The interesting catch-22 is that if you start proposing broad, strategic proposals, you often get told that you don't understand the full picture, and to just stick what what you were hired to do.
My advice to David is to vent (offsite) for a little, then suck it up and do two things simultaneously: - Start making a few broad, corporate proposals that have a clear impact on revenue or the bottom line - Start looking at what the market might be able to offer you elsewhere Oh, and thank your manager's manager for the feedback in an email and in person. Whatever you do, do not disengage and retreat to a corner, as there will likely be some increased scrutiny of your activities for the next few weeks until they are comfortable that you are not disgruntled. I wouldn't have posted what you just posted via a corporate email. That's what webmail over HTTPS is for. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]>wrote: > Did the promotion also include more money? The answer could be an excuse > for lack of funds. > > > > However….“see more broad scoped project proposals”…sounds like she is > looking for things that, in her mind, have a more direct impact on the > business model. All the things you did make it easier for them to do their > job, or makes the data assets far more safe. But look for something that > really impacts the way they work…..an new Sharepoint Site for > collaboration…a new accounting package for finance. Something that changes > the way they work and the way the work flows. > > > > Not saying she is right, just tossing out some thoughts. > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 04, 2011 1:51 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Morale killer... > > > > vent mode:on > > I asked for a promotion to Sr. Systems Engineer but I have been denied. > Talking to my boss she feels I am qualified but her boss disagrees – not > because I don’t fit the roles and skill set of a Sr. SE as listed in our job > description, but because she wants to “see more broad scoped project > proposals”. Yeah sorry that my evaluation of products used across the > enterprise for encrypting our laptops (chose PGP), remote access (went with > RDS), 3rd party patching (Shavlik), and then doing the work of standing up > the servers and installing configuring, deploying and then handing off of > said items all in the last 12 months isn’t broad enough… > > > > “You’re really great at what you do and you meet the job description but > it’s not enough, sorry”. Some of you guys can relate, right? I’ve only been > doing IT professionally for 16 years…and admin-y stuff for 12 of that. > > > > Vent mode: off > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 503.548.5229 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
