Hello everyone.
I handed in my notice last month and am working a three month notice period. I work in a professional services firm (big four).
My role is specialist, I needed experience to get the job. I had a meeting with my line manager last week who said he would be recruiting for my replacement immediately and asked what skills I think the new recruit needed. I said experience of the job, systems, usual pitfalls that we are up against etc. Basically exactly the same as the role spec I had applied to five years ago.
This week, he called me in the office and said there was a new joiner (someone who had joined in the last six months) who is unhappy in their role and they would be having an internal interview for my current job. This person has no experience in the job I do, systems I use etc.
I explained that to my manager in the meeting and was basically dismissed as 'well, you can train them up whilst you're still here'
I feel like it's one thing helping someone who has done the job elsewhere get to grips with the firm working practices but another job entirely to be showing them and teaching them exactly what I do. From scratch!!
AIBU to feel a bit miffed that my manager thinks anyone can do this job with a few weeks' training? I just feel like my ego has been dented a bit. It's a job that says you need at least five years' experience on the job spec. I had to talk about all my experiences to get this job. I get it's cheaper for them to hire internally (although they are hardly a firm that's hard up) but it's just peeved me a little.
Has anyone else experienced this? If they get the role, I honestly don't think I'm going to be able to teach them everything in two months!