So I’ve been working as an assistant for the last 8 months on a small team. It honestly hasn’t been great since the beginning but I’ve been trying to stick it out as it seems like it is a good opportunity and has growth potential but it’s just continuing to get worse and worse. I DREAD going to work every single day. When I applied for the job, the posting advertised $70K a year and only having to be in the office once a month (I live about 40 min – 1 hour away). Once I started, I was told that I would only be making $36K and would need to be in the office three days a week because I was new but that it would change over time and there would be room for advancement. About a month after I started, my boss tried to switch me from salaried to hourly which I had to threaten to quit in order to stop. Since then, there has been no opportunities for advancement, I am still going to the office 3X a week and there has been no talk about making more money. My boss treats me like I’m an incompetent child who doesn’t know how to do their job despite me always doing a good job and having a lot of experience.
The straw that broke the camels back was last week when I lost my dog of 11 years and was very distraught. I had one day (the day he died) that I obviously wasn’t at the top of my game and I let her know why. Along with her making insensitive comments about the loss of my best friend, This bought me an entire lecture about me “dropping the ball” and since then she has treated me even more like I’m incompetent and is just micro-managing every little thing I do.
Yesterday, I got a call from a different company for a similar position that is only 10 minutes away and pays double what I am making now. Logically, it makes sense and I want to pursue it but I am having a difficult time not feeling bad? My boss loves to tell me how we’re a family and she’s totally committed to me and things of that nature so now I find myself feeling guilty for wanting to pursue this job and leave my current team.
Am I doing the right thing here?