Two things
Ok..I was just thinking about the title of my blog in relation to my blog entries. I'm not all that hyperactive in writing; but my mind can be very hyperactive in the thinking process. Wow I confuse myself with how quickly my mind bounces from one thing to the next...it can really be pretty amazing sometimes...and irritating.
Now onto other things...
I had a job interview yesterday but to understand it we have to go back in time a bit.
Out of college (an AAS degree) I got a job as a Graphic Designer for about two years and was laid off due to cut backs. By then I had a mortgage and needed to find the first job that would take me so I worked as an Administrative Assistant for a division of NIH Human Resources-as a contractor (not at all the Graphic Design I wanted to do). By then I got to know people and applied for a job as an Administrative Technician (bascially a mulitasking type position) to get into the government permanently. Never liked it but thought I would grow. By this time, the Graphic Design was a thing of the past. I had trouble getting things down and being able to multitask and because of this, I went home crying every night from my boss getting frustrated at me and yelling. I wasn't doing a bad job, I just wasn't picking things up quickly. Greg found me a job to lateral over into with another institute (same position, different office) so I took that and moved on. I still hated the job but loved anything that had to do with Procurement and Purchasing. After working in another office I didn't like, I decided to ask my boss for a detail to a Procurement office where I would work on one area instead of 5. I love it here now but am not permanent.
Here's my delimma. They want me in this office so they opened up a position to bring me in. When I applied for it I saw another position with more potential for a little bit of growth and applied to that as well (same position different office). The paperwork is almost done in my current office but the promotion potential isn't as great as the other office and that is the interview I had yesterday.
So...do I take a job with a slower paced office that I am extremely happy with and love the boss but does not have a whole lot of growth potential? Or do I take a job with a high paced office with sort of strict and mean people that has tons of room to grow in?
*sigh*
This is a tough one. I want to stay where I am so bad. They are moving me into my very own office here if I stay (no cubes anymore). They're even making sure my position can move up at least one more step but they can't make it any higher than that and I don't know what the future holds. I've never been this happy in a job before here in this office. I smile everyday and instead of going home and crying, I go home and tell Greg about how much I love it here.
There would be no question about it but I could use the money right now. We'll see what happens. Maybe I won't even get the other job. I only went on a interview yesterday and they still have tons of people to interview.
Now onto other things...
I had a job interview yesterday but to understand it we have to go back in time a bit.
Out of college (an AAS degree) I got a job as a Graphic Designer for about two years and was laid off due to cut backs. By then I had a mortgage and needed to find the first job that would take me so I worked as an Administrative Assistant for a division of NIH Human Resources-as a contractor (not at all the Graphic Design I wanted to do). By then I got to know people and applied for a job as an Administrative Technician (bascially a mulitasking type position) to get into the government permanently. Never liked it but thought I would grow. By this time, the Graphic Design was a thing of the past. I had trouble getting things down and being able to multitask and because of this, I went home crying every night from my boss getting frustrated at me and yelling. I wasn't doing a bad job, I just wasn't picking things up quickly. Greg found me a job to lateral over into with another institute (same position, different office) so I took that and moved on. I still hated the job but loved anything that had to do with Procurement and Purchasing. After working in another office I didn't like, I decided to ask my boss for a detail to a Procurement office where I would work on one area instead of 5. I love it here now but am not permanent.
Here's my delimma. They want me in this office so they opened up a position to bring me in. When I applied for it I saw another position with more potential for a little bit of growth and applied to that as well (same position different office). The paperwork is almost done in my current office but the promotion potential isn't as great as the other office and that is the interview I had yesterday.
So...do I take a job with a slower paced office that I am extremely happy with and love the boss but does not have a whole lot of growth potential? Or do I take a job with a high paced office with sort of strict and mean people that has tons of room to grow in?
*sigh*
This is a tough one. I want to stay where I am so bad. They are moving me into my very own office here if I stay (no cubes anymore). They're even making sure my position can move up at least one more step but they can't make it any higher than that and I don't know what the future holds. I've never been this happy in a job before here in this office. I smile everyday and instead of going home and crying, I go home and tell Greg about how much I love it here.
There would be no question about it but I could use the money right now. We'll see what happens. Maybe I won't even get the other job. I only went on a interview yesterday and they still have tons of people to interview.
posted by Karri-Berry at
5:16 AM
2 Comments:
Hm...This doesn't sound too tough to me: I say, stick with the job your happy with. It's not truly "dead end" in terms of growth potential, as they've said that you could still move up one more level, and are currently getting you into a permenant position and your own office. After another year or two, you could re-evaluate your position. But it's hard to find a job that you enjoy doing and are happy going to, and it sounds like the other job, while it has a few "pluses," might be the very type that sends you home crying. And in that case, you'd probably want out, despite the better pay.
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Dan, at 3:41 PM
I am leaning towards that. Greg wants me to be happy too but he worries that I will get sort of stuck here and not be able to move up later.
Your advice really helps. I haven't been offered the job and I may not get it but I will consider those things if that happens. Thanks Dan!!!
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Karri-Berry, at 5:17 PM
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