I recently got moved to a new team at work (as the project I'd been working on came to an end, sooner than expected).
The new team/role has been awful. My line manager is a nice person but just so hard to work for - never available to discuss anything, doesn't share information, doesn't take any of my views on board.
I think he sees me as a "safe pair of hands" so the scope of my role has changed hugely in the short time I've been here. When I started they said I'd be managing two projects with no line management responsibility. I've since been given two additional projects and five people to line manage. Only two of them work on similar things to me. Of the others, two are fine but I can't add much value to their work since I don't really understand what they do. And one is a poor performance case I've been asked to take on as his previous manager couldn't cope... Obviously no pay rise etc for any of this.
Anyway, it's making me absolutely miserable and I'm snappy and distracted at home because of it. So I've been applying for internal transfers but not getting anywhere and now an old manager has approached me asking if I want to work on a new project with him. But, he can't give me much detail on what will be involved because it's such early stages. However, he's great to work for, he has a great team around him, I trust him and I just have a much better feeling about it.
Obviously my current line manager is going to be incredibly pissed off if I leave now, but the new project is seen as a higher priority so I can take the new role if I want it.
My heart says go for it but my DH (who is naturally cautious) says I'm being too hasty because it's such a leap into the unknown and I'm not thinking it through because I'm desperate to get out of my current role.
Any wise words?