I don't know what to do!

[darlingdaffodils]

A higher post at work has just been advertised and I am torn about what to do.....

I can do the work and have the experience / qualifications.

The office is VERY gossipy with tough characters to work with.

My current manager advised me not to go for the job but this may be because I get a lot of her extra work to do.

It is about £5000 more per year.

It would mean being one of three on that level - one who does the bare minimum and nothing more and has limited knowledge but is very good at passing the blame and the other person who does a lot of extra hours (unpaid) and just goes along with the other for an easy life.

I don't know how I would feel going from "us" to "them."

I am not sure if I even want the job. :( Working with the manager I have now and with the team I sit with has zapped my confidence.

Plus it is a 2 hour interview followed by a written test.

I keep thinking that it is the next step - although there will be a lot of people applying both from in the office and outside - but I don't know if I am cut out for or capable of being more than I am now.

Go for it, the worst they can do is say no. You already have a job, eve if it's one you don't like anymore.

Get the hell out of your current position if they are undermining your confidence.

Your manager doesn't want you to do it because that mean she'll actually have to do some work.

Go for it! All you have to lose is....Nothing. A decent manager would encourage you to be ambitious and I think the chances are you are selling yourself short like so many women do. I wish you luck in whatever you decide to do x

Go for it!

If you don't get it start looking for a new job

Go for it - and if you get the job then you and the other hard worker can join forces against the lazy bastard.

I would say go for it - grab any opportunity with both hands. Good luck, please ignore your manager and think about yourself and what you want from life.

Definitely go for it.

You can always say 'no' if you don't want it, when and if it's offered to you!

Go for it!

Your manager doesn't want you to get the promotion for obvious reasons!

go for it - even if you don't get it it shows that you are keen to progress your career and a chance to showcase your abilities to others in management that may not be aware of you and your abilities - so you may get considered for other roles in the future.

I am in the exact same position Daff. The only difference is the new post is on my grade and not higher. I would urge you to go for the post. Don't underestimate your abilities because someone has dented your confidence.

My boss is a devious narc and does everything to undermine me. I have learned to handle it (most days). I had a showdown with him once when I returned to work after a period of work related stress. This was a mistake and I learned by researching workplace bullying that coming up against a narc like him in the workplace was a big mistake. I should have said nothing. The internal bullying and harassment policies are a complete joke so that is not an option for me.

If I apply for this post and I don't get it he will know and I will be completely sidelined in my existing post. As it is he has taken work from me already just to embarrass me. If I get it he will bad mouth me to others. He is so devious he sucks up to the senior management and has them all fooled.

Jobs are being lost daily where I live so can't leave. Good luck whatever you decide to do.

if you apply and get it - you can use this as a stepping stone to apply somewhere else - at that same level and equal pay.

I think if it was a job of that level in a new department I wouldn't be so worried - I just know how some of those on my level like to make things tough for the managers.

Plus I am nervous as there is a written test as part of the interview and I have never had an interview with that before. I haven't had an interview for years! I don't even know what will be on this test.