One of the Engineers on our team quit and my ma...
One of the Engineers on our team quit and my manager sent me the job description and asked me to make sure it was accurate. Out of curiosity I asked what the budget for her role was and found out it's 20% more as a Senior Engineer vs a regular Engineer (me). The role is more of a generalist role across multiple databases vs a specialist role in a single database (me). This J already has alot of meetings, but I really only talk in 2 (the standups).
I know I can do the role of the senior engineer. Is it worth it to ask for that role to get the pay bump?
My thought process is as follows. I could take the 20% bump and still look for J3, or leave things as is and look for J3. I don't really do much in J2, but the amount of meetings compared to what we actually do are ridiculous. I have no intention on being here more than 1-2 years and if I found another J where I work as much as I do at J1 I wouldn't be at J2.
Thoughts on seeing if I can get the 20% pay bump by asking for the senior engineer role?
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correct-apricot•2w ago
office day will see pst evening
Thank you
Update: I'm already in meetings anyway so I just asked for the pay bump. Going to see if they can change the budget around to accomodate me. They wanted to hire 5-7 Engineers at 100k each. Gonna see if they can do 150k for me and only hire 4-6 engineers
Gonna try and use the leadership position to reduce the meetings we have and free up my calendar
passive-yellow•2w ago
Always a tough call. But worth it to ask.
correct-apricot•2w ago
yeah i was gonna say if they see value in you and you ask, maybe with justification, theyll see it worth to pay you more
For sure
I think the lesson here is that "Closed mouths don't get fed"
They're interested in promoting me, still in talks for the pay bump
afraid-scarlet•2w ago
Damn can they hire me? I deal with databases all day ðŸ˜
Been looking for a J3
Trust me you don't want this lol
Clarifying this. A manager asked someone on the team what we needed and someone metioned we should hire more people ~7, and the manager agreed.
passive-yellow•2w ago
managers always want more people. gotta be careful though. Need to consider market size and demand. That's hard to forecast correctly.
harsh-harlequin•2w ago
Will the promotion interfere with your other jobs? If not I’d say go for it. You have nothing to lose.
Funny they think this way. As a business owner I wanted LESS people lol
passive-yellow•2w ago
A good manager would wait until it was extremely obvious they needed more people. However, they would also be seeking qualified people the entire time so that could hire quickly, if needed.
harsh-harlequin•2w ago
Managers aren’t business owners. Managers get pay and prestige based on having a bigger team. They don’t have to pay for it the way a business owner does.
passive-yellow•2w ago
correct. it's one of the many reasons why it's hard to maintain profitability and/or margins as a business scales up.
afraid-scarlet•2w ago
Why not ðŸ˜
Because you don't want to be in 65 person meetings
afraid-scarlet•2w ago
You right nvm
other-emerald•2w ago
Wrong. You have to communicate the issues and exacerbate the problems. Being passive in life is no bueno.
passive-yellow•2w ago
meh, we're basically saying roughly the same thing. What I said and what you said doesn't contradict each other.
inland-turquoise•2w ago
I dont think so just get a new J @Mr.OOO (out of office)
GL