As I said last Friday, I have decided to change jobs. Well today, my company sent me their exit survey. I started filling it out, and then ran across the questions “What are the three things you liked most about your job/employment?”. It was this one question that confirmed to me beyond a doubt that I made the right decision.
I looked at this question for 5 minutes and came up with nothing. So I skipped it and went on to the rest of the survey and came back to this question. I still could not come up with anything so I set it down and did other stuff for a while. After 3 hours I am writing this and still do not have an answer.
The best I have is I worked with some really great people and really enjoyed working with them, although I worked with some really bad people too. I really like the vacation/sick time policy as it provides significantly more time off than any other company I have ever heard of. And I still do not have a third.
This question made me realize that I really do not like my current job. I do not like several of the people I work with. I do not like the work environment. I do not like the products I am working with. I do not like the direction the company is going. All that I really likes is some of the people and the benefits.
I really wish someone asked me this question 2 weeks ago. Instead I have been nervous about this decision and wondering if I made the right move. Now I know.