Should i tell my boss I am or will be looking around?

[Insomniator]

I've been at my current help desk job since college (3 years) and have been getting into more server admin things (Active Directory, Exchange, MDOP) over the past 6 months. Now he has me scheduled to go to a week of training in nyc for Server 2008 that costs like 3-4 grand.

Thing is, I've always planned to leave and get a real admin job once I learned enough here. I don't want to be in Trenton any longer commuting an hour from home. I'm positive I could get a job in NYC with the same or better pay already... and after this training and experience who knows. I'm friends with all the managers and have a good relationship... its not like 3 grand is a lot for them but still it shows they are investing in my future there. There is just literally no way I am going to stay. I give it 6 months tops depending on how long it takes me to find something else.

Would you tell him or is it a you gotta watch out for yourself kinda deal?

 

[xSauronx]

i wouldnt say anything, but it seems like you would have had enough notice prior to the training to have found something...unless you planned on training then leaving, which will be seen as a dick move probably.

why are they sending you to admin classes? do they have it planned for you to move into some kind of admin role there?

 

[Cal166]

Global Knowledge Training?

Agree that you should keep it to yourself.

It seems they are moving you in the right direction and away from help desk and into more sys admin. So I don't get it, you want an real admin job and you are on the right track with this company, so why leaving?

 

[olds]

Global Knowledge Training?

Agree that you should keep it to yourself.

It seems they are moving you in the right direction and away from help desk and into more sys admin. So I don't get it, you want an real admin job and you are on the right track with this company, so why leaving?

He doesn't like the commute

 

[SlitheryDee]

The way things are going I'm not sure I wouldn't consider moving my home closer to the job rather than changing to a job closer to home.

 

[nace186]

No way.

 

[Gibson486]

You can tell him....if you want to be unemployed soon....

 

[Insomniator]

They want to make me take on more responsibility (which is great) but they do not want to pay me more for it (its the state). I've always wanted to live in the city and trenton does not count. If they want to pay for my Amtrak express train from penn station to trenton (1k a month)... then awesome. But really its a dead end job overall. Yes I can learn a lot there if I stay... years longer but it does not come with any promotions or real sense of moving up in the company because no one ever gets promoted from what I hear.

I mean yeah I'd like to get the training and then bounce which obviously is a dick move so I'm thinking of letting my boss know that I'm giving it 6 months and see what he says. I have friends waiting for me to move... I should move out of my house... I'm 25. Definitely ready for the next stage in my career, just not sure how to go about it.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Not until you know you have something else guaranteed for sure.

 

[Insomniator]

The way things are going I'm not sure I wouldn't consider moving my home closer to the job rather than changing to a job closer to home.

Are things really that bad? They were 'terrible' when i got this job and I got it without even a real interview... I still see plenty of openings every day on actual company websites and of course through recruiters. Its not Atlanta or Detroit its North Jersey/New York.

 

[Insomniator]

Not until you know you have something else guaranteed for sure.

Yeah that would be ideal but seriously what company is gonna hire me to start in... 2 months?

Like It would be completely crazy for me to just say I'm leaving in two weeks for another job. They'd panic... I do so much there.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

This isn't that complicated. You don't have another offer and you aren't even interviewing yet. If you want to talk to your boss about your future because you think there's a chance that it will help you move up that's a different story. Otherwise don't say anything.

 

[rcpratt]

Like It would be completely crazy for me to just say I'm leaving in two weeks for another job. They'd panic... I do so much there.

You owe them nothing. They would do the same to you if it benefited them.

 

[guyver01]

If they want to pay for my Amtrak express train from penn station to trenton (1k a month).

wtf?

why not take NJT?

$440.00 a month for Northeast Corridor
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http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0070.pdf

 

[mattpegher]

Let me recap, current employer wants to send you for more training so that you can have more responsibility, but doesnt want to pay you more. It doesnt sound like he has any right to be sore if after said training you find another job with better pay, less expenses or better area. Just because he wants to train you doesnt mean that you owe him some time or need to feel that you should inform him of future plans.

In todays business environment there is absolutely no loyalty of company to employee so there is no reason an employee should have any loyalty to any company.

 

[hanoverphist]

They want to make me take on more responsibility (which is great) but they do not want to pay me more for it (its the state). I've always wanted to live in the city and trenton does not count. If they want to pay for my Amtrak express train from penn station to trenton (1k a month)... then awesome. But really its a dead end job overall. Yes I can learn a lot there if I stay... years longer but it does not come with any promotions or real sense of moving up in the company because no one ever gets promoted from what I hear.

so get the training, suck it up for a couple years and then move on. at least then youll have better opportunities, what with training and 2 years of govt experience in the position.

 

[skim milk]

You have to watch out for yourself because the company is doing the same. Don't say anything to your boss.

 

[blurredvision]

In no situation would I ever see telling your boss that you're looking for another job as a good idea. Seems like a monumentally boneheaded move, one of those you would look back on and call yourself an idiot for doing so.

 

[xSauronx]

They want to make me take on more responsibility (which is great) but they do not want to pay me more for it (its the state). I've always wanted to live in the city and trenton does not count. If they want to pay for my Amtrak express train from penn station to trenton (1k a month)... then awesome. But really its a dead end job overall. Yes I can learn a lot there if I stay... years longer but it does not come with any promotions or real sense of moving up in the company because no one ever gets promoted from what I hear.

I mean yeah I'd like to get the training and then bounce which obviously is a dick move so I'm thinking of letting my boss know that I'm giving it 6 months and see what he says. I have friends waiting for me to move... I should move out of my house... I'm 25. Definitely ready for the next stage in my career, just not sure how to go about it.

take the training and the experience, suck it up for another year, then start looking around.

 

[highland145]

Hail NO.

 

[enis083]

You owe them nothing. They would do the same to you if it benefited them.

this

 

[invidia]

You never tell your boss you're looking for "other opportunities". Ive heard of friends getting fired at the end of the week because of this.

It doesnt matter how close your relationship is with your boss, whether he's your own dad or a close friend for the last 35 years.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Nothing good comes of telling your present employer that you're looking. Tell them after you have a firm offer in hand. If you run your mouth now amd end up getting nothing elsewhere, then you're a target for removal.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Like It would be completely crazy for me to just say I'm leaving in two weeks for another job. They'd panic... I do so much there.

They'd just brush off their shoulder and not put any thought into replacing you.
You are nothing but a paycheck and highly expendable.

 

[Udgnim]

get an offer

see if the company you currently work for will be willing to provide a counter offer

if your current company provides a good counter offer, then weigh how much you actually dislike the commute