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Promotion on Transfer dilemma

  • 09-07-2015 5:57pm
    #1
    Moll'll fix it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭


    I have been working for my current employer for a little over a year. I had been out work for some time and I started in an entry level role. It is a very tedious role and the work drives me daft but I stuck with it because I need to work and in the hope that I would get moved to another area soon. A couple of vacancies for promotion arose within the company recently for which I applied and was successful and am moving to another area. I am over the moon to be getting away from the dreary work I am currently doing.

    Problem is my supervisor wasn't consulted on my move and phoned me at home (I am on a few days leave) to ask me if I would consider staying on in the section. I was taken aback and told him I couldn't talk to him at that time but that I would think about it over the next few days and let him know as soon as I got back to work. I don't want to stay in my current department but I'm not quite sure how to tell him. The way staff moves take place in this company, I could end up working with him again in a couple of years and I don't want bad feeling.
    Any advice would be appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Congrats on the new role. Seems a bit odd that a company wouldn't have a policy that a manager should know about (if not have to approve) an application from someone on their team.

    Anyway, if your manager is even half professional, then they'll totally understand that this is a good move for you. Make sure he knows it wasn't an issue working for him etc.


  • #3
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,290 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Just tell him the truth - you like the team, but the current work is boring.

    Maybe he can offer you some incentive to stay (promotion, more interesting work, etc). It's unlikely (if he was half-way competent he would already have know how you felt about the work), but worth a civilised conversation with him once you're back at work.


  • #4
    Moll'll fix it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭Moll'll fix it


    Many thanks for the advice. I think the best thing is to tell him that while I like the team I work with, I don't find the work very stimulating. In fact if my duties were more varied I think I wouldn't mind staying on there, as and perhaps I can try a bit of bargaining!
    Thanks again for your replies.


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