Well, there's a decision.
After all the crap I've put up with at work in the past (very nearly) 2 years, and all the crap in particular I've put up with in the past 8 months, I've come to a decision.
I'm quitting Microsoft.
Well, miracles happen and something might keep me from leaving, but frankly, a miracle would be wasted on this.
It's not because I hate working there. I've loved working there for a lot of the time I've spent at MSFT in various capacities. It's because I'm tired of what many of my former teammates describe, with a straight face, as "like being in an abusive relationship". It's because my management is capricious, moves the goalposts at every stage, and hasn't lived up to their end of the bargain for a long time. It's because that's left me on the edge of burnout for about as long.
I don't know how the timing of this will work. I'm looking for a job, but frankly I don't know if I'll find one before I decide to drop my resignation. And frankly, I don't care if I have a job before my last day, whenever that will be (it will be relatively soon).
Even the people who left my team to go be unemployed are happier now. And I probably will be too.
And yes, it's really 4:01AM, and no, I'm not making a drunken decision. I've been contemplating this at times for several months now.
I'm quitting Microsoft.
Well, miracles happen and something might keep me from leaving, but frankly, a miracle would be wasted on this.
It's not because I hate working there. I've loved working there for a lot of the time I've spent at MSFT in various capacities. It's because I'm tired of what many of my former teammates describe, with a straight face, as "like being in an abusive relationship". It's because my management is capricious, moves the goalposts at every stage, and hasn't lived up to their end of the bargain for a long time. It's because that's left me on the edge of burnout for about as long.
I don't know how the timing of this will work. I'm looking for a job, but frankly I don't know if I'll find one before I decide to drop my resignation. And frankly, I don't care if I have a job before my last day, whenever that will be (it will be relatively soon).
Even the people who left my team to go be unemployed are happier now. And I probably will be too.
And yes, it's really 4:01AM, and no, I'm not making a drunken decision. I've been contemplating this at times for several months now.