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Here I Go Filling Someone Else's Big Shoes Again |
06.04.07 |
So the VP emailed me today with something that very closely resembled the following:
"Dear SBD,
With the imminent departure of Brazen Hussy from her position, Your Boss and I would like to take you to lunch to discuss your future aspirations within the Company."
*gulp
I guess that means they want to offer me her position, which is awfully nice and exciting and all, until you take into consideration that she is currently basically performing not just one position that was only created about five months ago, but TWO positions that were only created five months for the one, and three months in the other. Which is also very nice and lovely, but she's doing it for exactly the same wage that I'm currently making in a 10-year-old position that is obviously well-established and ultra-down-pat boring.
So what that means is, I could do twice as much work for no more money if I accept it.
Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Except that she is in the up-and-coming, make yourself a career position in the Growth and Opportunity Department that would allow me to evaluate, train and lead staff, make hiring/firing decisions, develop and implement company-wide procedures and contribute as a technical write to the quarterly newsletter and annually-updated procedural guide with its companion web-based guide and online training seminars.
Not so no-brainer anymore. The opportunities are roughly equal to stress of basically defining two roles simultaneously - all for no more money than I'm making now.
Yeah. I think I'll say yes, if in fact my presumption is correct they offer it to me.
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