Author Topic: I have a new job! (Read 1191 times)

Neubob · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2007, 09:52:42 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort

Dred,
my head has first priority on any future carpeting.

Hair plugs?

Don't do it, Rip... Don't do it.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:12:20 AM »

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Originally posted by Neubob
Hair plugs?

Don't do it, Rip... Don't do it.

Nah, I won't. I'm vain, but not THAT vain!

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:51:15 AM »

Congrats Rip. A change of scenery every now and again is good for the soul.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:12:10 AM »

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Originally posted by ChickenHawk
Congrats Rip. A change of scenery every now and again is good for the soul.

Thanks. The beauty is, I am controlling my own destiny this time. 10 weeks ago my immediate manager controlled it for me by saying "you're assigned to this project" (which is a very high profile, stressful job that I hate!). Now I'm back in the drivers seat. I went from the frying pan to the fire, and now I'm going from one fire to another, but at least the fire I'm going to now is a smaller fire, not as many chefs burning it, and its a new group that is up and coming (hiring more people in the future)

Nilsen · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:50:05 AM »

Congrats Rip

Is it in interior design in general, or just basic carpet laying duty at the Boeing plant?

Maverick · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:52:55 AM »

Congrats,

It's better to be working somewhere you feel comfortable than dreading going to work every day.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2007, 11:47:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Congrats Rip

Is it in interior design in general, or just basic carpet laying duty at the Boeing plant?

Actually carpet munching.

I accepted the formal offer. I'm just waiting now for a start date, which is determined by how long my current manager holds onto me, he could hang onto me for 30 days if he wants, but I think he's going to ask the new manager of how soon they need me first.

Gaidin · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2007, 11:56:22 AM »

Anybodies companies looking to hire more IT guys? I need to get out of the education business. There is no room for advancement in my current job, and well the money sucks here!

Anyways, congrats on getting a new job Rip!

Yeager · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2007, 12:05:42 PM »

Good deal Rip.

Nine years was the longest duration I have had with any one assignment.
Although I do know of some inbred leads over in commercial that have been with the same first level manager for nearly twenty years. Those people disgusted me with their perverse cronyism.

LePaul · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2007, 12:08:43 PM »

Congrats Rip

I made a similar job change in July.

The bank has promised our IT dept a lot...they said we'd get raises, fund our Microsoft Certs and more. Last December, with their bottom line hurt from the drop in mortgages, they "warned us" that they may not be able to keep those promises. Sure enough, come January of 2007, they put off raises until June and added more to our workload for less. When June rolled along, they were still waffling. By then, I'd been interviewing for jobs all spring.

Now I'm working for a local hospital in their IT dept. The con of the whole thing is its nights. But I've applied for a daytime role in the same dept which looks promising. The Pros: they health pay insurance 100%, additional $ for night, evening and weekend shift (differentials) and its 3 miles from home. The bank job was 39 miles away, so just not paying the gas money I was is a huge savings. Not paying insurance, even bigger. And its more base pay than I made before.

I know some people stay at the same job for 20+ years and love it. I dont know if I could be like that. As my interests change, so does my desire for where I'd *like* to be.

AKIron · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2007, 12:41:32 PM »

Congrats Rip. Hope it works out for ya.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #26 on:** October 29, 2007, 12:45:31 PM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
Congrats Rip

I made a similar job change in July.

The bank has promised our IT dept a lot...they said we'd get raises, fund our Microsoft Certs and more. Last December, with their bottom line hurt from the drop in mortgages, they "warned us" that they may not be able to keep those promises. Sure enough, come January of 2007, they put off raises until June and added more to our workload for less. When June rolled along, they were still waffling. By then, I'd been interviewing for jobs all spring.

Now I'm working for a local hospital in their IT dept. The con of the whole thing is its nights. But I've applied for a daytime role in the same dept which looks promising. The Pros: they health pay insurance 100%, additional $ for night, evening and weekend shift (differentials) and its 3 miles from home. The bank job was 39 miles away, so just not paying the gas money I was is a huge savings. Not paying insurance, even bigger. And its more base pay than I made before.

I know some people stay at the same job for 20+ years and love it. I dont know if I could be like that. As my interests change, so does my desire for where I'd *like* to be.

Glad its working out well Lepaul, healthcare IT depts are on the rise as technological gets more and more advanced. Stick with them, its job security!

forHIM · « **Reply #27 on:** October 29, 2007, 01:21:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Mark Luper
Well, that is better than Purposely Moping.

Mark

I think I'm going to use this the next time a PM tells me that I'm behind schedule.

cpxxx · « **Reply #28 on:** October 29, 2007, 03:07:15 PM »

Well done. Change is good. I quit a job in July. Hated it with the same kind passion some of you guys feel for the Democrats.

Haven't worked since because I'm pursuing a long held ambition. Taking longer than expected but getting there gradually. It was terrifying at first, but no regrets yet. Like Rip, I was messed about in the last couple of jobs I had. Except that I was much lower down the food chain and paid a lot less too. Decided enough was enough. The catalyst was the birth of my son. I realised that I have a responsibility to give him the best I can. I also realised that when he grew up and compared my wife's career and my lack of a career. He would probably come to despise me as a loser, quite correctly. Not to mention what my wife might think of me eventually if she has to continue to subsidise me.

So I took a deep breath and dived in the deep end. I may yet drown but life's a gamble. I do occasionally wake up at night thinking 'Aaaaaggh, this is the stupidest thing I ever tried'.

But it's worth the effort!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2007, 03:34:46 PM »

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Originally posted by cpxxx
Well done. Change is good. I quit a job in July. Hated it with the same kind passion some of you guys feel for the Democrats. Haven't worked since because I'm pursuing a long held ambition. Taking longer than expected but getting there gradually. It was terrifying at first, but no regrets yet. Like Rip, I was messed about in the last couple of jobs I had. Except that I was much lower down the food chain and paid a lot less too. Decided enough was enough. The catalyst was the birth of my son. I realised that I have a responsibility to give him the best I can. I also realised that when he grew up and compared my wife's career and my lack of a career. He would probably come to despise me as a loser, quite correctly. Not to mention what my wife might think of me eventually if she has to continue to subsidise me.

So I took a deep breath and dived in the deep end. I may yet drown but life's a gamble. I do occasionally wake up at night thinking 'Aaaaaggh, this is the stupidest thing I ever tried'.

But it's worth the effort!

Good luck with your venture! What is it that you're venturing in? You're doing the right thing by determining your future rather than letting someone else determine it for you. One must be their own master of their destiny rather than waiting for life to happen!