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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mid 50s in all honesty.
Don't take the promotion if you aren't happy with the salary they plan to offer you.
Wont it look bad to refuse? 'Not a team player' type of thinking?
Possibly. But you can explain that you are not looking to move in that direction. To me, that seems like a step down, not a step up.
You can always negotiate your salary too.
Thing is, I want to move in that direction. I'd enjoy filling that role - i'm just not sure its worth doing for only 5k extra pay. I'm pretty sure it isn't; 10k, sure - 5k, nope.
If they were to recruit, its probably 5k in recruitment fees. Then they have to train the person, get them up to speed, pay them 40k - 50k, plus pension and employer taxes etc... surely its worth throwing 10k a year, rather than paying all the above.
If you want to move that way, then talk to then haggle over your salary. If they don't want to play ball, then keep your current job and dust off the resume.
I'm pretty sure that is the way I will go. Or accept it for the experience.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
Does not sound like a good move.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k. -
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
I know here that wont be possible. Ideally, yes - I agree. But I have to be realistic. I think pushing them to 10k would be possible. Maybe add in some sort of bonus based on KPIs too, but a 15k jump just wont happen.
5k would be hard to say yes to, but if for taking the experience then moving in a year - that is something I may be able to accept...
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
15K USD that is. Remember, he's in the UK. He's talking £.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
I know here that wont be possible. Ideally, yes - I agree. But I have to be realistic. I think pushing them to 10k would be possible. Maybe add in some sort of bonus based on KPIs too, but a 15k jump just wont happen.
5k would be hard to say yes to, but if for taking the experience then moving in a year - that is something I may be able to accept...
£15K bump with on experience (or do you have some?) would likely be unreasonable. But an up front conversation about where you expect to be in 1-2 years based upon that experience then might be valid.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
15K USD that is. Remember, he's in the UK. He's talking £.
10k GBP = 13.5 USD. I expect that if I say no, they will up it. But trying to get a feel for what is reasonable.
Everything I seem to find says most managers in London are around 55k anyway. So its under for a hell of a lot of work.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
I know here that wont be possible. Ideally, yes - I agree. But I have to be realistic. I think pushing them to 10k would be possible. Maybe add in some sort of bonus based on KPIs too, but a 15k jump just wont happen.
5k would be hard to say yes to, but if for taking the experience then moving in a year - that is something I may be able to accept...
£15K bump with on experience (or do you have some?) would likely be unreasonable. But an up front conversation about where you expect to be in 1-2 years based upon that experience then might be valid.
I have experience of being a manager from a previous job of two people. Like I said, I dont think the work/role will be an issue at all... its the only '5k' that I dont like. If they value it so low, why should I...
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
15K USD that is. Remember, he's in the UK. He's talking £.
10k GBP = 13.5 USD. I expect that if I say no, they will up it. But trying to get a feel for what is reasonable.
Everything I seem to find says most managers in London are around 55k anyway. So its under for a hell of a lot of work.
I didn't do the conversion.. looks like at £10K, he'd nearly get your $15K...
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
15K USD that is. Remember, he's in the UK. He's talking £.
10k GBP = 13.5 USD. I expect that if I say no, they will up it. But trying to get a feel for what is reasonable.
Everything I seem to find says most managers in London are around 55k anyway. So its under for a hell of a lot of work.
I didn't do the conversion.. looks like at £10K, he'd nearly get your $15K...
Good point. £10k would be a good starting point, but I would still suggest conversations about where you'd like to be in a year or two.
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Folks, is 10% fair for a promotion in London from Systems Administrator, to manager of the customer helpdesk (not IT helpdesk but customer helpdesk, 2 staff, customer facing), and training manager (not internal but customer training, 2 staff again, and customer facing)?
In this case its going from 45k to 50k. From what I can see, a generic manager level job in London i in the 50k range. To go from doing what I do to management of those two teams, is that raise fair for London?
I mean, I've seen service desk managers get 5k bonus for hitting their targets... 5k seems low for taking on the actual jobs entirely x2.
That sounds incredibly low
Thats what I thought. What would you think is fair? I was expecting mind 50s in all honesty.
If you're actually a Systems Administrator you should be making a lot more than that, so I'm really not sure
That's decent for an SA in the UK. That's not US dollars.
65k in pounds right? Still on the low end here, but I guess it also depends on where in the US you are working
That's $88K at the current conversion, but that's not a fair comparison. Think of it more like $110K USD. All British wages are heavily suppressed because of the Brexit.
45000 GBP is 60827 USD.
This position would also still keep me doing my current system admin job. Its not a move to the helpdesk and training manager only. Its a 'heldesk + training manager + system administrator (which I currently do)'... why would that be bad?
I think I would enjoy the additional roles, but not worth doing for 5k.In that case - OH HELL NO, I wouldn't take that new responsibility for only £5K more.
Exactly
I think 10k makes it worth doing. But 5k isnt worth the extra stress. I see 5k as a really nice payrise, not a pay adjustment for taking on a lot of duties and oownership of two departments. Even 10k is low, but I thought realistic. Was suprised they said 5k.I wouldn't take on the extra responsibilities of managing not one, but two different sets of people for less than 15k.
15K USD that is. Remember, he's in the UK. He's talking £.
10k GBP = 13.5 USD. I expect that if I say no, they will up it. But trying to get a feel for what is reasonable.
Everything I seem to find says most managers in London are around 55k anyway. So its under for a hell of a lot of work.
I didn't do the conversion.. looks like at £10K, he'd nearly get your $15K...
Good point. £10k would be a good starting point, but I would still suggest conversations about where you'd like to be in a year or two.
For only 5k, if no budge, is it even worth having that convo? Im still 50/50 on to accept or not if they dont budge...
