I suspect this is a simple misunderstanding between how you think it should work vs how it actually works. The “current position” setting does run from wherever you set the laser head, but runs the job from the “green dot” origin point shown in the edit window.
The Z setting change I mentioned should fix the Z move. For the other behavior, check the Coordinates and Origin page I linked above just to make sure that what you’re seeing isn’t just “how it’s supposed to work”. If it’s a genuine bug I will fix it, but new users often have a bit of difficulty with the job origin settings.