Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Secret Plan

I have a secret plan that only my husband knows about.  I haven't told anyone my plan because of self-preservation.  My plan is to put notice in on my day job (Job#2) on September 13.  Why am I doing this you ask?  I need to give a little backstory before I can fully answer that.  I have been employed at Job#1 for a little over three years.  The pay and schedule were(are) great, but I was/am the only part-time employee and tended to get overlooked because I only had morning office hours.  At my 3 year anniversary in January, I tried several times to schedule my annual review with my boss.  Seeing as he is constantly traveling for business and I left at noon everyday, I never got in to see him or when I did he would say it needs to wait for another time.  Needless to say, I was feeling a bit unappreciated.  I hadn't had a review/raise in 2 years and I couldn't even get my boss to discuss.  So at this point, I started looking for another job.  I eventually applied for my current day job or Job#2 and was hired.  The pay is 60% less than Job #1 but more hours so my bi-weekly pay is greater than or equal to what I was making at Job#1, but if I wasn't going to be appreciated at Job #1, this is what I needed to do.  I immediately let my boss know that I was quitting (effective immediately) but that I would be more than happy to work in the off hours to keep things current for him until they could find a replacement or absorb my work into the department. I fully expected him to say "see ya when I see ya, don't let the door hit you in a$$ on your way out", but that wasn't what happened.  He asked me what requirements needed to be met for me to continue doing my job (in addition to Job#2) until it was no longer mutually beneficial.  I said, of course, that I wanted more $$$ and I wanted to come and go as I please (for me that means very early morning or weekends).  He agreed with no hesitation.  So, here I am with one more job than I planned on.  What to do?  What to do? to be continued...

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