New Job: To tell or not to tell...that is the question

[Admin]

Fam,

I am actively searching for a new job within the same company that I currently work for (been here 9 years). Recently there have been a number of changes that have pushed an already unbearable job experience way past unbearable for me.:blast

Anyway, I have been applying my ass off for just about any job. I mean the first train smoking and I am outta here.

My question is, should I tell my boss?

Normally I don't say shyt. I've always waited until I accepted an offer to break the news, but in this case I'm thinking that if he knows I'm heading out, I just might have an easier time here until I go????

Your thoughts.

Holla

[Babygirl]

SAY NOTHING! Point blank period!

[Admin]

Thanks BG
Holla

[Andre98]

Yeah man, what she said - Mum's the mickey frickey word. If the boss is a mofo NOW he might try to sabotage the move by trash talking you to the prospective area.

[sistuhchey]

SAY NOTHING! Point blank period!

DITTO!!!...not a word

Admin, if you don't mind me asking...what's making it unbearable?? the duties, the coworkers, the boss??? or have you just outgrown the tasks...and you look for a new challenge??....

my job is going through changes...as well but with this crazy ass economy...there's no wiggle room for error or boldness on my behalf...and to be honest...I truly fear being unemployed again...especially since I have no back-up... (but to retire 12 mo years!!)

The work is not difficult but the managers, exc board..and the international are making changes across the country....I work through all this shit with one hand tied behind my back...and a fricckin smirk...for I try not to let "THE MAN"...know what I'm thinking...

Either way for you Admin...I hope you get the new job...and all goes well!!

[Admin]

Chey, I have been "burned out" of IT (information Technology) jobs since 2004. I no longer have the patience I once had to deal with red tape and ignorance.

If I could DJ full time I would. I really need to go back to a manual labor job. Check into the office in the morning, take the truck, be gone all day, come back at the end of the day and go home.

Holla

[Admin]

DITTO!!!...not a word

Admin, if you don't mind me asking...what's making it unbearable?? the duties, the coworkers, the boss??? or have you just outgrown the tasks...and you look for a new challenge??...



Chey, all of the above.
Holla

[Tastey]

I agree with everyone else on being quiet about it.

[Pamalicious]

a coworker put on her FB page that she was about to begin to dip her toe in the water - knowing full well that she was friends with our former boss. It took all of 20 minutes for the old boss to call the new boss and the new boss to take the co worker out to lunch to find out if there was 'anything she could do'

I wouldn't advise it though - that kinda stuff only happens amonst the white folks,lol You would begin to be set up to fired, lol

[Andre98]

Chey, I have been "burned out" of IT (information Technology) jobs since 2004. I no longer have the patience I once had to deal with red tape and ignorance.

If I could DJ full time I would. I really need to go back to a manual labor job. Check into the office in the morning, take the truck, be gone all day, come back at the end of the day and go home.

Holla

Dang man, I'm trying to find a entry door, and you wanna bolt? But I hear you about the frustration. I can say "these are the times" but it has always been the scenario of trying to make sense of your role in a company, and trying to accomplish real progress when it's against a system that does not care about "the mission" at hand. They want to make a profit out of services that are meant to be the trade off to having a good physical plant. It also stinks to have a boss that tells you to do one thing, and you know that no matter what he/she is going to criticize it because they need to keep showing that there is something they still need to be there for. You have to be under their thumb, catching hell, to justify their value.

I was in a INTERNAL conference space at the global HQ, on a team facilitating meetings where Merrill was trying to swing multi-million dollar deals. If the meeting is a success then in my opinion, WE were part of that - we can't show a direct profit if we aren't charging anyone but ourselves. Now, if the videoconferencing satellite link went down, they would want our asses - it's OUTER SPACE! - we are standing there just like you, do you think we killed the signal on purpose? In the executive boardrooms these level of guys simply do not believe their are supposed to be ANY problems in ANY aspect of their lives! If something goes wrong it's supposed to be somebody's head rolling for it, period. But when all goes fine, it's like we are invisible - we get no credit for "NOT screwing it up". Then of course technology improves until it's all a push button operation and they decide the secretaries can push the buttons.

It used to be at the old job, if you can find a connection with the suits that get used to you being their liaison to the technical crap, they'll want you to stay in their corner - make them look good. I know for a fact so many of our so called IT techs didn't know anymore than I did - they just had the little meter they hook up to the data lines, to tell me - no shit - it's not working - then acted as mini sub contractors and called the REAL techs that would come in and actually splice wires, solder circuits and replace motherboards, write code etc... and the game was to keep it all electrical and mysterious to the suits. Fine, I get that, but don't try to bullshit ME! Tell me how I can get that hookup! All that Microsoft certified course work is money out my pocket if all i'm going to end up doing is handing the task down the line. It didn't matter what made sense - they had to get tickets written so fees can be charged, even if it's internally.

They were told to NOT come running if a network goes down mid presentation. Of course, THEIR bosses never want to be ON RECORD for saying that, and we take the heat because we are THERE - physically present at the meeting room while no one picks up the tech support line. It got so bad, I started showing my internal company client, a fellow MLer, NOT the real outside client - I mean the A-type banker, lead him right to the secret door that the techs hid behind - let them walk right into the room full of cubicles and start ranting about why, with his 50 million dollar roll out on the line, a room full of dudes can't pick up the damn phone and walk down the hall without an act of Congress!

Sorry, you triggered a rant - I was tryna hold off, but it's been a awhile!

[sistuhchey]

Interesting you said this

I was speaking with a co-worker the other day..(un related to your field)
she & I were talking about home projects from home decor, hooking up computers..and other tecchy stuff, refinishing my dining room table, painting...whatever a single woman needs done manually..and not get beat or have a half-ass job done we both said...too bad...you can't find a honest guy with a truck, tools and knowledge..."geared strictly for the single lady"......




I really need to go back to a manual labor job. Check into the office in the morning, take the truck, be gone all day, come back at the end of the day and go home.

Holla

You're a man of many talents....I'm sure something will give!!