Should I go for this job?

Question

I started working at my current job about 5 months. I'm not pleased with the work itself, but it's a great work environment, reasonable salary for waht I'm doing and I get benefits. Plus, the people are great and I work for a good cause.

I definitely want to stay within this organisation, and I love my boss -- rare, I know, but she's really a great person to work for and reminds me of my mother in the way she is so caring and compassionate. She never pressures me and always praises me for my work.

Meanwhile, there is an opening elsewhere in the organisation working for a coordinator that I don't particularly get along with. His team is great and he does his work well, I just disagree with some of his methods. The position however, is EXACTLY the kind of work I'd like to be doing.

I'm a bit nervous about applying though because I recently applied for another internal position and someone else got it (I didn't have the education they were looking for) but I have the right profile for this job and I think I could get it.

I'm just not sure how things will look if I apply for another position internally a month after the last one. I don't want them to think I don't enjoy my work, but I would like to give it a shot. Is this strategic? What if I don't get it, how will things look? If I do get it, what if I don't enjoy working with the coordinator there? What's more important, the work itself or the environment?

I'm not even sure if the application deadline has passed and it might even be too late.

Any advice?

Answer 1

i think you should go for it but then still, work at your old job and do not tell your boss that you are working for other company then set a time so you now what to do at each time like for example[old job 9:30-3:00,new job3:30-5:23] ,something l,ike that so you just go and ask permission from your old and new boss so that you are ,safe but then if you think you have decied which job you what then quit one and use noe you get me.

Answer 2

I'd advise talking about it with your current boss.  She sounds like she might be an excellent mentor, and she knows the organization and your field.  I don't even know what the field is.

Otherwise, there's no right answer; just pros and cons to weigh. The work and the environment are both important, but I've known people who place different relative values on the two. (I value the environment more after 25 years of trial and error).

Questions that start with "what if" usually reflect unrealistic fears, but I'd think working for someone you didn't get along with would be extremely unpleasant.  In my life, it hasn't been rare to love my boss.  Academia may be nicer than other places, but my graduate advisor, postdoctoral mentors, and department chairs have all been wonderful to me professionally and personally, while I was working with them and as friends and advisors when I moved on.

Answer 3

If you don't take it now will the door close? Because if there is a chance for you to take it later with a boss you will get along with more I'd wait for that chance.

Answer 4

It's up to you to decide which will make you happier, since people value different things. You say you're not pleased with the work itself, but you sound like you're happy where you're working even though you would enjoy different work. I can't answer whether the environment or work itself is more important to YOU, but I can tell you how I would feel.

I would feel like the work environment is more important to me. I hate not getting along with people, and I would feel like my inability to get along well with my coworker would hold me back some and make me unhappy to be at work.

To me, it sounds like you would be happier in the position where you're at. You've got a good boss, and it sounds like she can take you places in the organization. Plus, if you have to deal with the coordinator every day, would the work itself be enough to make you happy?

As for your other questions, I'm not sure whether just applying will damage your current standing where you are. However, I wouldn't personally apply for the other job if my work environment was good where I was at and the other job wouldn't have such a great environment.