Been working in a company for more than 3 months, an entry level job. The company has been established a long time ago, but the department I'm working in is relatively new, not even a year. Even the manager is new.
Everything was good in the beginning. My manager once even wanted to promote me to the quality analyst (QA) position, but I declined. I loved what I was doing and I didn't want to change anything.
But then, everything changed. I don't know where to start so I'll just write whatever comes to my mind.
The manager changed from a nice, warm dude to an autocratic, hot-tempered, self-absorbed asshole. Perhaps he was always like that and we just didn't know him long enough. But that's fine, he's the boss, so I'd just bear with that. But the problem is that he is impulsive. Whenever a problem arise, he'd go mad and throw tantrums at everyone, and then he'd proceed to solve the issue in a stupid way without considering the consequences. He wanted the problem to go away asap, so he'd just use whatever method that comes to his mind first. Also, he'd always come up with some random ideas, and by looking at his face, you know that he'd think of himself as a genius. But then again, he never consider the consequences, so his ideas failed every, single time. And then he'd move on to the next crazy idea he thinks of, rinse and repeat. He is also superficial as he always judge his employees' performance not by their hard work, but by how confident they look and talk. So an extrovert would be a better employee than an introvert to him.
And then you got two assistant team leaders who don't even know their own roles. They were supposed to solve minor issues that arise at work so that the team leader can focus on other important tasks. Instead, those two acted like some stupid brats. They always tried to act cool and go around telling everyone to do some useless stuff which were plain meaningless. Basically, they gave orders just so that they looked like they were doing their jobs which we know they didn't. They liked to act cool? That's fine. But the problem is they lack problem solving skills just like their manager. When you have a problem and you go to either one of them, they wouldn't look into the issue carefully and instead, tell you to do something which doesn't make sense at all to solve the issue.
Finally there's the QAs who always set contradictory rules for our work. And we couldn't argue with them because they were always right. The rules were set by them, so they could say whatever they want.
And because of these people, the department is a mess. Problems keep arising and they'd solve them in stupid ways without really ponder about the causes, factors, consequences, etc. They didn't realize that the underlying problem is actually the inconsistencies and lack of coordination between the parties. But I know, not because I'm cleverer than anyone, but because they are lazy to think. If I am to list out the problems of the company, it'd be a long report.
And when you know the truth better than anyone, you become demotivated in your work. You suddenly find that the things you do are meaningless because nothing's gonna improve. You might say, "Well, why don't you tell your boss?"
Here's another problem, my friend. I'm just an agent. And although I was admired by the manager in the past. His attitude towards me has changed now. He no longer thinks I'm a competitive and smart worker. Why? Because I'm not that kind of extroverted, talkative person who likes to be the center of attention. Instead, I prefer to work alone quietly. And I'm also not someone who likes to prove how brilliant I am, because I know that there'll always be someone who knows something that you don't, thus I choose to be humble and not brag about my knowledge and skills. So naturally, no one would think of me as someone with potential because no matter how much I know or how good I am in something, I always stay quiet. And now, I'm just a nobody in the department, no one really cares about what I do.
I don't mind if no one admires me, the main problem is that the department is such as mess and no one realizes it. The manager, the assistant team leaders and the QAs, they all think they are doing a good job when in fact they don't! Every day, there'd be a new problem, a stupid problem which shouldn't even happen in the first place.
I don't have faith in anyone anymore and I wouldn't want to talk to anybody about the issues. I'm finding a new job now and when I receive an offer, I'll just resign, it's that simple.
Disappointed with the company, Just venting out my frustration...