I really want to leave my job but I have concerns. Not about getting another job (my brother is willing to give me one in the near future) but about the aftermath of my leaving. I work for a TV station, and my job is highly specialized. It is hard to find traffic managers (people who manage the commercials and sales contracts.) I and most of the other managers I know have arrived at the job by accident. Both of my assistants want the manager's job handed to them, and neither deserves it. One doesn't follow directions and is on her cell phone all day and the other is more focused on a music career (she's in a band) and her social life. However the person who gets the job gets an office with a TV, and they both want that. Current management does not give raises or additional vacation for promotions (our previous owners did). We have had bad experiences in the office with people dragging out resignations and I don't want to be another. Yet I know they're not ready to handle what's coming once I leave. A lot of the job is memorizing all sorts of crazy requests and needs of various clients. That can't be translated in just a list of job duties.
I really don't want to deal with repeated phone calls for "help" once I'm gone, to the point that I'm ready to change my cell phone number and e-mail address. My brother has suggested that I propose to them that I can be paid to be an adviser for a set period of time (they can call with questions but I wouldn't be there on a daily basis.) I'm just really tired of dealing with things and it's time to move on. Why should I even offer?
I really don't want to deal with repeated phone calls for "help" once I'm gone, to the point that I'm ready to change my cell phone number and e-mail address. My brother has suggested that I propose to them that I can be paid to be an adviser for a set period of time (they can call with questions but I wouldn't be there on a daily basis.) I'm just really tired of dealing with things and it's time to move on. Why should I even offer?