Changing jobs is not an easy decision, especially if you are at an age when you no longer have as much energy and enthusiasm as before. A colleague who has been here for years and from whom I have never heard any complaints, last week abruptly decided to leave.
On the other hand, I've been hesitating for too long. Out of sheer curiosity, I wonder how many times have you been on the verge of leaving here, and yet you ended up changing your mind?
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I haven't been on the verge, but I have been passively looking for months, It's not even the bank as much as wanting to leave my current manager and department. I submit for jobs in other departments as I find them. If it wasn't for the bullying and micro-managing management style of my upline, I'd like to stay because I'm making headway in my career (been here eight years, manager for two). I too want a comfortable retirement and (hopefully) don't have that many more years till I can do so (I'd retire tomorrow if it was financially feasible). So the sacrifice of no work/life balance is worth it for now..... I think......
I've only been at Bank of New York Mellon for 3 years and I've been looking to leave for most of that time as it just isn't the place for me - if it was a girl we wouldn't have made it to the 3 date (assuming it was a girl that fancied me).
The biggest barrier I found to moving on quickly was the structure of global financial organisations. More offices, smaller span of functions within these office means I would have be willing to relocate to stay with the company. To do the work I'm more suited to I would need to move to Poland or somewhere in the USA (I'm in the UK).
I heard talk about helping people to move into more suited roles, but I see no evidence of that and I'm not prepared to relocate at this stage of my career - my wife has a job here, my children at universities in the UK. I did my relocation bit when I was in my 20s.
I realised that I would be looking to retire early if I stayed in my job for any length of time, but retirement wouldn't be "comfortable", so I decided to look for a long term, lower paid role that would allow me to keep working for more years, towards a more comfortable retirement. I found it, in a very different business unit at a different company.
Find the energy, re-evaluate your relationship with your work and enjoy life.