I have been with the company for many, many years. My job has changed over the years as it became a very successful company. We took on more staff, and I became ‘manager’ of a small team.
I loved the job and the people I work with. As new processes were put in place I asked to go on a 3 day week, which was agreed. All good. Then we became busier, so I went back up to 4 days, working from home usually on the 4th day.
We have recently been bought out by another company. I was involved from the start, so the last 12 months have been doing specialist work related to this buyout. We took on extra staff to cover my old job.
My job has now changed so, so much. If I saw the job description, I wouldn’t even think about applying. Because I have access from home, I never really switch off so can often work 7 days a week, even if it’s only for an hour or two on some days.
I know the sensible thing to do would be to leave. But how do I do that?
I am on 3 months notice. I want to apply for jobs at my original level. The sort of jobs that normally expect 1 months notice at most.
Do I hand my notice in now and hope I see the perfect job advertised in the next 3 months? Or do I apply for jobs and hope they are prepared to wait three months for me?
It will take at least 2 months to find a replacement for me assuming that replacement is on 1 month notice, so an early release would not be possible.