The good job-fu is flowing (may it flow to Consuela also). I was part of an e-mail about passing work to junior staff to lighten the load on "us senior staff". I forwarded it to my manager with a snarky side comment about how I still consider myself junior staff.
His response - we need to move you up one level this year. Maybe 2. And he definitely sees me in the senior group. I'll take it. Just need to find out how to make that official and bump me into a new pay range (loft apartment...I'm coming for you).
Hey, Suzi, that's great!
And 'Suela, thanks for the link to Ask a Manager -- I'm reading through some of the blog posts now and it's really interesting.
Kate, I'd take out the "wondering" and maybe word it this way:
I know it's a very busy time for you, but I would welcome the opportunity to visit the school and meet with the library staff.
That's perfect, javachik. Much better. Thank you!
Very cool, Suzi! Hope it happens right quick.
I went with a sandwich and a blog post, with a side of editing.
Just submitted the paperwork to the department supervisor for the job change, he nodded in approval, and now I'm feeling all excited at the idea of moving to QA. So this is probably a good idea. My bosses have been thinking I was being a stick in the mud job-advancement-wise anyway.
It's weird to work for a company that doesn't see me as a drone.
YAYAYAY Connie!
I look at my 15 years in the accounting group and compare them to the last 5 years and wow, night and day. I work with a lot of the same people, but am so much happier.
My boss just sent me the job descriptions for each of the levels in our group, so now I need to go through them and see which level I can make the best case for and what I need to work on for the level after that.
