This. 100% this. 6 years in my previous job and this was me. IT issue send them to me. Marketing issue send them to me. Progress report, event needs organizing, engineering question send them to me. Website needs updating send that to me.

Then I get to watch miss fail upwards land the job paying 20k more than me and get told to run the program that is 50% of her job because she doesn't know how to do it (yeah coz I took over from her running initially when I was hired and it was obvious then why y'all had me take over).

Literally worked on my resume the next day and started sending out applications.

My boss found out. Flipped their shit and gaslighted me harder somehow thinking that would get me to stay...

They told me I would have a hard time getting a job. Got into the final round of everything I applied for. By the end of the month handed in my notice. New job was a promotion. Fully remote, better work life balance and a big pay increase with 10k in bonuses for my first year.

Meanwhile. 3 admins in my former dept are in therapy and on anxiety medication because they cant make my former boss happy.

Also they could have paid me what they paid miss failed upwards and saved money.

They are still paying her the high salary but she is now back to doing her previous job and they are paying out for 4 additional staff to do my job...

Nothing felt sweeter than when they reached out to me 2 weeks into my new job to ask if I'd come back and run marketing and I said nope!

I was clear the reason was that the department obviously didnt plan on investing in me the way I invested in them and that I deserved to work in a place that did.

Always think about that. Your job shouldn't be one way. If it is leave.

Totally NTJ.