Should I apply for a new job

[glitterwobbles]

I have a job that I mostly enjoy and a great bunch of colleagues. My line manager is very volitile and can make a good day a nightmare and thinks she is amazing and spends a lot of time telling me how wonderful she is and criticising other workers.I feel that she had unrealistic expectations of the team and does not realise how it affects morale.
I have seen another job which is a good for for my skills and experience. It would involve a change in working hours and more traveling.

I am not sure that I would be applying for it because I want it or just to get away from her.
Any advice gratefully received😗

Depends. Realistically what impact would the change in hours and travel have? I think being largely happy at work is worth quite a bit. I am largely content with my job so even though it is a bit if a drive, I have stuck with it.

Applying for it is just the first step. If they invite you for an interview you will have an opportunity to find out more about the company and the role and will have more information to decide if you actually want the job or just want to get away from the current one. If they offer you an interview and youve decided you have changed your mind just turn it down. Same if they offer you the job.

I'd wait for her to leave. But I have just been reading a thread about people going through 7 or 8 rounds of interviews for a job, so jumping ship doesn't seem very appealing this evening!

Plus if you jump you could end up with an entire team of colleagues like her.

I work for the nhs so I wouldn't be leaving the organisation. My dilemma is that I enjoy the role that I currently do. My reason for leaving would be to get away from the toxic atmospheric.
I have started the application and will see where it leads.

They say that people don't leave jobs they leave managers.... apply and see what happens.

Sounds like a good idea to make the application and then decide. I left a job because of a bully and still haven’t got my pay back on track after 5 years but the best thing to do for pay progression they say is to keeping changing jobs. Bullies do undermine your confidence though so I’d say if you can get away from a toxic manager then try to do so quickly.

I aim to change roles every 3/4 years. Applying is good practise as interview techniques change and its good to have some low stakes ones for practise so that when you really want a job you won't be too nervous. If they offer you the job great you can decide then if you truly want it but until then it's all hypothetical.

I think as pp said apply. You may not end up going for it but something else they you want a bit more might come up after and you’ll have had a bit of practice applying and interviewing etc. Also you never know you may get this one and it may hold a mirror to your toxic workplace and help you to figure things out. Good luck @glitterwobbles it’s rubbish when a manager is spoiling the workplace, been there a few times.