Jordan, speaking from the perspective of the main character (the piece is fictional), I would say that Mel doesn’t really want to quit. She doesn’t really like what she’s doing day-to-day, true, but she’s misunderstood her job as a source of her feeling stagnant. The real problem is her work-ethic, and that she lacks a larger passion to drive her decision-making — things that are definitely in her control — but she’s so caught up in social media-fueled trappings and her own unhealthy expectations that she can’t see how bad of an employee she’s become.
The sort of overall point I was trying to make with this story is that self-awareness is a skill, and a lack of it can be detrimental in a variety of ways.
You’re probably right, though, that Mel’s boss does her a favor, in the end. Thank you very much for reading.
