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- our team is a marketing consultancy, and we have a firm in another city we're looking to assist. my other teammates are moving, but i am staying put. they have to travel another 5 miles or so, whilst i do not.
- i have been giving more responsibilities on the job, and i spend most of my time on these now. so staying put is a boon.
i get the suspicion that some co-workers will get envious. how is this forestalled, or managed/dealt with?
- our team is a marketing consultancy, and we have a firm in another city we're looking to assist. my other teammates are moving, but i am staying put. they have to travel another 5 miles or so, whilst i do not.
- i have been giving more responsibilities on the job, and i spend most of my time on these now. so staying put is a boon.
i get the suspicion that some co-workers will get envious. how is this forestalled, or managed/dealt with?
The best way to manage the situation is to not presume you know what your coworkers think or feel about the situation--much less that they are envious of you.
the best way to manage the situation is to not presume you know what your coworkers think or feel about the situation--much less that they are envious of you.
I agree...it may be true that your coworkers will have negative feelings, but you can't control what they feel. Additionally, it's over something that you can't control. As the other guy said, if you're met with (whatever), tell them that the decision was made by your boss and that's that. You don't really owe them an explanation, but if you feel you have to...
You only control your own work, your work quality, quantity and your own attitude. Be the professional you want and need to be and don't concern yourself with others' feelings, which you have no control over.
- our team is a marketing consultancy, and we have a firm in another city we're looking to assist. my other teammates are moving, but i am staying put. they have to travel another 5 miles or so, whilst i do not.
- i have been giving more responsibilities on the job, and i spend most of my time on these now. so staying put is a boon.
i get the suspicion that some co-workers will get envious. how is this forestalled, or managed/dealt with?
5 miles isn't that far. Are you sure that they will be traveling an additional 5 miles? Could some of them live closer to the other firm? Would your co-workers trade you jobs? Maybe they see your additional responsibilities as something that they don't want to do. I bet that you will also find people that think you are getting the bad end of the stick. You are being forced to stay while they get to work at the other firm.
Don't take this situation for what your emotions are and how you think you would feel if you were in their group.
I was in this situation previously (ironically it was also a marketing setting), I worked with a law firm that had a big merger, two marketing departments became one but never really did. There was constant imbalance of workload, jealousy, favoritism, and people leaving/being replaced at an exorbitant rate. Many people began showing the signs on stress and those who thought they were in a good spot realized they weren't after all. People were constantly defending their positions and their allies.
Keep an eye on how the teams develop and try to always find yourself in the winning group.
Don't worry about things you can't control. Do your job and worry about important stuff.
(by the way I really don't understand the whole moving/5 miles/staying put thing - very confusing)
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