My current job is so comfortable and relaxing that I’m not sure I should leave. On average, I’m only spending 2-3 hours everyday on work which are very simple admin-ish stuff. I usually spend the rest of the hours doing my own things. This has already gone on for 2 years! I even took up a freelance assignment more recently and am doing it during working hours!
On paper, I’m currently a software project manager. But I know I’m not really doing anything an actual project manager is doing.
I joined the company as a software engineer. By the end of my first year with the company, they have decided to offshore most of their technical development work. I was subsequently promoted to be the project manager to manage the offshore vendors.
Here’s the interesting part, the offshore vendors pretty much do most of the work already. All I have to do is email them of any issues or new feature requests the internal biz users have. I usually don’t even take an hour or two to send those emails to the offshore vendors because I don’t need to write the specs at all. I only have to briefly describe what the users needed and the vendors will propose the specs which I would then pass it on to the users to review. Then I just need 10 seconds to forward that email from the offshore staff to the internal users! And there is no project timeline too!
I’m basically just a middleman between the users and the offshore vendor. I’m told by my boss that my value is in explaining the technical aspect of things to the users. The technical explanation of features can usually be done in a meeting, which again at most just take half a day and we only need to do this like once a month or so.
For the last 2 years, that’s all that I’ve been doing at work. I also have a lot of freedom! My boss doesn’t manage me closely. Most people start work at 9am but I only arrive at the office at 10-11am every morning, and I’m usually the first person I leave the office too!
This has been the craziest job I ever had. I literally have zero stress and I’m so happy every day. I go home on time or early every day, I get to meet my girlfriend and friends every Fridays and weekend, I don’t have to work late. And I get to do my own things while still getting paid! It doesn’t feel like a job at all!
Lately, however, I’ve started to wonder if I should continue my career this way. While it feels extremely good so far, I’m wondering this is going to hurt my career in the long run. This is especially when I’m supposed to join the company as a software engineer but I’m not doing anything technical here other than that “technical explanation” to the internal users now.
I started looking for jobs last week and I’ve got an offer for a software developer position. Their salary is only slightly higher by 15% but it’s still an increment though the hiring manager promise that I will get to learn new technology.
BUT, for some reason, my legs are jelly now because I don’t know whether I should give up my current comfort for a new job or not. I’m sure any new jobs are not going to be this easy anymore. Somewhere in my mind, I’m telling myself that my current job with such comfort is a rare find and I shouldn’t just walk away. Then another part of my mind is telling me that I should leave for the new job because this is hurting my career in the long run though I’m not sure how true is this.
Has anyone been through a job like this before? What path did you take and how did things turn out? Should I stay in a job that feels so good?
I will be so grateful for any advice I can have!
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