<prompt> Human: Quick background: I graduated with an engineering degree in 2015. I got an engineering internship for 6 months, but they werent hiring when my internship ended. I job hunted for 4.5 months, until I decided to take a minimum wage technician position just to pay rent. When I interviewed I was told I would start at 14hr, but after a three month probation period my pay would increase to 16hr. However that was two months ago and I still dont have a raise. Additionally, due to mismanagement, all production workers are expected to work 14 hours of overtime a week for a seemingly indefinite period. So here is my question: I intended to be job hunting while working here to find myself an engineering position, but with all the overtime I just dont have the time to spend applying that Id like. Im pretty mad about the lack of a raise, and just the general shitty attitude from the management to all their workers. Would it look awful to recruiters and hiring managers if I quit and found something else part time? Or Ive been looking into freelancing, something some friends have been doing quite successfully. Regardless of what I do afterwards, how do I explain quitting? Is it acceptable to quit because they wont pay me more? Im really hating working there, and life in general, and I feel like I would be much happier doing basically anything else.More info: Ive been working there for six months now.This is my sixth job held overall, and Ive worked difficult manual labor and jobs with long weird hours, so its not that Im new to hard work, its just the crap attitude that pervades the entire company.I took the job partially because I needed money, partially because I felt it was slightly relevant to my career and would look better than say being a barista. When I was interviewed my engineering background was brought up, and I was told that after I had some experience building I could move into an engineering position. But I was blown off multiple times trying to bring that up, and last week they hired an engineer, so it looks like thats out now. I have brought up the raise to managers like 6 times now, and they keep telling me its in the works be patient. I feel like two months and 40ish hours of overtime if increased pay lost is enough to stop being patient over.Thanks for any and all advice!  <response>: Dont walk. Find a another job first. You wont get unemployment if you quit and it may take longer than expected to find that next better job. 