Interesting changes at work
My current (temporary interim) boss asked me today which path I wanted to follow. Apparently I was the only one of the four of us he asked. Our Additional Business team is going to be breaking into two groups:
Group #1
H/R
Portal
Benefit Accruals
(As you may recall, Benefit Accruals are the bane of my existance.)
Group #2
Management Reports
Everything else
It was a tough call because I love H/R, Portal and Management Reports. I think the H/R & Portal pieces are higher profile and more "important" to the company so it was really a factor. I want the exposure, of course. But on the other hand, the Management Report side allows a specialization. (I wouldn't be able to specialize in HR/Portal and avoid BA's.) At least in Group #2, I'll be able to stick solely with the MR's.
I wheedled some other information of him -- what the weighted point allocations would be. It turns out (at least based on those numbers) that I would have a better shot at making bonus easy-peasy. The HR/Portal would be worth about 55 pts. Another 47 pts for the BA's so 102 pts all-in. The HR/Portal would take minimum 2.5 hrs plus follow-up over two or three months. BA's (for me) usually last two months or longer. (I loathe those suckers.)
Some MR's can take as few as ten minutes. I can whip through MR's like nobody's business. A complex one is 157 pts; intermediate is 79 pts; basic is 8 pts. Even if my T99 reports (less than 10 mins each) come in at 8 pts, that whole team is trained to bring them to me so that's an easy 40-50 pts a month right there for barely any work at all.
The trick will be seeing what they set our weighted point goals at for each quarter. Who knows - I may have screwed myself! LOL
Oh yeah, in case it wasn't obvious, I went for the MR speciality within Group #2 because it seemed like a better opportunity to make bonus. Heh.