What make a person stay on a dead end job when they have the opportunity to better themselves?

Question

What make a person stay on a dead end job when they have the opportunity to better themselves?

Answer 1

for most people it laziness, fear or a low self esteem thinking that dead end job is all they are worth.

Answer 2

It is their mindset.  They think that is as far as they can go.  But the

reality is,   they can go farther,  if they just put their minds to it.

Answer 3

Maybe they would rather be a w***e.

Answer 4

They are afraid of change sometimes they like the postion they are in in just depends on the person.

Answer 5

Fear.  Fear of failure, fear of responsibility, fear of the unknown, etc.

Answer 6

Fear and risk of the unknown vs. stability and familiarity.

Answer 7

Mostly it's fear of failure.

Sometimes, it's plain laziness. They're too lazy to learn new things (my dad was like this -- he worked the same, dead-end job for more than 20 years, and was miserable the whole time - but he also had no ambition to do anything more with his  'career").