Hello everyone,
This is my first post and I really need help.
6 months ago I got a job that I thought would be a dream come true! One of my best friends was working for a company that desperately needed to fill in a position and she asked me if she could put me in touch with her boss. I would never have been given this job if it weren't for the fact that they needed someone FAST. The boss wasn't even interested in me giving her a CV! She just gave me the job. 6 months later and now I know why there was a position to fill. The person before me, like most people I work with or who have worked for my boss, suffered a full blown nervous break down and quit.
My boss demands unpaid overtime, she humiliates employees in front of colleagues and clients, she underpays, she is always angry or tries to turn employees against each other by making up gossip. She is a nightmare! I have put on 13kg since I started working there, I am miserable, stressed anxious and cry everyday. At night I wake up 5 or 6 times due to nightmares about work! Everyone I know, including my doctor says I should quit. Even I think I should but there are 2 things stopping me:
-First, my best friend who got me the job. I don't want the boss taking my departure out on her and her resenting me for it. I don't want it to look bad on her. Plus if I leave, she will have to cover my job until a replacement is found and she already has enough on her plate. I don't want her to be upset with me.
-Second, I actually only have just under 4 months left on my contract. A part of me is like "just suck it up!". Would I be giving in too easily by leaving now?
I realize some of you may think that if I work my notice then a replacement will be found and my friend won't be burdened by my departure but normally my notice would last a month and I have seen first hand what my boss is like to people who quit and work their notice. Working my notice isn't feasible because I feel too close to a nervous breakdown and couldn't handle her being any worse to me than she already is. Either I just up and quit or wait until the end of my contract... Help?