I posted some time ago in a thread about people who hated their jobs. I hated my current job because there was no challenge, no direction, no work. I spent day after day playing on the internet and doing homework, and some people couldn’t understand why I’d ever want to leave.
Well, I’ve left, and I’m so, so happy. I am going to another job in the same field (environment) but in a different industry. I gave my notice to HR yesterday afternoon as my boss is away on vacation and won’t be back until July 22. My last day is July 31, however I have vacation from July 15 to 21 because I’m getting married.
It is liberating and exciting to be moving on, but I’m also scared. I have been here for nine years, and this was my first job out of college. I have a lot of friends here and I will miss them.
I had a semi-exit interview yesterday with the VP of HR after I gave my notice and told her why I’m leaving - specifically, I am bored, there is no work for me, and if I ask my boss for work, she doesn’t give it to me. I have had my feelings hurt by my boss (I am not invited to department events by her, she’s a mean, mean person), and I’ve had grand ideas shot down at the last minute (which also cost the company money because things were cancelled at the last minute). I told her the communication here is horrid and that being on the service side of the company rather then the money-making side (environment vs. engineering) is a kick in the face every day, especially at budget time.
Regardless, here I come new job! I can’t wait to get started!
I quit one of my previous jobs for almost exactly the same reason. Good pay and good benefits, but I only had at best fifteen minutes of work a day. I could only do it for a year before I went stir crazy. Most people don’t really understand that having no work to do is actually worse than having too much work to do.
Of course, I’m in much the same position here at this job. I need a very specific program to do my job, and we don’t have it- so I’ve been spinning my wheels now for a month. It’s driving me crazy. I love what I do- so let me do it!
I understand how you feel (felt!) - I was in a similar place, bored, not challenged and not seeing a future, although I was generally busy. It just got to the point where I was working on automatic, and not even thinking about it anymore. After a very long time considering my options, I actually left to go back to school, which is certainly giving me a challenge and lots to learn about!
I hope your new job gives you the challenge you seek! Good luck!
