MBA and a wrong job ?
I'm a recent MBA grad from one of the top bschools who used to work in corp dev for a T1 tech firm for a number of years prior to the MBA. Few months ago I have accepted a job at a large European financial institution in their HQ. Job which was supposed to be about business transformation (~ sort of: fly in to a business unit, propose ways to improve the operations there and follow up on transformation initiatives), however since I started, the entirety of my job has been about managing IT developers, building databases and other IT related tasks, which I have no interest in.
I have already voiced my concerns to my direct manager and all I received are promises that it will change at some point in the future. The problem is that I'm not sure if I trust them; also, judging by the way things are shaping up internally, I honestly don't think it will. Additionally, after my probation period is over (I'm currently on a 2 week notice period and after the probation is over [1 more month] it becomes 6 months from the end of the quarter [effectively 6-9 months notice period]) it will become almost impossible to leave.
Should I suck it up and stay hoping for some change in the future, or should I pack my bags and leave as soon as possible ? My gut tells me to go, but wanted to hear some unbiased opinions.
EDIT: The IT part I'm managing is not real IT (in the sense of server transformation, system changes etc), it is more high level excel, ms access and VBA stuff.
It you went to a top school, just reach out to alumni to switch. That's the main draw of top B schools.
I think some more research on your part might have been in order. What you describe is precisely what business transformation is all about. What exactly did you expect it to be? I had an offer to join a consulting firm doing that in January of this year, but declined. It was always clear what the day-to-day would entail.
However, if you want to leave, just secure another offer and bounce.
I agree that IT build up in the business units was likely supposed to be a part of this (server updates, IT infrastructure changes etc.), however the IT component I'm doing (I could have clarified it in the OP) and am likely to continue doing is HQ level development of MS excel ->MS access DB -> MS powerBI (can hardly even call it IT, more like MS office development).
Yeah agreed. Lets take a gander at the business transformation by Lou Gerstner to IBM in the early 90s.
They were failing and desperately needed someone to come in there and focus on what was doing well and cut out the fat. He joined in 1993 at the brink of the company failing and what did he do? He didn't make rash moves and change things from the start. He said he wanted to come into the company and watch and listen. He wanted to take his time to see how things worked, the corporate culture, and the like before making any changes.
He took his time, then made sweeping changes across the company and revived a dying business.
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