Work related - partly went but want to hear what people have to say

[SallySmithh]

As the title says this is partly a went.

I’m planning an exit from my job but need a survival plan until the time I can exit.

I’ve been moved around in my company due to things out of my control and have been in my current team for about 10 months.

There was no proper handover, there is no documentation, it is very difficult to get the things you need to actually be able to do your job.

There is underlying culture in the team where everyone is very nice and friendly. However, if people from what ever reason don’t like someone or people think that person is not good in the job it becomes a very unprofessional environment. That person will be regularly bad mouthed in meetings and on group chats in the wider teams with people of various level of management present.

There are frictions in cross functional teams as well where it looks like people have made up their minds about the whole team and it hinders deliveries and cooperation.

I’ve been going with the flow and tried not to rock the boat but didn’t have the tools to do my job but I was getting along fine. I now started pushing for some things to allow me to do the job and can feel a change.

I do also feel like I’m going backwards with my skills and experience as getting drowned with lot of random add hoc stuff but then don’t also have the tools to do the add hoc stuff and the manager doesn’t manage time and prioritisation well.

What do I want from this post? To hear from people to check back in with my sanity.

What is 'a went'?

It doesn't sound like a great work situation and there's no harm in having a look around for other jobs

Pretty sure the OP means vent

Oh, that makes sense! It's just that it's went in the title and the post!

It’s difficult to understand what you mean exactly. So everyone’s terribly friendly, apart from in certain circumstances when a switch flips and then people are routinely savagely criticised in meetings and chats with management present? And you were ‘getting on fine’, despite not having the tools to do your job, but now you’ve started pushing for that to be rectified, you’ve turned into someone in the category routinely badmouthed?

OP, you have my complete sympathies. No tools, ad hoc mountains… I totally empathise. I don’t know what the answer is as it’s so hard to break that culture and change behaviours but sending solidarity 💐

I feel your pain. In my situation it is exacerbated by being 100% remote in a global role without any inperson meets. Fun times.

Anyway - what to do. In my case, I just accept it for what it is and stay for my own reasons (pay, security, flexibility etc). I've learned to take satisfaction in the small achievements and actually like (or got used to!) trying to figure out a way around the utter dysfunction. I've built my own network to try to get things done, which gets stronger over time.. Tbh i don't rely on my manager at all, but i am lucky in that regard as i am left to it. If something like this an option at all?

Otherwise, the usual, I guess? SMART objectives to be agreed with your manager should at least set focus on the actual job (and the lack of organisational support) rather than the ad hoc stuff. Weekly 1:1 using the objectives as agenda items (may be a bit too much but see how goes?) Your manager should (!) have a responsibility here - if they need you to do a job and you can't do it due to not having the resources then a. They need to know that and b. hopefully you should be about to agree a way forward. But, easier said than done..

Good luck.

Don't like job... look for a new one... leave. I'm not sure what else you want us to say?