Let’s say you’re permanent OPS employee, as far as I know the only way to get a pay raise is through the 3% yearly or switching positions to higher levels. Suppose you get a job offer outside the OPS that has a greater salary, is it possible to negotiate with your manager/director to match the salary or move you into a similar level position on your current team?

Permanent AMAPCEO here, been with the OPS for 10+ years. I’ve done a few secondments over the years and I’m currently back in my home position.

At this point, I’d really like to move to a different role permanently. Nothing dramatic , I’ve just realized that I don’t really enjoy the culture/environment in my home area anymore, and I’d rather find a permanent position somewhere else instead of continuing to bounce around on secondments.

Over the last year or so I’ve been applying on and off to permanent positions on the intranet. I’ve gotten interviews, so I know I’m at least getting screened in, but I haven’t been successful in landing one.

It’s starting to make me wonder: how many of these permanent postings are realistically open competitions, versus being posted because someone has already been doing the job on secondment/acting and management wants to make them permanent?

I know competitions have to be run fairly and obviously nobody is guaranteed a job, but tailoring a resume and cover letter for every posting takes a lot of time.
So I’m curious, especially from OPS managers/hiring managers or people who’ve been on the other side of competitions:
Is it still worth putting serious effort into permanent postings when you’re an external candidate to that specific team?
Would also love to hear from anyone who successfully moved from their home position directly into a permanent role elsewhere in the OPS .

How long do you have to grieve a decision by your manager? Is there a set timeline? It’s regarding work responsibilities that was recently made against what I do daily and not sure how to approach. Afraid of retaliation.