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I don't really know your situation, so this is not really an answer to you, but I know way too many people in this situation, so I'll chime in with some experie
by whstl 2y ago
I don't really know your situation, so this is not really an answer to you, but I know way too many people in this situation, so I'll chime in with some experience.
My previous company is a horrible workplace, so after I left a lot of ex-colleagues also revealed they've also been wanting to leave. They all mention the job market currently sucks and that "the pay is too good and nobody is giving the same salary". So they all stayed at the company and are complaining about the ridiculous 1.5% salary increase which the HR attributes to "the CTO being spineless and afraid of the CEO".
I have passed their numbers to recruiters, I have recommended them at companies I said "no" to, I have even took time to coach them. But when I talk with recruiters it's the same: "ah yeah your guy just ghosted me", "can you ask them to reply to my email?", "they missed the first interview I set up for them".
Digging deeper, they're all depressed. They're not doing sports/activities, not going out anymore, not traveling, not replying to messages...
My friends from the company that are still thriving at the job? I still see every week.
Three of the happy ones got promotions straight from the CEO, because the problematic CTO does not give promotions. The other happy ones all work in different parts of the company.
So for anyone in this situation I would stop and assess your mental health. A job can really fuck you up, and some bosses will fuck you up regardless of how good you are.
So: It might be the case that the problem is the job, it might be the case that the problem is not there, but it requires one to spend a non-trivial amount of energy that is currently being sucked by the job.