TLDR I moved across the country for a job that is driving me nuts but don’t want to burn bridges with the powerful regional bosses if possible..
Hi All,
I’ve been hating my job for the last 3 months (worked here for 16 months now) and am probably going to resign before I end up getting a new job. I’d love some help explaining my issues to the execs that have the power to reassign me down the road if any openings become available. Let me start with a little backstory:
I work in property maintenance as a manager and was furloughed for most of 2020 while restrictions were keeping people from going to work. About 9 months into covid and a few months before my unemployment ran out I asked my former boss if there might be anything available and he set up an interview with a property I could temp for. I was grateful and ended up taking the job even though I had to move 3 time zones away from my small town. There weren’t many options within the company (and still arent) especially not close to home because I live in smaller city. Uncle covid really hit my industry hard and a lot of our properties are closed or on shoestring budgets. Because of this it’s been a really stressful year and I don’t know how much longer I can operate like this. Same story I’m sure most of you guys are dealing with… half the resources but unchanged expectations. I have zero desire to live in this city and just want to get closer to home where I was building a house and future for myself and recently engaged fiance. I took the job for money and experience and was hoping nobody would be surprised if I don’t stay long term.
When I brought up moving on with my first regional boss he said maybe with a couple more years experience.. and then a few weeks later I brought it up with HIS boss and the VP of North America and got crickets (even though they were high fiving and celebrating my results during their visit).. I’m fairly certain it’s just because they only control a small number of properties in my area that don’t have any openings right now but it still hasn’t left me feeling hopeful.
My concern is that I’m going to get labeled as anti-work and burn the few bridges that I’ve built over the last few years working for this company. Granted I’m still in my early 30s and a career change is probably no big deal, but with ww3 on the horizon – and who knows if covid will ever actually end – it seems like I’ll probably need every friend I can get. I just don’t know how many stressed out nights I can take until one of these many job applications actually pan out. Please any advice would be much appreciated.