How to overcome guilt at leaving

TBagpuss

SillyOne wrote: »

It seems clear to me that things will fall apart when I leave as the remaining people have no knowledge, no sense of responsibility, a jobsworth attitude (e.g. I don't know how to do that so I will kick it up to my supervisor - they should be able to adapt to an unknown situation but refuse to) etc.

I already had a job offer I should have taken and turned it down once because of guilt because the other vaguely-capable person announced they were leaving in the meantime..

Now I have an offer an am leaving, I don't know what to say to my boss or my reports. My boss has been put in charge of my function in a prior restructure but could not carry out the technical aspects of the job.

I'm, freaking out and thinking whether I should decline this offer and see out the sinking ship, but now it would only be obligation to my boss personally (I feel sorry for him)rather than to the company.

Hand in your notice and take the new job. It isn't your responsibility to fix a dysfunctional workplace and it probably isn't something you *can* fix, anyway.

What you can do is to make sure that you prepare for a helpful handover. Think about what it would be helpful for either your boss, or a new hire, coming in to take over your role. Obviously you can't completely train someone but you can make sure that you have left clear notes setting out stuff like:
- where any important documents, templates, tools and other resources can be found
- list of deadlines / time-sensitive tasks
- details of important contacts and what, specifically, they normally do for you / the company.

Talk to your boss - ask whether they would like you to prepare a job-spec / job description setting out the knowledge, experience and qualifications which your replacement needs to have.

ohreally

TBagpuss wrote: »

Talk to your boss - ask whether they would like you to prepare a job-spec / job description setting out the knowledge, experience and qualifications which your replacement needs to have.

No-one could replace this guy.