Jump. Things in your current organization sound unbearable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:42 PM Subject: need some advice
> or at least some different points of view. > > I have a dilemma that I thought you'd all help me resolve. I've been at my > current job for almost 5 years now. Unfortunately over the last 6 months > or so this job has become extremely frustrating, and has become what I > think as too much like work. Our group has shed developers to such an > extent that I'm the last developer of what was 4 java and 2 CF coders. > Needless to say I've been expecting to take up the slack. In that 6 months > I've seen a set of what I think of as very bad decisions be made, that I > think will harm the company. Promises were made and never followed > through. After the others have left I've been expected to pick up the > slack, without really having the training or the skill set required. They > finally sent me for some training a month ago. > > Last week the last straw happened. The project that I had shepherded from > the beginning and had worked on for the last 8 months was taken away from > me and given to an outside company. Quite frankly from the work I've seen > so far, these people are simply incompetent. The best I can see is that > they'll ruin the app and blame its failure on me. > > Anyhow I just got a job offer that is very attractive, it means making > quite a lot more money a year, with the possibility of a telecommute after > 6 months. The biggest problem is that it will involve a commute into the > DC area. > > So the question is do I jump ship or wait to see if things improve, or at > the very least until I fully vest. Currently I'm at about 80%. I have > about 6 weeks left before I fully vest. I don't think that this new job > will wait that long. > > So any suggestions will be appreciated. Also just in case someone from > work may read this please obscure my email in your responses, I really > don't want to have to deal with any potential retaliation from the pointy > haired bosses. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260687 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
