Post by G on Jan 26, 2011 18:01:39 GMT -5
As noted in my drawing thread, I would imagine the picture I did will either be my last one or my next to last one for awhile. The reason why is I won't have the time to occupy myself drawing while I talk to customers because very soon I will no longer be talking to customers (so cool).
I've had a blessed week. I applied for a job locally about 2 weeks ago. About 4 days later I was called for an interview. I interviewed a week ago today and yesterday I was offered the position provided I pass a drug screen, which I did today. I was emailed an offer sheet today and I have signed and returned it. I put in my 2 weeks with my current job yesterday. I officially start my new job on Feb 9.
Lots of pluses with this job. I still have weekends off, I'm in a beautiful brand new office complex that I didn't even know existed. It's gorgeous. My current job is in a gross building and is not very clean. I hate it. It's nasty. Plus people eat cooked meals at their desk (which is amazingly allowed) and the stench from some of these meals can be god awful. No, this place is clean and no shabbiness in the staff either. Everyone dressed professional. It looks like a higher caliber of people. I spend half my days now being disgusted. This feels so much different. Not only that, I'm going to be learning a new skill that once I learn it, should keep me employable to other locations. I will not be talking to customers. I will get to go to my desk and dive into my work.
Best of all, it is 4 miles from my house!!!
I used to travel 2 hrs every work day and now I will travel maybe 15 minutes round trip max. I have to go through a total of 2 traffic lights. Id spend more time going to the drugstore.
About the only real negative I can think of is I won't have 3 days off a week anymore. But this also means I'll be home at reasonable hrs. My days should actually feel kinda short compared to what I go through now.
Plus, I have to learn my position and prove I can do it. So, they'll be the pressure to perform at something I've never done. But, I'm confident I can do it. I'm rather in shock right now so forgive me for being a bit in glee. I haven't experienced much in the last 3-4 years. The experience of quitting a job I had been at for 11 years, had reached a high level and made good money, only to feel like I needed to go was a life changing moment. Spending the next 15 months unemployed was even worse. Yeah, I brought it upon myself. But I had to find a way to survive it. Exactly 1 year ago yesterday (the day I got hired for this job a year later), I started a job I took more for need than want. It became obvious pretty quick that I wasn't going to like this job. But rather than quit again (which was a huge desire), I waited it out and finally I have another job to go to. This certainly feels like an improvement over last time. I still know people who have been out of jobs and still cant get one. I certainly relate and feel for their position.
My wife got let go unexpectedly from the same job I quit in 2008 back in 2004 when really that job took a major turn for the worst when they let 32 of some of our best and brightest go. It was devastating to my wife and since then she has had 3 jobs. The first was necessity. It got her/us by. She didn't like it. She move onto the next job because it was an upgrade in many ways. This job prepared her for where she is now. Her 3rd job has her now much higher than she was when she got let go of undeservedly in 2004. She's kinda been my inspiration for leaving my job in 2008. I'm not going to say I'm going to meet with the same success she did. But I also can't say I haven't paid the prices for going through these game changing experiences. I'm hoping its going to lead to bigger and better things. Only time will tell.
Unfortunately, it probably means I won't be drawing as much as I was. I guess this means I'm going to finally have to get me a drawing desk at home in the moderate future.
Anyway, I'm happy to be leaving my little hell-hole . I'm crossing my fingers that I've actually found something good.
I've had a blessed week. I applied for a job locally about 2 weeks ago. About 4 days later I was called for an interview. I interviewed a week ago today and yesterday I was offered the position provided I pass a drug screen, which I did today. I was emailed an offer sheet today and I have signed and returned it. I put in my 2 weeks with my current job yesterday. I officially start my new job on Feb 9.
Lots of pluses with this job. I still have weekends off, I'm in a beautiful brand new office complex that I didn't even know existed. It's gorgeous. My current job is in a gross building and is not very clean. I hate it. It's nasty. Plus people eat cooked meals at their desk (which is amazingly allowed) and the stench from some of these meals can be god awful. No, this place is clean and no shabbiness in the staff either. Everyone dressed professional. It looks like a higher caliber of people. I spend half my days now being disgusted. This feels so much different. Not only that, I'm going to be learning a new skill that once I learn it, should keep me employable to other locations. I will not be talking to customers. I will get to go to my desk and dive into my work.
Best of all, it is 4 miles from my house!!!
I used to travel 2 hrs every work day and now I will travel maybe 15 minutes round trip max. I have to go through a total of 2 traffic lights. Id spend more time going to the drugstore.
About the only real negative I can think of is I won't have 3 days off a week anymore. But this also means I'll be home at reasonable hrs. My days should actually feel kinda short compared to what I go through now.
Plus, I have to learn my position and prove I can do it. So, they'll be the pressure to perform at something I've never done. But, I'm confident I can do it. I'm rather in shock right now so forgive me for being a bit in glee. I haven't experienced much in the last 3-4 years. The experience of quitting a job I had been at for 11 years, had reached a high level and made good money, only to feel like I needed to go was a life changing moment. Spending the next 15 months unemployed was even worse. Yeah, I brought it upon myself. But I had to find a way to survive it. Exactly 1 year ago yesterday (the day I got hired for this job a year later), I started a job I took more for need than want. It became obvious pretty quick that I wasn't going to like this job. But rather than quit again (which was a huge desire), I waited it out and finally I have another job to go to. This certainly feels like an improvement over last time. I still know people who have been out of jobs and still cant get one. I certainly relate and feel for their position.
My wife got let go unexpectedly from the same job I quit in 2008 back in 2004 when really that job took a major turn for the worst when they let 32 of some of our best and brightest go. It was devastating to my wife and since then she has had 3 jobs. The first was necessity. It got her/us by. She didn't like it. She move onto the next job because it was an upgrade in many ways. This job prepared her for where she is now. Her 3rd job has her now much higher than she was when she got let go of undeservedly in 2004. She's kinda been my inspiration for leaving my job in 2008. I'm not going to say I'm going to meet with the same success she did. But I also can't say I haven't paid the prices for going through these game changing experiences. I'm hoping its going to lead to bigger and better things. Only time will tell.
Unfortunately, it probably means I won't be drawing as much as I was. I guess this means I'm going to finally have to get me a drawing desk at home in the moderate future.
Anyway, I'm happy to be leaving my little hell-hole . I'm crossing my fingers that I've actually found something good.
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. And the work seems good enough to feed my mind and not make me want to kill people (no customers to speak to at all). I just need to learn it and go to work and dive in each day. Just me and the work (and the views!) 
