I'm having some problems. When you are emotionally attached to your job and the people that you work with, when is is a good time to leave?That might sound a tad bit crazy, I realize this. I do love my job and I love my boss and office manager more than I love my job. I enjoy the relationships with my clients. I enjoy the fact that my boss let me pick out the paint color of my new office (lavender by the way). I love that every year I feel myself improving with my organizational skills. I have not reached the point at my job where I am burnt out or feel as if I have learned all that I need to learn.
Why do you want to leave you might ask?
Well...I'll tell you. I don't make very much money AT ALL. I work for a nonprofit which means that we have to fundraise the money for me to get the green. I haven't really gotten a raise either. They try to make up for it with little things, such as paying for my mileage and giving us a long time off of work for Christmas, but I've got bills to pay. I don't want to have to live almost paycheck to paycheck. Why would I stay at a job that I enjoy for little money when I can find a job that pays a lot more that I could also enjoy.
Did I mention I got punched in the nose working a fundraiser for my job? Yup. A full on "Bring it on, Sista" fight. It would be nice to not only be at a job where I don't have to worry about my job security every year when it's time to make budget cuts in the state and it would be even nice to not have to work on fundraisers.
There is never a good time to leave my job.
If I leave now, that would be right before Christmas and that would leave even more stress on the people that I love because they would have to pick up more of the slack. During Christmas time, it is normal for us to work til about 4 am several nights in a row to get Christmas worked on for our clients.
If I leave after Christmas, that's right before Dinner and Auction, our biggest fundraiser of the year. The other girl who had the job before me did that. Not cool in my boss's play book.
If you leave after Dinner and Auction, I will leave all of my clients to be seen and notes to be completed by a boss that doesn't have time to focus on her duties as a supervisor because she is so busy with everything else.
I also don't want to spring anything on anyone. She asked me to tell her when Andrew and I start to make a family because she told me that nine months wasn't long enough to process what to do while I'm on maternity leave. I'm guessing that this goes the same way. We've had people leave before. My friend Katie left after being on the job only a few months because the job that she really wanted came open and they were going to pay more and pay for her college. Nobody could really blame her for that one. My friend Robin left after working here for 3 years and she wanted a job at the school system so that she could have breaks with her children. No one could blame her for those reasons either.
I know that I will leave eventually. I'm getting my Masters and I don't get much of a raise once that is completed and I don't want to be a director.
I found a job opening that I might enjoy. It pays almost $10,000 more than my job does now. It's enough to start making me think.
1 comment:
Here is my opinion (This is David BTW, and I know I never leave comments so I thought today would be my first)
I think that sometimes you've got to do what's best for you. You're a very selfless person and you make a living doing things for other people. It's great! It's endearing! And it makes you special (not special ed but you get it ha!) I understand the not wanting to disappoint the people that you work for but there's probably someone out there who would be more than willing to take your position that you currently hold! I'm sure they would have no problem filling it. That's all hypothetical talk but let's say you just went out on a limb and applied for the new job and you got it. You would only benefit from it and you would also be opening up a position that would allow someone else to get hired and to get a little bit more experience.
It's not an ideal situation but it's a positive spin on it. I think you should give it a shot!
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