| Dante84 |
08-17-2014 05:18 PM |
It's been a crazy 6 months.
In week 7, our company merged with another company, and our sales department went through an entire re-org. New products, new people, new leadership. It's been a crazy experience, but all moves have been positive and logical. Naturally, there have been growing pains.
My entire team, save myself and one other, were promoted. They had all been there for more than a year, and us the two of us had only been there for 3 months at the time of re-org. They placed us on a team of similar focus that was on the other half of the company. The girl who was with me that made the move couldn't handle, and quit.
I've been the lone soldier from my half of the company on this team of 8, and I've been fortunate enough to be kicking ass. I put in time to learn the other products, and have put in many extra hours. The proof is in the pudding, and my numbers more than double the next closest person.
The group of folks that I was working with when I first started, who all were promoted to the new team, all seem to love their position. One of the guys is leaving in 2 weeks though, and so there is an opening.
Tomorrow, I'm going to sit down with the recruiting lady, who I am friends with, to let her know I'm interested. Assuming she thinks its a good idea, I'm going to then schedule time with the manager of that team to chat about why I'm interested.
It's going to require me to work harder than I have ever worked before, but it would be a 50% raise.
So, in January, I was making X. I earned this job in February, and I started making X+X. Now, in August, if all things pan out, I could be making X+X+X.
Higher risk, but higher reward. Part of me wants to stay where I'm safe and doing well, but its not every day when you can try to make that kind of jump.
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