Hello again everyone! I would be very appreciative if you could help me figure out two things. Thanks in advance!
I want to transfer to another, more-respected division within my company. I’m in a newer, less-respected division. I’m very frustrated with my effort-to-reward ratio compared to employees in the other division who do the same work, and I wasn’t aware of the discrepancy until months after I was hired. However, I am aware the grass isn’t completely green on the other side!
The leadership of my division are openly hostile to other divisions transferring from “their” employee base. Of course this means employee-initiated transfers are extremely difficult to impossible, regardless of what your career aspirations are. I’ve got a great network of managers who are totally awesome and have pledged to support my transfer…but it’ll have to wait until the policies around transfers loosen up at the end of the year and even then there’s no guarantees.
I’m also trying to grow my skillset in another direction, but I’m not sure whether or not I’ll be able to do that in my current position.
1. Should I stick it out where I’m at and hope for the best? Or should I stop chasing this dream completely and move on, given the reward isn’t 100% golden, it’s just a lot better than my current situation? I feel like a nerd in high school who goes to class with the cool kids but longs to be invited to sit with them at lunch.
2. I saw a job online for which I’m very qualified, and I’ll need training (on-the-job and formal) to get from my current skillset to the skillset I want. Should I be looking for a job with the more challenging role description and try to explain away and request training upfront to fill in the gaps, or should I go ahead and apply to the job for which I’m qualified and hope the new company will allow me to cross-train?