Things are looking up.

[squeequeg]

I have been offered a job with ConHugeCo. Not the one I first interviewed for, but the one I got referred to because I impressed the interviewer.

And I've accepted.

It won't be riveting work, but it's good, and it pays quite a bit more than I'm earning now. Part of that is the longer schedule, but in this case I think it'll actually help. It's a 10-6, M-F schedule, and I intend to use the extra time in the morning to write. A scheduled, set time that's just for writing will help me get off my butt and finish this revision. My commute has also been halved.

There are two potential downsides I can currently see: I may have to work a bunch of overtime at certain times of the year, and there's a big bookstore nearby. As in three blocks away. Huuuuge bookstore. Calling to me.

My current employer wants me to stay a whole month before heading over to ConHugeCo. I'ma thinking no.

Comments

[magdalene1.livejournal.com]

You getting paid more is a good thing.
Make sure you take some time off between jobs - a week to just get your house in order and breathe and write and see friends and sew the buttons on - You will feel guilty for the 2 weeks that you remain at your current employer, and then you will never see any of those people again if you don't want to! I say this as your Supreme and Evil Overlord.

Also, you look pretty today. :)

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm pretty!

I won't know till later today when my end/start dates will be. I don't know if I'll be able to wangle the extra time, but I sure as hell am not staying longer than I have to.

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

EMPLOYEDZOR!

[cute-fuzzy-evil.livejournal.com]

congrats! yay yay yay for you!

[minyan.livejournal.com]

All right!
So glad this came through. You're all kinds of imressive. And here's to the regular writing time (I've always been amazed how well you pull that off.)
WHEEEEEEEEEE!

Yayers!

[rissymonster.livejournal.com]

Hooray for you--that sounds groovy-like.

Make sure you take some time off between jobs
I cannot agree more with this advice. I regret not doing so before starting to work for my present employer, and feel duty-bound to tell everyone I know who changes jobs to try to give this to themselves.

And a world of no to giving the present employer a month's notice. It'll suck for them, but they can hire temps if needed. Stick to your grand master plan!

Plus, also--you rock!

Re: Yayers!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I feel a little guilty -- the department is disintegrating, and people had already scheduled vacations (and bought their plane tickets) -- but honestly, it's the fault of the bosses for understaffing us for so long. If I keep telling myself that, the guilt fades.

Re: Yayers!

[ethicsgradient.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you can't feel guilt. When I left outcome I felt like the development department there was falling apart, and that I was an important piece of the puzzle leaving. It made me feel bad for the coworkers I was leaving behind, but all of them would have left in my position as well. As for the higher ups and the company itself...I really didn't feel any remorse, and neither should you. If they mismanage themselves into oblivion, it's not your job to stick around and save a sinking ship.

Re: Yayers!

[rissymonster.livejournal.com]

You know this, but acknowledge the guilt (side note: Are you sure you weren't a lapsed Roman Catholic in a former life?), deal with your current employers cordially but firmly, and be gone in two weeks.

Re: Yayers!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Former life? No, see, I got raised without a religion and ended up with Catholic guilt and a dour Calvinist work ethic.

Awesome!!!!

[ltlbird.livejournal.com]

See, your risk paid off! Congrats! It sounds like a decent way to bring home the bacon while you keep writing.

Re: Awesome!!!!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Mmm...bacon...

[laobscuridad.livejournal.com]

Wahooo - go you! Congrats!

Yes, make with the taking-off of the time. Go spoil yerself.

[cincodemaygirl.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!

You should give your employer two weeks, no more. periodtheend. And take a week off for yourself on top of that, or give a week's notice instead.

*CONGRATS OMFG*

Enjoy that bookstore for me. The nearest one to where I'm at now is forty-five minutes away, and that's just plain not cool.

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

Rah, rah, rah! Hooray, hooray, hooray! Take time off!

*hugs*

[2h2o.livejournal.com]

Cool. Is "ConHugeCo" code for something? Am I cleared to know?

Now I am the sole unemployee, and I shall have all the attention!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

No, it's just that I don't want to give the name of the company (it's a pretty big investment firm). The term's from an MST, I think.

Job mojo to you and to xclamationpt!

[xclamationpt.livejournal.com]

thanks for good job mojo. I actually hope to pull something like you--and nail the second interview at the university since I impressed them the first time around. Any suggestions or thoughts? =)

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Call them. Email them. Remind them that you're still interested and that if there's any other information they need you can provide it and did you mention you're very enthusiastic about this job? Don't be a pest, but the line into pesthood is much farther off than I first thought.

[osirusbrisbane.livejournal.com]

Huzzah.

[ellinor.livejournal.com]

congrats! sounds like an excellent move.
:)

[cycon.livejournal.com]

OMG I :heart: your icon!

Congrats on the job.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

It's the result of my first attempt at icon-making, so it's a little rough, but you're welcome to borrow it with credit. Have you seen the movie?

[cycon.livejournal.com]

Opening weekend! (So great that Serenity and Curse of the Were-Rabbit came out on consecutive weekends. :D) I can't remember ever having seen a film with so many hideous puns. My one wish was that they could have kept the theme tune trumpet-lead; it doesn't sound quite right in the strings.

PS Obviously the title is a play on Curse of the Werewolf; did you know that Peter Sallis had a bit part in that film?

[ppaladin.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!

[sylvantechie.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats!

[ethicsgradient.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I also work within the shadow of that very same huge bookstore, and the slightly smaller one down the street.

This also means that soon we'll be working about five feet from one another (give or take) so we should occasionally meet for lunch, if that's the sort of thing for which your job will allow.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Lunch would be great. You'll have to tell me which are the good places to eat around there.

[g-me.livejournal.com]

Congrats, added to all the previous ones.

You have renewed my hope. :-) Ha...well...not really, because I am still applying for jobs for which I am woefully underqualified. But I read this thing that said that one of the reasons men are more successful than women is that when men apply for jobs, they pretend to be qualified and apply anyway, and women don't. So here's to be little foray into the man-world.

anyway.

Congrats!!

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

Apply for them ALL. Even the scary-looking ones. And you'll get one -- more mojo to you!

[xclamationpt.livejournal.com]

that's a good point, G. I better get my butt in gear and apply to the position at Cranium (who knew they were based in seattle?)

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Congrats! May you be showered in all the money and respect you deserve.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I hope not. That would mean I'd get 37 cents dropped on my head and everyone would call me "Spanky."

[sigerson.livejournal.com]

Shut up, Spanky. Nobody cares what you think.

[wdalphin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new job! :)

[esqgirl.livejournal.com]

*bounce* *bounce* *bounce* *bounce* *bounce*

I am _so_ happy for you. I hope you get a chance to rebalance between jobs. Most of all, the search need not continue anymore!

[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

OMG! That's so great!

I'm sorry I missed the initial announcement. the paper of DOOM ate my soul.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna sing the doom song!