Is this a dumb idea? Job related

[bullygirl979]

I'll try and make this clear.

October of 2017 my company did a big reorg and my former position was done away with. I ended up taking a new position with my boss, R, which ended up being a bit of a promotion (went from director to regional director). R had two direct reports, me and my peer, J. Because J works on huge accounts, she has a couple of managers under her. Because my accounts are smaller, I fly solo.

Fast forward to 2 months ago. R gets promoted. In conversations with R, she tells me that she make do a small team restructure. She then backfills her old position and J (my former peer) gets the job. I wait to see what happens and found out yesterday they posted J's old position and are interviewing.

Part of me wants to do a proposal where I suggest they promote me to Assistant VP, and just hire another manager to help me. I would then also be the supervisor to the other managers that J used to supervise. It would be a cost savings to the company as my promotion plus a manager would be cheaper than hiring another regional director. The other part of me thinks I'm just reacting to J being promoted and given I've only been in this promoted role for 18 months I should cool my jets.

If it matters, I score solidly on my performance reviews and R. had very nice things to say about me during my review last month. So, wwyd?

[sarahsays]

Do you have experience supervising other account managers? If so, I don't think it's a terrible idea to float this by R.

[bullygirl979]

Mar 29, 2019 17:03:05 GMT -5 sarahsays said:

Do you have experience supervising other account managers? If so, I don't think it's a terrible idea to float this by R.

In my old position, prior to the reorg, I supervised the entire team under me including a manager.

[sarahsays]

Mar 29, 2019 17:13:24 GMT -5 bullygirl979 said:

Mar 29, 2019 17:03:05 GMT -5 sarahsays said:

Do you have experience supervising other account managers? If so, I don't think it's a terrible idea to float this by R.

In my old position, prior to the reorg, I supervised the entire team under me including a manager.

In that case, I don't think you have anything to lose by asking about reorganizing the team in the way you're thinking.

[sadlebred]

No harm in asking, and you have everything to gain!

[konapoppy]

Wait, would this make you J’s only direct, since R only had two directs before? If so, that seems like an unstable place to be if there are cuts, as there is essentially an extra layer.

I am tried, so I might be reading this wrong.

[bullygirl979]

Mar 29, 2019 21:09:01 GMT -5 konapoppy said:

Wait, would this make you J’s only direct, since R only had two directs before? If so, that seems like an unstable place to be if there are cuts, as there is essentially an extra layer.

I am tried, so I might be reading this wrong.

No, you are reading this correctly. It would go from 2 Regional Directors to 1 AVP, all under J (who is a VP). I wouldn't be adding a layer, but rather combining the positions and adding one 1 lower level staff for assistance.

[konapoppy]

Apr 1, 2019 7:20:49 GMT -5 bullygirl979 said:

Mar 29, 2019 21:09:01 GMT -5 konapoppy said:

Wait, would this make you J’s only direct, since R only had two directs before? If so, that seems like an unstable place to be if there are cuts, as there is essentially an extra layer.

I am tried, so I might be reading this wrong.

No, you are reading this correctly. It would go from 2 Regional Directors to 1 AVP, all under J (who is a VP). I wouldn't be adding a layer, but rather combining the positions and adding one 1 lower level staff for assistance.

You can certainly propose it. From an org design standpoint this isn’t the best idea. If they have done layoffs and reorganize before, this will very likely be looked at.