Changing job guilt

[MickeySP]

Thank you all for your advice and stories! I think that I may put myself first and start casually looking for something that may be a better fit for me. King Schultz you couldn't be more right about God and this doctor!!

I think this post is your answer for sure.

Remember at some point he will move on, is he thinking of what will become of you? You need to do what is best for you & family(if any), don't worry most employees are not irreplaceable.

 

[PollyannaMom]

It's definitely scary to leave something that's pretty good. (I agree with others that the new job will have it's own set of problems.) But if the isolation really is making you miserable, I do think it's worth looking for something else.

 

[Skywalker]

This is it, exactly. Loyalty used to be a positive in the business world. Companies used to brag that they had many long term employees. The president of the company I used to work for used to say, "once we've had them for five years, we have them forever!" and he said it with pride in his voice. They used to go out of their way to make you want to stay.

Now? You almost get made fun of when you tell people you've worked for the company for many years. The managers think you hold the department back because you remember when quality was the idea, not quantity. The managers hate it when the new people come to you for advice because you treat them like people instead of numbers.

And when there are budget cuts or short falls, you are the one they let go. Your years of loyalty go down the drain, because they can pay an out of college person half of what you earned, and they only have to give them 2 weeks vacation instead of the 5 weeks you get.

And yep, you guessed it - it happened to me. Took me a year to find a new position, and it doesn't pay what the old one did, but it's a job. So I'm still looking, and I will have no guilt when I leave this current position and move on to the next. I wish I had learned that many years ago.

Your post is very true. To the first bolded part, I witnessed that in my company just this week. There were some changes coming and only one employee spoke up about how they would have a negative impact on customer service. Our manager basically said too bad, it's the new reality due to how short-staffed we are, corners are going to have to be cut. And yes, that one employee who actually cared was a long term employee. A lot of the newer employees just had the attitude of great less work for us, and then went back to their texting. Also, to the second bolded part,also spot on. The longer term employees are dropping like flies (hence why we are now short-staffed) and being replaced by contract workers who really don't care but they make less and have no benefits, so they are preferable to the company. And no loyalty in either direction. Sad, really. Do we work at the same company? lol