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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you think you can move away from the projects that you are tired of?  A good company will want to keep you engaged - intellectually and emotionally in your work.  You've got it good, so far as pay, vacation and commute goes, why not just try to make a position for yourself that will work where you are?

Why don't you meet with your boss and present a proposal for the job that would make you happy within your company.  In other words, create your dream position within your company and present the job description to your boss.  If it brings value to the company and makes you happy, it should be a win-win.  If your boss rejects it, then I would start looking.  Since you  have it so good in other aspects of your job, I'd try to make it work where you are.  If your company is unwilling to accommodate your requests, then can move on.  Its worth a shot and puts you in no worse position than you are in now.  You don't need to threaten to leave the company when you talk to your boss, since that is rather an empty threat unless you have something in hand.

Alternatively, you can start your job search and once you have an offer, you can present that to your boss and explain that while you would prefer to stay with your current company, unless some changes are made you will simply take the offer from the other company.  I personally would not take this approach as it is not courteous to the company that gives you the  job offer and goes straight to an ultimatum with your boss without any previous conversation, but some people do this and it can be effective.

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We're small enough that if I were to move away from some of my current projects someone else would need to pick them up and I can't figure out who would do that. I could for sure take on more interesting work, but would always be spending 10ish hours a week on something I dread. It's worth a try though - I find it boring, but maybe there's someone else in my office that would see it as an exciting opportunity for themselves.

It's our annual review time, so I think I'll propose something and see what happens. If they promise but don't deliver then I think I'll start looking in the new year. I think I just needed to hear everything in this thread. Ruts are so boring but so hard to get out of.[/quote]

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