Awsome new job with more money but crap title

katiesss

So,
I worked as a infrastructure consultant in my last role and being offered a role,
i being unemployed for 4 months but i have alot of money saved up and money is not a issue.

I recieved a job offer and its 80k a year and is 18k more than what i was making in my old place.

the thing is it is a real engineers role but the job title is called Support engineer.
I feel like i will be taking a step backwards as titles go because when i started my career i had the support title and come along way.

what do you guys think?

honest opinion please.
Also i have a guilt issue and do not want to lie on my resume even if my title is called support egineer i dont wanna lie and say the title i was given was engineer

iBrokeIT

The title means nothing, the responsibilities and duties mean everything.

Take the fat increase in salary with the new position, kick ass at it and after a few months during an evaluation ask for a title change if it is still bothering you.

Personally, I think you are hung up on a petty ego thing and can't see the pot of gold in front of you. (honest)

H3||scr3am

Yes, titles mean nothing, I mean C levels are something, but otherwise, I believe a role is defined by the duties, You could be a Vice President at a start up and have 25 people reporting to you for your division, but then you move to an MNC and have 100 people reporting to you but you're a manager... it's a difference of scale and responsibility.

Most start ups hand out titles like candy, to try and entice skilled workers for startup salaries, so if it's a serious position and has similar responsibilities, or roles that you would be proud to be accountable for, then focus on that and not the title, the pay increase is just a bonus.

MeanDrunkR2D2

Title means jack squat. What you do is what matters as does what you get paid. Take it and of course after you have been there you could speak with your manager about how the title seems a bit off-putting as the support designation makes it sound lower level than what it is.

That said, Congrats! Work hard, and you'll not worry about such a title as they may move you up into something even better with a corresponding title that may be more of an ego boost.

PJ_Sneakers

Now that's a first world problem.

jibbajabba

Job titles .. that was interesting back in the day when there was just "System Administrator" - which meant you know I.T.

Nowadays companies make up titles as they go along.

Examples, I hold the below job "titles" but in all jobs, I did the exact same thing (brackets means I hold these titles in addition at some point)

1. (Senior) System Administrator
2. (Senior) (Technical) Analyst
3. I.T Engineer
4. Implementations Engineer
5. Technical Support Engineer
6. Infrastructure (Analyst) Engineer

and what did I do ? Jack-of-all-trade stuff

1. Fixing Mail accounts
2. Install servers
3. Fix other random stuff
4. Shout at Project Managers
5. Clean mouse balls (remember those?)

and the list goes on. In fact, the "lowest" of my tasks was in a job where I had the most interesting title once - Senior Infrastructure Engineer. That was when I fixed mouse balls and crawled under tables trying to explain people to stop kicking out power cables of monitors.


Just don't care about titles any more. Now I am Senior Consultant and I still do implementation / design / architecture / Project Management.

The most important thing : Have a decent CV / resume where you actually explain what you have done.

Here an example of roles I hold and what I have done - see what I mean ?

Zorodzai

PJ_Sneakers wrote: »

Now that's a first world problem.

You literally read my mind...............

anhtran35

I understand his concern. When he applies for another position in 2 years, he believes that his job title looks like a demotion. Don't worry about it. The job responsibilities should describe your activity. Additionally, you can state it in the interview. Often times a company will give you a title that doesn't make sense but sounds cool to the HR Director.

IIIMaster

I dont see a big deal man. If your job title is big deal you can always find one that has your desired title.

Pupil

It is a pretty terrible tit.e I'm guessing this company does something like Support Technician, Support Analyst, Support Engineer, then finally Support Architech.

Levithan

I don't even understand how you can ask this question?!

Money talks, titles don't. You've been unemployed for 4 months and are now getting offered a job making 18k more than you did before. There are many people in this word that would give up practically everything to be in your position.

And seriously, if anyone asks at your next job interview, simply explain that the title was not in line what your actual job duties were. Its as simple as that.

--chris--

Job titles mean nothing to me.

The job I hired into that has me doing general JOAT duties was labeled as "technical account manager" in the job posting. Its not because I am a customer service rep, but because my employer puts a heavy emphasis on customer service and wanted to attract people with "soft skills" over people with technical skills lacking soft skills.

We are allowed free reign of the titles we use on linkedin/etc...but at that point, what does a title even mean? We should really boil it down to "IT Generalist" and "IT Specialist". Either you do a little of everything or you do a lot of a few things.

Cyberscum

I could see if it were a case where you are the lead janitorial custodian engineer… and your employer only gave you the “janitor” label. But in your case I would not worry about it.

RomBUS

I believe anyone with more experience than help desk would ignore "Help Desk" anything in the title

Titles mean something to everyone until they have reached a certain point in their career I think

N2IT

Non issue

markulous

I wouldn't care if my job title was "King of Farts" if I'm getting a pay increase and getting more responsibilities.

Kinet1c

On your linkedin/CV/resume, just be sure to outline your work in great detail.