Should I quit?

People pleaser INFJ’s, how do you navigate quitting?

I started a new job beginning of September that I’ve grown to hate. I didn’t love it when I first started. I remember being so exhausted and upset after my first full day post training. And the job is part time and I currently don’t have any health insurance and don’t have enough money to live. I can’t really find a reason to stay at this job.

But they’re way understaffed and the company is a mess. I told my boss that I might need to cut back on my hours so I can work another job I was offered in food service (amounting to full time work altogether + this other job provides benefits even for part time workers. This job could be full time if I had open availability). She said she was counting on me to stay during all the hours the office was open because again, they’re way understaffed. She told me I could come in early/stay late to get to full time hours. I didn’t ask about benefits or anything but… I’m pretty sure it would be illegal to work over 35 (?) hours a week and not be given benefits. I’m not really sure what my work would consist of if I did this and this job is already damaging my mental health at part time. I have no desire to work more hours at this job. But I’m having a hard time saying no and disappointing everyone. This situation makes me just want to quit completely as I was only going to cut back my hours as a way of being nice.

How should I go forward? Should I stay and work less hours or leave?

Another point is that one of my co-workers who operates in a manager role has been trying to leave this job for months but keeps getting sucked into staying by our manipulative boss. I feel for her so I was afraid that if I left, she wouldn’t leave. But she is also quitting next month.

Another-nother point is she will be the third person to quit since I started working there in September.

You have to look out for yourself. Put yourself first and go to the job that offers benefits as part of your compensation, not some side deal with this boss. You are not responsible for the company as a whole and she will find another employee.