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But you're not impossible to promote... maybe you also don't think that but also don't cast yourself as that if you're remote. The boss is choosing to find you

But you're not impossible to promote... maybe you also don't think that but also don't cast yourself as that if you're remote. The boss is choosing to find you impossible to promote.

hunter-gatherer 3y ago
I get what he is saying though. Now that I work remote I am mich more content not making more money via promotions. There are costs to being fully remote, and if one of them is that my career progression is heavily stunted or even halted, I'm ok with that now, because I don't spend 1.5 hours in a car 5 days a week. Tradeoffs.
throwawaysleep 3y ago
I want to cast myself as that. With remote, I don't care if you invest in me. I don't care if I get along with co-workers. I desire no advancement. I am willing to work on the boring dreck of projects. Give me remote and you can screw up everything else. I am happy being a lifeless drone while remote.
- CBarkleyU 3y ago
  I might be the luckiest person in the world, but my first real job (full time), was during the pandemic and straight WFH (I have worked on premise for years before that. Part time, as a student). I feel such a good connection to my colleagues, some of whom I have never met in real life. Honestly thinking of inviting a few of them to my wedding. We always tattle before and after meetings, we have our own injokes, I've been welcomed and cared for really well as a new employee by them. Work is going really well, and even in stressful times I always feels like my colleagues have my back and I have theirs. And every once in a while when we do meet up, its like a family reunion. Jeez, now that I'm thinking about, I really do have struck gold. Maybe I should stick around a little longer before I make the jump to a (even) better paying job...
- smeej 3y ago
  I had a similar conversation with my newly hired manager recently. She was saying, "But you're so capable! I could sew your career going so many directions!" I told her I like what I do, and I love how little it demands of me. I have no desire whatsoever to devote more of my time and energy to work for the sake of more money or career "advancement." I'm perfectly content with the idea of continuing to do the same work for the same pay, as long as it keeps pace with inflation. There is nothing I want or need that I don't have or couldn't get as things are. My desires are right-sized for my role. And I'm not even a 6-figure earner. I just also don't want things that require it, like living in a major city or traveling. Don't try to force me forward into a role or life you think I should want just because I could have it. I already have what I want, and I wouldn't trade contentment for any of that stuff other people have.

But you're not impossible to promote... maybe you also don't think that but also don't cast yourself as that if you're remote. The boss is choosing to find you impossible to promote.

hunter-gatherer 3y ago

I get what he is saying though. Now that I work remote I am mich more content not making more money via promotions. There are costs to being fully remote, and if one of them is that my career progression is heavily stunted or even halted, I'm ok with that now, because I don't spend 1.5 hours in a car 5 days a week. Tradeoffs.

throwawaysleep 3y ago

I want to cast myself as that. With remote, I don't care if you invest in me. I don't care if I get along with co-workers. I desire no advancement. I am willing to work on the boring dreck of projects. Give me remote and you can screw up everything else. I am happy being a lifeless drone while remote.

CBarkleyU 3y ago
I might be the luckiest person in the world, but my first real job (full time), was during the pandemic and straight WFH (I have worked on premise for years before that. Part time, as a student). I feel such a good connection to my colleagues, some of whom I have never met in real life. Honestly thinking of inviting a few of them to my wedding. We always tattle before and after meetings, we have our own injokes, I've been welcomed and cared for really well as a new employee by them. Work is going really well, and even in stressful times I always feels like my colleagues have my back and I have theirs. And every once in a while when we do meet up, its like a family reunion. Jeez, now that I'm thinking about, I really do have struck gold. Maybe I should stick around a little longer before I make the jump to a (even) better paying job...
smeej 3y ago
I had a similar conversation with my newly hired manager recently. She was saying, "But you're so capable! I could sew your career going so many directions!" I told her I like what I do, and I love how little it demands of me. I have no desire whatsoever to devote more of my time and energy to work for the sake of more money or career "advancement." I'm perfectly content with the idea of continuing to do the same work for the same pay, as long as it keeps pace with inflation. There is nothing I want or need that I don't have or couldn't get as things are. My desires are right-sized for my role. And I'm not even a 6-figure earner. I just also don't want things that require it, like living in a major city or traveling. Don't try to force me forward into a role or life you think I should want just because I could have it. I already have what I want, and I wouldn't trade contentment for any of that stuff other people have.