New Manager, Two Wins This Week

[Anonymous]

I'm newly in management this year after years of fighting to stay as a highly paid SME.

This week I closed the case I have been making that a certain role can't be outsourced to India moving two open head count from India to the US now and ensuring that next FY (Oct-Sept) 5 new jobs are created in the US. This role is at the wrong salary band now and I got approval from my immediate manager to make a case to raise the salary band for the next FY. If I get this done, 10 people will get a totally unexpected salary adjustment and a 20k increase on their ceiling.

And I hired a woman into her first job in another role that is in my opinion also too far down on the salary band. She asked for 10% less than the mid point of the current salary band, HR suggested the midpoint of the salary band, and I said give her 5% more than the midpoint, and I straight up said, she is young and does not know how important this negotiation is for her career future earnings, we should do this for her.

I fought really hard not to be in this role and some of the day to day really drains me, but this has me feeling good and like I'm making an impact.

[Anonymous]

Congrats and it sounds like you are doing good!

[Anonymous]

You don't have anyone in your life to share this with? There is also some personally identifying info in this thread that you might want removed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Congrats and it sounds like you are doing good!

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

This is good but hold your cards close to your chest. Too much rah-rah white knighting will get the wrong attention. Do things, don't explain too much. Management 101

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is good but hold your cards close to your chest. Too much rah-rah white knighting will get the wrong attention. Do things, don't explain too much. Management 101

Agree, and thank you!

[Anonymous]

Good for you! I’m a new manager too and it was not my goal. I need to keep PP’s advice in mind and learn to hold cards close to my chest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm newly in management this year after years of fighting to stay as a highly paid SME.

This week I closed the case I have been making that a certain role can't be outsourced to India moving two open head count from India to the US now and ensuring that next FY (Oct-Sept) 5 new jobs are created in the US. This role is at the wrong salary band now and I got approval from my immediate manager to make a case to raise the salary band for the next FY. If I get this done, 10 people will get a totally unexpected salary adjustment and a 20k increase on their ceiling.

And I hired a woman into her first job in another role that is in my opinion also too far down on the salary band. She asked for 10% less than the mid point of the current salary band, HR suggested the midpoint of the salary band, and I said give her 5% more than the midpoint, and I straight up said, she is young and does not know how important this negotiation is for her career future earnings, we should do this for her.

I fought really hard not to be in this role and some of the day to day really drains me, but this has me feeling good and like I'm making an impact.

You should feel great about this. Good for you!