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If you know where you want to go in the company, ask what you need to do next in order to get there. At every performance review.
In my experience, office managers don't really want to manage an Admin Assistant position. Unless they've held that position themselves at some point, they're also totally clueless about what the position really entails. I even had one manager say "I really don't understand what you do" (which were by far the truest words that ever came out of her mouth).
How you deal with that kind of management is not to rely on it. Lower your expectations. Keep an ongoing list of everything that you do that saves the company money or streamlines efficiency in any way. Make note of everything positive that anyone in leadership says about your work. Use those examples in your performance reviews to demonstrate the ways you add value to the company.
In any position, your career development is up to you. If no one is actively sabotaging you, consider that "support". If they answer questions about what you need to do in order to advance in the company, that's a lot of support. Anything else is amazing, but not to be expected.
If you're not happy with the career opportunities in your current company, find a new one while you're still employed. Be sure sure to ask during interviews if your chosen career path is likely with them. Be open to starting at your current level in a new company, not necessarily a step up.
If you want to be taken seriously at any position, crying at your desk because things aren't going the way you'd hoped isn't on the menu. Never let them see you cry at work. Ask for a bathroom break and pull yourself together in within a couple minutes. Go back to being professional and save your crying for home. If you can't manage that, trust me when I say a career in Events isn't for you. Events (and actually Admin Assist) are about being the calm eye in the middle of the storm.
You're not locked anywhere. What you lack is flexibility. You say you're unwilling to move where the positions are. You do not sound grateful that your manager actually fought for your promotion (just not the one you wanted). You have no idea how lucky you are.
The smart move would be to accept the offered promotion, stick to that agreement you made, work your tail off for a year and then ask again about moving to the Events side because "that's where your passion is". Show them you can be a grown up and handle a few set backs and detours with grace.
I totally agree with everything you've said in this response. Sometimes you just gotta suck it up, be your own cheerleader & take what's given to you & keep proving yourself. It's called perseverance & resolve. Grit, if you will.
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When always ask what I would like to do in the company, I said my dream job would be on the events side. Unfortunately, the events team is located on the other side of the country from where I'm at so it's never been an opportunity because I'm not willing to move. Well it turns out they finally opened up that position where I'm at. It was terrible timing because my manager was also fighting for me to get an increase in title to EA. When I learned of the open events position, I mentioned to her again that I've always said that was my goal and what I would really love. Her response was that the path that the EA was going to take me on would go farther. I don't feel like she's listening to me and is more focused on what she thinks a person should want versus what I actually want. To add, the EA position is more than just an actual EA position and what they want that person to do goes far beyond what an EA would do. There's the assumption that in time, my title would grow again to more of a chief of staff role. In the past when my executive had offered that kind of path, I had turned it down because it's not what I want. I felt pressured into agreeing this time. Had I known this event's position would be opening up I would have never agreed to explore this. But now I feel like I'm locked in and I have no say in the matter anymore. I guess long story short, I'm just kind of defeated about the whole situation and feel like my manager is ignoring what I want. Everybody claims to want to just keep me happy, but instead I cried at my desk because I feel like I'm moving into direction I'm going to hate and I'll end up having to find a new job when I do actually like where I work and the people I work with. Thanks for letting me get this all out.
Research your goal job. Put those qualifications into action in your current job, if possible. This is so you have the experience under your belt.
Have a reasonable conversation with your boss, and let her know how you feel.... that you don't feel your being heard, or reaching your goals.
Talk to your HR person, if you've already talked to your manager, and ask what you can do to reach your goals. It's going around your boss, but don't allow her to stop you from excelling. YOU need to make it happen. I've had this problem as well. If you don't see that things are going your way, find a job that will make it happen. Good luck!
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Thanks for the advice. I'm fortunate that in my current position I do get to do a lot of events work, so I do have some experience to back up my wanting to make the shift. So much so that when it comes to my groups off-site meeting that is held out of state and involves multiple country logistics, the marketing events team that normally handles these just gives me everything to do knowing I can deal with all of it and put on a spectacular meeting.
I tried speaking with my manager again today, because it was our mid-year review talk and I again stated my point of view. I still don't think she understands that it's just something I am more interested in. All she can see is the path that I could be taking to get out of the admin cost center and on to a different part of the company where they pay more, have more freedoms to fully work remote, and have a lot of benefits. I just don't think people can understand that I might want a different path, even if it's considered a step down from where I'm going. It's frustrating and I could go around her and speak to the recruiting person in HR about the position, but I also don't want to make things difficult in the workplace.
It might be one of those things where if I do want to do events, I just might have to look for jobs elsewhere, because I don't think I'm going to have this path here. To make things worse, she recommended an office assistant to go for that position. He would be good at it too, and I feel even more stuck.