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Don’t feel guilty. You need to do what’s best for you.
Wait until you have an offer in writing before broaching the subject. Good luck.
Wait until you have a written offer and don't entertain a conversation about them countering unless you'd realistically stay.
Leave on good terms since you never know where your career will take you and it's a small industry.
Learning about new opportunities is not deceitful. You’re not going behind anyone’s back by looking ahead for yourself. Seriously, unless you talked to her boss to go after her job, you’re fine.
You just need to decide if you want to give her and the current company an opportunity to counter, or if you’re committed to leaving.
Go interview. Do what feels right for you. Wait to make a choice until you have the interview. The old boss should be happy for your growth. If you like them stay Intouch as a possible mentor.
A good boss will be happy for you and in knowing she had a small part helped prepare you to go on to the next step in your career.
Congrats on the offer! I’ve been there and it’s tough but it’s the right thing to do. Just emphasize to her that your decision to leave was nothing to do with her and how she’s been instrumental in your growth etc (assuming that stuff is true)
Nobody is expected to stay at a role working under the same manager their entire lives. This is just business and you have to be your own best advocate. All that said - your network is super important so my two cents would be to proactively write a LinkedIn recommendation for your manager, highlighting all the things that make her great and how she helped you etc.
Two things. Get past the guilt fast. People move around this industry and it’s part of moving up. In fact, in most cases it’s the only way to do that. Secondly, you don’t tell your manager you have another offer. You tell them only when you’ve accepted the offer. Unless of course, you are using the offer as leverage for a counteroffer at your present job. In which case they may not offer, or if they do and you accept, you now have two agencies that feel like they got played.
Be transparent in why you were open to leaving in the first place. What could they have done better/different to keep you?
Give appropriate notice for your role (in BA we see 3 weeks if you like the agency, 2 or less if you don’t plan to return - but your role/agency may differ) and ask what format your off boarding document should be in/who you should transfer which projects to.
Congrats on the offer. I’d keep that information private until you have a written offer. And never feel guilty for taking new opportunities that will only further your career. If your current job is truly a good one, they’ll be happy you’re moving on to something that excites you - even if you do have an affinity for the place and your manager.
End of the day, you do you.
How do you think she landed at your current company?
I would never think someone was going behind my back by interviewing elsewhere. That’s what people do to understand their marketability. If your boss is great, she’ll understand and respond appropriately.
If they’re a good manager they’ll be happy for you.
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