Year one of Covid we got our raises rolled back. I later found out VPs are under contract and they couldn’t roll back their raises. So we had to take it for the team.
I am an account manager in B2B sales. Our entire industry shut down so we essentially became a collection agency.
Our analytics department also had 100% turn over during this time due to piss poor management.
I became the de facto head analyst and team leader for the sales team for during Covid. I became project manager for everything. I developed entirely new sets of metrics for measuring the health of the market. Tracked all local laws and market closures/restrictions. Developed gross sales scenarios based on market closures or customer bankruptcies. I just created so many new data metrics and visualizations that brought us out of the dark ages.
On the sales front I developed new tools and reports to increase efficiency. I had to train members of the sales team new ways to operate.
I was brought in to develop so many ad-hoc reports because every priority changed overnight.
This is on top of all my daily duties. I worked day and night.
Corporate liked my work so much they had me write a 350 page PowerPoint/Book that gives detailed analysis of our industry, our company’s position with in it, and detailed department breakdowns and work flows.
My reward is I get to train my new boss/EVP with that book.
I got a token raise that at least makes up for the previous year’s roll back. I was told if I wanted to get promoted then I will need to impress my new boss. That I am training. With my book. Who calls daily looking for advice.