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To be annoyed that management position wasn’t offered internally?

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Alittlebitmiffed · 08/10/2025 20:01

I have NC’d for this

I work at a small business, I am classed as senior staff alongside a few others.
I have a really good relationship with the directors of the business, my work feedback has always been good and I’m currently working towards my final qualification.

I am first point of call for queries from junior staff and review their work on occasion.

Recently we have had a new hire, who is less qualified and less experienced than myself and the other senior staff who I work alongside. However they have been given a management title (and assumably a higher pay than myself).

The management position wasn’t mentioned to myself or my colleagues, we just received an email to say that someone new had been taken on.

The new person seems lovely, I just really don’t see what they bring to the table that myself or one of my colleagues couldn’t.

AIBU to feel a bit miffed about this? My colleagues also feel the same way, that given the opportunity we would have interviewed for the position.

OP posts:
Peridoteage · 08/10/2025 20:05

Maybe your opinion of yourself isn't the same as theirs. What's needed at a management level can be quite different. If you are still taking professional qualifications that doesn't sound terribly senior?

I had an internal guy apply for a management role i was hiring externally. He thought he was the ideal candidate. I knew he wasn't, his communication skills weren't up to it and he just isn't a leader. I also specifically wanted someone "new" to change up some toxic ways of working in the team.

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