Looking for advice from you wise working moms ;)

NatnDyl

I am a paralegal.  Our firm reprsents several big banks, but we are not in-house counsel.  My supervisor's last day was yesterday, but she was checked out for the last 2 weeks. I've been here 3 years and everyone else has been here 1 year or less. I was hopeful that I would get her job and a nice salary increase, instead upper management eliminated her position. But I've heard through the grapevine, they plan to fill her position when it seems necessary, which is code for waiting until everything is going down in flames and then offering me the promotion.

In the meantime, I have too many clients pulling me in all different directions and everyone else in the department is asking me for the help they would usually get from our supervisor. Management has a long history of overloading everyone with too much work, ignoring requests for assistance, and then being mad when inevitably something falls through the cracks.

At this point, its not about the money or the title for me, even if I don't get the promotion, the supervisor position was necessary. Is there anything I can do now? Or do I just wait for the s*** to hit the fan?

aglenn

I've been in a similar position...it sucks.  I would at least make sure you have a conversation with whoever you report to now about your concerns so they can't claim not to be aware that there are problems if/when something goes wrong.  It is also totally legit to ask that person what the plan is going forward so that he/she has to think about it and have a plan. 

shouldbworkin

I would talk to your boss about it, for starts. what is the culture like there?  If people work hard, are they rewarded with raises and promotions?  If so, then I would assume the role so that they can see you're a good fit for it and get the raise/promotion you deserve.  But, that is really company specific.  At my company, it would work that way.  If it doesn't work out, you can always put it on your resume that you have been supervising, etc. and get a higher ranking job for more money somewhere else.

carig63

Document, document, document. Save every email you send about having too much to do. Print the meeting requests and take notes on them, then scan and save electronically in addition to the paper copy. If you can present a history that shows you needed more help, you've at least got a leg to stand on. I learned this the hard way.