This morning my boss called me into his boss's office. During the 90 seconds of panic from the moment I stood from my chair to the moment I sat in there, I went through any possible transgressions in my mind. But, alas, they were only calling me in there to give me a raise and promotion.In short, my boss wants me to help him do his job, and I'm going to be supervising the other 3 in my department. Stop laughing, you guys! Yes, the idea of me in a managerial role in a corporate setting is a little absurd, but who am I to question my boss's judgment? I've worried that either I'll be too strict or too liberal.
Funny though, I don't have a title change. I've always had the word "Senior" before my title, and my last boss said that he couldn't get me a raise because I already had the title. Now, however, others have been stripped of the title and I'm the only one who has it. So they were able logisitically now to get me the raise and promote me to what my position already was. Not in reality by promoting me, but by demoting everyone else.
If that sounds utterly ridiculous, remember I work in Corporate! In trying to discern what my additional duties will be, I couldn't get a clear cut answer. So far all I've done in my "new" position is flip over my desk poster that says "Hard work never killed anyone--but why chance it?" to the side that says "Hard work never kills anyone--who's supervising."
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Congrats! That's RARE news these days. They did "Face the Nation" on National Public Radio yesterday on corporate cuts during this recession, saying it's as bad as the Depression, and ALL around from CEO's to grunts.
They interviewed many major companies such as Huewlett Packard, and ALL had either laid off, cut bennies, or both AND asked workers, even execs to NOT only have the benefits cut, including in some companies, entirely cutting 401K's, to taking 30 days off of unpaid days a year.
And that was just a start.
In fact, the Biz college next to me has leased out classroom space, an entire building in fact, for the county's sobriety program, nice huh? I guess the school's suffering, and the only benefiters are the county picking up more DUI's than ever before.
If I were you, I'd get a bottle of wine when you go home, grill the most expensive steak in your freezer, then party, and say many prayers of thanks.
Seriously, that's unheard of right now, so congrats!
I know! In fact here they froze our pay for the year so my boss's boss had to get special permission from the VP to get me the increase. They also cut our 401K matching for the year at least.
Awesome news!!! Congratulations! That's the best news I've heard in weeks!
You go girl!!! Titl change or not you got promo and are supervising 3 others!!! hehehe Can you feel the power!? ;o) I would stop looking for jobs now, it looks like you are in a very good position now! BIG CONGRATS!!! *hugs*
Wow! That is terrific news! You are a lucky gal! Now, just when can I plan on you getting that winter home down here????
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