I recently changed jobs for reasons of commute, job satisfaction, & lack of challenging things to do, the usual standard stuff. After being in this new position, I’m starting to second guess if I made the right decision. I feel like I just took a step back in my career.
What’s the professional thing to do in this type of situation? I’ve only been here a short time (under 4 months). If I decide to seek other opportunities and leave, what will that do to my career both short and long therm? How do I answer inevitable interview questions of why I want to leave after I just started?
I’ve been doing IT type things for 15 years now and just don’t have the energy to put up with some of the crap that I’ve gotten a small taste of the past couple of days. I’ve been doing grunt work while making strategic technology decisions for the organizations I’ve worked for in the past, and here it’s just grun work.
This position was presented to me differently than what it reality is….very differently. I’m finding that this is ‘IT the director’s way or no way’. The director is down at the 60 foot level in terms of the detail with us grunts, telling us how to do things. I think after 15 years I don’t need to be told how to specifically maintain a DNS table.
I’m feeling that I, and the rest of the team, are not trusted by this person. We are not given work at a high level and allowed to figure out how to get it done. We’re given the work and told specifically how the director wants it done. I don’t see the challenge here and if I try to discuss my disagreements, the director yells at me. I’ve seen this happen to others here as well. Very unprofessional and childish in my opinion.
This place is feeling way too Draconian for me, as I’ve never seen an IT shop run in this manner before, and I’m honestly torn about what to do in my situation. I don’t want to call up the place I left since that will triple my commute time one way. Some thoughts from others would be appriciated.
Thanks in advance.
