You are not being weak. You are running on fumes, and that is genuinely hard.

A way to think about leaving

Once you’ve rested a little, try this — not as a big decision, but as small steps:

• Write down what is actually true about the job: no training, no support, you teach yourself. Just the facts, no guessing about what it means yet.
• Ask yourself what would have to change for you to feel okay staying. Would training or support even be possible in this workplace? Be honest about it.
• Update your CV and start quietly looking at other jobs. Applying doesn’t mean you’re leaving; it just gives you options, and options make decisions less scary.
• Talk to one person you trust who has worked before. Say it plainly: “My job gives me no support and I’m exhausted.” You don’t need their permission, just their perspective.
• Notice how your body feels when you think about going back to work tomorrow. That feeling is information, even if it’s uncomfortable.

You don’t need one grand verdict right now. You need a next small step, and then another. If you do these things and the dread of staying is still overwhelming, that is your answer, even if you’re not ready to act on it yet.

You are allowed to leave a job that is grinding you down, and you are allowed to decide slowly. The clearer version of you — the one with some rest and distance — will know what to do. Zara is here to talk through it with you for however long it takes.