To quit my workplace when I have an interview for another job in the same department?

[Feliciacat]

Can’t post too many details as it will be outing. I work for a team within a department (let’s say team Y) and have been asked to apply for a job in another team (team Z). Team Z urgently need me as there have been many staff vacancies due to resignation. So they told me I could be moved over with no interview. It emerged that I did need an interview though (I have no issue with that).

Job on team Z took ages to be posted. Meanwhile, I am very unhappy on team Y to the point I’ve previously handed my notice in but was urged to stay because our new manager would make things better. New manager is very snide with me and is making me feel very anxious. I have applied for the job on team Z and it closes today. However, I want to just quit altogether as I’ve had such a miserable time here.

I only stayed because I thought I may as well to get maternity benefits (I realised this job wasn’t for me a month after starting but didn’t leave because of maternity benefits). A year later…I appear to be infertile. There’s a lesson to be learned there! My new manager says it’s not my place to raise issues and that it’s my job to work with others (as if I don’t work with them). This is all because I raised that someone had lashed out at me when I’d corrected them on something.

I have been so lonely in this workplace as I’m always in the office alone. It’s been really awful as nobody has shown me anything or trained me on anything. I’ve learned myself. I’ve improved processes myself and done the lion’s share of the phone work because I care about customer service. I’ve done this with no supervision and no appreciation. It’s such a slap in the face that I was told having a new manager would improve things and now they don’t like me at all. They told me I deserved what was said to me.

Team Z will be pretty shafted if I leave. But then again, they told me incorrectly that I could move when I couldn’t and have kept me waiting two months to apply. They ringfenced the post internally so they could get me though. If I drop out, they’ll have nobody.

So you don’t want either job?
You want to leave altogether?
What other jobs prospects do you have and can you affronts not to be earning?
If you can then of course you can leave any time you like. What’s stopping you.
If I’ve misunderstood and you do want the job in the other team then I would stick it out for another month to make that transfer.

If you applied for Job Z and it has now closed and they previously wanted you with no interview you could have an offer in your hand in a couple of weeks. Why not stick it out if you want that role?

Will Team Z be better in terms of in office presence and mgmt?

If you resign, it’s likely you won’t get either job. That might be totally fine with you, in which case go ahead. But you risk being unemployed for a while if it takes more than a month to find a new job.

I’d stay in my job but keep applying for new posts, if I were you.

Do you want the job with team Z? Then stay.

If you think leaving will make any difference to them at all, you are wrong, so if that's just a childish way to 'get back at them', the only person you will hurt is yourself.

If you want to work in team Z then stick out a couple of weeks and retain your pension and maternity rights. If you want to work elsewhere, then leave.

This is exactly what I was going to say.

You owe them nothing, so if don't want job Z then leave and don't give it another thought.

If you do want job Z, stay.

I was in a similar situation. I handed in my notice. I was offered the other job in the dept with a massive pay increase within 2 hours of handing in my notice. If they do really want you, they will make this happen.

Are you friendly with anyone on Team Z? I work in a big organisation and in your position I would speak to the new team manager and ask for an understanding of the timescales. When are the interviews being scheduled for? . I wouldn’t presume that I am guaranteed that job if they have advertised it and they are running interviews but I’d want a sense of the timescales so you can assess if it’s worth hanging on for. ( I’d also be interested to know about the resignations on that team)

I would agree with Divebar...get all the info you can and ask anything relevant in new team. Still be polite and professional as you want to join ln new team.

I think that if you quit it is likely that you’ll lose the team z role.

How much holiday do you have left? Do they offer any work from home flex? Basically is there any way that you can reduce the amount of days you’re working in team y without handing in notice to give team z a couple of weeks grace to interview and offer the role?

It’s not a childish way to get back at them. To be honest, I have problems with fawning behaviour and fawning in this workplace is dangerous because people will use you so they have less to do. It’s ended up as a situation I can’t change as I’ve changed but people still think I’m very pliable. There’s a lot of backbiting in the workplace and it frustrates me.

I have elevated stress levels from the infertility diagnosis as well as a few other things. This job does nothing for my mental health and the new one will be no better as the manager in the new team is going on leave for a year in a few weeks. Someone will stand in for them but since team Z has had no staff for a year prior to August, there are no processes and the team has no presence yet. So the year that team Z’s manager is off will be interesting as there’s nothing to take over.

If I left then I could get a job near my house and walk to work. I’d also aim to work for somewhere where they mandate office days. Everyone on team Y and Z basically never come in and it doesn’t suit me.

Will team Z actually be any better? If it's all the same department then I assume everyone knows you're going to move to team Z anyway? Will you loose any continual service benefits? E.g. pension benefits, extra holiday days etc.

If you're banking on the team Z job I would be cautious, it's not for certain until you've got the job offer and signed the contract.

I can afford to leave; my wage is very low so it’s pocket money anyway. DH pays all the bills and mortgage. He says I’m unhappy so he will support me. There have also been four resignations in a year on my current team. It’s an unhappy workplace generally.

I had an abusive childhood and I think I seek ‘family’ at work so I get very attached to jobs and like to think I’m important and valued because I don’t have that in a family context. It’s toxic but I’ve done it again in this job. I need a fresh start and to lose this attitude in my next job.

Sounds like there is no benefit to you in staying and you don't need to wait until you have another job, so I would just leave. You don't owe them anything.

@SpaceChocolatel and everyone else who’s said I’m not guaranteed the job; you’re right. I do know this. I was initially guaranteed the job as they said they’d move me. I therefore told Team Y so they could plan things. Then a few weeks later, I was told it had to be advertised and that took weeks to go out.

Sorry about your fertility issues.

Sounds like the organisation isn’t a good place to work for you, but I wouldn’t leave without another job lined up. Less economic risk and easier to get a job when you already have one.

So would move to team Z if you get the job, or stay in your current team, and just ‘coast’ and spend time and effort job seeking for suitablr work elsewhere.

I don’t think pay is ‘pocket money’ - personal earning ability is very important IMO.

If you’re confident you can easily pick up another job elsewhere for the same or more pay / prospects, after a short break, that could be a good option though.

you are far better to search for a job while you have a job, it looks better on your CV and it is more likely to happen.

I would suck it up a bit longer for the sake of getting a shot at the other job AND I would apply externally in evenings and weekends. Binge apply.

I kind of think that I’m so unhappy that I will end up leaving the job on Team Z too. So I’d be shafting them mess if I just leave now. Hopefully they’ve had other applicants.

Less not mess

think of yourself
dont worry about them being shafted