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Unpopular opinion: getting passed over for that lead spot in Denver was the best thing for my career
I got passed over for a team lead job back in March at my company's Denver office, and I was pretty upset about it for a week straight. I asked my manager what I was missing, and she said I was great at the work but had zero experience running a project from start to finish. So instead of sulking, I asked to take over a small client rollout that nobody wanted, just 3 accounts and a tiny budget. Six months later that project grew into 11 accounts and I got a $7,200 raise without even changing titles. Sometimes the door closing is the whole point, right?
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william_harris3d ago
Got turned down for a supervisor gig at my warehouse job about four years ago and felt like garbage for a month. My boss told me the same thing basically, that I could do the work but never ran anything on my own. So I volunteered to take over the night shift inventory mess that everyone hated. Two years later I was running a crew of nine and making more than the guy who got the job I wanted. It stung at the time but man were they right about me not being ready yet. That $7,200 raise is no joke either, glad it worked out for you.
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