No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have.
As for your experience per your edit, I'm sorry you had such a high stress job and it's good to hear you got a better one, but that's not at all the situations I was talking about.
Have you been in a situation where you don't know how to pay the rent, will get kicked out if you don't and have no place to live if you get kicked out?
Have you been in jail for something meaningless and experienced employer after employer declining even having you in an interview because of the red flag?
Have you been part of an economy where the majority of the population cannot find a job because nobody is hiring, because nobody has money left?
If you had a job in any of those situations, you'd be damn glad to have it and you wouldn't be looking for a "fresh start" just because the conditions are not ideal.
> No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have.
You're assuming that someone who differs from you in opinion (not their view of the facts), is stupider than you, less experienced than you, and dishonest. That's not an argument, that's just peer pressure.
edit: and whoever flagged it, I'd love to know what kind of criteria they were using (flagged: not feeling my pain deeply enough?)
I'm not assuming. He edited his post with a story which has absolutely nothing to do with the kind of thing we're dealing with here.
Being in a high stress job and being able to leave it to get a better one is not the same thing as being in a situation where you cannot lose your job lest you risk your children, your home etc.
And even without such an edit, it's ridiculously easy to tell he hasn't been in that situation. If you go around telling people "pah, they just need a fresh start, new job, new wife", you've not been in a situation where you understand this isn't always an option. Good for you, but you live in one hell of a bubble.
No, you quite clearly haven't, and it's insulting for everyone in that position that you would pretend you have.
As for your experience per your edit, I'm sorry you had such a high stress job and it's good to hear you got a better one, but that's not at all the situations I was talking about.
Have you been in a situation where you don't know how to pay the rent, will get kicked out if you don't and have no place to live if you get kicked out?
Have you been in jail for something meaningless and experienced employer after employer declining even having you in an interview because of the red flag?
Have you been part of an economy where the majority of the population cannot find a job because nobody is hiring, because nobody has money left?
If you had a job in any of those situations, you'd be damn glad to have it and you wouldn't be looking for a "fresh start" just because the conditions are not ideal.