Recently there have been many changes at work (not really good changes). In the last 6 months or so, morale has gone completely down. Things were bad and then a co-worker who had worked here for 15 years quit. He was valuable and I thought things couldn't possibly get worse. Then they laid off a bunch of people. Since then there have been at least 5 more people who have quit.

It's mostly because of someone who was hired less than a year ago, and all the changes she has made. It's almost felt like a big mess that's not getting cleaned up. Things just keep going down. The vacation/sick time sucks here (another reason my husband hates my job) and the work hours are on the longer side.

My husband keeps urging me to find a new job. These are my reasons why I don't want to:

1. Interviews scare me. The thought of learning a new job scares me. Meeting new people scares me. I'm comfortable here and I'm good at my job. What if I hate my new job? I got this job right out of college and have worked here for almost 5 years. I worked at one other place during school, and didn't like it nearly as much.

2. I love the actual work we do. The environment sucks, but I love the product. I feel like I'm actually making a difference. With my kind of job, you can work with any type of work - insurance, financial, HR, medical, etc. And I actually love what I work on. I wouldn't feel the same way if I worked for a insurance office or something.

3. I really want to start TTC soon. Our timeline is at the end of this year, but I'm hoping to try to get everything done with our house sooner, so we can start trying sooner. I'm thinking September ideally. I think that I should just tough it out so I can get the maternity leave when I want it without worrying or postponing our TTC plans and not feeling like I accepted a new job just to get pregnant right away.

I guess what REALLY scares me though is the fact that all these people are quitting. The head office is not in my city so it's not completely out of the question that this office could close. We still have around 100 people working here, and they are hiring new people to replace those who leave. So that's at least a good sign...

Reading the pros and cons, do I seem crazy for wanting to continue working here? I will not be a SAHM once we have kids, I will be a working mom.