Why Outweigh The Pros And Cons Of My Decision To Be A Lead?

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Matt, I am going to take a few days to outweigh the pro and cons of my decision to move on. Since you came to me, and explained the reasons (I don’t know why this part is in this font)you would like me to stay, I have some concerns and thoughts Regarding the future if I did choice to stay. Regarding the lead role, I was very vocal in my desire to be a lead. I've always wanted to move up, I understand that Heather is busy and when I came to her she may have other things on her mind, but I’ve asked her previously and was told she would love to promote me, she thought I didn’t want to be a lead, not sure why she thought that. I had mentioned it on more than one occasion. Understandable on Monday I was a bit confused as to why someone who had …show more content…

When you have more than one employee making a claim, such as the one I did where the assistants are doing more work than the leads maybe it should be looked in to so people feel that what they say means something. This has nothing to do with being lazy, or not wanting to do the work, when we are needing to reach a certain criteria to reach our bonus and we have a lead that is blasé about it, the second struggles because I know many people do not feel like “complaining” because they feel like they will not be heard, just like I felt. I was told that many seconds have said the same thing, and that perhaps when I’m a lead I would view it differently. That is not true nor fair, if one person makes a claim, it’s perhaps a situational issue, but if more than one person brings this concern perhaps it should be addressed. I know it may seem little to those in the office, but sometimes the little things are the catalyst to make someone decide if this is the place for them. Statistics show most employees don’t leave the job, they leave management. When I was in the service my Instructor always said I would not have you do something I haven’t, and I won’t forget I was once in your shoes. I hold these values very