So we are setting up a new team pretty quickly for a new job and instead of hiring a new manager they approached me to see what it would take for me to be interested in leading it. The other potential issue for a new hire is that it may or may not be a permanent team (depends on contract renewal and\or new business. I did ask that at least my old job and this raise be guaranteed regardless of what happens which they then wrote into the agreement)
I accepted the offer today so half my schedule will now be management related instead of technical. Anyone else make the change? How did it go? Any words of advice? I'd been mulling over next career steps and this seems like a decent way to see if the management route is something I would enjoy. It still includes technical responsibilities and if it falls through I can go back to something I'm content with. If the position becomes permanent and I don't like it I could probably decide to go back to technical after they hire a replacement. If its permanent and I like it then I can keep going with it.
When they talked to me I also noted I was "interested in a faster track to 5 weeks of PTO" - which I would get automatically in another 4.5 years. So they offered an extra week this year plus 5 weeks starting Jan 1 (+ my 12 sick days). Better than I expected so +1 to vague initial requests
I accepted the offer today so half my schedule will now be management related instead of technical. Anyone else make the change? How did it go? Any words of advice? I'd been mulling over next career steps and this seems like a decent way to see if the management route is something I would enjoy. It still includes technical responsibilities and if it falls through I can go back to something I'm content with. If the position becomes permanent and I don't like it I could probably decide to go back to technical after they hire a replacement. If its permanent and I like it then I can keep going with it.
When they talked to me I also noted I was "interested in a faster track to 5 weeks of PTO" - which I would get automatically in another 4.5 years. So they offered an extra week this year plus 5 weeks starting Jan 1 (+ my 12 sick days). Better than I expected so +1 to vague initial requests