Wanting Serious Opinions About Work, pls.

[Synful*Luv]

Hey,

So I've this position at this company called Stericycle. Right now my position is MAE support. Which is Major Account Executive support. Ermm, the major accounts are like the military and such that are all over.

Anyways. I make good money but I am bored as hell. I do the same mundane things all the time.

After I pass my first evaluation which is coming up (It's my 60 day evaluation) they are going to offer me a raise and a permanent position. (this company hires everyone on as temp to start)

It's a cool job but I am mentally bored from not having to think at work.

What I want to do is tell them, yes I want to stay with the company but I would like to move to another department where my skills will be of better use.

Please advise as to how I can tell them this in a manner that doesn't leave me looking arrogant and will make them consider giving me a department move.

Thanks.

 

[hizzle?]

you are hot right???

if you are, it will most likely work..

 

[keco52]

It's not like you're asking for a promotion right? You're just asking to be considered for a different department...

Why can't you just mention at your review that you are interested in this other position (you know specifically where you want to go?) I don't think you would look arrogant at all. If anything I think they would respect you for wanting to move up in the company. You know you are qualified to do the job. There's nothing wrong with being assertive and asking for what you want...the worst thing they can say is no.

 

[PuffnScruff]

i have a movie for you to study...Office Space

 

[Synful*Luv]

It's not like you're asking for a promotion right? You're just asking to be considered for a different department...

Why can't you just mention at your review that you are interested in this other position (you know specifically where you want to go?) I don't think you would look arrogant at all. If anything I think they would respect you for wanting to move up in the company. You know you are qualified to do the job. There's nothing wrong with being assertive and asking for what you want...the worst thing they can say is no.

Thanks for a serious response, which is what I requested.

That's what I'm thinking. I'm just more or less trying to figure out how I should word it.

The thing is, the review is going to have to be done by the supervisors (middle mgmt) and most ppl in middle management are overworked and underpaid so they don't give a shit about you wanting to move around in the company or not.

That's why I need to figure out how to word it so that I don't come off as if I think i am better than them or too good to do the job they've been doing for years but still get the point across that I would be more valuable to the company elsewhere.

 

[Maverick]

do you have friends at work?

i would ask a co-worker from the dept. your interested in, or even if theyre not from that dept. u can always ask what they would do...

you'd probably get a better answer from someone thats been there a while, but i do agree with keco, there is nothing wrong with being assertive! for real.

btw: (if u dont mind) what is it that your doing exactly?

 

[Synful*Luv]

Yeah, but when dealing with people who hate their job, sometimes your assertiveness isn't appreciated. No, I'm fairly new. I don't know too many people there, especially outside of the department I am in.

It's a biohazardous waste disposal company. So, I babysit the large quantity accounts by assisting with keeping them in compliance with OSHA by their fed, state and local laws. Also miscellaneous bs like biling questions, complaints, etc.

 

[Maverick]

Yeah, but when dealing with people who hate their job, sometimes your assertiveness isn't appreciated. No, I'm fairly new.

ah i get it now.

i would just mention it while talking to a supervisor or something. just say you like your job and would like to advance to other areas. you like the way things are now but you'd like to expand within the company. you're doing a good job so i dont see why they wouldnt atleast take your words into consideration. i know this isnt good advice but hey...

It's a biohazardous waste disposal company. So, I babysit the large quantity accounts by assisting with keeping them in compliance with OSHA by their fed, state and local laws. Also miscellaneous bs like biling questions, complaints, etc.

now i get what your into. every week have a waste company, that comes to my shop and takes used anti-freeze, oil, and other biohazardous material. lol i remember we had a huge spill that went from the shop to a preserve and the landlord threatened us with OSHA.

does your company service smaller businesses too or is it mostly big organizations and such?

 

[Synful*Luv]

That would be hazardous waste you're talking about. Bio-hazardous is like body parts, blood, pathological waste, etc.

They do smaller businesses as well, but I don't deal with that at all. The customer service reps do that. They're pretty big, they are buying out their competition wicked fast. No one stands a chance against them. They are seriously buying a new company every week.

