Soldato
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Hi all,
I am in a little predicament at the moment and would really appreciate some advice! This situation is exactly the same as one that I have previously found myself in. It was during my time at a previous company and it was unfortunately one of the main reasons for leaving in the end. So as I am sure you will understand I want to make sure I play this right!
After a tough year in the company (lots of issues, mainly organisational and lack of processes) I thought it was time to make my pitch, talk about how I have more to give and play on my previous experience as well. I am currently a network engineer but had moved into management (from engineer) within my last company and was in that position for about a year and a half.
So essentially I have pushed for a promotion so that I can have more responsibilities/open up more opportunities to me. The problem is on the call my manager also had similar things in mind for me and was due to speak with me about it anyway (I can verify this with a colleague but haven't as I suspect it's true). He talked about how he has recognised my ability and was very pleased with the progress I made. It's almost like he had seen my notes I already had to go over.
Towards the end of the call he told me he wanted to make me a regional team lead and had already talked about it with one of my colleagues. This sounds a reasonable step up and would mimic the same move I had made in my previous company. The problem is I don't think it is a promotion in terms of title and compensation. So that leads me onto some of my concerns, the first being that the other regional lead is also on a higher engineering grade that I am on and I don't think he has any other management experience. There are also a couple of other concerns and one is that my manager is soon to be moved into a different team, a lot of which is due to some disagreements with certain colleagues in the management structure. This could potentially make things difficult for me as I am quite in sync with my manager.
Anyway I'm conscious that this post is getting quite long so it would be good to understand how you would deal with this? What things should I be asking? I know there are career benefits to taking on responsibilities/opportunities like this but at the same time I have been in this position before and as a result I was drastically underpaid for my skills and experience.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Cheers
I am in a little predicament at the moment and would really appreciate some advice! This situation is exactly the same as one that I have previously found myself in. It was during my time at a previous company and it was unfortunately one of the main reasons for leaving in the end. So as I am sure you will understand I want to make sure I play this right!
After a tough year in the company (lots of issues, mainly organisational and lack of processes) I thought it was time to make my pitch, talk about how I have more to give and play on my previous experience as well. I am currently a network engineer but had moved into management (from engineer) within my last company and was in that position for about a year and a half.
So essentially I have pushed for a promotion so that I can have more responsibilities/open up more opportunities to me. The problem is on the call my manager also had similar things in mind for me and was due to speak with me about it anyway (I can verify this with a colleague but haven't as I suspect it's true). He talked about how he has recognised my ability and was very pleased with the progress I made. It's almost like he had seen my notes I already had to go over.
Towards the end of the call he told me he wanted to make me a regional team lead and had already talked about it with one of my colleagues. This sounds a reasonable step up and would mimic the same move I had made in my previous company. The problem is I don't think it is a promotion in terms of title and compensation. So that leads me onto some of my concerns, the first being that the other regional lead is also on a higher engineering grade that I am on and I don't think he has any other management experience. There are also a couple of other concerns and one is that my manager is soon to be moved into a different team, a lot of which is due to some disagreements with certain colleagues in the management structure. This could potentially make things difficult for me as I am quite in sync with my manager.
Anyway I'm conscious that this post is getting quite long so it would be good to understand how you would deal with this? What things should I be asking? I know there are career benefits to taking on responsibilities/opportunities like this but at the same time I have been in this position before and as a result I was drastically underpaid for my skills and experience.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Cheers