I work in Cybersecurity, and have about 4 years experience. I’m currently in a SOC Manager role. Working at an MSP, it hasn’t always been easy to deal with the politics surrounding some of our clients, especially in the current administration.
One of our clients is, at least from my perspective, directly involved with supporting and advocating for genocide. This has been eating at me for months, and finally culminated in me telling my manager I was resigning.
He took it well, and they asked me to stay on for 90 days while I looked for a new job. The issue is that I’m 45 days into this and have barely received a few nibbles from my applications. I know my resume isn’t perfect, but I’d thought my experience would be enough to hear back at least from tier 2 analyst positions, if not the management ones.
They’d probably let me stay if I asked, but my soul can’t take it anymore. But I’m really worried about the job search getting even harder once I can’t say I’m currently employed.
Just letting you know, I’m currently without a job due to ethical reasons as well and it’s honestly been great for my health. I understand you might not be in the same position as me, but you do sound like an ethical person. If I were in your shoes I wouldn’t go back, but I’m not you. Only you can make that decision.
I’m in the same boat. Left a career job because of their support for terrible things. It’s been over two years and I’m financially ruined. But I wouldn’t go back. Aside from struggling with money, my mind is at ease.