Should I just accept it or leave?
The thing is, eight months ago I told my supervisor in a meeting that I would like to change departments and go to another department internally. He assured me he would look into it and that it was doable. Of course, not much happened; I kept asking and probably created a bit of pressure by doing so. The only thing that happened was that he went to the relevant department and informed them. Unfortunately, there was never a real plan as to how and when I could move. To be honest, I felt a bit strung along. Of course I understand that you can't move overnight; three months would have been acceptable, but now it's been eight months. The move is imminent, but one thing still bothers me: there is no real plan. I communicated from the start that I would not be continuing with my old projects and could take on new ones. That's simply not possible in a normal working day. I don't know, I'm somehow thinking about looking for something completely new. Even the change feels strange now. I'm almost starting to suspect that 8 months was just too long and that it took too long. I'm undecided. I like the new team and I think things could be different, but the prospect of being stuck in my old department for even longer makes it difficult, and sometimes I really don't feel like going to work in the mornings. It might also be the project manager; many people struggle with his organizational style but just get over it. But it's really annoying, and regardless of whether I change departments, I'll still run into this person in the future.
I'm not sure right now whether it's time to draw a line under it and leave or just wait and see. I just don't want to lose all the fun in my job because I've played along for too long. On top of that, a lot of colleagues have quit in the last year and I know the reasons, and these are also things that I've noticed negatively and that bother me. So I'm not that far off the mark with my assessment of what's going wrong. I just have the feeling that people don't really understand my motives for wanting to change jobs. If I say I'd like to do road planning and then I'm sent to a drainage course for railways and the comment is almost the same, I don't really feel understood because it's definitely not the same for me.
How would you handle such a situation? I know it's ultimately my decision, but I would appreciate it if someone neutral could evaluate the situation and offer advice. Also, whether it's too much of an exaggeration and whether it's normal in the workplace for there to be organizational problems in the office.
I’ve read your text, but I can’t find any indication of what you’re doing or what you need.
And so I can’t give you any advice.
However, I find a few times the reference to organization, where I do not trust you because of your text, that you are suitable because otherwise you would have already worked yourself and had changed a lot.
Yes, you will encounter organizational or structural problems in every operation and department. It’s just that, nowhere is everything perfect. The question is more of how great the respective chaos is and whether it is in a way with which one can cope well or rather badly.
You will also meet sympathetic and less sympathetic people in every job. Here too, it is a very individual question, which makes it clear and where your own borders are exceeded.
And the workload also applies to all this.
If you want to change internally, you need to become active yourself and not hope that your superior will handle everything for you! He has no interest in it. So why would he use it intensively?
In the end, you must now consider for yourself how bad the current situation is, whether the current negative aspects would really change in another department or another job so that it fits better for you and whether you want to go this step or not. But you just have to go and take all necessary measures yourself!
Why didn’t you just become active yourself? In the new field, talk to the controllers or give up a proper application for another job via the HR.