Hello all! I wanted to see what your thoughts are on my job as I am about to turn in my notice but wasn't sure if I am being overdramatic. I work in financial services and have my financial licenses and have an OK job making about 65k/year. While I am underpaid, my issue isn't necessarily with my pay. I started in 2020 and was in a fully remote setting running meetings virtually. There was always the potential to travel for meetings in the future, but with new variants always got pushed out. Now that COVID is essentially “over”, my company wants me on the road traveling (driving) to appointments which are typically 2-3 hours round trip. They compensate us for mileage, but with current and projected gas prices it doesn't even break even. They mention wanting to embrace the “new normal” of virtual work but don't actually stick to it. I have no problem staying in my role fully remote but instead of maintaining status quo, they want us on the road driving for hours on end which goes against everything they say.
God forbid I get in a car crash there isn't company insurance to cover my loss (outside of my own policy of course) and with rising gas I just cannot keep doing this. With it being an employee market I am hopeful I can get some sort of position pretty quickly, but unfortunately getting stuck commuting to meetings I don't even have time to apply let alone interview currently. Am I screwing myself over job wise by leaving with nothing in place? I am thankful for steady income but for the time away from home (using my personal property) it just is not worth it anymore.