Last year, my boss (A) notified me that I would be transferred to work for my old boss (B) again since two staff were let go in B’s team and A said that VP of the department (C), A’s boss, would rotate me out when I came back from my maternity leave. By that time, I was 5 months pregnant. A and C both know that I don’t like working for B. Before that, I have worked for B for almost three years.
I worked hard and the relationship with B got better due to both efforts. B liked my work and would like me to stay after my return from my maternity leave. Both B and C talked to me about staying for another six months, that’s until July 2010, instead of rotating out after my maternity leave. C said that it is also better for me since the first year with baby is very challenging together with a position change. I agreed. But recently I realized that if you don’t like working for someone, there are always times you are not happy. For the past three weeks, I felt the urge to get out of my current position.
So I initiated an e-mail to the rotation director (D) to know more about the rotation process and the potential positions in the near future. D’s e-mail was not promising. They are now working on the rotation program for the positions under managers. Once that is operational, they will tackle manger positions. D said that she doesn’t have any timeline yet. D said that C is aware of my interest to rotate out. She encouraged me continuing working with C. I am a manager. Basically it is most likely no positions in the near future. Now B knew I don’t want to work for her and she already asked me to document the work I have done in case I rotate out soon in the future. Is it a sign that I need to look for any position outside the company? What’s my next step? If not for my green card, I don’t mind looking for position outside company. My green card is pending. Current date is 4 months away from my priority date. I hope that I can nail down the green card soon. But who knows how long I need to wait. Maybe another half a year.
Now there is a position open in my hu*****and’s team. I am interested in that position. We are in the same company. We used to work in the same team, for the same boss before we got married. When our relationship got serious, we decided that it would be better for one to try opportunity outside the company. He left the company. After three years, good position came up in my company. He just came back to work, but in another department. When he left the company, we said the reason is that we don’t want to work in the same team. If I apply for that open position, it is kind of wired. My question, do you think it is good to work for the same boss.
Please shed some light on my case. Thank you so much.
