Im in field service with over 25 years of field experience. New manager came on board with ZERO field service experience. How would you make that feel?

I guess I would ask in 25 years have you not pursued management? I would also ask what kind of experience is your 25 years and what kind of background does the new manager have? There is a chance it could be more valuable. Managers need to know how to manage they don’t have to be technical in everything if they can lead teams and get the job done.

Did you apply for the role? If so, I may be a little salty; if not, why does it matter…

I know how you feel. That's why, in 2003, I walked away from my position doing field work for a huge international company. I became an independent contractor doing the same work. No one to blame for failure, which never came. It had some ups and downs with the economy but I wouldn't change a thing. Retired now, but I wish you luck.

I’ve had a couple of managers like that. Although they had both field and management experience, they had never done my specific role and therefore, did not manager their teams well. Every manager since then has done the role for multiple years before leading and it’s been such a significant difference in the best way.

I would express your concerns with higher leadership if you’re comfortable doing that and especially if you’re feeling that there is a gap in your expectations and how you’re actually being managed.

Time and quality are two different metrics.

Means your in a crappy company that contract by favors. Find a way to get you years of experience in compensation and get out, And open your own business.

This honestly breaks down to how the company is organized, scale of the company, and what exactly the company needs out of the management position. I've had amazing managers with ZERO field experience or technical background and I've had horrible managers with both field & technical expertise. If what you're company needs right now is someone who can manage people your "25 years of field experience" is absolutely irrelevant to toss into the body of your comment other than to self validate your objection to them being placed in the position. Based on the language of your comment it portrays a picture that you think you have a more valid claim to the position but in my experience if you have been in the field for that long without actively pursuing gaining the requirements to manage people you're probably not someone qualified to really have a judgement on this at all. In my field there's maintenance technicians, lead technicians, senior technicians, engineers, lead engineers, senior engineers, and managers with various lead/senior titles behind them as well. The core differences between tile X, lead title X, and senior tile X basically breaks down to if you're extremely knowledgeable but not qualified to manage anyone your promotion path is directed towards senior, if you're knowledgeable enough but have capacity to manage in a less formal capacity you work towards lead. Lead gives you the capacity to experience management with less responsibility and accountability. From there you take classes in it if that's what yoy want. 25 years is a damn long time to never get acknowledged by any employer and it probably represents your lack of asking management to guide you on any other path than to keep you in the field. I can promise you the person they put there has something you don't and being sour isn't going to get you any further than where yoy are right now. The way I see it you have roughly 20-22 year left in your career to change the tragedy of your end goal. That's going to fly by really fast and lack results if you don't start making the correct pivotal moves.

You could take the opportunity to train them up, if they're amenable to the opportunity, or you can let them wander the desert looking for water. Company either afraid to hire an experienced person or an experienced person never applied. I never wanted to manage but wish I had several times. It was that I knew the knuckleheads I was dealing with couldn't handle truth and facts were inconvenient to them. In a perfect world it might take 2 hours to put up a pole, swap lines and tension everything back up, but their perfect world only exists in the training yard. ☮️✌🏼

Try your best to not compare. Pay attention to their moves from here on out, you may learn a thing or two!

Not to be disrespectful of the new 25 yr manager but, now is the best time for forgiven mistakes because he/she is not totally familiar with what is expected :). If it is a younger manager that comes with fall backs. The company will expect more than the average job duties. So, I wouldn't have any anticipated feelings because we are all on borrowed jobs per say. They will and can let anyone go at any time without warning or proof. Just remember, you have your family to see after. Be Godly, be your brother's keeper when need be, BUT remember it's written and spoke of being a fool for anything and anyone. Sometimes it takes individuals a lifetime to digest this. However, learning and abiding by this will help one gave and maintain wealth and superior cognitive discernment.

First, did you talk/discuss with your manager (present or past) that you wanted to get into management? This is an important step.

Have you had a “Lead” or “Supervisor “ role? These are like a manager but not doing the performance reviews nor involved with career advancement or pay reviews or raises for the team.

Management is not for everyone you need to be ok with letting go someone of the technical skills and progression. As a manager you’ll be judged at a higher level having the responsibility to look over the wellbeing of your team (direct reports)

If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

But 25 years of experience will get you a cup of coffee as long as you pay for the coffee.

What if you'd invested one dollar a day every day you've worked there, into the firm that employs you?

You might be surprised by how much that would have compounded by now. You'd have 25 years there not merely as an employee but as a stakeholder. You'd likely be in the loop for such decisions. You might be the one making the decision.

Instead you're a victim of your own experience, imagining that experience is valuable to anyone other than yourself.

It's not who you know it's who you ____