So let's just say something crazy is going on at work and there might be some promoting going on. And let's just say that there's an outside chance I could get promoted. Or somebody else.

And for fear that this is all going to get me in trouble (hi, Samela), I am quite torn. On the one hand, a promotion would be pretty nice in that it definately is a sign of a job well done and of appreciation. And that's always nice to get. It might also mean more money (which is always nice) and the knowledge that I actually did get a promotion at something I did, which has never happened to yours truly. On the other hand, it would mean much more responsibility and having to deal with things I don't want to deal with. Like hiring/firing people. Or laying them off. Or having to write employer evaulations or having to constantly be in the middle of conflicts. I am quite happy doing what I'm doing and quite content. I do not even know if I have the "bandwidth" to take on more responsiblity as my job is quite busy and I have other things to contend with during the day. A friend of mine once told me he had a general rule of quitting every job he had the moment it looked like he was going to take on managerial responsibilities. I thought it was one of the wiser things I had ever heard.

Then again, if there is promoting going on and it's not me, that'll make for one cranky, bitter Jon. Because it's kind of a diss in a way. It's kind of a "you do great work, but X does better work." Which would hurt that much more because I do have seniority in our little group. If I don't get it, it'll be doing the "if I did this, I would have gotten it" or "I shouldn't have done this and should have done that instead" thing. I hate doing that thing.

In other words, either way, it won't be good.

Unless, of course, they don't promote anybody.

Fingers? Crossed.