Suck it up or move on?

[Youthinkyouareaniconoclast]

Engineer by background.

I have been with my company (mostly technical sales) for 2 years. I started off in Team A doing large scale design and was then asked to design and lead a project with Team B.

I was asked to learn about the actual nitty gritty of the sales team role during this period. This is in my contract as 50% of my time.

Project (involving Team C when they are in place) now complete (ahead of schedule). I have now found out that the people management side of Team C will be done by my current manager, Amanda. No-one told me this.

Amanda knows technical sales far better than me and is better positioned to manage.

I've found out they now want me to spend most of my time doing technical sales. I have zero interest in doing this and it is not where my skillset is.

However, I did identify a role that is missing in the company. I wrote a proposal and rationale for it and essentially got told today that they are not interested. To go into sales (same salary) or move on. And make a quick decision please.

Do I :

A. Suck it up and do sales for a couple of years?

B. Move on. I have a lot of experience and get head hunted, but have nothing in the pipeline.

C. Something else.

Go into sales, do the job as well as you can in the short term whilst you line up a new role

Thanks @Serenity75 . My issue is that I really don't want to mess them about, they have been very good to me.

That said, who knows how long it will take to find a new job? Might be a good shout.

Say you'll do the sales role ( with minimum effort) and look for another job

I really don't want to mess them about, they have been very good to me. You need to put your needs first. I'd accept their offer and look around for a job you want.

Sales role and look for something else. Don’t feel at all guilty. They would get rid of you in a heartbeat if they felt they needed to do so. You may be a friend to a colleague, but to a boss and the company accountant you are a mere cog/number on a spreadsheet which costs them money (wages).

Misguided loyalty! If they needed to lose headcount and you were on the list they wouldn't hesitate. Loyalty to yourself only.

I’d try to move on asap. Any kind of sales job would suck the life out of me.

Thanks all. Have decided to leave.

I'm applying for jobs like mad - amazingly there seem to be quite a few out there that fit my skillset.

Anxious now about taking on an ex-colleague's list...I dont want to start something I won't finish but they are not going to want to keep me on doing nothing in particular. I don't feel I can just leave with nothing to go to, single mum and have to pay the mortgage...