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Rising Star
I need infographic tips please!
TFW 6 billion people are grabbed by the pussy.
how many of you get high before/during work?
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Get your promotion. You never know what will come along and when. Your company knows this. Do what is right for you because they are doing the same.
Even if it means I might jump ship within like 3 months (obviously I’m being too optimistic knowing all the visa and legal aspects of moving abroad)?
I had a similar situation where I had to wait until who knows when for the holding company to approve a promotion. The suggested solution was to get an outside offer to pressure them. But when I eventually did end up getting an offer elsewhere, I felt I had to take it. It’s a shame but the larger structures do not value their people enough and that’s why everyone jumps around. I remained on good terms with my former bosses because they understood it was an unfortunate situation and didn’t take it personally. The issue was beyond them.
Not sure if you have a similar dynamic, but if they’ve told you you’re up for it in a month or two that’s not so terrible, right? You could leverage an outside offer but be sure you know where everyone stands. Are their hands tied right now, or are they intentionally stringing you along with vague future promises?
So your ultimate goal is to move abroad, but not in network with the agency you’re at?
I’m all for honesty but I would definitely not tell your ECD that ultimately you want to leave. Why are they investing in you if you’re trying to bounce? (Unless you do mean an in-network transfer to a foreign office, which yes you could tell him/her you want to explore in the future.)
For this convo, I’d keep focused on what you want to do where you’re at now. If you want a promotion, tell your ECD you love working there but want to make sure you’re still growing and advancing, so…yeah, is that possible this june/july? Ask how they see you progressing, if they have a plan for you, stuff like that, to get a sense of how serious they are.
And then cross the other bridge when it comes to it. People move all the time. Your ECD did. Your CCO did. If you’re open and honest, they’ll understand.
It’s not uncommon for people to leave after a promotion. Most of the times it is a salary-based decision. Person got promoted but feels the new title should pay better, so they take their new title to a different agency that is willing to give them more money for the role.
Rising Star
Not only wouldn't it burn bridges, they'll probably ask you back with a higher salary in 3 months.
No, that’s just the way this industry works and no boss worth working for would hold it against you.
When I was a senior planner pushing to get promoted to planning director, I got an offer from another agency and took it to my boss.
When he saw what they were offering me, he told me if he were in my shoes he would take the offer, because WPP would give me the director title, but with a 7% pay increase compared to the 30% that Publicis was offering. He hired me back two years later, at 20% above what I was making at the Publicis agency.