My shop is expecting me to find my own replacement, and then jerking me around with it.
Let's say I've been an analyst for about 3 years at a small real estate investment company. It's a small place - private funding from a few wealthy owners. It's an older and well established core group running the place.
So last year, my company told me I would get a promotion, to an associate job. Basically taking a more active role in the deal discovery process, etc. They also said they would hire a replacement for my analyst role. I was obviously happy about this. But this was shortly before Covid, and that was put on pause for ~9 months. So I basically took on my same duties for the past year.
Then, this past January they brought it up again. And they did give me a significant pay raise (my base salary is very good now).
They asked if I knew anyone that would be interested in the role. It's very clear they don't want to go through a job board, campus recruitment, etc...a bit weird, but it is what it is.
Through talking to some of my alumni network of clubs and my fraternity, I brought them 4 pretty good resumes. And then the company just didn't contact these people for like 3 months. Obviously I was a bit embarrassed - I felt like I was leading people on about a good opportunity, and my company didn't even look at them. And then yesterday, my company brought it up to me again "...if there's anyone you know who's interested in the job."
It's very possible something is going on behind the scenes - delay in getting payroll approved by the owners, etc. But I also believe some part of it is just being lazy and disorganized.
So I'm really not sure how to feel about this. In fairness to my company, they paid out really good bonuses these past 2 years. So the pay makes up for some of the nonsense. And this past year is clearly very unusual by all accounts.
Is my company jerking around, and I should try to go elsewhere when a good opportunity comes?
Or should I accept that we are still in a very turbulent place due to Covid re-opening, and it's understandable that hiring someone may take some time?
Make a recommendation on which one to hire - get the ball moving.
Start being more proactive, especially if you’re getting promoted and you’re no longer a passive analyst. Basically say to management “here are two people I highly recommend. I want the rest of the team’s perspective and would like to schedule a half day of interviews for each.” Then go ahead and make it happen.
What have you done to contribute to the hiring process? If this is really a small firm then it's all hands on deck and you need to make a proactive effort to hire for your replacement. If you're covering for your same role as before as well as successfully fulfilling your new role, your company will naturally not feel inclined to urgently hire anyone as your replacement. That's not to say you should neglect your previous role but rather that you should play an active part in pushing forward the hiring process as a member of the team
start acting like an associate ;)
This seems to be laziness on the part of management. Probably COVID or something.
Show some initiative.
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