The reality of moving on isn't always Rosie but sometimes necessary

I was contacted by an editor of LinkedIn News asking me to create a post about changing jobs in the current climate, writing a post on LinkedIn is not something I would normally do but I thought I would give it a go.

So here goes!

The role I was in went through many changes, although I enjoyed my job the environment was somewhat toxic and subject to bullying on a daily basis, so I looked elsewhere, not just for financial gain but consideration of my mental health.

When making a move I knew the downfalls, I knew I was leaving a role where I had legal rights to a role where I would have no rights for 2 years, I knew I would be moving into a role where someone else had recently left for reasons unknown, I am also aware that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, sometimes the dead grass has been spray painted to look lush and green.

However, I found a role that looked perfect for me, the pay was good, the environment was exciting and different, I had the chance to make a great workplace safer and where my input would directly affect the workers safety and quality of life.

I handed in my notice and moved to my new exciting role managing a small team, within a week of me being there a member of my team left, he was working his notice before I started.

My manager told me not to get carried away and make any changes but to see why they do things the way they do, that was my intention anyway to get to know the lay of the land and only make changes if there were significant risks to health until I understood their current procedures.

During my 3-month stint I came across many serious issues that I was not allowed to rectify, not expensive to fix but just an unwillingness to make change from the MD, some relatively minor changes (free) that needed to be put in place to be able to comply with the law, keep the staff safe and keep the MD out of prison.

I now know why my predecessors, the 2 senior members of the team left the business, I had to follow in their footsteps and leave.

To this day I still don’t understand why they employed me as a H&S manager and not let me do my job, why he was so determined to put his staff at risk of death or serious injury for the sake of a few thousand pounds.

I am not one for swapping jobs regularly, this could have seen me good for a fair few years or even until retirement, as it happened it was not to be and I am now trying to live off of just under ￡600 a month.

Sometimes it is necessary to make the jump and try a new direction, in this situation it didn’t pay off, given the choice again I would have still have made the same decision, there will be a great company out there who care about their staff eager to utilise my skills.

Thank you for reading my first ramblings, it’s been fun, if this is received well, I may write another titled “The cost of integrity”.

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