But I don’t want a new job…

Anonymous

June 4,2022 at 4:31PM UTC

Welcome to Fairygodboss!

We’re the largest online career community helping women achieve their career goals. Gain access to articles, jobs, events, and a supportive network of women and allies. Membership is free, always.

But I don’t want a new job…

I finally got the promotion. I manage a great team, I lead our organization’s marketing efforts. I’m involved in DEI, in hiring and directing our brand. Our senior leaders recognize my expertise and my peers appreciate my input. Sounds perfect right?

So now there are storm clouds on the horizon indicating that this happy place has an expiration date. There are people with great influence who want to change our organization’s direction, and their approach is beyond toxic. This uneasiness is permeating the culture and people are starting to quit, resign and retire. The more this happens, the closer the dark cloud gets to my team and to me. I push back as much as possible but it’s not enough to create the level of resistance we need collectively. All indications say I should be looking for a new job, too. But I don’t want to look for a new job (insert tantrum), I want to ride it out. What would YOU do?

Why women love us:

Daily articles on career topics
Jobs at companies dedicated to hiring more women
Advice and support from an authentic community
Events that help you level up in your career
Free membership, always

4 comments

Share your insight

Join an authentic community that helps women support each other at work. Share your professional experience or ask for advice — you can even post anonymously.

4 Comments

Join the conversation

AnonymousJune 4,2022 at 6:03PM UTC
Be glad you have the instincts to recognize a situation for what it is.
Think about the worst case scenarios if you don’t move on based on your instinct. Do you want to go down like the titanic, when they start making cuts and choose you next? it may make it harder to rely on them as references for a lateral move elsewhere. Abort abort abort while you are still in tact
JYJJune 4,2022 at 6:27PM UTC
It's only going to get worse. I've been through getting a promotion only to be laid off a month later. The writing is on the wall with where you work. Get out ahead of it and start looking elsewhere.
Debra SesholtzJune 4,2022 at 8:13PM UTC
You know what’s best for you. If riding it out is right for you, then you should do that. It’s always a tough decision when you love what your doing and have a great team. You are very fortunate. However, if you see the writing on the wall, it can’t hurt to start a search. If people on your team start to leave, your opinion about sticking around might change. The best time to to start looking is while you have something and could enable you to take your time to find your next perfect opportunity.
AnonymousJune 7,2022 at 2:20PM UTC
This is what I would personally do and this is based on my financial situation, my life, and my personality so please keep that in mind.
If I know that in the end, I am going to lose my job but I just don't really know when....then I would start looking for a new job. The stress of not knowing what would happen would be too much for me especially because I would be worried about the potential financial stress. While yes, I have 3 months salary saved because that is what I was taught to do I would want to avoid digging into it if possible.
But you know yourself better, if you can see yourself making it through this with a job that you still enjoy or you (and your family) can handle it financially if they do let you go suddenly then you should stay if the job is still making you happy. Don't stay because you hope after the transition period it will get better.