soonerwife
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- Joined
- Mar 16, 2016
- Messages
- 1,571
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 10/2015
- Country
- US
- State
- OK
- City
- Cleveland
So I have read here that you should never make big decisions within 12 months of your PALS death...
I am telling myself, I am going to follow that advice.
Here's my struggle...
Three and a half years ago, I left a job that I LOVED! I was a dispatcher for our local electric cooperative.
Basically, I don't like to be idle at work. I like to stay busy so I took on a lot of things that my job didn't require. I was fine with that. I made huge strides and improved so many things at the coop.
Then my current employer learned of me from a previous coop employee and asked me to come work for them.
They offered me 30% more than what the coop was paying me and I couldn't turn it down.
For the first year or so I was miserable. Why in the world would you leave something you LOVED for money, dumb, dumb, dumb, right?
About that time, Cliff was dx'd with ALS and we all know how all that went.
I wholeheartedly believe that the man upstairs knew what was in store and led me where I needed to be...
Now, this is where my dilema comes in. There are 7 people retiring from the coop. Not sure how that is possible all at once. They only employ about 80 but it's happening.
Do I try for one of those jobs? The position I loved isn't available but there are a couple of jobs I can do for sure.
Or, do I stay with the company that was SO good to me through all of this.
The pros at the coop are free health insurance, great retirement, and 7 minutes from home. The cons are that there is only so many positions available to women there. How far can I advance?
The pros for my current employer is they pay me well. I have really started to make a name for myself there. I have the support of several directors and vps. The cons are traveling an hour and a half daily to and from work. A hr and a half a day is alot guys...
I could move closer but remember, I am trying NOT to make any big decisions for a year.
Sorry to bother you guys with this but you all know where I am in all of this. No one else does.
I honestly probably know the answer to my own question?!
I am telling myself, I am going to follow that advice.
Here's my struggle...
Three and a half years ago, I left a job that I LOVED! I was a dispatcher for our local electric cooperative.
Basically, I don't like to be idle at work. I like to stay busy so I took on a lot of things that my job didn't require. I was fine with that. I made huge strides and improved so many things at the coop.
Then my current employer learned of me from a previous coop employee and asked me to come work for them.
They offered me 30% more than what the coop was paying me and I couldn't turn it down.
For the first year or so I was miserable. Why in the world would you leave something you LOVED for money, dumb, dumb, dumb, right?
About that time, Cliff was dx'd with ALS and we all know how all that went.
I wholeheartedly believe that the man upstairs knew what was in store and led me where I needed to be...
Now, this is where my dilema comes in. There are 7 people retiring from the coop. Not sure how that is possible all at once. They only employ about 80 but it's happening.
Do I try for one of those jobs? The position I loved isn't available but there are a couple of jobs I can do for sure.
Or, do I stay with the company that was SO good to me through all of this.
The pros at the coop are free health insurance, great retirement, and 7 minutes from home. The cons are that there is only so many positions available to women there. How far can I advance?
The pros for my current employer is they pay me well. I have really started to make a name for myself there. I have the support of several directors and vps. The cons are traveling an hour and a half daily to and from work. A hr and a half a day is alot guys...
I could move closer but remember, I am trying NOT to make any big decisions for a year.
Sorry to bother you guys with this but you all know where I am in all of this. No one else does.
I honestly probably know the answer to my own question?!