Boredom was never a factor in my case. Almost every time was a fight or flight decision based on the environment.
If I were considering leaving, something in the environment was sub par. E.g. a bad manager, or unimpactful work, or bad culture, etc.
Then I'd consider if I had a shot at "fixing" it, by talking to my manager, or proposing new work, or advocating for a process change, etc.
Being shy here is a bug, beause if there are things bothering you, it might be bothering a lot of folks and that might kill the team if unaddressed.
I'd also consider if attempting the fix was worth the trouble.
When the odds of fixing it were low, or there was not much else in the job that I wanted to try and preserve, I'd jump ship.
If it was in my power to do something about the problem and there were things worth saving there, I'd first try my best to fix it, and only jump if I failed.
Yep, agree with all this. I especially agree that it's almost always worth raising the issue broadly, in case the same issue is bothering other people too.
I find that boredom is usually a _symptom_ of the root causes you named, especially "unimpactful work".
Boredom was never a factor in my case. Almost every time was a fight or flight decision based on the environment.
If I were considering leaving, something in the environment was sub par. E.g. a bad manager, or unimpactful work, or bad culture, etc.
Then I'd consider if I had a shot at "fixing" it, by talking to my manager, or proposing new work, or advocating for a process change, etc.
Being shy here is a bug, beause if there are things bothering you, it might be bothering a lot of folks and that might kill the team if unaddressed.
I'd also consider if attempting the fix was worth the trouble.
When the odds of fixing it were low, or there was not much else in the job that I wanted to try and preserve, I'd jump ship.
If it was in my power to do something about the problem and there were things worth saving there, I'd first try my best to fix it, and only jump if I failed.
Yep, agree with all this. I especially agree that it's almost always worth raising the issue broadly, in case the same issue is bothering other people too.
I find that boredom is usually a _symptom_ of the root causes you named, especially "unimpactful work".