Need career advice regarding current job affecting mental health

[buoyant harness]

You could consider using a solution oriented wording. Instead of saying that you hate your job, you could ask for different type of tasks, telling your manager you are ready for more challenges.

Are other people in your team doing similar data cleaning or are there other type of tasks? How much of the cleaning could be automated?

Are there other teams in the company doing things you would like to do?

You wrote that you like the company, a WLB and coworkers. So maybe you should try to improve your situation before planning an exit.

How does promotion look like in this company? Would an L3 level increase your access to more complex tasks?

[buoyant harness]

Some factors that could be relevant for changing team:

• if the new team wants you, then their manager will likely support your transition, meaning having skills for the new role, also knowing you as a person helps. Good track record in your current role also helps.
• headcount in the new team: if the company is growing or someone left the team, then easier to get moved
• there will be a gap in your current team after leaving. You could consider how to make the change easier for your current manager and team, for example enough documentation and knowledge sharing, gradual transition to the new role, etc.

[buoyant harness]

It depends on the culture of the company and on your manager's skills/experience/personality. I would wait a bit before bringing changing teams up directly with your manager.

Do you have informal talks with peers? Have you heard of someone moving teams? Can you gather info about the financial situation of the company?

What you could bring up with your manager for sure is asking for more complex tasks within the team. Any project that sounds interesting and a team member is working on that you could join?

To prepare changing teams, you need info and for that you need connections to other people outside your team.

Are there any cross-team projects you could join? Social events or other formats to get to know people?

[buoyant harness]

It depends on the company and on the managers.

Does promoting internal mobility happens on PPT slides, or did you actually see someone move?

It's hard to tell without knowing your manager

Is it possible to reach out to people who got moved and ask how did they do it?

What does your manager answer when you ask for more complex tasks?

Is there an internal job site for open positions?

That could be a good starting point. Take a look and check what skills they are looking for.

That's a fair answer that shows things will not change.

You are in a lucky position, because the company seems to have internal processes for the move. This could make things much easier for you.

[ember talon]

I mean how much do you like this company? If you have 3+ years of experience the market isn't that bad right now
Imo it's worth putting in the effort to finding someplace where you achieveing your goals and fulfillment simultaneously achieves what your employer wants from you

[buoyant harness]

Nice, then you'll likely get help from them in navigating the change.

You could take a look on the open positions and check the skills.

The managers of the other teams might want to interview you and talk with your current manager.

You could also prepare your questions about the team and ask those. For example how their daily work look like, any on-call, maybe talk with a team member also.

So likely it will be a simplified version of an external interview.

Teams within a company can differ a lot. So you might want to check the tasks, the manager and team fit before deciding on moving. This is to avoid getting into a worse team than you are in now.

And you would need to show your skills and positive attitude to gain their interest.