I recently took a job in the NHS that is closer to home.
After a few months now, I'm not sure it's a good fit. It's a role I've done before in a much bigger team. I have all the relevant experience, but I've received very little training/onboarding. I have to ask a million questions to get my head round the processes in place, read through policies and teach myself to get a handle on what's expected. I get everywhere can be slightly different, even if the service is essentially the same. Even then when I pick things up, try to organise tasks or heaven forbid, tidy up the office, I get complaints about how I've done it differently, or someone else was dealing with it (but they didn't tell me). I've even had comments about being OCD.
I know there are lots of ways things could be improved, which would still hit targets and be more efficient, but it's very much a "this is the way we do it" mentality. With the manager on leave since I've started, I've not had a person to oversee me or escalate my issues to. I've tried to be proactive and use my contacts to be trained on various systems that I'm not overly familiar with.
I'm thinking of giving it a few more months as change is on the way in terms of management, but if it doesn't improve, I think I'll just look for something else. I don't want to give up on a role I know I have a passion for, but this environment isn't great and constantly feeling like I'm not included is getting to me.
My partner says they're threatened by me and my experience, but I'm not sure. And either way what does it matter if they're going to make working there so difficult.