I wanted this "job" to be what I sacrificed for. It's not a job, but a "calling" - you'll hear this often. I, like many people who work here, sacrificed to take this job - sold a house, sold a car, took a lower paying job, changed churches - this is not an easy decision - it affects your whole family. I think there are many areas in this org that have great leaders. Unfortunately, I had a different experience. It took me leaving to really understand the manipulation to which I had fallen. A few months after starting, the leader who hired me left the org - which should have been a red flag. Now I found myself reporting to a newly promoted IT leader who had zero IT experience. This man has sociopathic behavior - lack of empathy, manipulative, deceitful, callous, hostile. The next three years were a constant battle between trying to improve the technical capabilities of the org and the mental squeeze from being made to feel small. It was at this job that I started counseling for the first time - which was a result of the working environment. Ultimately, I worked for a terrible leader, which for me represents my experience at Life.Church. I would strongly urge anyone wanting to work in IT at Life.Church to consider other options.
