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I finally have something substantive to post about. Though I expect most everyone to skim this since it's boring as hell.
Now, understand, this is not just a general question regarding my sanity, to which I know the answer is an uqualified YES! This is a specific sort of nuts...
I work in academe, as a staff-person. I've been in my department for 12 years, through 4 different office managers. They have asked me 3 times before if I wanted to take over the office manager job when the person in it left, and I declined because a) I don't like working overtime and b) I'm not good with budgets. But this time they talked me into saying yes, telling me that the budget stuff is being taken over by a different office and I won't have to do it, so there won't be a need for OT any more. I already know how to do most of the non-budget functions associated with the position so that's not an issue. And they're saying I can do the job with my eyes closed because I'm the department's institutional memory anyway.
Well, today I found out if I take this promotion, despite the fact that I will have no control over the budget and all the day to day budgetary functions will be done by this other office, I will still be responsible for tracking the budget and reconciling it on a monthly basis. And worse, if I manage to miss something and there is a problem, *I* would be fiscally responsible for it, despite the fact that I have no control over it. And will probably end up working OT because the budget is so complicated it's nearly impossible to reconcile anyway.
So after saying yes, I'd like to go for the promotion, I am now wondering... is this level of stress and responsibility worth a 5% raise and a promotion? I'm at the top of my job class now, nowhere to go, no raises other than Cost-Of-Living. Our institution does not give base-building performance raises, just one-time bonuses. So basically if I want more money I have to get a promotion. My daughter is college-age and that's expensive, even at a community college.
I'm completely torn about this. *sigh*
Now, understand, this is not just a general question regarding my sanity, to which I know the answer is an uqualified YES! This is a specific sort of nuts...
I work in academe, as a staff-person. I've been in my department for 12 years, through 4 different office managers. They have asked me 3 times before if I wanted to take over the office manager job when the person in it left, and I declined because a) I don't like working overtime and b) I'm not good with budgets. But this time they talked me into saying yes, telling me that the budget stuff is being taken over by a different office and I won't have to do it, so there won't be a need for OT any more. I already know how to do most of the non-budget functions associated with the position so that's not an issue. And they're saying I can do the job with my eyes closed because I'm the department's institutional memory anyway.
Well, today I found out if I take this promotion, despite the fact that I will have no control over the budget and all the day to day budgetary functions will be done by this other office, I will still be responsible for tracking the budget and reconciling it on a monthly basis. And worse, if I manage to miss something and there is a problem, *I* would be fiscally responsible for it, despite the fact that I have no control over it. And will probably end up working OT because the budget is so complicated it's nearly impossible to reconcile anyway.
So after saying yes, I'd like to go for the promotion, I am now wondering... is this level of stress and responsibility worth a 5% raise and a promotion? I'm at the top of my job class now, nowhere to go, no raises other than Cost-Of-Living. Our institution does not give base-building performance raises, just one-time bonuses. So basically if I want more money I have to get a promotion. My daughter is college-age and that's expensive, even at a community college.
I'm completely torn about this. *sigh*
