Job Titles???

techtime

So I am currently a team lead and as some of you have seen i have been offered a position managing some people at a new company. While reading through the offer I noticed that the title is senior support specialist instead of manager. Is this something I should bring up or just go on my merry way?

Essendon

At first glance, it looks like the title shouldnt matter. It's just a nomenclature your company has adopted. But it also comes to mind that if/when you decide to move on and you applied for a managerial position, you'd have a leg up if your title said "Support Manager" or something. I dont think there's any harm with asking for a review of the title, but dont push it too much; sometimes these titles are hard to change and you've just started.

instant000

I would bring it up. Titles are tied into pay scales at companies (at least, that was the excuse from human resources at my last job) ...

Devilsbane

instant000 wrote: »

I would bring it up. Titles are tied into pay scales at companies (at least, that was the excuse from human resources at my last job) ...

You can definitely bring it up, but I wouldn't expect much out of it. I'm sure they have intentionally worded it this way and will give you some lame excuse as to why it is the way it is.

But maybe it is something that they genuinely overlooked and would be willing to work some things out. Never hurts to ask.

Everyone

Does the position require you to do reviews or evaluations on other employees? If not, it's not a manager, and having "Senior" in the title sounds right. You can direct the work of others (i.e. assign tasks) as a "Senior" anything, sometimes the title will be "Lead", without being a "Manager" or "Supervisor" Manager/Supervisor typically has more non-technical responsabilities, like making schedules, making hiring/firing decisions, writing annual reviews, etc. Senior/Lead doesn't do any of that, but can usually tell others below them what they need to be doing.