So, I've worked at my current job for around three years. I had a really good crew when I first started, and one by one, they all fell off for various reasons. My favorite coworker went and got a job at my old job (same field) and I got stuck picking up the pieces.
There are two owners. A husband and wife. They have been spending a lot of time out of state essentially on vacation and ignoring the shop. Also, my current batch of coworkers are not a good team. They're not helpful and just don't have their head in the game. I wouldn't care so much except it all falls to me to pick up the pieces when they don't pitch in.
Anyway, I took a meeting with the old place I worked at, and got a good offer. Plus, my favorite coworker from the current job works there, and I'm excited to get the dream team back together.
Why do I feel so bad about leaving? The bosses have been completely unavailable and I get no support anywhere. Hours are going down to zero and I can't afford to live.
I haven't exactly been vocal about my problems, because I've been trying to act like a leader and rally the troops
I guess I'm just looking for kind words of encouragement from internet strangers.
In a rational system "being a team/family" and such with your workplace wouldn't have such a problematic meaning. It's normal to form connections to people you spend a lot of time with, it's normal to want to positively contribute to something larger than yourself, it's normal to want a place to run better.
It's just that under capitalism, these "normal" tendencies are used against us to extract more value. Everywhere I've worked my entire life, the primary problem keeping us from being a cohesive team is management or ownership.
I'm currently leaving a workplace that I like, working with great people, because the owners refuse to dip into their hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit to adequately compensate us. The high turnover rate is directly antithetical to the supposed business purpose (healthcare). My attempts to organize largely failed this time.
Sounds like we are in a similar situation. I know I'm making the right choice. They are very manipulative,whether it's intentional or not . The wife is the manipulative and calculating one while the husband is a very likeable TV sitcom oaf.