Having serious doubts about this. Manager hasn't posted the opening to apply for yet. Her attitude towards me is still extremely positive. But her attitude towards the team and the work... goes back and forth... I can tell she's trying (because she knows her attitude is what drove people away and caused this crisis), but I think as soon as things reach any sort of normalization again, that she'll be right back to her old ways of condescension, suspicion, and general meanness. I really don't want to be the person ultimately held responsible for everything that happens on the team when she feels it's safe to regress to that mode again.
And she's been fighting for permission to hire more people, but can't get any support from the regional manager. I overheard him quoted as saying "There's no such thing as burnout."
Goddamnit fuck the business world so fucking much.
I have a second interview with another freight forwarder tomorrow. I'd be passing up the opportunity for supervisor experience, but I really like the manager's attitude there and everything I hear about the style of their workplace. I haven't made up my mind yet, but I'm definitely keeping this in my back pocket.
So... I had that 2nd interview. It went super well. It sounds like the company is having the same sorts of issues with refusing to staff and properly support their workers. They're currently working shitloads of overtime. But at this point, I expect that absolutely everywhere. The difference is the people in charge of that office seem incredibly nice and reasonable about their expectations.
And I'm being told that all I have to do is say the word, and the position is mine. At a $8k/yr increase over what I'm making now.
Still nothing on that supervisor position where I am currently working, but I still expect that's going to be mine whenever they get around to it. And I'm going to ask for a $13k increase over what I'm making now. I won't do it for anything less. Because it's going to be a really tough job. And if I'm straight with them about my intention to leave if they don't cough it up, I'm pretty sure they'll cave. Right now, they would sink like a rock without me.
The question is: Do I want to uproot myself and move to another company where the environment is more relaxed, and get a really nice pay increase for it? Or do I stay where I am and weather the storm for a rare career advancement opportunity that might lead to better opportunities in the future and an extra $5k cherry on top? If I don't make a decision in the next week or two, the opportunity with this other company will be gone.
I keep getting these pulses of tension in my head. Like some kind of tic... but it feels like all the muscles around my eyes, jaw, and temple seizing up really tight. I've had this for years, but it's really uncontrollably bad right now, and it feels like there's a cord through the middle of my head that's being pulled to the point of snapping.
... Whatever happened to Hanslanda? Does he not hang about on GD anymore?
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