Need some advice Blind community. Recently joined a new company. Originally accepted the offer at the prospect of owning a functional space and hopefully building out a team in the near future. On day 3 I found out there was a re-org sometime after I accepted but before I joined. Now my scope has gone to someone else who is my peer in terms of YOE and I am basically just someone who executes the decisions/plans this new person makes. Also now reporting to this person (instead of the hiring manager who is more senior than me). Pay bump is great but having a hard time swallowing this change. Any advice on how best to deal with this situation?
YOE is by far not the most important parameter determining your seniority or who's your peer. Two people with similar YOE can have a whole different career trajectory, so you have to do your best to work hard and gain many meaningful accomplishments. Your "peer" earned it. Now you need to.
What makes you assume I don’t have those accomplishments?
Use it as an opportunity to learn from them. Often the best teachers are the ones that are more similar to us in terms of YOE and daily routine.
The thing is, for this scope I actually know much more. I’ve been doing it my whole career. I just happened to be caught at the wrong place at the wrong time.
No concern about burning bridges?
Op is definitely Indian.
It depends if you joined for the money of for leading the team or both. If it was just money, nothing has changed, stay. If it was for leading the team you are screwed, find a new place. Is simple like that.
I joined for both. Not sure if finding a new place will be that easy...
reporting change is less of concern here. The real red flag is your scope has changed, which is essentially a commitment not fulfilled. Usually companies are less likely to provide details on the exact scope and reporting chain because business needs and staffing situations change. However, once a commitment is made, there is no reason not to fulfill it and eve worse, to pretend there is no elephant in the room.
Think you captured my concern accurately. Struggling to figure out what my next move should be.
Vote with your feet.🏃♀️
I’d happily work for a good manager with fewer years of experience over a shitty manager with a lot of experience. I don’t thing YOE is the important part. It only matters if this person can be a good manager for you.
I think the manager is a good person but I’m actually the SME for this particular area. I’ve actually managed some small teams before, this person has not. So I don’t think this person can provide me the wisdom a good manager is supposed to.
While you are the technical expert (maybe not needing technical guidance) do they have more expertise about the company and how to navigate your career there? It’s worth thinking through whether there are other aspects how it will work. Alternatively is it a good starting spot where you can later move up from?
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