To maximize future success, learn from this lesson. If you are unhappy with the job and are looking, you need to try as hard as you can to keep a happy disposi

To maximize future success, learn from this lesson. If you are unhappy with the job and are looking, you need to try as hard as you can to keep a happy disposition and don't signal a thing until you have a new job offer in hand and are ready to quit. Why does it matter? Because now you need to find a job, and your future employer knows this. They will now have an advantage in salary negotiations compared to the alternative, where you have an existing job and can walk away if their offer isn't good enough. A secondary task is to keep your ear to the ground and learn when a major event, like a layoff or firing, is imminent. It's not as hard to detect as you think.