Okay, some quick background. I've been with my company for a little more than five years. I started in a support/customer service role, and was eventually promoted to project management. I've survived multiple layoffs/purges, and my job feels fairly safe, except for one issue.
I fucking hate it.
I didn't always hate it. But, between management constantly reshuffling roles and responsibilities, me constantly being handed new work since I'm proven to be competent, and me just getting sick and tired of the day to day work, I can feel myself burning out hard.
To complicate things, my company has entertained putting me through course work to obtain the PMP, a professional certification for project management that is basically a requirement for higher level positions elsewhere. They put two other PMs through a bootcamp that cost thousands of dollars, and said they would get to me eventually, which has yet to happen. So I said fuck it, found an accredited online course for $16, and then took and passed the certification exam a couple of weeks ago. Note the people put through training have not yet passed their exams, and as far as I know no one else in the company has one, my boss included. In fact, in my department, I'm about 12 years younger than the next oldest PM. As a result, I know at this point I can probably do better.
In addition to this, I have juuuust enough in my emergency fund to not make staying at the company a matter of survival, enough to cover about 3 months of expenses. However, obviously I would prefer to keep that money if at possible and transition directly into a new role without a gap. I have been applying for jobs like crazy and had a few phone screenings, and even the occasional interview, but no offers. Note the interviews were prior to me receiving the PMP.
So yeah, my thinking is that if I just put in a two weeks, I could dedicate more time to more quality job searching, or I could even take a job below my current level, maybe as a temp, in the meantime while I focus more on finding a perfect job. However, the job market still kind of sucks, and I was laid off from my first job after college and unemployed for months, which makes me a bit gun shy about leaving a job that I'm somewhat secure in.
Anyway, I'm going to talk with my boss on Monday about my frustrations. But given the situation, do you think I should just suck it up and stay while I continue job searching on the side, or should I dedicate myself fully to job searching and leave a job that I can't stand.
I fucking hate it.
I didn't always hate it. But, between management constantly reshuffling roles and responsibilities, me constantly being handed new work since I'm proven to be competent, and me just getting sick and tired of the day to day work, I can feel myself burning out hard.
To complicate things, my company has entertained putting me through course work to obtain the PMP, a professional certification for project management that is basically a requirement for higher level positions elsewhere. They put two other PMs through a bootcamp that cost thousands of dollars, and said they would get to me eventually, which has yet to happen. So I said fuck it, found an accredited online course for $16, and then took and passed the certification exam a couple of weeks ago. Note the people put through training have not yet passed their exams, and as far as I know no one else in the company has one, my boss included. In fact, in my department, I'm about 12 years younger than the next oldest PM. As a result, I know at this point I can probably do better.
In addition to this, I have juuuust enough in my emergency fund to not make staying at the company a matter of survival, enough to cover about 3 months of expenses. However, obviously I would prefer to keep that money if at possible and transition directly into a new role without a gap. I have been applying for jobs like crazy and had a few phone screenings, and even the occasional interview, but no offers. Note the interviews were prior to me receiving the PMP.
So yeah, my thinking is that if I just put in a two weeks, I could dedicate more time to more quality job searching, or I could even take a job below my current level, maybe as a temp, in the meantime while I focus more on finding a perfect job. However, the job market still kind of sucks, and I was laid off from my first job after college and unemployed for months, which makes me a bit gun shy about leaving a job that I'm somewhat secure in.
Anyway, I'm going to talk with my boss on Monday about my frustrations. But given the situation, do you think I should just suck it up and stay while I continue job searching on the side, or should I dedicate myself fully to job searching and leave a job that I can't stand.
