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user-inactivated  ·  553 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 21, 2022

All my job issues have led me to apply for a role in IT as Desktop Support within my organization. Completely different direction to the management I've been doing, buuuuut I like IT. I've always wanted to work in IT, but have had no qualifications and so it's always been out of my grasp. I like the fact that IT stuff is needed everywhere, middle management has always felt very tenuous in comparison. I had a chat with the hiring manager when the role got posted, and explained my situation, experience and desire to shift.

She not only encouraged me, but said that she is confident my salary could be retained. It'd be a drop in band, but I'd be brought in at a higher level on that lower band, to equal what I'm on now. So my ceiling for pay rises would be diminished, but that's only as long as I stay at that role. With management experience under my belt, I'll learn everything I need and climb that specific ladder instead.

Quietly hopeful. My boss has been blessedly calm about everything, neither of us are poking at each other. She has other problem children for now so the spotlight is off me.