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I’m curious what other public servants would choose if they had to pick between these two situations:

A) You genuinely dislike/hate the work, but you have a great team, good relationships with your colleagues, a supportive manager, and generally enjoy the people you work with.

B) You genuinely enjoy the work itself and find it interesting/fulfilling, but you have a difficult team/manager and don’t particularly enjoy the work environment.

Which would you choose, and why?
I’m asking because I’m currently in situation A. I really enjoy the people I work with and have built some great connections with my colleagues. I have no real complaints about the people or the team itself.
The problem is that I hate the actual work. I dislike it so much that I’m finding myself at the point where I don’t even want to do the work anymore and honestly don’t care about the work I’m producing. And that’s making me question whether having a great team is enough to make me stay in a job that I find so unfulfilling.
For those who have been in either situation, what mattered more to you in the long run, the work itself or the people you work with? Did you ever leave a great team because you hated the work, or stay in a job you disliked because the team was worth it?

I’d like some perspective from those who have deployed between departments. I started a new role at DND about two months ago and unfortunately, this new role has turned out to be very different from what was described during the hiring process. The work itself isn’t what I expected, the management style isn’t a good fit for me, and the team culture has been much more negative than I anticipated.
I’m finding that I genuinely dread going to work, which is disappointing because I had high hopes for the position.
My question is: how long do you typically stay in a role before looking for a deployment elsewhere? Is there an unwritten expectation that you should stick it out for a year, or is it reasonable to start applying sooner if you know the role isn’t a good fit?
I’d be interested to hear from people who have been in a similar situation. Did you leave quickly, or did you wait it out? Did it have any impact on your reputation or future opportunities?

I started in the government 9 years ago as a student. I feel like I grew so much in that department and management just had so much faith in me. I was able to act in positions above me for multiple jobs and I genuinely enjoyed the work in the sector I was in. I was a subject matter expert on my team however the only caveat was that the commute and location sucked and I did not enjoy it. I ended up leaving for a promotion and have since been to 2 other departments (at level deployments) and have hated the work I was doing at each one. I finally joined a department that is close to home, easy to get to, easy parking and honestly a department that I can see myself being in for a very long time just based off of location. However I still hate the work… my team is great, supervisor and manger are great but the actual work sucks. I’m torn between waiting it out and trying to get a promotion on my team, then leaving for a job I actually like in my current department or just leaving when something I actually like comes up at level. I still have 30 years before I retire but I feel like I need to actually like my job?