Greetings Subredditors
I'm looking for thoughts from anyone who may be (or have been) in a similar situation to where I currently find myself.
For the last 20 years, I have been working and gaining experience and qualifications in my corporate niche of Business Resiliency.
It's interesting work. I am bloody good at getting Business Leaders and their teams to think about what they would do to keep their Business processes running in case of any diverse impacts to their ability to work.
I am qualified in and have built out, Crisis Management programmes.
I have ensured that a Fortune 100 company continued working throughout Covid, war in Eastern Europe, political unrest in various countries and global regions, through adverse weather events and impacts of Climate Change.
I'm good at my job. I love seeing the “Aha moments” when people start to think “What if..?” And are able to plan against that. I can explain it in their terms and can shift my pitch/tone depending on their personalities to ensure that they get it and see the benefits of working with me. My work is not an obvious profit driver. It is, however, needed for audit, regulatory and client security needs.
Something I've been slooooowly realising over the years, though, is that I hate the corporate world. I'm swimming in a tank of cannibalistic sharks, every day. The actions of people who undermine my work, while stealing my ideas for their own credit is soul destroying.
I've reached middle management. To proceed further I need to knock other people off of their positions or wait for them to retire or die.
I've been looking for other positions within the same corporation and in other business entities and have found that my pitch, when selling myself, gives people I am interacting with the notion that they can do it themselves.
I'm the older side of 50. To change career is a massive, daunting step and would mean that I need to learn and refine a new skillet and practice.
To anyone who has read this far and is, or has been, in a similar position…What to do?
I'm done with dealing with people whonwill throw me under the proverbial bus. I'm done trying to be one of the sharks. I'm done dealing with.polotics, when all I do want to do is help.
Does anyone have any thoughts?