I am in a total an utter state of flux in my mind. I started in my new role as a Deputy Supplier Relationship Manager with my company. To be completely honest it is not something I am particularly interested in, I took the job as a route into the firm as it has a great record of training and developing people, promoting and letting you try new things without the fear of being kicked out if you are rubbish.
I spent the previous 10 years in a job which was going no where in a different area with transferable skills, thus the move. In my mind I thought I would stay in the current role for the 3 years required as a new entrant before moving to a different area which I found more interesting.
Anyway on Monday one of the bosses in the department, not the one I directly work for asked if I would like to go to work for him, it would be a level transfer and a very similar role but with more exposure to the business. Normally people would need to apply for the role, but I have been asked to move across, no application needed.
Apparently due to my good work I have been identified as a talent for the future (very flattering) and a sideways move would allow me to develop further in the field with promotion a possibility in a couple of years.
My potential new boss to his credit has invested 2-3hrs with me going through his vision for his area and his vision of my role. Very impressed with the time invested.
The things is I don’t know if I want to move I now know my role inside out and I was planning to stick at it for a couple of years before moving on to something completely different within the company, I now see this as a good move in terms of promotion, it would probably bring the prospect forward by two years., but I would have to stay in an area I am not keen on for at least 5 years before I could move to a different area at the higher grade.
The question is do I do the career thing, do something I can do but don’t really enjoy, get promoted and then move to an area I would enjoy more at that higher grade. I may add here my area is easy to get promoted in compared to other areas. Or do I move to a new area in 2 years time and find a job I enjoy more, but I might have to wait another 4 years for promotion! I am lost I was totally stunned when they said I had been identified as a talent for the future, my department clearly has a plan to develop me, but I am not sure if its what I want!!!
I may also add I suffer from anxiety, making the step to the new company was a huge step for me and its only in the last 6 months I have felt settled, in some ways the new role wold be like starting again, Help!