Hi all,
At my current employer, Im(28M) second in line in respects to seniority over a department. I was hired 2.5 years ago and can say that I brought a substantial about of skills and relatable career experience that can and could’ve changed this department for the better in a major way.
As respectful as I can say it the individual who leads in seniority within this department, doesn’t have any outside experience in relation to the job and lacks very important leadership skills that are a necessity in employee engagement and development. He’s friends with the owner in which he was hired when he was 16( 33 now). So this has been his only career. Not that it really matters but the lack of no real experience has affected him as I can tell.
Multiple managers/employees have complained about him and we’ve lost 5 employees in our department who all mentioned him as part of the reason of their resignation. Some of the reasons they mentioned are immaturity, lack of leadership/experience, favoritism and his willingness to “not care”
I mentioned plenty of times to the Director on why change hasn’t happened and his exact words were that his “hands are tied”. And I truly believe that it’s because he’s friends with the owner and there is something bigger to the story of why he has been with the company for so long
Recently a manager in another department suggested to develop a S.O.P manual in addition to proposing a policy manual on employee training, with included job aides. He says that I should create this material and “keep it on ice” to present to the director when the time comes of “change” within the department.
FYI the director says that this month significant change is going to happen within the department. I’m not an advocate for them firing individuals but the workplace has unfortunately suffered off of his actions.
To sum it all up, should I seek another place of employment where my skills can be utilized, or should I work on these projects behind the scenes(quietly) and wait to see if the director will actually pulls some strings and allows me to finally perform?
Thank you