Job Help

[catchmeblue70]

Most of you have been privy to my job issues over the last year and a half. Well, it's not getting any better. There's a light at the end of the tunnel though...a job has been posted in my old office. It's not the same work that I was doing before, but I could learn it. I want out of this office something fierce, even if it means giving up the no dress code and some schedule flexibility. My dilemma is do I apply for the new job knowing I may only be here another 15 months or so or do I keep putting up with the crap here?

[nesabo]

I say apply for the new job, experience is worth it. No sense staying somewhere you hate.

[TC]

15 months of working a job you don't like can really take a toll on a person, I would move on to the job that is going to make you happy.........

[Brian Lohnes]

Apply for the new job.

At the end of the day, you owe your employer an honest day's work and they owe you and honest day's pay. Whether it is for 10 years, one week, or 15 months, that's the bottom line in my eyes.

Brian

[JOES66FURY]

Resume fodder...apply for the new job

[SuperBuickGuy]

most times those hated jobs really cause trouble when you're trying to find another job - leave a job you love for the better reference.

[Grumpy]

I worked for one (Major) Company for 19 years, the Company was good but we had such Jack Ass Bosses, they downsized our base, take a permanent transfer or Severance pay, it took me 2 seconds to decide and I never looked back. I'd go for the new job and look at it as a stepping stone to the next one.

[TheSilverBuick]

Interview at minimum. It's good practice at minimum. I'm big about being happy and satified at work. After all you spend a ton of your time there. Pay can "sometimes" off set misery if you have actual expenses (like kids, or high mortgage, etc), but by enlarge I would jump ship.

I was in the situation about two years ago, miserable day in and day out at work for about 3 months running. Just didn't like my boss, didn't like the direction the department was going and left work perpetually unsatisfied with the work I was doing (or rather never being able to actually complete anything). Because I had been here 5 years at that point and my company had historically been good to me (first job out of college, etc) I went to my boss's boss and told him point blank I'm going to put my resume out to the world and start looking for another job. That openned his eyes, and lead to a significant promotion 3 weeks later(over my own department), which then several months later domino'd into a bigger promotion of over the deparment I was once miserable in (ie, became my old boss's boss!). So IMO, sitting and waiting it out is a waste of time. If you want to do better for yourself, it requires doing something about it. In this case, apply and interview, and if you decide the schedule or dress code aren't worth it, make that decision after the interview.

That's my two cents anyways.

[catchmeblue70]

The only thing is my aunt, who works in that office, has mentioned that as far as she knows I plan on staying in BG when Bryan graduates. While I'd love to, and I might have to stay a little while, I know the chances are slim to none. Should I feel bad about taking the position, we're it offered, and then leaving so soon?

[TheSilverBuick]

Nope. Sometimes plans change, it's part of life.

[DanStokes]

I say take the new job. Generally speaking, office etiquette would say that you owe a new employer a year after they give you a position before moving on for whatever reason, and they'll get that +. Certainly your new husband getting a new job in a different location is a good reason and should be understandable to the new folks - especially if you have a track record with them.

So - go far it. Life's too short.

Dan

[STINEY]

Absolutely not Haley. Do not feel bad about something your Aunt has said, after she prefaced it with "as far as she knows", which does not implicate you to anything.

Take the job, live happy, start a married life together on a load of positive energy, rather than struggling to maintain sanity with the current environment.

Who know for sure what will happen in 15 months anyways? If they specifically ask, tell them you have no definitive plans set in stone. If they don't specifically ask, you are not required to volunteer anything.

[DanStokes]

I really feel that my second divorce was the end result of my then-wife feeling trapped in an untenable job situation. She was vested in the teacher's retirement plan but hated teaching and was in a horrible school district on top of it so they offered no help. Hard to leave when your retirement hangs in the balance. She became very difficult to live with and she was having a very hard time living with herself.

So you're not doing yourself, Bryan, or your soon-to-be marriage any favor by staying. Get out ASAP!

Dan

[SpiderGearsMan]

I had a government job that made me nuts ...I left when it made my life suck ..but I never hesitate

[catchmeblue70]

It would definitely help my sanity...and Bryan wouldn't have to listen to me vent all the time. I guess I have to keep telling myself these are the people that stressed me out to the point I ended up in the ER.