As yet there has been no mention of money in this thread.?ÿ I think that moving into the office and learning more about how the other half lives will make you a better field hand. Your boss apparently thinks you are ready. But will he back that up with a boost in pay, or are you just a stop gap solution to a current problem?
Your entry level trial period is coming to a close. Time to start thinking about how your career goes over the next 10 years or so to licensure, and beyond. Is the company going to support that in tangible ways??ÿ
NW. Staker's advice about a gym membership is solid. You need to make enough extra money to pay for the dues and the hour and a half a day you spend there.
Finally, the office is not a prison. There are ways you can work out getting into the filed at least part of the time. Jobs sometimes need a third person on them.?ÿ?ÿ
As yet there has been no mention of money in this thread.
I'm all ears.?ÿ What's average for a party chief??ÿ LSIT??ÿ PLS?
As an employer, I love to have someone that seeks added responsibility.
Give me someone that doesn??t mind being uncomfortable and maybe making mistakes along the way over a satisfied employee any day.
On a side note...if I had to be stuck in the office all day, I??d sell out and go work somewhere else.
Simply moving from the field to the office doesn't inherently mean you are worth more...
From a 30,000' level it may feel like more responsibility while in reality at ground level it is less or the same responsibility just packaged differently.
Simply moving from the field to the office doesn't inherently mean you are worth more...
Really??ÿ You can now do 2 things instead of 1.?ÿ If that isn't worth something then why bother learning anything new at all?
Yeah, really! Just because you're sitting in an office chair instead of behind a gun doesn't mean your value to the company changes. The office side takes training too and until you've learned that side of things you can't actually "do 2 things instead of 1". You're actually only doing zero things instead of 1. The learning phase is the cost of admission, whether it's indoors or out.
True, just changing seats makes no difference. But a person isn't asked to change seats in this way until he has proven his worth. Such a move deserves more pay, IMO.
If the OP takes the new position and fails at it, which is a possibility, he doesn't likely go back to his old comfortable job. He gets fired. So there is risk involved. Taking that risk deserves more pay, IMO.
If the OP is to take on a leadership role he needs to be making more money than the people he is in charge of. Without that it will be more difficult for him to maintain their respect. Of course, there are many other things he will have to do also, but the money thing is tough to overcome. BTW, in my experience, everybody in an organization gets a pretty good idea what everybody else is making before long, in one way or another.?ÿ
The learning phase is the cost of admission, whether it's indoors or out.?ÿ?ÿ?ÿ
I think companies with that attitude are the ones who routinely have their employees poached.
I'd ask for 3 days in the field and 2 in the office learning everything you can and building your career fast.
Exactly my idea. Make the office days fixed and let everyone know you're available these days at the office. Make an out of office answer for your mailbox when you're in the field and take only the important phone calls when in the field (Boss & Wife).
Clean up you're mailbox every evening, delete where you have no action to take and already forward as much as possible.?ÿ
For the office days only plan 4hrs/day for your own work, the other 4 will be filled for you before you realize.
That worked for me so far.
Enjoy!?ÿ