My wife has worked for her current employer for over 4 years. I have worked for my current employer for almost 4 years. Strangely enough, within about a week of each other, we have both been offered new jobs, and we both have accepted them.
My wife was was starting to dislike her work. Recent changes had made made the work environment less and less bearable for her. As I have mentioned before, she is currently going to college full time and she only stayed at the job because they were always willing to work around her school schedule. After a particularly frustrating week, she decided to see what other opportunities were available. After only a little searching, she found a job opening that she was very interested in. She sent in her resume, had a couple of interviews, and was offered the job.
Working only part time, she has never made much, and she is actually taking a small pay cut, but she should enjoy the work a lot more, and unlike her previous job, it will giver her experience in her field of study.
I, on the other hand, have been happy with my current employer. I like the people, I like the environment, and I like the work. A few weeks ago, I received a call from a friend letting me know about a job opening at his employer. He had worked with me at my current employer and felt that with his referral I would have a good shot at getting the job and a nice raise.
I figured it was worth checking out, so I interviewed with them. After the interview, the said they were interested and would call me to schedule a 2nd interview. After 2 weeks I hadn’t heard from them. Talking to my friend, he told me they were still interested, just had been very busy. I didn’t have the exact qualifications they were looking for, and because I am happy where I am, I set my desired salary pretty high, so I assumed that it just hadn’t worked out.
Then, at the beginning of the 3rd week, I received the call to schedule my 2nd interview. They were very apologetic about the delay. The day after my 2nd interview, they offered me the job at my desired salary. So, although I am happy where I am, the large pay increase (it’s over 35%) made me feel obligated to accept the new offer.
So, within the next couple of weeks we’ll both be starting our new jobs. We’re both excited and hoping for the best. The job changes will obviously result in some pretty big changes to our finances, which will of course, all be documented here.
Congratulation. It is always very fun and exciting to start a new job. For me, job becomes boring after I learned all the new skills and knowledge; then it becomes same old same old everyday.
Thanks Pinyo, it is exciting and certainly a change to go from knowing everything you need to know to do your job, to having to figure everything out. But it’s going well so far.