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I’ve been sounded out about the possibility of applying for one of the new positions. Apparently I’m the only manager locally who gets everything done on time, I’m the only one who doesn’t call Head Office at least once a week for help with some minor task and I’m the only one who doesn’t have a huge turnover of staff. The local Area Manager also put a good report in about the way I dealt with the disruptions and changes when they put in the overnight booth and sent us 24-hours-a-day.

I’m not a fan of flattery, but it is nice to hear it occasionally.

I don’t know how to feel about the whole thing. I know I’m not challenging myself in my current position, and I only fell into it by accident, and I’m not exactly making direct use of my scientific education, but I’m sort of content and happy and not looking to advance or expand or have added hassle. But it may be that my only choices are extra duties or redundancy. This change is going to happen for definite and if I don’t accept a higher position I’ll be out of a job, because my ‘one-garage role’ will have ceased to exist.

It should just mean doing the same thing 3 or 4 times and just travelling between them occasionally, but at my place I have things running smoothly and how I like them, so if things go wrong they can be dealt with. With 4 sites under me there’s so much more to contend with.

It’s annoying because given the choice I’d just stay as I am, but I can’t. Do I want to give it a go and bail out if it’s too stressful? Or say ‘no, thanks’ and move on to something else? I have a few good years management experience now, I’m sure I could find something decent to turn my hand to…

RC 3-5-18