Well as you may know, Ive been job hunting. With the situation between my dad and how it affects work, I really felt I had no choice. I got a call from a company I submitted my resume to on Monster.com. My first interview with this company was at night exactly two weeks ago and lasted about 3 hours and went pretty well. I got a called back two days later to meet with a couple of other people with the company. I met with them for about two hours. I got called back for my third interview last Friday and met with two other managers. Overall I felt pretty good about my chances, but of course one can never be for sure about these things, so I tried to keep my feelings in check about the hole thing. Well this morning in my email was a written offer from this copany. All in all I’m pretty happy with the offer. The company I work for now pays me fairly well, but I have excellent benfits (I don’t pay a dime for what has to be one of the best health insurance plans ther is). I’ll get about a 10% raise with this job, but the benefits aren’t quite as nice and I’m gonna have to start paying a contribution for my health insurance. I’m also gonna have to start commuting again but they are gonna give me a company gas card and pay all my turnpike tolls which I thought was really nice. It is fairly small company, but about hte same size of where I am now.
It’s a very bittersweet feeling. The company where I am now means a great deal to me. I’m the 4th generation in the business. My father and grandfather have spent their lives making this company what it is today. When I started here about 6 years ago, I thought it was going to be for life. I thought I was on the road to come back into my father and step mother’s lives like they wanted almost 25 years ago. But after 6 years, I now know why I did not live here to begin with. It’s been a difficult lesson, but I hope that me leaving my job can some how lead us both to finding peace with our relationship.
Congratulations.
I hope with this new job you find new solutions to many of the things that confuse you and perhaps things get better between you and your dad.
So to a better a future, cheers
I’m glad things are working out for you! Your stress shall soon be less!
Congratulations on the new job! I hope this new position helps alleviate the stress you’ve been feeling about working with you dad and the other relatives. It must have been a very odd situation….. Hopefully this will give you some breathing space. I’m anxious to hear what your dad says when you give him notice!