If I take a break of few months (3-5) will the gap in my resume be a turn off for future employers?
Without going into too much of a rant, basically my therapist says I have depression anxiety and adhd due to work related stress plus life and relationship stress. He said I would benefit from some time off from work to help my mind get better.
My performance at work is atrocious for the past year. I currently have an IR from my last review which is causing even more stress. I suck at my job and the only reason I even got this job was I grinded LC for 3 months straight. I feel incompetent at work and always feel like a bother to my teammates. My adhd hampers me from focusing on my tasks and organization. It takes me much longer to understand things in the codebase vs a regular person. I feel like I made a mistake coming to a tech company and should just stick to regular companies that are boring but low stress.
I have some savings for at least 6 months. And can do cobra for insurance if needed. I would like to quit and do nothing for a month and go visit my family. Then start interview prep and increase my skill set over the period of 3-5 months. would that big of a gap be a turn off to potential companies? I'm especially concerned with all the hiring freezes going on.
Please let me know if anyone has gone through something similar and has any advice.
Current level: 60
Yoe: 3
TC: 115k
#depression #mentalhealth
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Don't worry about 3-5 month 'gap' in worst case, no one will care if you do well on interviews. Taking some time off for personal reasons (health, family, etc) during covid times will not be a deal breaker.
Save for another 6 months at least before leaving your job