The Doctor is IN!

I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW TOMORROW!

But first let me give some background:
Before coming to said company where I am sitting now (no names, but it is the #1 financial institution… in the world I am pretty sure) We will call this company Gobbleemup Bank. I was at another said company (no names, but it is a company that has been in business since the stone ages and invented the catalog ordering process..huh hum.. again no names mentioned) We will call this company Ears & Hiccup.

OK So I loved working at Ears & Hiccup in their credit dept. I worked there for 10 years and worked my way up to a career I am not in and enjoy. I loved the dept I was in as it was a very close-knit group, my boss was not a micromanager…more like a good ole’ boy etc etc. The people had been there forever and loved their jobs and this made for a GREAT atmosphere to work in! I was even considered the baby with my 8 years on tenure!

So anyway Ears & Hiccup was doing some restructuring and laying-off (little did we know it was to sell to Gobbleemup Bank) so to help me avoid the layoff I was Moved/promoted to the Job I am in right now, but in the Atlanta Office. This job is OK, it is doing the same type work and I still get to see what is left of my old group so it makes it enjoyable. Then the sale takes place and Gobbleemup Bank comes in and says OK we now own you and are laying everyone off, and here is your package. (this was an EXCELLENT package so no complaints!!) (if you ever get laid off hope you are with Gobbleemup Bank as they do at least treat you right) So anyway Gobbleemup Bank offers my spouse and I a comparable job AND the beautiful package if we will move to Texas. The jobs offered would put me in the exact same role (the new one) I am in with Ears & Hiccup and with the promise of advancement for my husband.

Since my spouse is the breadwinner and we are looking for me to be out of the workforce when kids come a long, it was in our best interest to follow the job for him. So we moved here with the intention that as soon as he was promoted, if I wanted I could start looking for employment elsewhere. It took 3 months longer than we anticipated for his promotion to come through but it did! YEAH… He is happy as ants on a log (or whatever that stupid saying is…he is happy anyway) BUT during this long haul of waiting for the promotion to become available I discovered I did not really care for the people I was working with. I enjoy the associates, but most of the management was something to be seen!! My boss on one hand is great! She is really nice and is great about leaving me to handle projects on my own, letting me start new ideas, very flex on the time off etc. She is NEVER here, well hardly, which allows me freedom or at least the feeling of it. I am still here at my assigned times, but if I am 5 minutes late I have no worries. Now the rest of the staff…let’s just say I swallowed my unhappiness and made the situation bearable for myself by starting new projects and volunteering for things with in the dept that I liked doing. This of course was GREAT to my boss who loves my self -starter attitude!

So all of that to let you know, I am actively posting for other jobs within the company. My boss is aware of this. I have been very upfront with her in letting her know my feelings (she is a woman boss and this “feelings” thing is very new for me. I am a woman and used to think that working for men was the pits! They forget your work anniv, your birthday, etc etc etc, but little did I know that working for a woman can run the risk of “Feelings”!! Just a beware to all of you!) So anyway I am posting. Also to let you know…. I moved here with very little confidence in this new company being able to handle the portfolio I am in. Ears & Hiccup has sold this portfolio (or at least the small portion I am in now) before and it was so Unsuccessful they bought it back, but are now trying it again. So anyway, my husband and I moved here with the intention of getting out of the Ears & Hiccup portfolio and into another dept with in Gobbleemup Bank. (the portfolio I am in is just a small piece of the BIG portfolio. The BIG portfolio is the MAJOR breadwinner and has Gobbleemup Bank kissing Ears & Hiccup’s butts! But not us here in the small group…they are wishing they could dump us off (we do not make $$, but cost A LOT) In fact they are working on a plan, as you read this, to disband the dept into pieces to put it with other groups and to rework the portfolio so it will be a money maker.

Long story short…I am posting and tomorrow have an interview I am very excited about. The dept would be within a dept that every company HAS TO HAVE and if for some unbelievable reason Gobbleemup Bank decided to pull out of this market (No WAY though as we are the backup to New York) but IF they decided to pull out then the dept would be the last to go!!!
So I have this interview tomorrow (that is pretty much a given since the person called and asked my boss if she could have me). My boss knows about it….she calls me in her office today to ask me about when it is, who it’s with etc. She then asks me, no pressure, IF she were going to a position that she would need me for would I like to come? AND she is putting it out to her whole team to just make them aware!






Hummmm, I am not sure about this as it posses a dilemma. I am not really excited about the managers now that I work for, but one of my main problems has found a job in another dept and will be leaving in a month.

Staying with my boss Pros:
I am “comfortable” here
I know my boss
I have started many projects that I LOVE.
I have freedom to come and go as I please

Cons:
No advancement (but I am looking to be out of the work force in 2 to 3 years hopefully!)
Management attitude will more than likely remain the same

New Job Pros:
excellent learning opportunity
could lead to more advancement
Stable Job
Smaller group
Should be a more professional group
In the same office as spouse (we have always worked in the same building and since the promotion we have missed each other at lunch and this will help with carpooling since gas has SKY RICHOTED)


Cons:
New boss could be a horror
Smaller group


Not sure what else, but I think that is all I have to say on the matter! WHEW!

SNOOPY