Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Edging towards a precipice
Ever since deciding that staying at my current job would not be good for me, I’ve been searching for something else. Not a whole lot out there. However I got a couple of nibbles quite recently! One said they would schedule me for a second interview when time permitted. That was two weeks ago, so I guess time hasn’t permitted. I’ve sent cheerful followup emails so I know they didn’t forget me.
The second prospect is even more promising! The pay is much better, BUT they want me to start part-time, sort of a trial period. If they like me they may hire me full time, with a significant increase in pay. Having a mortgage to worry about, I of course can’t just subsist on a part-time paycheck. So rather than jump out of this job and into part-time, or worse, decline the opportunity altogether, I’ve decided to negotiate with my current employer and see if they’ll switch me to part time.
It feels like rather than jumping off the cliff I’m edging towards it and peeking over, hoping to engineer a rope to ease myself down instead of freefalling. If my current employer agrees to switching me to part time, then I’m all set! If for some reason the opportunity doesn’t turn into a full-time position, then I can ease back into full-time at the old job. However the workload at the old job requires a full-time person, so I’m not sure my plan will work. My supervisor has told me that he’s going to try lobbying that for me.
If it doesn’t work out though… well, I’m going to have to take a flying leap of faith that this opportunity will expand into a full-time position for me. Either my parachute will open I will splatter at the bottom. This current job is dragging me down with all the crap that goes on here. The CEO is crazy and unethical, and I don’t want to be a part of helping such a person succeed. We’ll see what happens…
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