How Can I Decline A Position In My Company, Without Commiting Career Suicide?

I have found the niche I want to be in and have no real deisre to change positions in the company. However, my management wishing to assist and move along my career, have recomended me to another position in my company that leads to management track. I have no desire to be in management, yet to refuse could insult those who hold my career in hand, should I decide make a change or desire advancement, raises etc

6 comments to How Can I Decline A Position In My Company, Without Commiting Career Suicide?

  • sophieb

    you don’t want to burn any bridges so take what’s offered. If you don’t take it you will be buttonholed and then left out of the grape vine and find yourself eventually looking at them from the outside. I don’t think you want to do that.

  • omshantt

    Start looking for another similar job with another company just in case your superiors don’t take your rejection kindly.
    Honesty is best in this case, tell them you don’t want to change and you want to stay because you love it.

  • dragonfi

    you and only you hold your career in yuor hand not them
    with that in mind as long as you FEAR management
    you will be a yes man and do as they say, not as you think you should dowith that in mind start looking now
    take the promotion ( for now )
    then quit when the job comes in

  • myhoneyl

    You need to set a side a time and talk one on one with your Manager, or whom ever is your supervisor and honestly let him or her know exactly how you feel in the position you are already in. But, be as tasteful and poliet as possible.
    I do not believe in kissing ***..excuse my french, but, when you find a position that you like and enjoy, you can only be affective for that company in that area. They are mature enough to understand this, and you need to really stand up for your position.
    They may believe you could excel in another area of the company, but, you know what you are able to do and how well you perform.
    Let them know, that you are not being arrogant, or trying to insult anyone, by all means no, but state that you are very comfortable in the position that you are in because you feel you can be a great asset to the company if you stay where you are at.
    It does not mean you do not want to grow with the company, you just love the position you are already in and would rather them extend that offer to someone who will be alot more interested in the position.
    Believe it or not, Management likes it when they have an employee that stands up for themselves and are not threaten by scare tactics..Most people would just go for the position and become miserable..And Management knows who kisses butt and who does not..which is good, because if you do not, they respect you more and realize that they have an employer that would represent the company in a good way.
    Hey, they need you, just as much as you need them. So, have confidence in yourself, and be truthful, do not sugar coat what you want and want not to do. Let them know how you feel. You already know how they feel.
    Do you want to work in a position being happy or be promoted to a position that you will grow to hate and end up quitting? Think about your options, weigh out your pro’s and con’s and make that decision!

  • Jimmy

    come up with a reasonable excuse to why you think your position suits you better…
    for example…an engineer loves what he/she does and would not submit to managerial duties (no matter what price tag is put on it).
    you just gotta go with what your heart is telling you…

  • TuyoMio.

    Work is a matter of environment: You start knowing little, then you know enough, then you may know too much. At the third step, you are suppose to be promoted and open spaces for the ones behind you.
    US corporate culture is not about feeling confortable or happy.. its about productivity. Thats why the US is so competitive at jobs.
    If the ones involved on your career evolution want to promote you, they should… exceot that something is going wrong…. and in your case you are not accepting the fact of the corporate ladder. You are becoming an undesirable obstacle because you are not in tune with the way organigrams move in the US.
    If youi where in scandinavia or Japan… things could be as you want them.. but the US is about money, not happiness.
    You shoud read a copy of the old book Peter’ s Principle. He says that if you are being promoted when feeling confy at a position, you will be miserable and reach your incompetence level. That is a plague in the US. You find so many executives that hate their job, that try to hide behind the local country club their unhappiness….
    But you, my friend, from our point of view, are the great menace to the common system > you are confortable and feel simple good!
    You should choose between happiness and money.

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