I’ve been in HR for 12 years working my way up from the bottom and I can’t help but feel like I’ve had some major setbacks or made bad decisions due to where I’m at today.
For context, I started out as an office manager/HR coordinator, went to a small start up as HR coordinator then promoted to HR analyst, went to a larger healthcare company specializing in HRIS, got into a new industry for HRIS/HR Ops then did a huge pivot into DEI. Things were great until the current administration shut all the work down and my job disappeared. I then found a new job and pivoted to HRBP making less money and still stuck at the same mid level for almost 4 years.
At this point I’ve had no management experience and know how to do many things but I’m not an expert in any one thing. HR friends, did I make the wrong choices? I feel like I’ve been in the game for a while and should have more to show for it.