If your part time job can meet your financial needs then may be take a plunge and quit the day job which obviously is affecting your mental health. If not, then it is probably better to bare the brunt until you find something substantial. Hope things work out soon for you.

I would not quit, unless the part-time job fulfills your financial needs. To add onto what was mentioned above: - use your time at this less-than-perfect job to look for a new job (if you can use our personal computer or an anonymous browser on your work computer to access your personal email) - change your mindset about your current job - "You are using them as a platform to get a new job" It's not a great job. Okay, it's not a great job but every day you work there, you are paying your bills, helping your family and using them :) As to the stressfulness of the job -- sometimes changing how you think of the job (ha! you can't bother me because I'm just putting in time, and doing my job well, until I can get out of here because providing for my family is important to me.) can reduce the stress (sometimes, but not always) On a side note: Could you do the part-time job with the startup in the evenings and/or on the weekends while you continue to work at your full-time job? It might be worth thinking about and asking that of the startup. Sometimes startups are flexible and then you get the best of both worlds (in the short term) good luck (and I'm sorry that your current job isn't good - it's crappy to have to find a new job)

Obviously, the current job meets your financial needs. Just use the time to get better at what you are supposedly to do at that job, while looking for equivelant job or better one.

The previous posters make some valid points. Definitely use personal devices to keep up the job hunt. If layoffs are eminent you’d want you work laptop to be clean. It’s typically easier to find a job when you’re already employed, but your mental health is important, too.

I agree with the previous posters. You will need to find professional satisfaction from things outside work. Recognize that your job right now is a tool to bring income in, and that is a positive thing. Focus on yourself and not the company. They obviously aren't open to feedback. Refine your skills. Refine your resume. When the market is more stable, then you can look for another job. Don't quit until you have something else in place.

I'm with the previous poster as I had a job like this once too- use this time to your advantage (skill development, job hunting) which can be and feel a lot more constructive than the chaos going on around you. Good luck!

If you have no work to do, use the time to job hunt. But not your work e-mail address! I had a job like that. I joined Toastmasters and wrote many a speech during work time. Don't quit without a new job lined up.