A few months ago I was made redundant from a job I loved, it was very "challenging" (managing large scale projects/large budgets/management of a team), and highly autonomous - basically a "your budget for the year is £x, your targets are x, go and do it", and after several years running my own business it was the type of environment I thrived in.
I got a new role almost immediately, which was sold as a similar role in a high growth focused company, I told I was their first hire for this particular business function, they had no experience in the area and it was now vital they had someone to do this. The salary was £20k lower, but there was no longer a commute and hours were slightly shorter - so I tried to convince myself I was ok with the drop in salary - and of course, a job paying something is better than potentially weeks of unemployment waiting for a job with the right salary.
However, once I started I quickly realised the job wasn't as it seems:
- They copied my job description from a competitor without any real understanding of what they were hiring for, and how it would, or in my case wouldn't fit in with their business.
- My "business function" is split into 5 key areas - they actually have 2 people doing 4 of these areas, so I'm left with 1 to do - and then another area which they seem to think has something to do with my role but really doesn't. This isn't enough to fill 40 hours a week, and I'm just so bored, it's too "easy" and the type of work in my previous role I'd have an assistant doing.
- The other 4 areas are being done by people with little to no experience in the area and they are being done badly - I've suggested improvements/asked questions but I've basically been told to keep out as I'm "stepping on toes".
- There is no autonomy, every minor task has to be ran by the owner who has no understanding of what I'm doing. I feel like I've moved from my senior position managing multi-million pound budgets and taken 10 massive career steps backwards back into a junior role, in all but the job title. This combined with the drop in salary is making me feel like a complete failure.
I've been here for a month and was hoping my initial issues were "new job woes" but it doesn't seem like it's going to change.
As much as I want to leave and find something more suited to my experience before my last job I left another position after a few weeks as my manager was unbearable to work for. I don't really want to end up with a reputation of leaving jobs after a few weeks, especially in the small industry I work in. AIBU to leave?!