Post by scrappyoutlaw on Apr 28, 2016 20:41:03 GMT
I'm going through a lot of internal turmoil and guilt right now. I do have a people pleaser personality, so I know a lot of it on me, but I was really hoping to get some feedback on this situation from the peas!
I passed the bar exam last year and became a licensed attorney. The job market sucks, and I got an offer for an average government job making average money so I took it. I like my job, and I love the people I work with, but it's not a legal job.
Attorney positions have posted at my location, and I feel like I have to apply. I've only been at my job for 2 months, and I feel like I were to get an offer and move to an attorney job my coworkers and my supervisor would be really upset because I essentially used them to get my foot in the government door. On the flip side, I know I have to look out for myself and do what I need to do to advance my career.
If I apply, do I discuss this candidly with my boss? She is VERY big on loyalty, and if I weren't offered the position I would worry about her holding it against me in the future. Do I not say a word and hope they don't somehow find out? There are around 5,000 people where I work, so it's not like a small office where word spreads quick. I worry that if I don't say anything and it somehow is found out it would look bad though.
I'm so uncomfortable with the idea of skipping out on my current job. It takes around a year to hire someone in with all the red tape, and there are still a lot of hiring restrictions within the government so I'm not exactly easily replaced. Is it morally wrong to consider this attorney job?
I hate how stuck I feel, walk away from the opportunity and I will feel like I cheated myself. Walk away from my current position for this other job and I feel like I cheated all my coworkers and my boss.
I passed the bar exam last year and became a licensed attorney. The job market sucks, and I got an offer for an average government job making average money so I took it. I like my job, and I love the people I work with, but it's not a legal job.
Attorney positions have posted at my location, and I feel like I have to apply. I've only been at my job for 2 months, and I feel like I were to get an offer and move to an attorney job my coworkers and my supervisor would be really upset because I essentially used them to get my foot in the government door. On the flip side, I know I have to look out for myself and do what I need to do to advance my career.
If I apply, do I discuss this candidly with my boss? She is VERY big on loyalty, and if I weren't offered the position I would worry about her holding it against me in the future. Do I not say a word and hope they don't somehow find out? There are around 5,000 people where I work, so it's not like a small office where word spreads quick. I worry that if I don't say anything and it somehow is found out it would look bad though.
I'm so uncomfortable with the idea of skipping out on my current job. It takes around a year to hire someone in with all the red tape, and there are still a lot of hiring restrictions within the government so I'm not exactly easily replaced. Is it morally wrong to consider this attorney job?
I hate how stuck I feel, walk away from the opportunity and I will feel like I cheated myself. Walk away from my current position for this other job and I feel like I cheated all my coworkers and my boss.
