Well, snce I haven't posted much over the past few weeks, I figure it's time to actually mention all of the weird stuff that's happened over the past month or so.
At the end of June, the one thing I had thought would happen for some time finally did happen - I was let go by the bank. Even though I was miserable every day, dreaded going in, knew they were trying to push me out, and really didn't enjoy it or care anymore, it was still a bit of a shock.
I started looking around the following Monday, but really didn't look too much right away - I was content to focus more on schoolwork as I had a project due on the 15th. Plus, we had the baptism on 7/7/07 and mother-in-law visiting for a little over a week to help out with recovery from Kim's surgery (which went well).
After Kim's mother left I stepped up my search a bit. I decided to contract with AFLAC to be an agent, though that will not work very well if I'm not a halfway decent hustler. I've had a few interviews with corporate jobs, and signed up with a couple of placement agencies. I've contacted GSU about going on a full-time basis. I've even gone through the initial steps of joining the Marietta Police (surprisingly, at a rate better than the bank paid, which says a lot about the bank).
Even crazier has been the environment at my former office. Since I left, I found that one associate took early retirement, another will take it next month, one associate got fired (and required security escort) and that my former manager is leaving the department entirely (former as in two years ago, not former as in one month ago) because she's sick of the new overhead management as well. So, perhaps it's for the best that I am not there anymore. It's turned into an all-out purge of the old guard, of which I was one of the first casualties.
Still, it's not fun not knowing what will happen next. But, at least I'm trying to pursue a bunch of different options. Hopefully, something will turn up fairly soon.
That pretty much sums up why I've been out of touch lately - hopefully this sheds some light on why.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
The looooooooong update
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2 comments:
Hey,
I hope the job search is going well. If I can help in any way let me know. (I know a lot of folks in your area so if you let me know what you may be interested in I'll hopefully have some help for you) You can e-mail me at surflexus AT comcast DOT net.
Hey I did not know you had a blog! Carmen told me that you commented on her blog. Good stuff here. I wish you all the best with school. I am pretty much going back to make sure I have job security, since my type of work is being outsourced to lesser developed countries (India, China, Eastern Europe, South America, etc.)
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