Greener Grass

It's been announced to everyone at work (Rumour mill works fast) and my family so I guess I can talk about it here. I am moving on to a new company. After four years with SRC, I'm moving on. I don't have any issues with SRC as a whole, in fact I feel they treat their employees quite well, but as you will hear a hundred times if you ever venture onto Linkedin: people quit managers, not companies.

That is 100% the case in my situation. I like the company. I like the people I work with. I can't deal with the stress of a manager who doesn't know how to manage anymore. We have some of the best engineers I've ever worked with and there is absolutely no teamwork. And it's been that way since he took over.

My new position is in a much smaller company (14 people including me), for less money and worse benefits. I won't be in a leadership role anymore and my stress level will be massively lower. The company also seems like a very good fit for me. They are both Architectural and Engineering so I'll still know what I am doing but learn some stuff on the Architectural side of things. Plus they have lots of projects for Indigenous people, cannabis, etc. So they aren't a bunch of close minded people and seem to like to use technology to make their lives easier.

I have recently been taking some super minor courses to further my career, or just help with it, but it's also made me realise the answer to the question we all ask kids: What do you want to be when you grow up? Being and Eng Tech is alright. Pays well and is far from the worst job out there, but I don't find myself enjoying it like I first did. It would be great to be able to step into something different but maybe the new work will scratch that itch.

Or maybe the post-apocalypse will come and I won't have to worry about paying bills anymore and can just do what I've always really wanted to do: dance, dance, dance!

Not sure what else I'd do though. Don't want to work outside due to winters and rain. I'm not handy enough to be a mechanic or anything like that. Don't have the money to get a new education. Maybe I should just do what all the billionaires do and have rich parents and then go completed fucking mad!

I'm sure there will be problems at the new place, no employer is perfect, but as long as I can get along with the people telling me what to do, then I'm good. As much as SaskPower was boring, I did get along with everyone and we'd always try to sneak new efficiencies in where we could and if we couldn't, there was at least a reason other than "I don't want to."

The real question I have that will get answered in the next while is: is the grass greener on the other side of the fence? Well, due to to the location of both offices there isn't much grass around, but I believe there is a little more at the new place. I honestly don't know where I'd go around here to see grass but I think there are some empty lots near the new digs. Actually, I think they have grass in front of the building so there you have it. Even if it's dead, it's greener than no grass.