I work in an office environment and an currently making gross pay $42,000/year. The position up for grabs right now is Team Lead, 2 spots available. My boss either doesn't like to or cannot simply choose who he'd like to promote, he has to put the offer out there for people to apply. This is mostly just for show; it's very obvious who he expects to be Team Lead as he's already treating them as such. I feel like I'm expected to apply due to seniority.
I've been with the company for 2.5 years and have gone through 5 team leads. I'm still friends with 3 of them and they have told me their reasons for leaving include my boss, the amount of BS they deal with on a daily basis, the pay for the amount of BS they deal with on a daily basis. From what I've been told, the pay increase is $3,000/year. I don't think that's worth the amount of stress I've seen them go through.
That being said, I feel like there won't be another opportunity like this again in my future. I don't have a degree. I'm married, pay mortgage on my house, and trying to start a family (going through IVF right now). Is it stupid for me to NOT apply?
TL;DR
I feel obligated to take a promotion I don't want, but I might not get another chance to make more money since I never got a degree. Am I stupid to not apply for this position?
Submitted May 07, 2018 at 05:49PM by luvandpeas https://ift.tt/2K2vBg2