I want to get into their international acquisitions dept. They have locations in the UK, Germany, Netherlands and somewhere else, I forget, lol.

 

[Maverick]

That would be hazardous waste you're talking about. Bio-hazardous is like body parts, blood, pathological waste, etc.

They do smaller businesses as well, but I don't deal with that at all. The customer service reps do that. They're pretty big, they are buying out their competition wicked fast. No one stands a chance against them. They are seriously buying a new company every week.

I want to get into their international acquisitions dept. They have locations in the UK, Germany, Netherlands and somewhere else, I forget, lol.

mhm im retarted. body parts and shit. i deserve a neg rep...

sleepin lol,

pz.

 

[Bobby Sands]

Well, I dont see the point in doing a job that you hate. It doesnt matter how good the pay is, it would be soul destroying.

I think that you should take the offer of a permanent job and stick it out for a while and then ask them for a switch, especially if you need the job.

Aren't you starting college soon?

 

[Maverick]

Well, I dont see the point in doing a job that you hate.

money talks...

but then again i didnt go to college or anything :sad:

never say never though right

 

[Bobby Sands]

money talks...

but then again i didnt go to college or anything :sad:

never say never though right

Maybe to you it does.I would never stick a job that i hate even if the money was good.you might have a lot of money but you will still be unhappy.

 

[Maverick]

Maybe to you it does.I would never stick a job that i hate even if the money was good.you might have a lot of money but you will still be unhappy.

i agree with you and i think that enjoying what you do is important, i just think that in ways money does talk, but not always as loud as an enjoyable job. thats why i quitted UPS, money was nice but it wasnt fun.

 

[_carmi]

you should most probably suggest that you'd like to move in a new department in a near future and in the mean time stay where you are. since you are new, i hardly think they'll even move their little finger to move you somewhere else. i suggest you get your permanent status, wait a bit and then ask to advance in the company.

at least that's what i think, of course it changes from a company to another. maybe they have a procedure at your work place for advancing.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^Isnt that what i said?

 

[Synful*Luv]

You guys are missing the point although I appreciate the effort. I'm going to ask. I plan on asking. I need to know how to word it tactfully.

 

[_carmi]

^^Isnt that what i said?

maybe you have. i haven't read the whole thread. too lazy.

You guys are missing the point although I appreciate the effort. I'm going to ask. I plan on asking. I need to know how to word it tactfully.

right. i don't know how you could word it exactly, but you should mention how you think this company is great and how you'd like to be a bigger part in it and that you believe you can be helpful in another department that requires of you more work.

 

[Maverick]

You guys are missing the point .

i think you are too smart for us.

 

[Preach]

there is no special, "magic" way to tactfully word it so that it becomes a universal sentence of power lol. when you are asking for something that you want but know you are not guaranteed to have, your body language will show that you are humble. at the same time, if you speak with a confident voice and maintain eye contact with the interviewer, you give off the impression that you are a confident person. confident people are more suited for jobs than unconfident people. so be confident, but humble.

as to how you could word it exactly, i don't think you should plan out a phrase. have a few ideas of how to word yourself ready, but don't settle on a sentence that you save until the end of the interview. there's the possibility that they see straight through that. i know i do most of the time. it's easy to tell if a person practiced what he/she is saying or not.

"while i am very satisfied with my job, the office and the company itself, i feel that the position of <the job you want> is more right for me. i am more than capable of doing the job, i would be happier with that position, and in the end i think i would be a greater asset to the company that way."

do not try and be overpersistent. that's why i underlined the "i think". there's that one person in a million that can say "i'm gonna be the best employee you ever had, i'm, seriously, i'm great!" and get away with it, and possibly even get the job for having guts. but most of the time, employers are looking for a person who would be able to do what's right in every situation. that includes not getting too excited, too anxious, being too impatient, being too persistent, being too humble, being too this or that. they are looking for the ideal person, so be yourself, show confidence, show that you are humble and know your place in the world (as a person, not a woman lol, dont get me started on that aspect ) but like i said don't try and fake anything by practicing one-liners.