when is the right time to move on?

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She is lucky enough to get a great start of her career, and at tender age of 24 she ended up playing important roles in regional marketing one of most desirable IT Corporation in the world.

The perfect combination of being at right place at right time, sheer handwork open and positive attitude has done wonders to her career in short span of time.

But now her success become part of problem and she do not know where to stop, she is responsible for:-

  1. Marketing manager for an important country.
  2. Implementation of a new process she devises, and adopted by company as Standard Operating Process (they call it best practices) in the APAC region.
  3. Mentoring a regional managers (her previous assignment but now temporally supervising the person replaced her).
  4. Unfortunately one of her boss a director diagnosed with cancer, asked her to get involve in her work as well (as she wanted her be responsible during her absence).

Except 1, all other jobs are given to her informally and might not even part of her KPI although would help to enrich her experience greatly.

She very happy for success, also appreciate seniors who gave these great opportunities to her. But recently feeling a bit disillusioned due to certain issues:-

  1. Although she is working at managerial roles, and she but due to HR polices she could not be promoted that fast, resulting her to remaining at lower employment slab (was told it would take 1-2 more years)
  2. Also realized that she is more capable to do strategic work then execution, thus want to find opportunities which could put her in that direction.

It is really difficult dilemma, at one side she does not want to leave, as nowhere else she would get kind of opportunities given to her, plus feel morally liable to stay till the boss return back to office after successful treatment.

On other side feels unhappy about her compensation (as there is not chance of rapid increment because of policy reason, i it is normal practice for people to leave the company only returning back after year on 200% larger package), and may be her desire to experience different things.

I am wondering if she decided to move on, at what extent she would be able cash on her current profile. I am sure she could get more money but, at age of 24 would market give her senior role she is performing right now?

If we take money out of equation, then considering her status in the company, wouldn’t it better for her to stay on a find an internal opportunity which make her even more valuable for job market at later stage?

Again given her situation, when is the right time to move on?

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Re: when is the right time to move on?

TIpu Jee .. I think she should stick to the firm a little longer if she feels this firm has acknowledged her and given her opportunities in the past. I think its natural for young professionals to feel over confident in their early career. What they must remember is that where ever they go ,they will feel the same way after a bit of time. If the current company has room to grow her and develop her, she should remain with them for the time time. he is only 24, no more then 2-3 years since she might have started her career... there's so much to learn and a long way to go before she will be considered for senior executive roles , experience comes with time and there is no shortcut to it.

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Re: when is the right time to move on?

Thanks CB.