To All New Employees | 4 Things I Want You to Do If You Want to Quit Your Job

Resignation agency services are very busy

To all new employees!
Are you starting to want to quit your job?!

Yeeeeeeeah!

I don't know if I'm getting that response, but since April started, resignation agency services have reportedly been very busy. New employees are quitting one after another.

This time of year has always been full of such topics, but now that services like resignation agencies exist and the numbers are being visualized, it probably feels like more new employees are quitting than ever.

・Working hours
・Days off
・Salary
・Benefits

The reasons for quitting seem to vary, such as companies inflating conditions only for employees to find it much tougher than they were told once they join, or the company culture being super sports-oriented and just not a good fit at all. However, just...

I also think it's a bit of a waste.

Here it comes. You're probably thinking, 'Oh no, here comes the annoying old guy talk!' I get it. There is nothing more annoying than an old guy's preaching or advice. The times are different, and the experiences of a guy in his 40s are the height of annoyance.

I have no intention of stopping anyone who has already decided to quit. If you want to quit, you should. Please forge ahead with your life. However, those who are currently wavering about whether to quit might be looking for information to help them decide. Please listen to this as one piece of that information.

If you want to become a freelancer, you shouldn't quit just yet

For those of you who have no intention of quitting, please keep doing your best. The company needs you. However, to all you new members of society who have started wanting to quit after just half a month on the job.

Please, wait a moment.

If you've realized within half a month of joining that the place is a hotbed of extreme power harassment and sexual harassment, then it might be better to start moving. But for those of you who think, 'The days off and salary are a bit different from what I was told, there's a lot of overtime, isn't this a black company? I want to go to a whiter company,' or 'Maybe I'll just become a freelancer,'

Especially those of you who have the option of 'maybe I'll become a freelancer' flickering in your mind. This is advice from an illustrator who has been a freelancer for 15 years.

Please, stay at the company just a little longer.

Yes, annoying. That kind of thing is annoying. I get it. That kind of thing from an old guy is annoying. But, the reason I'm trying to stop you is that in this golden age of resignation agency services, if you want to quit and become a freelancer, you can quit anytime. Moreover, due to labor shortages, it's a super seller's market for young people. Even if you quit, some company might pick you up. You could say the cards are in your hands. If that's the case,

I think it wouldn't be too late to absorb as much information, experience, skills, and connections as you can from that company first.

It doesn't have to be three years

The standard phrase you get told by older people when you consult them about wanting to quit your job.

"Just try it for three years."

However, I quit my commercial production company at the end of December in my third year, so I quit within three years. I was the fastest among my male peers to do so. This is nothing to be proud of. Even now, there are peers who are still at that company, working as producers and handling world-famous projects, and peers who have started and succeeded in their own production companies using the know-how and connections they absorbed at that company. I am simply a person who was not suited for group activities or being a company employee.

There is a world in a company that you don't notice at all when you are a student, and that you can only see after you become a working adult. It is not too late to become a freelancer after you have experienced being a company employee. The reason I am an illustrator with a strong background in video is because I have seen the behind-the-scenes of creators and management in the commercial industry. In the first place, the job of a storyboard writer itself is a profession I only learned about after I became a company employee.

Every industry has various needs and niche markets. There are jobs everywhere where you might think, 'There are needs in a place like this?!' In such niches, you might be able to find needs where you can utilize your skills.

《Things you won't regret doing before you quit》

If you are planning to quit with the intention of becoming a freelancer, it is not too late to do the following four things first. Also, depending on how you look at it, freelancing is more 'black' (exploitative) than any black company.

If you are thinking of working as a freelancer as a staff member with specialized skills within the same industry, just doing this will make a big difference. Even if you change jobs to a completely different industry, the experience, skills, and connections you have acquired once will surprisingly link up at unexpected moments.

It has been 15 years since I quit the company, but I still receive work from my old connections, and even when I get work consultations from completely different companies, if I know the inside story, I can calculate the days backward and propose schedules. There are many things that will be useful when you become a freelancer if you absorb them while you are still in the company.

And what's more, the information gathering, skill improvement, networking, experience acquisition, and self-promotion I mentioned earlier can all be done while receiving a salary. You can level up while getting paid. Compared to starting as a freelancer from zero, it's a much better deal. What do you think?

Are you going to quit your job tomorrow?

That was advice from an old guy. Thank you for reading. I hope this will be some kind of decision-making material for lost new employees.

Well then, see you in the next article.