So I currently work at a bank that I’ve been at for 4.5 years and have aggressively been promoted within the company over my short tenure and I feel like another move could be coming, but I’m not sure as there are others in my role that have much more experience than I (20-30 years each compared to my 4.5 years) and I’m young… I’m only 29 and others are 40-62 years old. But here’s a little background:

Started 4.5 years ago as a part time teller while going to college (pursuing my degree in chemistry) as this was just supposed to be a summer job. Spent about 2 years in that role, then was promoted once I graduated with my chemistry degree to be a head teller and loan officer. After working in that role for 2 months, I was promoted to a Personal Banking Representative I where I held that role for 2 more months until I was promoted to be a Personal Banking Representative II at an other branch (same bank, different branch). While I was in that role, I put up MASSIVE production numbers, like unheard of numbers, and was promoted to be the Assistant Manager at another branch. As an Assistant Manager, I once again excelled and put up massive numbers while getting licensed for investment sales and got crazy production for Annuity sales as well as consumer loan production numbers.

I was an assistant manager and licensed investment banker at that branch for 10 months until I was promoted from within again to be a the Branch Manager of a different branch (same branch I was as the Personal Banking Rep II) after that manager quit. I still hold that same role as the branch manager and licensed banker for the past 1.5 years. I, and my team of 1 assistant manager and 4 tellers, are performing phenomenally. We are number 1 in our market of 11 branches in consumer loan production and we are also the smallest branch. Additionally, I run the only branch in the market where the Tellers and assistant manager are operating like the company wants… I coach everyone constantly on how to have the “sales” conversations and be a successful producing branch.

My boss (Market Manager) constantly tells me how proud of me she is and that I am her “success story” and she constantly brings my name up to the executive stating that I am essentially a godsend.

My boss, as the market manager, oversees 11 branches and has 11 branch managers who directly report to her. Her job isn’t to actually get production numbers herself, but to run our regional market and make sure each branch is doing their jobs and producing, coaching every branch manager, assistant manager, and teller. Very high stress job and a lot is on her plate.

Additionally, my market manager is the one who actually hired me on as a part time teller 4 years ago and has helped me move up. well she just turned 67 and I know retirement has been on her mind for the past couple years, but no one who’s when she will retire because she loves her job and the competition aspect of it.

well last week when I was talking to her on the phone, she told me that on a date 2 weeks away, she and her boss, our regional banking executive, are visiting my branch to see me and they are going to take me out to lunch so she told me to think of where I want to go but said to make sure it’s a nice and fancier restaurant. She said the reason for this visit and lunch. Is because I’m doing so well and mI have my team operating just how the company ideally wants a branch to operate and she told our director of consumer banking that everyone and other branches need to be more like me. ALSO. My regional banking executive who is also joining us for lunch, is coming from an hour away just for this.

So my thoughts are that I could possibly be up for a promotion to get my bosses market manager position… giving that her bday was 2 weeks ago and she’s now 67.

But I have the least amount of experience than all of the other Branch Managers who would want to apply for that position when she retires. I am the youngest at 29 and have only been in banking for 4.5 years, consumer lending for 2.5 years, business lender and branch manager for 1.5 years. Every other manager in my market is between 40 and 62 years old and has 10-30 years of banking experience.

Sorry for the long novel, but what are your thoughts on this?

TL;DR I have a feeling I could be up for a promotion due to my success in my roles and history of being promoted at an unheard of rate. But I am not sure because I’m the youngest by 10 to 30 years and everyone else has many more years of experience than I. Thoughts?