Rash career change?

[Thingscouldntgetanyworse]

I’m 34 and have worked in the bank for 3yrs now. Prior to this I was always customer service / retail. It’s all I’ve ever known.

My mum died suddenly a few months ago and it’s thrown me through a wringer. I’ve been back at work a couple of weeks and I’ve lost all the enthusiasm I used to have. I was honestly so passionate about customer service, my whole life, but I’ve lost it. Will I ever get it back? I just don’t care about the customers across the desk from me; and that was never me.

I applied, on a whim, for a few new jobs. I’ve been offered an interview to be a Prison Custody Officer. This is nothing like any job I’ve ever done before, but I’m wondering if change is what I’m needing? Or am I acting in haste out of grief?

looking for any advice or thoughts

Very sorry for your loss OP.

grief can make you evaluate what you want in life but it can also effect you for some time and perhaps cloud your judgement.

If you have a job that you have enjoyed up to now and may also give you some stability - it may worth considering staying. I would ask yourself; if prior to your mums passing you enjoyed your job and what has changed within the role ( if anything)

It can be very hard to evaluate what is the right decision and outcome when there can be outside variables such a recent grief.

When my mother died I didn’t stop randomly sobbing for 18 months, so stability was important for me. A new job may have been a good distraction but it comes with risks which requires some resilience.

Good luck in any decision making.