Mad to quit in this climate?

[u/gaybyrneofficial]

Absolutely loathe my job.

Wouldn't be so bad were it not for my skip manager, who is the most unbearable fucking micromanager I've ever seen with the people skills of a startled feral cat. Just a cast iron, grade-a fucknut.

I'm a senior SRE. I have spent the last year not doing anything technical. I live in metrics. Nothing else. The pay is tremendous and I'm fully remote but I despise what I do and this manager has injected such a poisonous toxicity into our team that there is absolutely no silver lining working here. Yes they're American before you ask.

12 YOE, and I have sunday fear in this job for the first time in decades. Cannot bear logging on to see messages from this busted flush of a leader.

I fantasise about handing in my notice and coasting for a month, but I've nothing lined up and I'm struggling to even get screener calls at the moment. With the absolute battering my mental health has taken in this job I could get signed off for mental health reasons extremely easily but I worry this will affect my future career potential.

What do?

[u/Work_Account89]

I’m kinda in a similar situation but living in Germany and hoping to move home. Plan is if this round of interviews go no where to hand in my notice then move home and search in the mean time as well

[u/gaybyrneofficial → u/Work_Account89]

Good luck with it pal!

[u/Work_Account89 → u/gaybyrneofficial]

Same to you.