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I am formulating a new plan
Ok, so this morning I got an email from my fabulous friend at the company where I have been moving up the recruiting chain and...
She is being laid off in April.
Whoa.
Granted, this is a huge company and it has nothing to do with the dept I would end up working in, but it gave me great pause and I started thinking about why I want to leave.
Bottom line is this - I keep having additional tasks that require additional skills heaped on to me in addition to the work I already do, which makes me feel taken advantage of because they are tasks coming off the plate of my highly paid CW, who I also basically onboarded and trained when we hired her.
BUT these skills give me leverage. It would take TONS of time to train someone new to do the things I do. Even more to get them up to speed and doing them well.
CW can't get it done on her own and do the things that boss considers important for her to do - they want me to take on even more, not less.
Bottom line, if I gave my 2 weeks notice, they would be in a very ugly spot.
I am thinking it might be time for a "do you REALLY want me to take my skills elsewhere?" conversation, outlining all I have really taken on and all of the skills I have that they would have to stop and train into someone else.
If my thinking about getting a new job is "I can put up with a lot for more money," maybe it should be the same way I see my current job too.
Re: I am formulating a new plan
I think that's a good point of view.
However, can you negotiate more $$ out of your current job since it's in academics or is it tough to get merit raises in your position. A private company can usually give merit raises more easily than academics or public institutions.
Can't you just swap your co-irker for their job? Sounds like it would be the best for both of you.
Are you united with the CCOKCs?
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
Having worked there, though not in your dept and I know things are a little different at Sturm (I think that is where you are?), I would say a conversation like that is likely to get you nowhere. Unfortunately I hate to say it but people JUMP at the chance for a job there because of the education benefit. The # of resumes that come in for postings is astonishing. Training or not, if they can pay someone less to do more, they probably wouldn't hesitate.
That whole place has gotten very big into everyone wearing many hats since the severances and layoffs of 08/09 and having been on campus a few times lately, I see it hasn't changed much. I just found out my old p/t job was turned into a full time job but it also took on the work of what used to be 2 other positions!
All that said, it NEVER hurts to ask or have the conversation and there is no doubt in my mind you deserve it!!
This is true everywhere right now - I am constantly impressed by the number of applications/resumes that my friends in HR (on and off campus) get for any job they post - it is truly a tough go out there right now. People jump at the chance for a job anywhere right now, period.
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I agree that what you are experiencing with your workload is happening everywhere now, everyone is doing the job of two people and doing more with less.
That said, I think there is no harm in negotiating but maybe wait until you have another job offer on the table? That might give you more leverage. GL!